On spike timing dependent plasticity, memristive devices, and building a self learning visual cortex

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Title: “On spike-timing-dependent-plasticity, memristive devices, and building a self-learning visual cortex”
Authors: Carlos Zamarreño-Ramos, Luis A. Camuñas-Mesa, Jose A. Pérez-Carrasco, Timothée Masquelier, Teresa Serrano-Gotarredona, Bernabé Linares-Barranco
Source: Frontiers in Neuromorphic Engineering (online journal).
Format: Full Paper
Publication Date: 17 March 2011

Synopsis: “We will see how neurons and memristors can be interconnected to achieve large scale spiking learning systems, that follow a type of multiplicative STDP learning rule. We will briefly extend the architectures to use three-terminal transistors with similar memristive behavior. We will illustrate how a V1 visual cortex layer can assembled and how it is capable of learning to extract orientations from visual data coming from a real artificial CMOS spiking retina observing real life scenes. […..] The aim of this paper is to present, in a tutorial manner, an initial framework for the possible development of fully asynchronous STDP learning neuromorphic architectures exploiting two or three-terminal memristive type devices. All files used for the simulations are made available through the journal web site.”

Full Abstract and Resources at http://www.frontiersin.org/neuromorphic_engineering/10.3389/fnins.2011.00026/abstract