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The entorhinal-hippocampal formation is the mammalian brain's navigation system, encoding both physical and abstract spaces via grid cells. This system is well-studied in neuroscience, and its efficiency and versatility make it attractive…
We propose HiCL, a novel hippocampal-inspired dual-memory continual learning architecture designed to mitigate catastrophic forgetting by using elements inspired by the hippocampal circuitry. Our system encodes inputs through a…
Memory systems can store vastly different amounts of information despite similar hardware constraints. Here, we show that superior spatial memory emerges from a discrete stiffening of hippocampal population geometry-a transition from…
Fourier-like summation of several grid cell modules with different spatial frequencies in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) has long been proposed to form the contours of place firing fields. Recent experiments largely, but not completely,…
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…
Deep learning (DL) has shown state-of-the-art performance in trajectory prediction, which is critical to safe navigation in autonomous driving (AD). However, most DL-based methods suffer from catastrophic forgetting, where adapting to a new…
This paper introduces a learning framework for Three-Directional Associative Memory (TAM) models, extending the classical Hebbian paradigm to both supervised and unsupervised protocols within an hetero-associative setting. These neural…
Bridging generative foundation models with non-equilibrium thin-film synthesis remains a central challenge, limiting the practical impact of AI-driven materials discovery on semiconductor dielectrics. Here, we introduce IDEAL (Inverse…
This paper investigates the design of parallel general matrix multiplication (GEMM) for a Versal Adaptive Compute Accelerated Platform (ACAP) equipped with a VC1902 system-on-chip and multiple Artificial Intelligence Engines (AIEs). Our…
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enables large language models (LLMs) to access external knowledge, helping mitigate hallucinations and enhance domain-specific expertise. Graph-based RAG enhances structural reasoning by introducing…
We present VAEL, a neuro-symbolic generative model integrating variational autoencoders (VAE) with the reasoning capabilities of probabilistic logic (L) programming. Besides standard latent subsymbolic variables, our model exploits a…
Modeling episodic memory (EM) remains a significant challenge in both neuroscience and AI, with existing models either lacking interpretability or struggling with practical applications. This paper proposes the Vision-Language Episodic…
Comprehending extended audiovisual experiences remains challenging for computational systems, particularly temporal integration and cross-modal associations fundamental to human episodic memory. We introduce HippoMM, a computational…
Computation fundamentally separates time from space: nondeterministic search is exponential in time but polynomially simulable in space (Savitch's Theorem). We propose that the brain physically instantiates a biological variant of this…
We introduce a three-dimensional vectorial extension of the Hopfield associative-memory model in which each neuron is a unit vector on $S^2$ and synaptic couplings are $3\times 3$ blocks generated through a vectorial Hebbian rule. The…
Sequence learning, prediction and replay have been proposed to constitute the universal computations performed by the neocortex. The Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) algorithm realizes these forms of computation. It learns sequences in an…
This article proposes the use of Vector Symbolic Architectures for implementing Hierarchical Graph Neuron, an architecture for memorizing patterns of generic sensor stimuli. The adoption of a Vector Symbolic representation ensures a…