Search Results for author: Andre van Schaik

Found 14 papers, 3 papers with code

An optimised deep spiking neural network architecture without gradients

no code implementations27 Sep 2021 Yeshwanth Bethi, Ying Xu, Gregory Cohen, Andre van Schaik, Saeed Afshar

Through the use of simple local adaptive selection thresholds at each node, the network rapidly learns to appropriately allocate its neuronal resources at each layer for any given problem without using a real-valued error measure.

Event-based Object Detection and Tracking for Space Situational Awareness

no code implementations20 Nov 2019 Saeed Afshar, Andrew P Nicholson, Andre van Schaik, Gregory Cohen

In this work, we present optical space imaging using an unconventional yet promising class of imaging devices known as neuromorphic event-based sensors.

object-detection Object Detection

Single-bit-per-weight deep convolutional neural networks without batch-normalization layers for embedded systems

1 code implementation16 Jul 2019 Mark D. McDonnell, Hesham Mostafa, Runchun Wang, Andre van Schaik

We found, following experiments with wide residual networks applied to the ImageNet, CIFAR 10 and CIFAR 100 image classification datasets, that BN layers do not consistently offer a significant advantage.

Ranked #94 on Image Classification on CIFAR-100 (using extra training data)

General Classification Image Classification

Star Tracking using an Event Camera

2 code implementations7 Dec 2018 Tat-Jun Chin, Samya Bagchi, Anders Eriksson, Andre van Schaik

Star trackers are primarily optical devices that are used to estimate the attitude of a spacecraft by recognising and tracking star patterns.

An FPGA-based Massively Parallel Neuromorphic Cortex Simulator

no code implementations8 Mar 2018 Runchun Wang, Chetan Singh Thakur, Andre van Schaik

This paper presents a massively parallel and scalable neuromorphic cortex simulator designed for simulating large and structurally connected spiking neural networks, such as complex models of various areas of the cortex.

Investigation of event-based memory surfaces for high-speed tracking, unsupervised feature extraction and object recognition

no code implementations14 Mar 2016 Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen, Tara Julia Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik

This variance motivated the investigation of event-based decaying memory surfaces in comparison to time-based decaying memory surfaces to capture the temporal aspect of the event-based data.

Object Recognition

A compact aVLSI conductance-based silicon neuron

no code implementations3 Sep 2015 Runchun Wang, Chetan Singh Thakur, Tara Julia Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik

We present an analogue Very Large Scale Integration (aVLSI) implementation that uses first-order lowpass filters to implement a conductance-based silicon neuron for high-speed neuromorphic systems.

A neuromorphic hardware architecture using the Neural Engineering Framework for pattern recognition

1 code implementation21 Jul 2015 Runchun Wang, Chetan Singh Thakur, Tara Julia Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik

The architecture is not limited to handwriting recognition, but is generally applicable as an extremely fast pattern recognition processor for various kinds of patterns such as speech and images.

Handwriting Recognition Handwritten Digit Recognition

A Trainable Neuromorphic Integrated Circuit that Exploits Device Mismatch

no code implementations10 Jul 2015 Chetan Singh Thakur, Runchun Wang, Tara Julia Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik

Additionally, we characterise each neuron and discuss the statistical variability of its tuning curve that arises due to random device mismatch, a desirable property for the learning capability of the TAB.

An Online Learning Algorithm for Neuromorphic Hardware Implementation

no code implementations11 May 2015 Chetan Singh Thakur, Runchun Wang, Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen, Tara Julia Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik

We propose a sign-based online learning (SOL) algorithm for a neuromorphic hardware framework called Trainable Analogue Block (TAB).

regression

Turn Down that Noise: Synaptic Encoding of Afferent SNR in a Single Spiking Neuron

no code implementations11 Nov 2014 Saeed Afshar, Libin George, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik, Philip de Chazal, Tara Julia Hamilton

We have added a simplified neuromorphic model of Spike Time Dependent Plasticity (STDP) to the Synapto-dendritic Kernel Adapting Neuron (SKAN).

Racing to Learn: Statistical Inference and Learning in a Single Spiking Neuron with Adaptive Kernels

no code implementations6 Aug 2014 Saeed Afshar, Libin George, Jonathan Tapson, Andre van Schaik, Tara Julia Hamilton

This paper describes the Synapto-dendritic Kernel Adapting Neuron (SKAN), a simple spiking neuron model that performs statistical inference and unsupervised learning of spatiotemporal spike patterns.

The Ripple Pond: Enabling Spiking Networks to See

no code implementations13 Jun 2013 Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen, Runchun Wang, Andre van Schaik, Jonathan Tapson, Torsten Lehmann, Tara Julia Hamilton

In this paper we present the biologically inspired Ripple Pond Network (RPN), a simply connected spiking neural network that, operating together with recently proposed PolyChronous Networks (PCN), enables rapid, unsupervised, scale and rotation invariant object recognition using efficient spatio-temporal spike coding.

Object Recognition

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