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Neuromorphic computing is one of the few current approaches that have the potential to significantly reduce power consumption in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Imam & Cleland presented an odour-learning algorithm that runs on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Nik Dennler , André van Schaik , Michael Schmuker

Olfactory receptor usage is highly heterogeneous, with some receptor types being orders of magnitude more abundant than others. We propose an explanation for this striking fact: the receptor distribution is tuned to maximally represent…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-01-23 Tiberiu Tesileanu , Simona Cocco , Remi Monasson , Vijay Balasubramanian

Molecular communication (MC) has promising potential and a wide range of applications. However, odor-based communication which is common in nature, has not been sufficiently examined within the context of MC, yet. In this paper, we…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Fatih E. Bilgen , Ahmet B. Kilic , Ozgur B. Akan

We present a generalized theoretical framework for olfactory representation and plasticity, using the theory of smooth manifolds and sheaves to depict categorical odor learning via distributed neural computation. Beginning with the space of…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-13 Jack A. Cook , Thomas A. Cleland

Our sense of smell relies on sensitive, selective atomic-scale processes that are initiated when a scent molecule meets specific receptors in the nose. However, the physical mechanisms of detection are not clear. While odorant shape and…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Jennifer C. Brookes , Filio Hartoutsiou , A. P. Horsfield , A. M. Stoneham

Smell's deep connection with food, memory, and social experience has long motivated researchers to bring olfaction into interactive systems. Yet most olfactory interfaces remain limited to fixed scent cartridges and pre-defined generation…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Yunge Wen , Awu Chen , Jianing Yu , Jas Brooks , Hiroshi Ishii , Paul Pu Liang

Olfaction, the sense of smell, has received scant attention from a signal processing perspective in comparison to audition and vision. In this paper, we develop a signal processing paradigm for olfactory signals based on new scientific…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-16 Kush R. Varshney , Lav R. Varshney

Aligning AI with human intent is important, yet perceptual alignment-how AI interprets what we see, hear, or smell-remains underexplored. This work focuses on olfaction, human smell experiences. We conducted a user study with 40…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Shu Zhong , Zetao Zhou , Christopher Dawes , Giada Brianz , Marianna Obrist

With the rapid industrialization and technological advancements, innovative engineering technologies which are cost effective, faster and easier to implement are essential. One such area of concern is the rising number of accidents…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-14 Parag Narkhede , Rahee Walambe , Shruti Mandaokar , Pulkit Chandel , Ketan Kotecha , George Ghinea

We present a model of an olfactory system that performs odor segmentation. Based on the anatomy and physiology of natural olfactory systems, it consists of a pair of coupled modules, bulb and cortex. The bulb encodes the odor inputs as…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhaoping Li , John Hertz

Gas identification is one of the most important functions of gas sensor systems. To identify gas species from sensing signals, however, gas input patterns (e.g. the gas flow sequence) must be controlled or monitored precisely with…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Gaku Imamura , Kota Shiba , Genki Yoshikawa , Takashi Washio

Insects identify and evaluate behaviorally relevant odorants in complex natural scenes where odor concentrations and mixture composition can change rapidly. In the honeybee, a combinatorial code of activated and inactivated projection…

Biological Physics · Physics 2011-01-06 Martin Paul Nawrot , Sabine Krofczik , Farzad Farkhooi , Randolf Menzel

Predicting food labels and freshness from its odor remains a decades-old task that requires a complicated algorithm combined with high sensitivity sensors. In this paper, we initiate a multi-step classifier, which firstly clusters food into…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-20 Ang Xu , Tianzhang Cai , Dinghao Shen , Asher Wang

The application of large language models (LLMs) to OdorSpace analysis attracts growing interest. Recent studies have explored the comparison of sensory evaluation spaces derived from LLMs with odor character profiles in the Dravnieks'…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Yuki Harada , Manuel Aleixandre , Manabu Okumura , Takamichi Nakamoto

This article provides a background and descriptive analysis of insect memory and the coding of olfactory sensation in Drosophila, presenting graphs and summary statistics from a large dataset of neurons and synapses that was recently made…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-09-07 Chris Rohlfs

Continual learning in computational systems is challenging due to catastrophic forgetting. We discovered a two layer neural circuit in the fruit fly olfactory system that addresses this challenge by uniquely combining sparse coding and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Yang Shen , Sanjoy Dasgupta , Saket Navlakha

Embeddings from contemporary natural language processing (NLP) models are commonly used as numerical representations for words or sentences. However, odor descriptor words, like "leather" or "fruity", vary significantly between their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Laura Sisson

This paper presents the results of an automated volatile organic compound (VOC) classification process implemented by embedding a machine learning algorithm into an Arduino Uno board. An electronic nose prototype is constructed to detect…

Machine learning (ML) classifiers always benefit from more informative input features. We seek to auto-generate stronger feature sets in order to address the difficulty that ML methods often experience given limited training data. A wide…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Charles B Delahunt , J Nathan Kutz

We explore the integration of multisensory elements in virtual reality reconstructions of historical spaces through a case study of the Virtual Vauxhall Gardens project. While visual and auditory components have become standard in digital…