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Restricted Boltzmann Machines are simple yet powerful neural networks. They can be used for learning structure in data, and are used as a building block of more complex neural architectures. At the same time, their simplicity makes them…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-01-09 Giovanni di Sarra , Barbara Bravi , Yasser Roudi

This paper presents a permutation binary neural network characterized by local binary connection, global permutation connection, and the signum activation function. The dynamics is described by a difference equation of binary state…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Hotaka Udagawa , Taiji Okano , Toshimichi Saito

We report a spin-orbit torque(SOT) magnetoresistive random-access memory(MRAM)-based probabilistic binary neural network(PBNN) for resource-saving and hardware noise-tolerant computing applications. With the presence of thermal fluctuation,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Yu Gu , Puyang Huang , Tianhao Chen , Chenyi Fu , Aitian Chen , Shouzhong Peng , Xixiang Zhang , Xufeng Kou

Neural networks (NNs) whose subnetworks implement reusable functions are expected to offer numerous advantages, including compositionality through efficient recombination of functional building blocks, interpretability, preventing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Róbert Csordás , Sjoerd van Steenkiste , Jürgen Schmidhuber

Probabilistic inference from real-time input data is becoming increasingly popular and may be one of the potential pathways at enabling cognitive intelligence. As a matter of fact, preliminary research has revealed that stochastic…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-09-13 Yong Shim , Shuhan Chen , Abhronil Sengupta , Kaushik Roy

We propose a new generic type of stochastic neurons, called $q$-neurons, that considers activation functions based on Jackson's $q$-derivatives with stochastic parameters $q$. Our generalization of neural network architectures with…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Frank Nielsen , Ke Sun

The paper introduces a biologically and evolutionarily plausible neural architecture that allows a single group of neurons, or an entire cortical pathway, to be dynamically reconfigured to perform multiple, potentially very different…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-13 Thomas M. Breuel

Probabilistic computing has been introduced to operate functional networks using a probabilistic bit (p-bit), generating 0 or 1 probabilistically from its electrical input. In contrast to quantum computers, probabilistic computing enables…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Hyundo Jung , Hyunjin Kim , Woojin Lee , Jinwoo Jeon , Yohan Choi , Taehyeong Park , Chulwoo Kim

We propose that neuromorphic computing can perform quantum operations. Spiking neurons in the active or silent states are connected to the two states of Ising spins. A quantum density matrix is constructed from the expectation values and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-03-31 Christian Pehle , Christof Wetterich

Spiking neural networks encode information in spike timing and offer a pathway toward energy efficient artificial intelligence. However, a key challenge in spiking neural networks is realizing nonlinear and expressive computation in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Steven Louis , Hannah Bradley , Artem Litvinenko , Cody Trevillian , Darrin Hanna , Vasyl Tyberkevych

Energy-efficient methods are addressed for leveraging low energy barrier nanomagnetic devices within neuromorphic architectures. Using a Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) probabilistic device (p-bit) as the basis of neuronal…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Hossein Pourmeidani , Punyashloka Debashis , Zhihong Chen , Ronald F. DeMara , Ramtin Zand

This paper proposes a novel nonlinear activation mechanism typically for convolutional neural network (CNN), named as reborn mechanism. In sharp contrast to ReLU which cuts off the negative phase value, the reborn mechanism enjoys the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-08 Zhicheng Cai , Kaizhu Huang , Chenglei Peng

Conventional modeling approaches have found limitations in matching the increasingly detailed neural network structures and dynamics recorded in experiments to the diverse brain functionalities. On another approach, studies have…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-09-05 Chaofei Hong

Probabilistic computing with binary stochastic neurons (BSN) implemented with low- or zero-energy barrier nanoscale ferromagnets (LBMs) possessing in-plane magnetic anisotropy has emerged as an efficient paradigm for solving computationally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-11 Rahnuma Rahman , Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

We introduce a trainable coded modulation scheme that enables joint optimization of the bit-wise mutual information (BMI) through probabilistic shaping, geometric shaping, bit labeling, and demapping for a specific channel model and for a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-15 Fayçal Ait Aoudia , Jakob Hoydis

The primary neural networks decision-making units are activation functions. Moreover, they evaluate the output of networks neural node; thus, they are essential for the performance of the whole network. Hence, it is critical to choose the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Tomasz Szandała

Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) have emerged as a promising approach for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). However, they face challenges related to spectral bias (the tendency to learn low-frequency components while…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Afrah Farea , Mustafa Serdar Celebi

We present the design and numerical simulation of a spiking neuron capable of on-chip machine learning. Built within the CMOS+X framework, the spiking neuron consists of an NMOS transistor combined with a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ).…

Brain-inspired computing architectures attempt to mimic the computations performed in the neurons and the synapses in the human brain in order to achieve its efficiency in learning and cognitive tasks. In this work, we demonstrate the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-12-20 Abhronil Sengupta , Priyadarshini Panda , Parami Wijesinghe , Yusung Kim , Kaushik Roy

Photonic Spiking Neural Networks (PSNN) composed of the co-integrated CMOS and photonic elements can offer low loss, low power, highly-parallel, and high-throughput computing for brain-inspired neuromorphic systems. In addition,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-28 Yun-Jhu Lee , Mehmet Berkay On , Luis El Srouji , Li Zhang , Mahmoud Abdelghany , S. J. Ben Yoo