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ArticleNature communications2023

A GPU-based computational framework that bridges neuron simulation and artificial intelligence.

Yichen Zhang, Gan He, Lei Ma, Xiaofei Liu, J J Johannes Hjorth, Alexander Kozlov, Yutao He, Shenjian Zhang, Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Yonghong Tian and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Yichen Zhang *National Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5118-4378
Gan He *National Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5746-8737
Lei Ma *National Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-3854
Xiaofei LiuNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
J J Johannes HjorthScience for Life Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden.
Alexander KozlovScience for Life Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden.
Yutao HeNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Shenjian ZhangNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Jeanette Hellgren KotaleskiScience for Life Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-0739
Yonghong TianNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2978-5935
Sten GrillnerDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-17165, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-3691
Kai DuInstitute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. kai.du@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7505-1561
Tiejun HuangNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4234-6099

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biophysically detailed multi-compartment models are powerful tools to explore computational principles of the brain and also serve as a theoretical framework to generate algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. However, the expensive computational cost severely limits the applications in both the neuroscience and AI fields. The major bottleneck during simulating detailed compartment models is the ability of a simulator to solve large systems of linear equations. Here, we present a novel Dendritic Hierarchical Scheduling (DHS) method to markedly accelerate such a process. We theoretically prove that the DHS implementation is computationally optimal and accurate. This GPU-based method performs with 2-3 orders of magnitude higher speed than that of the classic serial Hines method in the conventional CPU platform. We build a DeepDendrite framework, which integrates the DHS method and the GPU computing engine of the NEURON simulator and demonstrate applications of DeepDendrite in neuroscience tasks. We investigate how spatial patterns of spine inputs affect neuronal excitability in a detailed human pyramidal neuron model with 25,000 spines. Furthermore, we provide a brief discussion on the potential of DeepDendrite for AI, specifically highlighting its ability to enable the efficient training of biophysically detailed models in typical image classification tasks.

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Artificial IntelligenceNeuronsAlgorithmsBrainHumansPyramidal Cells

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