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most citedNeural Sampling Machine with Stochastic Synapse allows Brain-like Learning and Inference

67 citations · 84 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.NE2024

Optimal Gradient Checkpointing for Sparse and Recurrent Architectures using Off-Chip Memory

Wadjih Bencheikh, Jan Finkbeiner, Emre Neftci

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are valued for their computational efficiency and reduced memory requirements on tasks involving long sequence lengths but require high memory-proc…

q-bio.NC2024

Unsupervised Learning of Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Spiking Neuronal Networks

Florian Feiler, Emre Neftci, Younes Bouhadjar

The ability to predict future events or patterns based on previous experience is crucial for many applications such as traffic control, weather forecasting, or supply chain managem…

cs.ET2024

Gain Cell-Based Analog Content Addressable Memory for Dynamic Associative tasks in AI

Paul-Philipp Manea, Nathan Leroux, Emre Neftci +1

Analog Content Addressable Memories (aCAMs) have proven useful for associative in-memory computing applications like Decision Trees, Finite State Machines, and Hyper-dimensional Co…

cs.NE2024

On-Chip Learning via Transformer In-Context Learning

Jan Finkbeiner, Emre Neftci

Autoregressive decoder-only transformers have become key components for scalable sequence processing and generation models. However, the transformer's self-attention mechanism requ…

cs.NE2024

Analog In-Memory Computing Attention Mechanism for Fast and Energy-Efficient Large Language Models

Nathan Leroux, Paul-Philipp Manea, Chirag Sudarshan +4

Transformer networks, driven by self-attention, are central to Large Language Models. In generative Transformers, self-attention uses cache memory to store token projections, avoid…

cs.NE2024

SNNAX -- Spiking Neural Networks in JAX

Jamie Lohoff, Jan Finkbeiner, Emre Neftci

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) simulators are essential tools to prototype biologically inspired models and neuromorphic hardware architectures and predict their performance. For s…

cs.ET2024★ 6 cited

Integration of Physics-Derived Memristor Models with Machine Learning Frameworks

Zhenming Yu, Stephan Menzel, John Paul Strachan +1

Simulation frameworks such MemTorch, DNN+NeuroSim, and aihwkit are commonly used to facilitate the end-to-end co-design of memristive machine learning (ML) accelerators. These simu…

cs.ET2024★ 7 cited

The Ouroboros of Memristors: Neural Networks Facilitating Memristor Programming

Zhenming Yu, Ming-Jay Yang, Jan Finkbeiner +3

Memristive devices hold promise to improve the scale and efficiency of machine learning and neuromorphic hardware, thanks to their compact size, low power consumption, and the abil…

cs.CV2024★ 4 cited

Efficient Event-Based Object Detection: A Hybrid Neural Network with Spatial and Temporal Attention

Soikat Hasan Ahmed, Jan Finkbeiner, Emre Neftci

Event cameras offer high temporal resolution and dynamic range with minimal motion blur, making them promising for robust object detection. While Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) on…

cs.NE2023

Harnessing Manycore Processors with Distributed Memory for Accelerated Training of Sparse and Recurrent Models

Jan Finkbeiner, Thomas Gmeinder, Mark Pupilli +2

Current AI training infrastructure is dominated by single instruction multiple data (SIMD) and systolic array architectures, such as Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Tensor Pro…

cs.NE2023

Online Transformers with Spiking Neurons for Fast Prosthetic Hand Control

Nathan Leroux, Jan Finkbeiner, Emre Neftci

Transformers are state-of-the-art networks for most sequence processing tasks. However, the self-attention mechanism often used in Transformers requires large time windows for each…

cs.NE2021

Training Spiking Neural Networks Using Lessons From Deep Learning

Jason K. Eshraghian, Max Ward, Emre Neftci +6

The brain is the perfect place to look for inspiration to develop more efficient neural networks. The inner workings of our synapses and neurons provide a glimpse at what the futur…

cond-mat.dis-nn2021★ 67 cited

Neural Sampling Machine with Stochastic Synapse allows Brain-like Learning and Inference

Sourav Dutta, Georgios Detorakis, Abhishek Khanna +3

Many real-world mission-critical applications require continual online learning from noisy data and real-time decision making with a defined confidence level. Probabilistic models…

cs.NE2020

On-Chip Error-triggered Learning of Multi-layer Memristive Spiking Neural Networks

Melika Payvand, Mohammed E. Fouda, Fadi Kurdahi +2

Recent breakthroughs in neuromorphic computing show that local forms of gradient descent learning are compatible with Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) and synaptic plasticity. Althou…