论文信息 - Hardware/Software Co-Design for Spike Based Recognition

Hardware/Software Co-Design for Spike Based Recognition

The practical applications based on recurrent spiking neurons are limited due to their non-trivial learning algorithms. The temporal nature of spiking neurons is more favorable for hardware implementation where signals can be represented in binary form and communication can be done through the use of spikes. This work investigates the potential of recurrent spiking neurons implementations on reconfigurable platforms and their applicability in temporal based applications. A theoretical framework of reservoir computing is investigated for hardware/software implementation. In this framework, only readout neurons are trained which overcomes the burden of training at the network level. These recurrent neural networks are termed as microcircuits which are viewed as basic computational units in cortical computation. This paper investigates the potential of recurrent neural reservoirs and presents a novel hardware/software strategy for their implementation on FPGAs. The design is implemented and the functionality is tested in the context of speech recognition application.

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