Search Results for author: Amirhossein Tavanaei

Found 9 papers, 2 papers with code

Embedded Encoder-Decoder in Convolutional Networks Towards Explainable AI

1 code implementation19 Jun 2020 Amirhossein Tavanaei

This paper proposes a new explainable convolutional neural network (XCNN) which represents important and driving visual features of stimuli in an end-to-end model architecture.

Explainable artificial intelligence Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) +1

Deep Learning in Spiking Neural Networks

2 code implementations22 Apr 2018 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Masoud Ghodrati, Saeed Reza Kheradpisheh, Timothee Masquelier, Anthony S. Maida

In this approach, a deep (multilayer) artificial neural network (ANN) is trained in a supervised manner using backpropagation.

BP-STDP: Approximating Backpropagation using Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity

no code implementations12 Nov 2017 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Anthony S. Maida

This approach enjoys benefits of both accurate gradient descent and temporally local, efficient STDP.

Representation Learning using Event-based STDP

no code implementations20 Jun 2017 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Timothee Masquelier, Anthony Maida

Although representation learning methods developed within the framework of traditional neural networks are relatively mature, developing a spiking representation model remains a challenging problem.

Quantization Representation Learning

Bio-Inspired Multi-Layer Spiking Neural Network Extracts Discriminative Features from Speech Signals

no code implementations10 Jun 2017 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Anthony Maida

This paper develops a bio-inspired SNN that uses unsupervised learning to extract discriminative features from speech signals, which can subsequently be used in a classifier.

Acquisition of Visual Features Through Probabilistic Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity

no code implementations3 Jun 2016 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Timothee Masquelier, Anthony S. Maida

The original model showed that a spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) learning algorithm embedded in an appropriately selected SCN could perform unsupervised feature discovery.

A Spiking Network that Learns to Extract Spike Signatures from Speech Signals

no code implementations2 Jun 2016 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Anthony S. Maida

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) with adaptive synapses reflect core properties of biological neural networks.

speech-recognition Speech Recognition

Training a Hidden Markov Model with a Bayesian Spiking Neural Network

no code implementations2 Jun 2016 Amirhossein Tavanaei, Anthony S. Maida

The emission (observation) probabilities of the HMM are represented in the SNN and trained with the STDP rule.

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