Visualizing a joint future of neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering.

Journal: Neuron
Published Date:

Abstract

Recent research resolves the challenging problem of building biophysically plausible spiking neural models that are also capable of complex information processing. This advance creates new opportunities in neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering, which we discussed at an online focus meeting.

Authors

  • Friedemann Zenke
    Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Sander M Bohte
    Machine Learning Group, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Claudia Clopath
    Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. c.clopath@imperial.ac.uk.
  • Iulia M Comşa
    Google Research, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Julian Göltz
    Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Wolfgang Maass
    Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, A-8010 Graz, Austria maass@igi.tugraz.at.
  • Timothée Masquelier
    CERCO UMR 5549, CNRS-Université de Toulouse 3, F-31300, France.
  • Richard Naud
    University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Emre O Neftci
    Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
  • Mihai A Petrovici
    Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: petrovici@pyl.unibe.ch.
  • Franz Scherr
    Institute of Theoretical Computer Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
  • Dan F M Goodman
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.