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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2022

Spike encoding techniques for IoT time-varying signals benchmarked on a neuromorphic classification task.

Evelina Forno, Vittorio Fra, Riccardo Pignari, Enrico Macii, Gianvito Urgese

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Evelina FornoPolitecnico di Torino, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, Turin, Italy.
Vittorio FraPolitecnico di Torino, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, Turin, Italy.
Riccardo PignariPolitecnico di Torino, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, Turin, Italy.
Enrico MaciiPolitecnico di Torino, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, Turin, Italy.
Gianvito UrgesePolitecnico di Torino, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, Turin, Italy.

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Abstract

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), known for their potential to enable low energy consumption and computational cost, can bring significant advantages to the realm of embedded machine learning for edge applications. However, input coming from standard digital sensors must be encoded into spike trains before it can be elaborated with neuromorphic computing technologies. We present here a detailed comparison of available spike encoding techniques for the translation of time-varying signals into the event-based signal domain, tested on two different datasets both acquired through commercially available digital devices: the Free Spoken Digit dataset (FSD), consisting of 8-kHz audio files, and the WISDM dataset, composed of 20-Hz recordings of human activity through mobile and wearable inertial sensors. We propose a complete pipeline to benchmark these encoding techniques by performing time-dependent signal classification through a Spiking Convolutional Neural Network (sCNN), including a signal preprocessing step consisting of a bank of filters inspired by the human cochlea, feature extraction by production of a sonogram, transfer learning

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benchmarkingevent based encodingIoT applicationsneuromorphic computingneuromorphic encoding techniquesspatio-temporal pattern recognitionSpiking Neural Networktime-varing signals

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PMCPMC9811205

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