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Generative Large Language Models (LLMs) are capable of being in-context learners. However, the underlying mechanism of in-context learning (ICL) is still a major research question, and experimental research results about how models exploit…

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We propose RecaLLM, a set of reasoning language models post-trained to make effective use of long-context information. In-context retrieval, which identifies relevant evidence from context, and reasoning are deeply intertwined: retrieval…

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Large language models (LLMs) demonstrate an impressive ability to utilise information within the context of their input sequences to appropriately respond to data unseen by the LLM during its training procedure. This ability is known as…

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We introduce Graph Hopfield Networks, whose energy function couples associative memory retrieval with graph Laplacian smoothing for node classification. Gradient descent on this joint energy yields an iterative update interleaving Hopfield…

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Complex architectures of biological neural circuits, such as parallel processing pathways, has been behaviorally implicated in many cognitive studies. However, the theoretical consequences of circuit complexity on neural computation have…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-11-28 James B. Aimone , William M. Severa

Despite the recent progress in long-context language models, it remains elusive how transformer-based models exhibit the capability to retrieve relevant information from arbitrary locations within the long context. This paper aims to…

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The brain can reproduce memories from partial data; this ability is critical for memory recall. The process of memory recall has been studied using auto-associative networks such as the Hopfield model. This kind of model reliably converges…

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In this short note, we present an extension of long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks to using a depth gate to connect memory cells of adjacent layers. Doing so introduces a linear dependence between lower and upper layer recurrent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-26 Kaisheng Yao , Trevor Cohn , Katerina Vylomova , Kevin Duh , Chris Dyer

Associative memory models such as the Hopfield network and its dense generalizations with higher-order interactions exhibit a "blackout catastrophe" -- a discontinuous transition where stable memory states abruptly vanish when the number of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-24 David G. Clark

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as the predominant paradigm for grounding Large Language Model outputs in factual knowledge, effectively mitigating hallucinations. However, conventional RAG systems operate under a…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Sergii Voloshyn

Dense Associative Memories or Modern Hopfield Networks have many appealing properties of associative memory. They can do pattern completion, store a large number of memories, and can be described using a recurrent neural network with a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Dmitry Krotov

We present a context-aware neural ranking model to exploit users' on-task search activities and enhance retrieval performance. In particular, a two-level hierarchical recurrent neural network is introduced to learn search context…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Wasi Uddin Ahmad , Kai-Wei Chang , Hongning Wang

We show that gating mechanisms in recurrent neural networks (RNNs) induce lag-dependent and direction-dependent effective learning rates, even when training uses a fixed, global step size. This behavior arises from a coupling between…

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Effective conversational search demands a deep understanding of user intent across multiple dialogue turns. Users frequently use abbreviations and shift topics in the middle of conversations, posing challenges for conventional retrievers.…

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Successful recurrent models such as long short-term memories (LSTMs) and gated recurrent units (GRUs) use ad hoc gating mechanisms. Empirically these models have been found to improve the learning of medium to long term temporal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Corentin Tallec , Yann Ollivier

Standard Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is poorly matched to agent memory. Unlike large heterogeneous corpora, agent memory forms a bounded and coherent interaction stream in which many spans are highly correlated or near duplicates.…

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become an essential approach for extending the reasoning and knowledge capacity of large language models (LLMs). While prior research has primarily focused on retrieval quality and prompting…

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We introduce the Dreaming $L$-directional Associative Memory (DLAM), a multi-layer Hebbian architecture in which off-line dreaming and supervised heteroassociative coupling coexist within a single energy function, placing our approach…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-14 Adriano Barra , Fabrizio Durante , Andrea Ladiana , Michela Marra Solazzo

Hippocampal formation (HF) can rapidly adapt to varied environments and build flexible working memory (WM). To mirror the HF's mechanism on generalization and WM, we propose a model named Generalization and Associative Temporary Encoding…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-01-23 Yuechen Liu , Zishun Wang , Chen Qiao , Zongben Xu

The Hopfield model provides a mathematically idealized yet insightful framework for understanding the mechanisms of memory storage and retrieval in the human brain. This model has inspired four decades of extensive research on learning and…

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