MemDANCE

Memristor-based Dendritic Analog Computing Enhancement

Partners

Gordon_Pipa
Prof. Dr. Gordon Pipa

Prof. Dr. Gordon Pipa

Neuroinformatics, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück

John_Paul_Strachan
Prof. Dr. John Paul Strachan

Prof. Dr. John Paul Strachan

Neuromorphic Compute Nodes (PGI-14), FZ Jülich

Project Description

This project will advance the field of neuromorphic computing in two major directions. First, it will develop memristor-based hardware for extremely energy-efficient spiking recurrent neuronal networks including dendritic computing, a major component of real neuronal systems that is mostly ignored in the field of artificial neuronal networks by today. Secondly, the inclusion of dendritic computing will enable boosting the computational power of spiking recurrent neuronal networks by increasing temporal memory which is necessary for the effective processing of complex temporal sequences including signatures across different temporal scales. Taking both together, this project has the potential for an extremely energy-efficient memristor-based spiking recurrent neuronal network that may be used in edge devices and for hardware-based neuromorphic applications of AI with significantly improved performance.

Further involved scientists

Farbod_Nosrad_Nezami
Dr. Farbod Nosrat Nezami

Dr. Farbod Nosrat Nezami

Neuroinformatics, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück

Ming-Jay_Yang
Dr. Ming-Jay Yang

Dr. Ming-Jay Yang

Neuromorphic Compute Nodes (PGI-14), FZ Jülich