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DCNs mimic neuronal networks for improved neural classification.
Deep learning models outperform classical methods in forecasting neural activity.
Decodes neural activity to detect context effects in natural settings.
Classical models describe primary visual cortex (V1) as a filter bank of orientation-selective linear-nonlinear (LN) or energy models, but these models fail to predict neural responses to natural stimuli accurately. Recent work shows that models based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) lead to much more accurate p…
Neural nets predict user attention from mouse movements.
This research uses Siamese networks to identify partial mouse brain images from the Allen atlas.
Automated model tracks mouse behavior in home cages.
Deep learning predicts stress levels from mouse hippocampus activity.
New ensemble models classify mouse movement trajectories to assess survey question difficulty.
New model for visual cortex border completion using bicycle wheel motions.
Neuroscientists classify neurons into different types that perform similar computations at different locations in the visual field. Traditional methods for neural system identification do not capitalize on this separation of 'what' and 'where'. Learning deep convolutional feature spaces that are shared among many neuro…
A new geometric model for V1 hypercolumns combines symplectic and spherical models.
Modeling curvature-sensitive cells in visual cortex with geometric structures.
New VAE models reveal hierarchical visual cortex computations.
Active learning method for neural population dynamics using optogenetics.
The superior temporal gyrus (STG) region of cortex critically contributes to speech recognition. In this work, we show that a proposed WaveNet, with limited available data, is able to reconstruct speech stimuli from STG intracranial recordings. We further investigate the impulse response of the fitted model for each re…
Machine learning detects survey validity from user behavior.
Mouse dynamics is a potential means of authenticating users. Typically, the authentication process is based on classical machine learning techniques, but recently, deep learning techniques have been introduced for this purpose. Although prior research has demonstrated how machine learning and deep learning algorithms c…
Feature selection predicts immune state changes in RA mouse model.
Cataloging the neuronal cell types that comprise circuitry of individual brain regions is a major goal of modern neuroscience and the BRAIN initiative. Single-cell RNA sequencing can now be used to measure the gene expression profiles of individual neurons and to categorize neurons based on their gene expression profil…
Modeling curvature-sensitive cells in visual cortex using manifold geometry.
Tiny Eats GRU detects eating episodes on a microcontroller.
The paper extends the functional geometry of the visual cortex to more complex architectures using contactization and symplectization.
New framework assesses neural sensitivity to small perturbations.
Novel low-rank neural decoder improves -ECoG neural decoding.
The growing number of low-power smart devices in the Internet of Things is coupled with the concept of "Edge Computing", that is moving some of the intelligence, especially machine learning, towards the edge of the network. Enabling machine learning algorithms to run on resource-constrained hardware, typically on low-p…
We propose a primitive called PJOIN, for "predictive join," which combines and extends the operations JOIN and LINK, which Valiant proposed as the basis of a computational theory of cortex. We show that PJOIN can be implemented in Valiant's model. We also show that, using PJOIN, certain reasonably complex learning and …
V1 cortex reconstructs images as Poisson equation solutions with varying weights.
Learning and inferring features that generate sensory input is a task continuously performed by cortex. In recent years, novel algorithms and learning rules have been proposed that allow neural network models to learn such features from natural images, written text, audio signals, etc. These networks usually involve de…
We propose a multimodal approach for detection of students' behavioral engagement states (i.e., On-Task vs. Off-Task), based on three unobtrusive modalities: Appearance, Context-Performance, and Mouse. Final behavioral engagement states are achieved by fusing modality-specific classifiers at the decision level. Various…
Gaussian graphical models are widely used to represent conditional dependence among random variables. In this paper, we propose a novel estimator for data arising from a group of Gaussian graphical models that are themselves dependent. A motivating example is that of modeling gene expression collected on multiple tissu…
Despite rapid advances in machine learning tools, the majority of neural decoding approaches still use traditional methods. Modern machine learning tools, which are versatile and easy to use, have the potential to significantly improve decoding performance. This tutorial describes how to effectively apply these algorit…
TNDE quantifies dynamic gene drivers from single-cell snapshots.
Introduces basic facts on early vision's functional architecture.
New model improves community detection in networks with strong assortativity.
Automated framework optimizes DNN deployment on Arm CPUs.
Neurons in the visual cortex are correlated in their variability. The presence of correlation impacts cortical processing because noise cannot be averaged out over many neurons. In an effort to understand the functional purpose of correlated variability, we implement and evaluate correlated noise models in deep convolu…
In this paper we present a novel model of the primary visual cortex (V1) based on orientation, frequency and phase selective behavior of the V1 simple cells. We start from the first level mechanisms of visual perception: receptive profiles. The model interprets V1 as a fiber bundle over the 2-dimensional retinal plane …
BNNs enhance reservoir computing by acting as generalization filters.
Fault-tolerant neural networks inspired by biological error correction codes.
TMNs model brain memory systems for continual learning.
Current studies about motor imagery based rehabilitation training systems for stroke subjects lack an appropriate analytic method, which can achieve a considerable classification accuracy, at the same time detects gradual changes of imagery patterns during rehabilitation process and disinters potential mechanisms about…
Although we have tons of machine learning tools to analyze data, most of them require users have some programming backgrounds. Here we introduce a SaaS application which allows users analyze their data without any coding and even without any knowledge of machine learning. Users can upload, train, predict and download t…
Improved cardiac arrhythmia detection in wearable devices with neural networks.
Identification of patterns from discrete data time-series for statistical inference, threat detection, social opinion dynamics, brain activity prediction has received recent momentum. In addition to the huge data size, the associated challenges are, for example, (i) missing data to construct a closed time-varying compl…
We propose a general modeling and inference framework that composes probabilistic graphical models with deep learning methods and combines their respective strengths. Our model family augments graphical structure in latent variables with neural network observation models. For inference, we extend variational autoencode…
EAST compresses deep ConvNets for tiny memory nodes.
There is growing interest in being able to run neural networks on sensors, wearables and internet-of-things (IoT) devices. However, the computational demands of neural networks make them difficult to deploy on resource-constrained edge devices. To meet this need, our work introduces a new recurrent unit architecture th…