Neuromorphic Electronic Circuits for Building Autonomous Cognitive Systems

被引:4
作者
Esch, Jim
机构
[1] Cognitive Interaction Technology-Center of Excellence, Bielefeld University, Faculty of Technology
[2] Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich
[3] ICub Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Cognitive systems; learning systems; neuromorphic engineering; real-time neuromorphic systems; spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP); spiking neural network architecture; subthreshold analog circuits; very large-scale integration (VLSI); winner-take-all (WTA);
D O I
10.1109/JPROC.2014.2341317
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Several analog and digital brain-inspired electronic systems have been recently proposed as dedicated solutions for fast simulations of spiking neural networks. While these architectures are useful for exploring the computational properties of large-scale models of the nervous system, the challenge of building low-power compact physical artifacts that can behave intelligently in the real world and exhibit cognitive abilities still remains open. In this paper, we propose a set of neuromorphic engineering solutions to address this challenge. In particular, we review neuromorphic circuits for emulating neural and synaptic dynamics in real time and discuss the role of biophysically realistic temporal dynamics in hardware neural processing architectures; we review the challenges of realizing spike-based plasticity mechanisms in real physical systems and present examples of analog electronic circuits that implement them; we describe the computational properties of recurrent neural networks and show how neuromorphic winner-take-all circuits can implement working-memory and decision-making mechanisms. We validate the neuromorphic approach proposed with experimental results obtained from our own circuits and systems, and argue how the circuits and networks presented in this work represent a useful set of components for efficiently and elegantly implementing neuromorphic cognition.
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页码:1364 / 1366
页数:3
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