Reliable computation in noisy backgrounds using real-time neuromorphic hardware

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference Healthcare Technology, BiOCAS2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-74

  Wang, Hsi Ping ^a,b   Chicca, Elisabetta ^c   Indiveri, Giacomo ^c   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; DEGREE OF NOISE; DEGREE OF RELIABILITY; DYNAMIC SYNAPSIS; FIRING RATES; INTEGRATE AND FIRES; NEURAL INFORMATION; NEUROMORPHIC; NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS; NEUROMORPHIC VLSI; PARAMETER SPACES; PRE-SYNAPTIC NEURON; REAL-TIME RESPONSE; SINGLE NEURON; SPIKING NEURON; SYNAPTIC INPUT; SYNAPTIC WEIGHT; VLSI SYSTEM;

NEURONS; RELIABILITY; VLSI CIRCUITS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349132128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2007.4463311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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