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Active Inference in Hebbian Learning Networks
This work studies how brain-inspired neural ensembles equipped with local Hebbian plasticity can perform active inference (AIF) in order to control dynamical agents.
Investigating methods to improve photovoltaic thermal models at second-to-minute timescales
We propose two thermal models, WM1 and WM2, and compare these against the models of Ross, Sandia, and Faiman on twenty-four datasets of fifteen sites, with time resolutions ranging from 1$~$s to 1$~$h, the majority of these at 1$~$min resolution.
Fusing Event-based Camera and Radar for SLAM Using Spiking Neural Networks with Continual STDP Learning
This work proposes a first-of-its-kind SLAM architecture fusing an event-based camera and a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar for drone navigation.
Continuously Learning to Detect People on the Fly: A Bio-inspired Visual System for Drones
This paper demonstrates for the first time that a biologically-plausible spiking neural network (SNN) equipped with Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) can continuously learn to detect walking people on the fly using retina-inspired, event-based cameras.
Design of Many-Core Big Little μBrain for Energy-Efficient Embedded Neuromorphic Computing
We propose a system software framework called SentryOS to map SDCNN inference applications to the proposed design.
A New Look at Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Networks for Spatio-Temporal Feature Learning
We present new theoretical foundations for unsupervised Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) learning in spiking neural networks (SNNs).
Fail-Safe Human Detection for Drones Using a Multi-Modal Curriculum Learning Approach
Currently however, people detection systems used on drones are solely based on standard cameras besides an emerging number of works discussing the fusion of imaging and event-based cameras.
A 2-$μ$J, 12-class, 91% Accuracy Spiking Neural Network Approach For Radar Gesture Recognition
Radar processing via spiking neural networks (SNNs) has recently emerged as a solution in the field of ultra-low-power wireless human-computer interaction.
Dynamic Reliability Management in Neuromorphic Computing
We propose a new architectural technique to mitigate the aging-related reliability problems in neuromorphic systems, by designing an intelligent run-time manager (NCRTM), which dynamically destresses neuron and synapse circuits in response to the short-term aging in their CMOS transistors during the execution of machine learning workloads, with the objective of meeting a reliability target.
NeuroXplorer 1.0: An Extensible Framework for Architectural Exploration with Spiking Neural Networks
Recently, both industry and academia have proposed many different neuromorphic architectures to execute applications that are designed with Spiking Neural Network (SNN).
Endurance-Aware Mapping of Spiking Neural Networks to Neuromorphic Hardware
We propose eSpine, a novel technique to improve lifetime by incorporating the endurance variation within each crossbar in mapping machine learning workloads, ensuring that synapses with higher activation are always implemented on memristors with higher endurance, and vice versa.
Enabling Resource-Aware Mapping of Spiking Neural Networks via Spatial Decomposition
With growing model complexity, mapping Spiking Neural Network (SNN)-based applications to tile-based neuromorphic hardware is becoming increasingly challenging.
Run-time Mapping of Spiking Neural Networks to Neuromorphic Hardware
In this paper, we propose a design methodology to partition and map the neurons and synapses of online learning SNN-based applications to neuromorphic architectures at {run-time}.
PyCARL: A PyNN Interface for Hardware-Software Co-Simulation of Spiking Neural Network
We also use PyCARL to analyze these SNNs for a state-of-the-art neuromorphic hardware and demonstrate a significant performance deviation from software-only simulations.
A Framework to Explore Workload-Specific Performance and Lifetime Trade-offs in Neuromorphic Computing
Our framework first extracts the precise times at which a charge pump in the hardware is activated to support neural computations within a workload.
Mapping Spiking Neural Networks to Neuromorphic Hardware
SpiNePlacer then finds the best placement of local and global synapses on the hardware using a meta-heuristic-based approach to minimize energy consumption and spike latency.
Mapping of Local and Global Synapses on Spiking Neuromorphic Hardware
Partitioning SNNs becomes essential in order to map them on neuromorphic hardware with the major aim to reduce the global communication latency and energy overhead.
Heartbeat Classification in Wearables Using Multi-layer Perceptron and Time-Frequency Joint Distribution of ECG
Heartbeat classification using electrocardiogram (ECG) data is a vital assistive technology for wearable health solutions.
Unsupervised Heart-rate Estimation in Wearables With Liquid States and A Probabilistic Readout
The novelty of our approach lies in (1) encoding spatio-temporal properties of ECG signals directly into spike train and using this to excite recurrently connected spiking neurons in a Liquid State Machine computation model; (2) a novel learning algorithm; and (3) an intelligently designed unsupervised readout based on Fuzzy c-Means clustering of spike responses from a subset of neurons (Liquid states), selected using particle swarm optimization.
