BRAIN-INSPIRED SUPERVISED LEARNING IN NEUROMORPHIC NANOWIRE NETWORKS
Alon Loeffler a, Adrian Diaz-Alvarez b, Ruomin Zhu a, James M. Shine c, Tomonobu Nakayama a b, Zdenka Kuncic a b
a The University of Sydney, School of Physics, Sydney, Australia
b International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
c The University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Proceedings of Neuromorphic Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems (NeuMatDeCaS)
VALÈNCIA, Spain, 2023 January 23rd - 25th
Organizers: Rohit Abraham John, Irem Boybat, Jason Eshraghian and Simone Fabiano
Contributed talk, Alon Loeffler, presentation 034
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.neumatdecas.2023.034
Publication date: 9th January 2023

Nanowire networks (NWNs) mimic the brain’s neuro-synaptic connectivity and emergent dynamics. Consequently, NWNs may also emulate the synaptic processes that enable higher-order cognitive functions such as learning and memory. Conductive filaments in NWNs form and decay at a different rate, enabling memory for previously activated junctions and pathways within the network. Here, we exploit this behaviour to train selective network pathways via a learning mechanism inspired by supervised learning in the brain. Using gradient descent to adjust voltages and current outputs of output drain electrodes, we train NWNs to associate inputs with a target drain electrode. Capitalizing on filament decay, we then test the network’s working memory performance on a simple cognitive task. Findings demonstrate the ability of NWNs to recall previously trained pathways, even after a series of interference patterns are presented to the network.

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