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This paper proposes a two-step spike encoding scheme, which consists of the source encoding and the process encoding for a high energy-efficient spiking-neural-network (SNN) acceleration. The eigen-train generation and its superposition…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Sangyeob Kim , Sangjin Kim , Soyeon Um , Soyeon Kim , Hoi-Jun Yoo

We propose an energy-efficient equalizer for IM/DD systems based on spiking neural networks. We optimize a neural spike encoding that boosts the equalizer's performance while decreasing energy consumption.

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-21 Alexander von Bank , Eike-Manuel Edelmann , Laurent Schmalen

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a key technology for 5G wireless communications with a promise of significant capacity increase. The use of low-resolution data converters is crucial for massive MIMO to make the overall…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-13 Yavuz Yapıcı , Sung Joon Maeng , İsmail Güvenç , Huaiyu Dai , Arupjyoti Bhuyan

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have a low-power advantage but perform poorly in image segmentation tasks. The reason is that directly converting neural networks with complex architectural designs for segmentation tasks into spiking versions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Zhenxin Lei , Man Yao , Jiakui Hu , Xinhao Luo , Yanye Lu , Bo Xu , Guoqi Li

Spikes are the currency in central nervous systems for information transmission and processing. They are also believed to play an essential role in low-power consumption of the biological systems, whose efficiency attracts increasing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Qiang Yu , Shenglan Li , Huajin Tang , Longbiao Wang , Jianwu Dang , Kay Chen Tan

Understanding the physical computing mechanisms of individual network nodes is essential for scaling neuromorphic photonic architectures. This work proposes a compact passive nonlinear photonic core based on a Side-Coupled Integrated Spaced…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-06 Giovanni Donati , Stefano Biasi , Lorenzo Pavesi , Antonio Hurtado

In this work, we propose an energy efficient neuromorphic receiver to replace multiple signal-processing blocks at the receiver by a Spiking Neural Network (SNN) based module, called SpikingRx. We propose a deep convolutional SNN with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Ankit Gupta , Onur Dizdar , Yun Chen , Stephen Wang

In the past years, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have become the de-facto standard to solve tasks in communications engineering that are difficult to solve with traditional methods. In parallel, the artificial intelligence community…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-19 Eike-Manuel Bansbach , Alexander von Bank , Laurent Schmalen

In this paper, the foundations of neuromorphic computing, spiking neural networks (SNNs) and memristors, are analyzed and discussed. Neuromorphic computing is then applied to FPGA design for digital signal processing (DSP). Finite impulse…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Justin London

Although symbol-level precoding (SLP) based on constructive interference (CI) exploitation offers performance gains, its high complexity remains a bottleneck. This paper addresses this challenge with an end-to-end deep learning (DL)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-03 Jinshuo Zhang , Yafei Wang , Xinping Yi , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

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…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Debabrata Das , Yogeeth G. K. , Arnav Gupta

With more and more event-based neuromorphic hardware systems being developed at universities and in industry, there is a growing need for assessing their performance with domain specific measures. In this work, we use the methodology of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-28 Christoph Ostrau , Jonas Homburg , Christian Klarhorst , Michael Thies , Ulrich Rückert

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have gained significant attention in edge computing due to their low power consumption and computational efficiency. However, existing implementations either use conventional System on Chip (SoC) architectures…

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Non-von Neumann computational hardware, based on neuron-inspired, non-linear elements connected via linear, weighted synapses -- so-called neuromorphic systems -- is a viable computational substrate. Since neuromorphic systems have been…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-03-17 Oleksandr Iaroshenko , Andrew T. Sornborger

A spiking neural network (SNN) non-linear equalizer model is implemented on the mixed-signal neuromorphic hardware system BrainScaleS-2 and evaluated for an IM/DD link. The BER 2e-3 is achieved with a hardware penalty less than 1 dB,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-02 Elias Arnold , Georg Böcherer , Eric Müller , Philipp Spilger , Johannes Schemmel , Stefano Calabrò , Maxim Kuschnerov

Enhancing power efficiency and performance in neuromorphic computing systems is critical for next-generation artificial intelligence applications. We propose the Nanoscale Side-contacted Field Effect Diode (S-FED), a novel solution that…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Seyedmohamadjavad Motaman , Sarah Sharif , Yaser Banad

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have gained considerable interest due to their energy-efficient characteristics, yet lack of a scalable training algorithm has restricted their applicability in practical machine learning problems. The deep…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Seongsik Park , Seijoon Kim , Byunggook Na , Sungroh Yoon

Advances of deep learning for Artificial Neural Networks(ANNs) have led to significant improvements in the performance of digital signal processing systems implemented on digital chips. Although recent progress in low-power chips is…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-20 Giorgia Dellaferrera , Flavio Martinelli , Milos Cernak

Superconducting interferometers are quantum devices able to transduce a magnetic flux into an electrical output with excellent sensitivity, integrability and power consumption. Yet, their voltage response is intrinsically non-linear, a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-23 Giorgio De Simoni , Francesco Giazotto

Using single-pixel detection, the end-to-end neural network that jointly optimizes both encoding and decoding enables high-precision imaging and high-level semantic sensing. However, for varied sampling rates, the large-scale network…

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