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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2021

Adaptive Extreme Edge Computing for Wearable Devices.

Erika Covi, Elisa Donati, Xiangpeng Liang, David Kappel, Hadi Heidari, Melika Payvand, Wei Wang

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Can neuromorphic computing help reduce AI's high energy cost?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. [Prospects and technical challenges of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces in manned space missions].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  18. Sodium-Controlled Interfacial Resistive Switching in Thin Film Niobium Oxide for Neuromorphic Applications.Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Erika CoviNaMLab gGmbH, Dresden, Germany.
Elisa DonatiInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland.
Xiangpeng LiangMicroelectronics Lab, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
David KappelBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, III Physikalisches Institut-Biophysik, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
Hadi HeidariMicroelectronics Lab, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Melika PayvandInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland.
Wei WangThe Andrew and Erna Viterbi Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable devices are a fast-growing technology with impact on personal healthcare for both society and economy. Due to the widespread of sensors in pervasive and distributed networks, power consumption, processing speed, and system adaptation are vital in future smart wearable devices. The visioning and forecasting of how to bring computation to the edge in smart sensors have already begun, with an aspiration to provide adaptive extreme edge computing. Here, we provide a holistic view of hardware and theoretical solutions toward smart wearable devices that can provide guidance to research in this pervasive computing era. We propose various solutions for biologically plausible models for continual learning in neuromorphic computing technologies for wearable sensors. To envision this concept, we provide a systematic outline in which prospective low power and low latency scenarios of wearable sensors in neuromorphic platforms are expected. We successively describe vital potential landscapes of neuromorphic processors exploiting complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) and emerging memory technologies (e.g., memristive devices). Furthermore, we evaluate the requirements for edge computing within wearable devices in terms of footprint, power consumption, latency, and data size. We additionally investigate the challenges beyond neuromorphic computing hardware, algorithms and devices that could impede enhancement of adaptive edge computing in smart wearable devices.

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edge computinglearning algorithmsmemristive devicesneuromorphic computingwearable devices

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PMID34045939
PMCPMC8144334

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