Purin is a biology-inspired mechanism for artificial neural networks that adds synaptic efficacy modulation to conventional convolutional neural networks. It introduces a time‑interval‑based abstraction for neural activities, allowing short‑ and long‑term synaptic efficacy changes without discrete time‑steps. Experiments on AlexNet, VGG11, and GoogLeNet show that Purin improves classification accuracies across evaluated datasets.
arXiv:2501.18018v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The neurons of artificial neural networks were originally invented when much less was known about biological neurons than is known today. Our...
arXiv:2606. 31700v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Biological neural circuits obey Dale's principle: each neuron's synapses are uniformly excitatory or inhibitory.
arXiv:2609.36615v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) solve partial differential equations (PDEs) by incorporating governing physical laws into the training loss....
arXiv:2608. 04358v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning (CL) requires models to learn tasks sequentially, yet deep neural networks often suffer from plasticity loss and poor knowledge transfer, which can impede their long-term adaptability.
arXiv:2608.28184v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Grokking is a delayed transition from memorization to generalization that is often accompanied by substantial reorganization of internal representation...
arXiv:2607. 14672v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continuous-time spiking neural networks (SNNs) provide an event-driven framework for temporal computation, computational neuroscience, and neuromorphic hardware.
arXiv:2504.14015v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce "causal pieces", a novel concept for analysing spiking neural networks (SNNs), inspired by "linear pieces" used to study express...
The paper introduces ELiSe, a model that leverages cortical network scaffolds and dendritic compartments to learn complex non‑Markovian spatio‑temporal patterns using only local, always‑on, phase‑free synaptic plasticity. It demonstrates the model’s ability to acquire and replay intricate sequences, exemplified by a birdsong learning mock‑up, and shows robustness to external disturbances and flexibility in parameter settings.
arXiv:2512. 01906v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are biologically inspired, event-driven models suited for temporal data processing and energy-efficient neuromorphic computing.
arXiv:2510. 22450v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The choice of activation function plays a critical role in neural networks, yet most architectures still rely on fixed, uniform activation functions across all neurons.
arXiv:2607. 15217v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present NeuronSoup, a neural computation architecture that replaces synchronous layer-by-layer processing with asynchronous, delay-mediated signal propagation through a pool of shared neurons.
The paper introduces TNLearn, an open‑source Python package that automates the construction and training of task‑based neurons and networks. It argues that different tasks benefit from customized neurons that incorporate task‑specific prior knowledge, representing a shift from traditional task‑based architectures. The package, documented with technical exposition, API reference, and examples, is available on GitHub and integrated into the PyTorch ecosystem.