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module properties Neuromorphic Engineering 1 in degree program Master Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik 2021
module number200641
examination number2101016
departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
ID of group 2143 (Micro- and Nanoelectronic Systems)
module leader Dr. Frank Schwierz
term summer term only
languageEnglisch
credit points5
on-campus program (h)45
self-study (h)105
obligationelective module
examwritten examination performance, 90 minutes
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learning outcome

After the lectures and exercises, the students are able to understand and analyze the principles of neural computation methods so that they can compare various advantages and disadvantages of neuro-inspired networks.

content
  • Biophysical background: neurons, synapses, Data processing invertebrates and vertebrates, Implicit and explicit learning, Short and long-term potentiation, Plasticity
  • Spiking neurons models
  • Hebbian learning theory
  • Neural Networks: an overview (McCulloch-Pitts Neuron, Perceptron, Adalein/Madaline, ART, Boltzmann-Machine)
  • Neuronal analog circuits: Axon Hillock Circuit, LIF-Neuron, STDP, AER

media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation

PowerPoint presentation, blackboard

literature / references
  • Gerstner and Kistler, Spiking Neuron Models. Single Neurons, Populations, Plasticity, Cambridge University Press, 2002
  • Analog VLSI and Neural Systems, C. Mead, Addison-Wesley Pub. Comp. 1989
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