Task learning through stimulation-induced plasticity in neural networks

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Auteurs principaux: Borra, Francesco, Cocco, Simona, Monasson, Rémi
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author Borra, Francesco
Cocco, Simona
Monasson, Rémi
author_facet Borra, Francesco
Cocco, Simona
Monasson, Rémi
contents Synaptic plasticity dynamically shapes the connectivity of neural systems and is key to learning processes in the brain. To what extent the mechanisms of plasticity can be exploited to drive a neural network and make it perform some kind of computational task remains unclear. This question, relevant in a bioengineering context, can be formulated as a control problem on a high-dimensional system with strongly constrained and non-linear dynamics. We present a self-contained procedure which, through appropriate spatio-temporal stimulations of the neurons, is able to drive rate-based neural networks with arbitrary initial connectivity towards a desired functional state. We illustrate our approach on two different computational tasks: a non-linear association between multiple input stimulations and activity patterns (representing digit images), and the construction of a continuous attractor encoding a collective variable in a neural population. Our work thus provides a proof of principle for emerging paradigms of in vitro computation based on real neurons.
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spellingShingle Task learning through stimulation-induced plasticity in neural networks
Borra, Francesco
Cocco, Simona
Monasson, Rémi
Neurons and Cognition
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Synaptic plasticity dynamically shapes the connectivity of neural systems and is key to learning processes in the brain. To what extent the mechanisms of plasticity can be exploited to drive a neural network and make it perform some kind of computational task remains unclear. This question, relevant in a bioengineering context, can be formulated as a control problem on a high-dimensional system with strongly constrained and non-linear dynamics. We present a self-contained procedure which, through appropriate spatio-temporal stimulations of the neurons, is able to drive rate-based neural networks with arbitrary initial connectivity towards a desired functional state. We illustrate our approach on two different computational tasks: a non-linear association between multiple input stimulations and activity patterns (representing digit images), and the construction of a continuous attractor encoding a collective variable in a neural population. Our work thus provides a proof of principle for emerging paradigms of in vitro computation based on real neurons.
title Task learning through stimulation-induced plasticity in neural networks
topic Neurons and Cognition
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01683