Wireless synapses in bio-inspired neural networks

Tomasz Jannson; Thomas Forrester; Kevin Degrood

doi:10.1117/12.817691

29 April 2009 Wireless synapses in bio-inspired neural networks

Tomasz Jannson, Thomas Forrester, Kevin Degrood

Proceedings Volume 7347, Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III; 73470T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.817691
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Wireless (virtual) synapses represent a novel approach to bio-inspired neural networks that follow the infrastructure of the biological brain, except that biological (physical) synapses are replaced by virtual ones based on cellular telephony modeling. Such synapses are of two types: intracluster synapses are based on IR wireless ones, while intercluster synapses are based on RF wireless ones. Such synapses have three unique features, atypical of conventional artificial ones: very high parallelism (close to that of the human brain), very high reconfigurability (easy to kill and to create), and very high plasticity (easy to modify or upgrade). In this paper we analyze the general concept of wireless synapses with special emphasis on RF wireless synapses. Also, biological mammalian (vertebrate) neural models are discussed for comparison, and a novel neural lensing effect is discussed in detail.

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Tomasz Jannson, Thomas Forrester, and Kevin Degrood "Wireless synapses in bio-inspired neural networks", Proc. SPIE 7347, Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III, 73470T (29 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.817691

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