Local Learning in Silicon Integrated Circuits

A talk presented on 2/20/98
to the Robotics & Controls Colloquium
at The University of Washington
 

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Table of Contents

Local Learning in Silicon Integrated Circuits  
Neuronal computation 
Neuronal computation is not digital 
If we could only build machines like this... 
We can learn from biology 
Neuromorphic engineering 
Local learning in neurobiology 
A connectionist model 
Floating-gate MOSFETs
Electron tunneling
Electron injection
A synapse transistor
Floating-gate transistors multiply 
Oxide currents are exponentials 
Synapse weight updates are power law 
A learning array 
Constrained local silicon learning
The learning rule 
Silicon learning emulates neurobiology 
A model of the primate oculomotor system 
The next steps
Author: Chris Diorio 

Email: diorio@cs.washington.edu 

Home Page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/diorio/