Information-Theoretic Intrinsic Plasticity for Online Unsupervised Learning in Spiking Neural Networks

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Wenrui Zhang, Peng Li

Abstract

As a self-adaptive mechanism, intrinsic plasticity (IP) plays an essential role in maintaining homeostasis and shaping the dynamics of neural circuits. From a computational point of view, IP has the potential to enable promising non-Hebbian learning in artificial neural networks. While IP based learning has been attempted for spiking neuron models, the existing IP rules are ad hoc in nature, and the practical success of their application has not been demonstrated particularly toward enabling real-life learning tasks. This work aims to address the theoretical and practical limitations of the existing works by proposing a new IP rule named SpiKL-IP. SpiKL-IP is developed based on a rigorous information-theoretic approach where the target of IP tuning is to maximize the entropy of the output firing rate distribution of each spiking neuron. This goal is achieved by tuning the output firing rate distribution toward a targeted optimal exponential distribution. Operating on a proposed firing-rate transfer function, SpiKL-IP adapts the intrinsic parameters of a spiking neuron while minimizing the KL-divergence from the targeted exponential distribution to the actual output firing rate distribution. SpiKL-IP can robustly operate in an o...Continue Reading

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Jun 14, 2019·Frontiers in Neuroscience·Parami WijesingheKaushik Roy

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