Investigators at Osaka University Target Neural Networks.

According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, "A novel rotate-and-fire digital spiking neuron is presented. The digital neuron is a wired system of shift registers and thus it is suited to on-chip learning unlike many other analog spiking neuron models."

"By adjusting the wiring pattern among the registers, the digital neuron can generate spike trains with various spike patterns and can exhibit related bifurcations. A discrete-continuous hybrid map, which describes the neuron dynamics without any approximation, is derived analytically," wrote T. Hishiki and colleagues, Osaka University.

The researchers concluded: "Using the hybrid map, it is shown that the digital spiking neuron can mimic typical bifurcation phenomena and various nonlinear responses of biological neurons."

Hishiki and colleagues published their study in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (A Novel Rotate-and-Fire Digital Spiking Neuron and its Neuron-Like Bifurcations and Responses. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 2011;22(5):752-767).

For additional information, contact T. Hishiki, Osaka University, Dept. of Systems Innovat, Toyonaka, Osaka 5608531, JAPAN.

The publisher's contact information for the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks is: IEEE-Institute Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-4141, USA.

Keywords: City:Toyonaka, Country:Japan, Region:Asia, Neural Networks

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