3 papers
cs.LG2025
Learning at the Speed of Physics: Equilibrium Propagation on Oscillator Ising Machines
Alex Gower
Physical systems that naturally perform energy descent offer a direct route to accelerating machine learning. Oscillator Ising Machines (OIMs) exemplify this idea: their GHz-freque…
cond-mat.dis-nn2025
How to Train an Oscillator Ising Machine using Equilibrium Propagation
Alex Gower
We show that Oscillator Ising Machines (OIMs) are prime candidates for use as neuromorphic machine learning processors with Equilibrium Propagation (EP) based on-chip learning. The…
cond-mat.dis-nn2024
Saddles-to-minima topological crossover and glassiness in the Rubik's Cube
Alex Gower, Oliver Hart, Claudio Castelnovo
Slow relaxation and glassiness have been the focus of extensive research attention, along with popular and technological interest, for many decades. While much understanding has be…