Neural heterogeneity promotes robust learning

N Perez-Nieves, VCH Leung, PL Dragotti… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The brain is a hugely diverse, heterogeneous structure. Whether or not heterogeneity at the
neural level plays a functional role remains unclear, and has been relatively little explored in …

Bottom-up and top-down approaches for the design of neuromorphic processing systems: tradeoffs and synergies between natural and artificial intelligence

C Frenkel, D Bol, G Indiveri - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While Moore's law has driven exponential computing power expectations, its nearing end
calls for new avenues for improving the overall system performance. One of these avenues …

Brain-inspired methods for achieving robust computation in heterogeneous mixed-signal neuromorphic processing systems

D Zendrikov, S Solinas, G Indiveri - … Computing and Engineering, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Neuromorphic processing systems implementing spiking neural networks with mixed signal
analog/digital electronic circuits and/or memristive devices represent a promising …

Neural heterogeneity controls computations in spiking neural networks

R Gast, SA Solla, A Kennedy - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The brain is composed of complex networks of interacting neurons that express
considerable heterogeneity in their physiology and spiking characteristics. How does this …

Bottom-up and top-down neural processing systems design: Neuromorphic intelligence as the convergence of natural and artificial intelligence

CP Frenkel, D Bol, G Indiveri - ArXiv. org, 2021 - zora.uzh.ch
While Moore's law has driven exponential computing power expectations, its nearing end
calls for new avenues for improving the overall system performance. One of these avenues …

Neural learning rules for generating flexible predictions and computing the successor representation

C Fang, D Aronov, LF Abbott, EL Mackevicius - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The predictive nature of the hippocampus is thought to be useful for memory-guided
cognitive behaviors. Inspired by the reinforcement learning literature, this notion has been …

Predictive coding is a consequence of energy efficiency in recurrent neural networks

A Ali, N Ahmad, E de Groot, MAJ van Gerven… - Patterns, 2022 - cell.com
Predictive coding is a promising framework for understanding brain function. It postulates
that the brain continuously inhibits predictable sensory input, ensuring preferential …

Heterogeneous recurrent spiking neural network for spatio-temporal classification

B Chakraborty, S Mukhopadhyay - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Spiking Neural Networks are often touted as brain-inspired learning models for the third
wave of Artificial Intelligence. Although recent SNNs trained with supervised …

Neuromorphic bioelectronic medicine for nervous system interfaces: from neural computational primitives to medical applications

E Donati, G Indiveri - Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Bioelectronic medicine treats chronic diseases by sensing, processing, and modulating the
electronic signals produced in the nervous system of the human body, labeled'neural …

Intrinsic neural diversity quenches the dynamic volatility of neural networks

A Hutt, S Rich, TA Valiante… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Heterogeneity is the norm in biology. The brain is no different: Neuronal cell types are
myriad, reflected through their cellular morphology, type, excitability, connectivity motifs, and …