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Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Lute Lillo , Nick Cheney

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are promising brain-inspired models known for low power consumption and superior potential for temporal processing, but identifying suitable learning mechanisms remains a challenge. Despite the presence of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Yuzhe Liu , Xin Deng , Qiang Yu

Brain-inspired spiking neural networks (SNNs) are recognized as a promising avenue for achieving efficient, low-energy neuromorphic computing. Recent advancements have focused on directly training high-performance SNNs by estimating the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Jiaqiang Jiang , Lei Wang , Runhao Jiang , Jing Fan , Rui Yan

The architecture design and multi-scale learning principles of the human brain that evolved over hundreds of millions of years are crucial to realizing human-like intelligence. Spiking Neural Network (SNN) based Liquid State Machine (LSM)…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Wenxuan Pan , Feifei Zhao , Yi Zeng , Bing Han

Inspired by the connectivity mechanisms in the brain, neuromorphic computing architectures model Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) in silicon. As such, neuromorphic architectures are designed and developed with the goal of having small, low…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-05 Mihaela Dimovska , Travis Johnston , Catherine D. Schuman , J. Parker Mitchell , Thomas E. Potok

While surrogate backpropagation proves useful for training deep spiking neural networks (SNNs), incorporating biologically inspired local signals on a large scale remains challenging. This difficulty stems primarily from the high memory…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Yuchen Tian , Samuel Tensingh , Jason Eshraghian , Nhan Duy Truong , Omid Kavehei

The complex and unique neural network topology of the human brain formed through natural evolution enables it to perform multiple cognitive functions simultaneously. Automated evolutionary mechanisms of biological network structure inspire…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Wenxuan Pan , Feifei Zhao , Zhuoya Zhao , Yi Zeng

In the present paper, I describe a spiking neural network (SNN) architecture which, can be used in wide range of supervised learning classification tasks. It is assumed, that all participating signals (the classified object description,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Mikhail Kiselev

As neural interfaces become more advanced, there has been an increase in the volume and complexity of neural data recordings. These interfaces capture rich information about neural dynamics that call for efficient, real-time processing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Sai Deepesh Pokala , Marie Bernert , Takuya Nanami , Takashi Kohno , Timothée Lévi , Blaise Yvert

Learning synaptic weights of spiking neural network (SNN) models that can reproduce target spike trains from provided neural firing data is a central problem in computational neuroscience and spike-based computing. The discovery of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-10 Bryce Bagley , Blake Bordelon , Benjamin Moseley , Ralf Wessel

Spiking neural networks (SNNs), regarded as the third generation of artificial neural networks, are expected to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience. However, most mainstream SNN research directly…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Yongsheng Huang , Peibo Duan , Yujie Wu , Kai Sun , Zhipeng Liu , Changsheng Zhang , Bin Zhang , Mingkun Xu

The problem of training spiking neural networks (SNNs) is a necessary precondition to understanding computations within the brain, a field still in its infancy. Previous work has shown that supervised learning in multi-layer SNNs enables…

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This paper presents a machine learning-based framework for topology optimization of self-supporting structures, specifically tailored for additive manufacturing (AM). By employing a graph neural network (GNN) that acts as a neural field…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Alireza Tabarraei , Saquib Ahmad Bhuiyan

Expressivity plays a fundamental role in evaluating deep neural networks, and it is closely related to understanding the limit of performance improvement. In this paper, we propose a three-pipeline training framework based on critical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Gege Zhang

Neural plasticity is an important functionality of human brain, in which number of neurons and synapses can shrink or expand in response to stimuli throughout the span of life. We model this dynamic learning process as an $L_0$-norm…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Yang Li , Shihao Ji

Dynamic routing in software-defined networking (SDN) can be viewed as a centralized decision-making problem. Most of the existing deep reinforcement learning (DRL) agents can address it, thanks to the deep neural network (DNN)incorporated.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Juan Chen , Zhiwen Xiao , Huanlai Xing , Penglin Dai , Shouxi Luo , Muhammad Azhar Iqbal

Capturing global contextual representations by exploiting long-range pixel-pixel dependencies has shown to improve semantic segmentation performance. However, how to do this efficiently is an open question as current approaches of utilising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Qinghui Liu , Michael Kampffmeyer , Robert Jenssen , Arnt-Børre Salberg

Understanding how biological constraints shape neural computation is a central goal of computational neuroscience. Spatially embedded recurrent neural networks provide a promising avenue to study how modelled constraints shape the combined…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Cornelia Sheeran , Andrew S. Ham , Duncan E. Astle , Jascha Achterberg , Danyal Akarca

The backpropagation algorithm has promoted the rapid development of deep learning, but it relies on a large amount of labeled data and still has a large gap with how humans learn. The human brain can quickly learn various conceptual…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Yiting Dong , Dongcheng Zhao , Yang Li , Yi Zeng

Understanding cognitive flexibility and task-switching mechanisms in neural systems requires biologically plausible computational models. This tutorial presents a step-by-step approach to constructing a spiking neural network (SNN) that…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-07 Ashwin Viswanathan Kannan , Madhumitha Ganesan