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We present temporally layered architecture (TLA), a biologically inspired system for temporally adaptive distributed control. TLA layers a fast and a slow controller together to achieve temporal abstraction that allows each layer to focus…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Devdhar Patel , Joshua Russell , Francesca Walsh , Tauhidur Rahman , Terrence Sejnowski , Hava Siegelmann

Here, we propose a brain-inspired winner-take-all emotional neural network (WTAENN) and prove the universal approximation property for the novel architecture. WTAENN is a single layered feedforward neural network that benefits from the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-11-10 E. Lotfi

Several analog and digital brain-inspired electronic systems have been recently proposed as dedicated solutions for fast simulations of spiking neural networks. While these architectures are useful for exploring the computational properties…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Elisabetta Chicca , Fabio Stefanini , Chiara Bartolozzi , Giacomo Indiveri

We propose a scalable neuromorphic architecture based on spiking dynamics emerging from the autonomous time-continuous evolution of clockless (asynchronous) digital circuits. Implemented on commercially available field-programmable gate…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Eric Oliveira Gomes , Damien Rontani

This paper presents the self-organized neuromorphic architecture named SOMA. The objective is to study neural-based self-organization in computing systems and to prove the feasibility of a self-organizing hardware structure. Considering…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Lyes Khacef , Bernard Girau , Nicolas Rougier , Andres Upegui , Benoit Miramond

Presented study introduces a novel distributed cloud-edge framework for autonomous multi-UAV systems that combines the computational efficiency of neuromorphic computing with nature-inspired control strategies. The proposed architecture…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Reza Ahmadvand , Sarah Safura Sharif , Yaser Mike Banad

Although conditional branching between possible behavioural states is a hallmark of intelligent behavior, very little is known about the neuronal mechanisms that support this processing. In a step toward solving this problem we demonstrate…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2012-01-16 Ueli Rutishauser , Rodney J. Douglas

Winner-take-all (WTA)--type selection is a fundamental mechanism in networked competition, yet its dependence on higher-order interactions remains insufficiently understood. We study a Lotka--Volterra competitive dynamics on higher-order…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Qi Zhao , Shaoxuan Cui , Baolin Zhang , Junwei Du , Yuanshi Zheng

Neuromorphic computing mimics computational principles of the brain in $\textit{silico}$ and motivates research into event-based vision and spiking neural networks (SNNs). Event cameras (ECs) exclusively capture local intensity changes and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Ahmed Faisal Abdelrahman , Matias Valdenegro-Toro , Maren Bennewitz , Paul G. Plöger

Many recent generative models make use of neural networks to transform the probability distribution of a simple low-dimensional noise process into the complex distribution of the data. This raises the question of whether biological networks…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-07 Hesham Mostafa , Gert Cauwenberghs

Winner-take-all (WTA) networks constitute a central circuit motif in cortical networks of the brain. In addition, WTA-like activations are abundant in modern deep learning models in the form of the softmax activation for example in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Julian Gutheil , Simon Hitzginger , Robert Legenstein

Animals ranging from rats to humans can demonstrate cognitive map capabilities. We evolved weights in a biologically plausible recurrent neural network (RNN) using an evolutionary algorithm to replicate the behavior and neural activity…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Xinyun Zou , Eric O. Scott , Alexander B. Johnson , Kexin Chen , Douglas A. Nitz , Kenneth A. De Jong , Jeffrey L. Krichmar

Neuromorphic computing is a brainlike information processing paradigm that requires adaptive learning mechanisms. A spiking neuro-evolutionary system is used for this purpose; plastic resistive memories are implemented as synapses in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Gerard David Howard , Larry Bull , Ben de Lacy Costello , Andrew Adamatzky , Ella Gale

The field of neuromorphic computing has gained significant attention in recent years, aiming to bridge the gap between the efficiency of biological neural networks and the performance of artificial intelligence systems. This paper…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Jiahao Qin , Feng Liu

This work contributes an event-driven visual-tactile perception system, comprising a novel biologically-inspired tactile sensor and multi-modal spike-based learning. Our neuromorphic fingertip tactile sensor, NeuTouch, scales well with the…

Neuromorphic control is receiving growing attention due to the multifaceted advantages it brings over more classical control approaches, including: sparse and on-demand sensing, information transmission, and actuation; energy-efficient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-13 Taisia Medvedeva , Alessio Franci , Fernando Castaños

Through natural evolution, nervous systems of organisms formed near-optimal structures to express behavior. Here, we propose an effective way to create control agents, by \textit{re-purposing} the function of biological neural circuit…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Mathias Lechner , Radu Grosu , Ramin M. Hasani

Winner Take All (WTA) circuits a type of Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) have been suggested as facilitating the brain's ability to process information in a Bayesian manner. Research has shown that WTA circuits are capable of approximating…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Otto van der Himst , Leila Bagheriye , Johan Kwisthout

Cortical plasticity is one of the main features that enable our ability to learn and adapt in our environment. Indeed, the cerebral cortex self-organizes itself through structural and synaptic plasticity mechanisms that are very likely at…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-03 Lyes Khacef , Laurent Rodriguez , Benoit Miramond

Neuromorphic computing is an emerging computing paradigm that moves away from batched processing towards the online, event-driven, processing of streaming data. Neuromorphic chips, when coupled with spike-based sensors, can inherently adapt…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Jiechen Chen , Nicolas Skatchkovsky , Osvaldo Simeone