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ArticleNature communications2023

Online dynamical learning and sequence memory with neuromorphic nanowire networks.

Ruomin Zhu, Sam Lilak, Alon Loeffler, Joseph Lizier, Adam Stieg, James Gimzewski, Zdenka Kuncic

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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 11 papers.

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Ruomin Zhu *School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. rzhu0837@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-7762
Sam Lilak *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Alon LoefflerSchool of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Joseph LizierSchool of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-8972
Adam StiegCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US. stieg@cnsi.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-9364
James GimzewskiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US. gim@chem.ucla.edu.
Zdenka KuncicSchool of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. zdenka.kuncic@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-3073

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Abstract

Nanowire Networks (NWNs) belong to an emerging class of neuromorphic systems that exploit the unique physical properties of nanostructured materials. In addition to their neural network-like physical structure, NWNs also exhibit resistive memory switching in response to electrical inputs due to synapse-like changes in conductance at nanowire-nanowire cross-point junctions. Previous studies have demonstrated how the neuromorphic dynamics generated by NWNs can be harnessed for temporal learning tasks. This study extends these findings further by demonstrating online learning from spatiotemporal dynamical features using image classification and sequence memory recall tasks implemented on an NWN device. Applied to the MNIST handwritten digit classification task, online dynamical learning with the NWN device achieves an overall accuracy of 93.4%. Additionally, we find a correlation between the classification accuracy of individual digit classes and mutual information. The sequence memory task reveals how memory patterns embedded in the dynamical features enable online learning and recall of a spatiotemporal sequence pattern. Overall, these results provide proof-of-concept of online learning from spatiotemporal dynamics using NWNs and further elucidate how memory can enhance learning.

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