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As spiking neural networks receive more attention, we look toward applications of this computing paradigm in fields other than computer vision and signal processing. One major field, underexplored in the neuromorphic setting, is Natural…

Spike-based encodings are sparse and energy-efficient, but have largely been formulated probabilistically, disconnected from most signal processing literature. We recast spike encoders as time-causal wavelet frames with quantitative…

Encoding static images into spike trains is a fundamental step for enabling Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) to process visual information. However, widely used methods such as rate coding, Poisson encoding, and time-to-first-spike (TTFS)…

Autonomous embedded systems (e.g., robots) typically necessitate intelligent computation with low power/energy processing for completing their tasks. Such requirements can be fulfilled by embodied neuromorphic intelligence with spiking…

The synergy between spiking neural networks and neuromorphic hardware holds promise for the development of energy-efficient AI applications. Inspired by this potential, we revisit the foundational aspects to study the capabilities of…

The deployment of Artificial Intelligence on edge devices (TinyML) is often constrained by the high power consumption and latency associated with traditional Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and their reliance on intensive Matrix-Multiply…

Speech enhancement is critical for improving speech intelligibility and quality in various audio devices. In recent years, deep learning-based methods have significantly improved speech enhancement performance, but they often come with a…

Neuromorphic applications emulate the processing performed by the brain by using spikes as inputs instead of time-varying analog stimuli. Therefore, these time-varying stimuli have to be encoded into spikes, which can induce important…

Deep learning natural language processing models often use vector word embeddings, such as word2vec or GloVe, to represent words. A discrete sequence of words can be much more easily integrated with downstream neural layers if it is…

Many-core neuromorphic systems accelerate Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), yet their packet-based spike communication can spend substantial traffic and energy repeatedly transmitting destination addresses. This overhead is amplified by the…

Sensory processing with neuromorphic systems is typically done by using either event-based sensors or translating input signals to spikes before presenting them to the neuromorphic processor. Here, we offer an alternative approach: direct…

Memristive crossbars have become a popular means for realizing unsupervised and supervised learning techniques. In previous neuromorphic architectures with leaky integrate-and-fire neurons, the crossbar itself has been separated from the…

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) promise highly energy-efficient computing, but their adoption is hindered by a critical scarcity of event-stream data. This work introduces I2E, an algorithmic framework that resolves this bottleneck by…

Electrophysiological techniques have improved substantially over the past years to the point that neuroprosthetics applications are becoming viable. This evolution has been fuelled by the advancement of implantable microelectrode…

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer a promising pathway to implement deep neural networks (DNNs) in a more energy-efficient manner since their neurons are sparsely activated and inferences are event-driven. However, there have been very…

This paper introduces a 71.2-$\mu$W speech recognition accelerator designed for edge devices' real-time applications, emphasizing an ultra low power design. Achieved through algorithm and hardware co-optimizations, we propose a compact…

Since the beginning of information processing by electronic components, the nervous system has served as a metaphor for the organization of computational primitives. Brain-inspired computing today encompasses a class of approaches ranging…

Objective. Spike sorting, a critical step in neural data processing, aims to classify spiking events from single electrode recordings based on different waveforms. This study aims to develop a novel online spike sorter, NeuSort, using…

Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems commonly leverage bag-of-words co-occurrence techniques to capture semantic and syntactic word relationships. The resulting word-level distributed representations often ignore morphological…

To rapidly process temporal information at a low metabolic cost, biological neurons integrate inputs as an analog sum but communicate with spikes, binary events in time. Analog neuromorphic hardware uses the same principles to emulate…