Towards Neuromorphic Machine Intelligence: Spike-Based Representation, Learning, and Applications

Towards Neuromorphic Machine Intelligence: Spike-Based Representation, Learning, and Applications provides readers with in-depth understanding of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), which is a burgeoning research branch of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), AI, and Machine Learning that sits at the heart of the integration between Computer Science and Neural Engineering. In recent years, neural networks have re-emerged in relation to AI, representing a well-grounded paradigm rooted in disciplines from physics and psychology to information science and engineering.
This book represents one of the established cross-over areas where neurophysiology, cognition, and neural engineering coincide with the development of new Machine Learning and AI paradigms. There are many excellent theoretical achievements in neuron models, learning algorithms, network architecture, and so on. But these achievements are numerous and scattered, with a lack of straightforward systematic integration, making it difficult for researchers to assimilate and apply. As the third generation of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) simulate the neuron dynamics and information transmission in a biological neural system in more detail, which is a cross-product of computer science and neuroscience. The primary target audience of this book is divided into two categories: artificial intelligence researchers who know nothing about SNNs, and researchers who know a lot about SNNs. The former needs to acquire fundamental knowledge of SNNs, but the challenge is that much of the existing literature on SNNs only slightly mentions the basic knowledge of SNNs, or is too superficial, and this book gives a systematic explanation from scratch. The latter needs learning about some novel research achievements in the field of SNNs, and this book introduces the latest research results on different aspects of SNNs and provides detailed simulation processes to facilitate readers' replication. In addition, the book introduces neuromorphic hardware architecture as a further extension of the SNN system.

The book starts with the birth and development of SNNs, and then introduces the main research hotspots, including spiking neuron models, learning algorithms, network architectures, and neuromorphic hardware. Therefore, the book provides readers with easy access to both the foundational concepts and recent research findings in SNNs.

• Introduces Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), a new generation of biologically inspired artificial intelligence.
• Systematically presents basic concepts of SNNs, neuron and network models, learning algorithms, and neuromorphic hardware.
• Introduces the latest research results on various aspects of SNNs and provides detailed simulation processes to facilitate readers' replication.

Dr. Hong Qu received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2006. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany, and the Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany. He is currently a Professor with the Computational Intelligence Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His current research interests include neural networks, machine learning, and big data.

Dr. Xiaoling Luo received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2023. She is currently a lecturer at School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering. Her current research interests include machine learning and spiking neural networks.

Dr. Zhang Yi received the Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, in 1994. He is currently a Professor with the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. He has coauthored several book. His current research interests include neural networks and big data. Prof. Yi was an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS and the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS in 2014.