arXiv:2606. 13801v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neural responses in cortex exhibit substantial trial-to-trial variability in response to repeated stimuli, while peripheral sensory neurons respond far more consistently, leading many to wonder whether stochasticity may carry meaning.
By Robin Preble, Praveen Venkatesh, Stefan Mihalas, Kameron Decker Harris
arXiv:2608. 05464v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The pruning of network connections is key to brain function but, despite its importance, there exist few biologically-plausible pruning rules with demonstrated good performance.
By Sanjith Senthil, Rishidev Chaudhuri
arXiv:2602. 14885v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) provide a theoretical framework for understanding computation in biological neural circuits, yet classical results, such as Hopfield's model of associative memory, rely on symmetric connectivity that restricts network dynamics to gradient-like flows.
By Ram\'on Nartallo-Kaluarachchi, Renaud Lambiotte, Alain Goriely
The pruning of network connections is key to brain function but, despite its importance, there exist few biologically-plausible pruning rules with demonstrated good performance. In this work we evaluate noise-prune, a recently introduced unsupervised local pruning rule for recurrent networks that uses noisy fluctuations to determine the importance of connections.
arXiv:2607. 14466v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Noise injection is a well-known technique in stochastic optimization.
By Matt L. Wiemann, Peter Melchior, Andrew K. Saydjari
arXiv:2602. 04078v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deep learning has achieved remarkable success across a wide range of domains, significantly expanding the frontiers of what is achievable in artificial intelligence.
By R\'ois\'in Luo