1st Edition

Neuromorphic Engineering The Scientist’s, Algorithms Designer’s and Computer Architect’s Perspectives on Brain-Inspired Computing

By Elishai Ezra Tsur Copyright 2022
330 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

330 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

330 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The brain is not a glorified digital computer. It does not store information in registers, and it does not mathematically transform mental representations to establish perception or behavior. The brain cannot be downloaded to a computer to provide immortality, nor can it destroy the world by having its emerged consciousness traveling in cyberspace. However, studying the brain's core computation... Read more

Part 1. Introduction and overview.  1. The Scientist Perspective.  2. Introducing the perspective of the computer architect.  3. Introducing the perspective of the algorithm designer.  Part 2. The Scientist's Perspective.  4. Biological description of neuronal dynamic.  5. Models of point neuronal dynamic.  6. Models of morphologically detailed neurons.  7. Models of network dynamic and learning.  Part 3. The Computer Architect's Perspective.  8. Neuromorphic hardware.  9. Communication and hybrid circuit design.  10. In-memory computing with memristors.  Part 4. The Algorithms Designer's Perspective.  11. Introduction to neuromorphic programming.  12. The Neural Engineering Framework (NEF).  13. Learning spiking neural networks.

Biography

Dr. Elishai Ezra Tsur is the principal investigator at the Neuro & Biomorphic Engineering Lab (NBEL-lab.com) and an Assistant Professor at the Open University of Israel. Elishai Holds degrees in Life sciences (B.Sc), Philosophy and History (B.A), Computer Science (M.Sc), Bioengineering (M.Sc, Ph.D.), and Computational Neuroscience (Post Doc).