Energy-Based Dynamical Models for Neurocomputation, Learning, and Optimization

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Hauptverfasser: Montanari, Arthur N., Bullo, Francesco, Krotov, Dmitry, Motter, Adilson E.
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author Montanari, Arthur N.
Bullo, Francesco
Krotov, Dmitry
Motter, Adilson E.
author_facet Montanari, Arthur N.
Bullo, Francesco
Krotov, Dmitry
Motter, Adilson E.
contents Recent advances at the intersection of control theory, neuroscience, and machine learning have revealed novel mechanisms by which dynamical systems perform computation. These advances encompass a wide range of conceptual, mathematical, and computational ideas, with applications for model learning and training, memory retrieval, data-driven control, and optimization. This tutorial focuses on neuro-inspired approaches to computation that aim to improve scalability, robustness, and energy efficiency across such tasks, bridging the gap between artificial and biological systems. Particular emphasis is placed on energy-based dynamical models that encode information through gradient flows and energy landscapes. We begin by reviewing classical formulations, such as continuous-time Hopfield networks and Boltzmann machines, and then extend the framework to modern developments. These include dense associative memory models for high-capacity storage, oscillator-based networks for large-scale optimization, and proximal-descent dynamics for composite and constrained reconstruction. The tutorial demonstrates how control-theoretic principles can guide the design of next-generation neurocomputing systems, steering the discussion beyond conventional feedforward and backpropagation-based approaches to artificial intelligence.
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spellingShingle Energy-Based Dynamical Models for Neurocomputation, Learning, and Optimization
Montanari, Arthur N.
Bullo, Francesco
Krotov, Dmitry
Motter, Adilson E.
Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Systems and Control
Dynamical Systems
Neurons and Cognition
Recent advances at the intersection of control theory, neuroscience, and machine learning have revealed novel mechanisms by which dynamical systems perform computation. These advances encompass a wide range of conceptual, mathematical, and computational ideas, with applications for model learning and training, memory retrieval, data-driven control, and optimization. This tutorial focuses on neuro-inspired approaches to computation that aim to improve scalability, robustness, and energy efficiency across such tasks, bridging the gap between artificial and biological systems. Particular emphasis is placed on energy-based dynamical models that encode information through gradient flows and energy landscapes. We begin by reviewing classical formulations, such as continuous-time Hopfield networks and Boltzmann machines, and then extend the framework to modern developments. These include dense associative memory models for high-capacity storage, oscillator-based networks for large-scale optimization, and proximal-descent dynamics for composite and constrained reconstruction. The tutorial demonstrates how control-theoretic principles can guide the design of next-generation neurocomputing systems, steering the discussion beyond conventional feedforward and backpropagation-based approaches to artificial intelligence.
title Energy-Based Dynamical Models for Neurocomputation, Learning, and Optimization
topic Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Systems and Control
Dynamical Systems
Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05042