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In-memory Physical Superposition Meets Few-shot Continual Learning

In-memory Physical Superposition Meets Few-shot Continual Learning

Speaker: ‪Peter Sutor, Zhuowen Zou, ‬Xun Jiao, Paul R. Genssler

Date: October 11, 2022

Hyper-dimensional Active Perception: A Journey Into the Mind of a Robotic Bee

Speaker: Yiannis Aloimonos

Note: the presentation begins at approx. 31.05 min of the recording

Date: September 13, 2022

Papers: Symbolic Representation and Learning with Hyperdimensional Computing

Learning Sensorimotor Control with Neuromorphic Sensors: Toward Hyperdimensional Active Perception

Integer Factorization with Compositional Distributed Representations

Speaker: Denis Kleyko

Date: March 29, 2022

Paper: Integer Factorization with Compositional Distributed Representations

The Kanerva Model for Sparse Distributed Memory and the Architecture of the Cerebellum

Speaker: Richard Prager

Date: September 14, 2021

Vector Symbolic Architectures

Speaker: Luis El Srouji

Date: June 22, 2021

Spatial Semantic Pointers and Legendre Memory Units

Speaker: Chris Eliasmith

Date: June 1, 2021

Memory-Efficient, Limb Position-Aware Hand Gesture Recognition using Hyperdimensional Computing

Hypervector Design for Efficient Hyperdimensional Computing on Edge Devices

Speaker: Toygun Basaklar

Date: March 26, 2021

Paper: Hypervector Design for Efficient Hyperdimensional Computing on Edge Devices

Analogical Reasoning with VSAs

Speakers: Spencer Kent and Navneedh Maudgalya

Date: December 3, 2020

Paper: Vector Symbolic Visual Analogies

Perceptron Theory for Predicting the Accuracy of Neural Networks

Speaker: Denis Kleyko

Date: November 20, 2020

Preprint: Perceptron Theory for Predicting the Accuracy of Neural Networks

Symbolic Binding with Distributed Representations

Speaker: Fritz Sommer 

Date: September 30, 2020

Paper: Variable Binding for Sparse Distributed Representations: Theory and Applications

Navigation Using a Biologically Inspired Spatial Representation

Fulfilling Brain-inspired Hyperdimensional Computing with In-memory Computing

Speaker: IBM

Date: June 2, 2020

Paper: In-memory Hyperdimensional Computing

Computing in Superposition in the Classical Domain

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: February 7, 2020

High Dimensional Computing, SDM Memory & Hyperscaling

Speaker: Gil Russell

Date: October 2, 2018


Efficient Biosignal Processing with Brain-inspired High-dimensional Computing

Working Memory for Structured Data in Neural Networks

Speaker: Fritz Sommer 

Date: February 28, 2018

Paper: A Theory of Sequence Indexing and Working Memory in Recurrent Neural Networks

Computing with High-Dimensional Vectors

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: October 25, 2017

No Two Brains Are Alike: Cloning a Hyperdimensional Associative Memory Using Cellular Automata Computations

The Brain's Circuits Suggest Computing with High-Dimensional Vectors

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: June 9, 2017

Towards Understandable Neural Networks for High Level AI Tasks. Part 1

Speaker: Paul Smolensky

Date: June 22, 2016

Computing with Hypervectors

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: March 31, 2016

A Vector Representation of Fluid Construction Grammar

Speaker: Yana Knight

Date: May 21, 2015

Paper: A Vector Representation of Fluid Construction Grammar

Modeling the Brains Computing with Hyperdimensional Computing

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: October 9, 2014

Neurocomputing a la von Neumann

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: February 14, 2014

VSA: Vector Symbolic Architectures for Cognitive Computing in Neural Networks

Speaker: Ross Gayler

Date: June 14, 2013

How to Build a Brain at TEDxWaterloo

Speaker: Chris Eliasmith

Date: May 30, 2013

Book: How to Build a Brain: A Neural Architecture for Biological Cognition

The Computer and the Brain

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: December 5, 2012

Encoding Meaning with High-Dimensional Random Vectors

Speaker: Pentti Kanerva

Date: December 9, 2008

Vector Symbolic Architectures: A New Building Material for AGI