Summary of Temporal Reversal Regularization For Spiking Neural Networks: Hybrid Spatio-temporal Invariance For Generalization, by Lin Zuo et al.
Temporal Reversal Regularization for Spiking Neural Networks: Hybrid Spatio-Temporal Invariance for Generalization
by Lin Zuo, Yongqi Ding, Wenwei Luo, Mengmeng Jing, Kunshan Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel method called Temporal Reversal Regularization (TRR) to mitigate overfitting in Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs). SNNs are an ultra-low power computing paradigm that has received attention due to their potential for energy-efficient processing. However, recent studies have shown that SNNs suffer from severe overfitting, limiting their generalization performance. TRR exploits the inherent temporal properties of SNNs by performing input/feature temporal reversal perturbations, prompting the SNN to produce original-reversed consistent outputs and learn perturbation-invariant representations. The method also utilizes a lightweight “star operation” (Hadamard product) for feature hybridization of original and temporally reversed spike firing rates, which expands the implicit dimensionality and acts as a spatio-temporal regularizer. Theoretical analysis shows that TRR can tighten the upper bound of the generalization error, and extensive experiments on static/neuromorphic recognition and 3D point cloud classification tasks demonstrate its effectiveness, versatility, and adversarial robustness. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about a new way to make Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) work better. SNNs are special computers that use very little energy, but they often get stuck in a rut and can’t learn from experience. The new method, called Temporal Reversal Regularization (TRR), helps SNNs avoid getting stuck by mixing up the information they receive. This makes them more able to recognize things correctly and resist attempts to trick them. The researchers tested this approach on several different tasks and found it worked well for all of them. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Classification » Generalization » Overfitting » Prompting » Regularization
