Modularity and Multitasking in Neuro-memristive Nanowire Networks
Alon Loeffler a, Zhu Ruomin a, Joel Hochstetter a, Adrian Diaz-Alvarez c, Tomonobu Nakayama a c d, James Shine a e f, Kuncic Zdenka a b c
a The University of Sydney, School of Physics, Sydney, Australia
b The University of Sydney Nano Institute, Sydney, Australia
c International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
d Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
e The University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney, Australia
f Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Proceedings of Materials, devices and systems for neuromorphic computing 2022 (MatNeC22)
Groningen, Netherlands, 2022 March 28th - 29th
Organizers: Jasper van der Velde, Elisabetta Chicca, Yoeri van de Burgt and Beatriz Noheda
Poster, Alon Loeffler, 010
Publication date: 23rd February 2022

The human brain seemingly effortlessly performs multiple concurrent and elaborate tasks in response to complex, dynamic sensory input from our environment. This capability has been attributed to the highly modular structure of the brain, enabling specific task assignment among different regions and limiting interference between them. Here, we compare the structure and functional capabilities of different bio-physically inspired and biological networks. We then focus on the influence of topological properties on the functional performance of highly modular, bio-physically inspired neuro-memristive nanowire networks (NWNs). We perform two benchmark reservoir computing tasks (memory capacity and nonlinear transformation) on simulated networks and show that while random networks outperform NWNs on independent tasks, NWNs with highly segregated modules achieve the best performance on simultaneous tasks. Conversely, networks that share too many resources, such as networks with random structure, perform poorly in multitasking. Overall, our results show that structural properties such as modularity play a critical role in trafficking information flow, preventing information from spreading indiscriminately throughout NWNs.

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