Biologically Inspired Spiking Diffusion Model with Adaptive Lateral Selection Mechanism

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Main Authors: Feng, Linghao, Zhao, Dongcheng, Shen, Sicheng, Zeng, Yi
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author Feng, Linghao
Zhao, Dongcheng
Shen, Sicheng
Zeng, Yi
author_facet Feng, Linghao
Zhao, Dongcheng
Shen, Sicheng
Zeng, Yi
contents Lateral connection is a fundamental feature of biological neural circuits, facilitating local information processing and adaptive learning. In this work, we integrate lateral connections with a substructure selection network to develop a novel diffusion model based on spiking neural networks (SNNs). Unlike conventional artificial neural networks, SNNs employ an intrinsic spiking inner loop to process sequential binary spikes. We leverage this spiking inner loop alongside a lateral connection mechanism to iteratively refine the substructure selection network, enhancing model adaptability and expressivity. Specifically, we design a lateral connection framework comprising a learnable lateral matrix and a lateral mapping function, both implemented using spiking neurons, to dynamically update lateral connections. Through mathematical modeling, we establish that the proposed lateral update mechanism, under a well-defined local objective, aligns with biologically plausible synaptic plasticity principles. Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness of our approach, analyzing the role of substructure selection and lateral connection during training. Furthermore, quantitative comparisons demonstrate that our model consistently surpasses state-of-the-art SNN-based generative models across multiple benchmark datasets.
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spellingShingle Biologically Inspired Spiking Diffusion Model with Adaptive Lateral Selection Mechanism
Feng, Linghao
Zhao, Dongcheng
Shen, Sicheng
Zeng, Yi
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Lateral connection is a fundamental feature of biological neural circuits, facilitating local information processing and adaptive learning. In this work, we integrate lateral connections with a substructure selection network to develop a novel diffusion model based on spiking neural networks (SNNs). Unlike conventional artificial neural networks, SNNs employ an intrinsic spiking inner loop to process sequential binary spikes. We leverage this spiking inner loop alongside a lateral connection mechanism to iteratively refine the substructure selection network, enhancing model adaptability and expressivity. Specifically, we design a lateral connection framework comprising a learnable lateral matrix and a lateral mapping function, both implemented using spiking neurons, to dynamically update lateral connections. Through mathematical modeling, we establish that the proposed lateral update mechanism, under a well-defined local objective, aligns with biologically plausible synaptic plasticity principles. Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness of our approach, analyzing the role of substructure selection and lateral connection during training. Furthermore, quantitative comparisons demonstrate that our model consistently surpasses state-of-the-art SNN-based generative models across multiple benchmark datasets.
title Biologically Inspired Spiking Diffusion Model with Adaptive Lateral Selection Mechanism
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23767