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Learning to Predict using Network of Spiking Neurons

June 8, 2023
Abstract
The emergence of computing technologies based on the brain is offering innovative energy-efficient information processing methods. Spiking Neural Networks, regarded as the third wave of Artificial Intelligence, are based on the learning principles in the brain, making them a biologically plausible model of neural processing. Spike-Time- Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is an efficient continual learning model of synaptic plasticity based on the same principles that underlie synaptic plasticity in the brain. We present our work on a heterogeneous recurrent spiking neural network which consists of heterogeneous neurons with varying firing/relaxation dynamics. The model learns using a heterogeneous STDP model with varying learning dynamics for each synapse. The heterogeneity in neuronal and synaptic dynamics reduces the spiking activity of a Recurrent Spiking Neural Network while improving prediction performance, enabling spike-efficient learning.
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