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Information coding by precise timing of spikes can be faster and more energy-efficient than traditional rate coding. However, spike-timing codes are often brittle, which has limited their use in theoretical neuroscience and computing…
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Experimental and empirical observations on cell metabolism cannot be understood as a whole without their integration into a consistent systematic framework. However, the characterization of metabolic flux phenotypes is typically reduced to…
In this talk I discuss the general question of the portability of Molecular Dynamics codes for diffusive systems on parallel computers of the APE family. The intrinsic single precision arithmetics of the today available APE platforms does…
Recent studies have examined the computational complexity of computing Shapley additive explanations (also known as SHAP) across various models and distributions, revealing their tractability or intractability in different settings.…
Plasmonic logic circuits combine ultrafast operation with nanoscale integration, making them a strong candidate for next-generation optical computing. Realizing this potential, however, requires overcoming practical challenges such as bulky…
The unique capability of quantum mechanics to evolve alternative possibilities in parallel is appealing and over the years a number of quantum algorithms have been developed offering great computational benefits. Systems coupled to the…
We investigate computational issues in the distributed model Amoebots of programmable matter. In this model, the computational entities, called particles, are anonymous finite-state machines that operate and move on an hexagonal tasselation…
We consider distributed systems of identical autonomous computational entities, called robots, moving and operating in the plane in synchronous Look-Compute-Move (LCM) cycles. The algorithmic capabilities of these systems have been…
High-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems including neural networks can be utilized as a computational resource for information processing. In this sense, nonlinear wave systems are good candidate for such a computational resource. Here,…
As it is getting increasingly difficult to achieve gains in the density and power efficiency of microelectronic computing devices because of lithographic techniques reaching fundamental physical limits, new approaches are required to…
Magnetoencephalography, the noninvasive measurement of magnetic fields produced by brain activity, utilizes quantum sensors such as superconducting quantum interference devices and atomic magnetometers. Combining the energy resolution limit…
Microelectronic morphogenesis is the creation and maintenance of complex functional structures by microelectronic information within shape-changing materials. Only recently has in-built information technology begun to be used to reshape…
The ability to process information from multiple modalities and to reason through it step-by-step remains a critical challenge in advancing artificial intelligence. However, existing reasoning benchmarks focus on text-only reasoning, or…
Arbor is a software library designed for efficient simulation of large-scale networks of biological neurons with detailed morphological structures. It combines customizable neuronal and synaptic mechanisms with high-performance computing,…
MRI-based medical imaging has become indispensable in modern clinical diagnosis, particularly for brain tumor detection. However, the rapid growth in data volume poses challenges for conventional diagnostic approaches. Although deep…
The self-assembly of polyhedral shells, each constructed from 60 trapezoidal particles, is simulated using molecular dynamics. The spatial organization of the component particles in this shell is similar to the capsomer proteins forming the…