Spiking GLOM: Bio-Inspired Architecture for Next-Generation Object Recognition

Peng Kang*, Srutarshi Banerjee, Henry Chopp*, Aggelos Katsaggelos*, Oliver Strides Cossairt*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Today, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have demonstrated extraordinary abilities in many cognition tasks. Nevertheless, the limitations of many ANN-based techniques are evident, such as the low energy efficiency and the lack of interpretability. To alleviate these problems, researchers have directed their attention to bio-inspired models, including energy-efficient Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) and the GLOM model representing part-whole hierarchies in neural networks. In this paper, we propose a novel bio-inspired solution to next-generation object recognition. Specifically, we propose an energy-efficient and interpretable model - Spiking GLOM by introducing spiking neurons and neuronal dynamics into the GLOM model. Moreover, we evaluate our model and its variants on CIFAR-10. Extensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed models for object recognition and show the superiority of our models in energy efficiency and interpretability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages950-954
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728198354
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event30th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2023 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: Oct 8 2023Oct 11 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference30th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2023
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period10/8/2310/11/23

Keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • interpretability
  • object recognition
  • Spiking GLOM
  • Spiking Neural Networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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