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Delay Learning and Polychronization for Reservoir Computing
Abstract: We propose a multi-scale learning rule for spiking neuron
networks, in the vein of the recently emerging field of reservoir computing. The
reservoir is a network model of spiking neurons, with random topology and driven by
STDP (Spike-Time-Dependent Plasticity), a temporal Hebbian unsupervised learning mode,
biologically observed. The model is further driven by a supervised learning algorithm,
based on a margin criterion, that effects the synaptic delays linking the network to
the readout neurons, with classification as a goal task. The network processing and the
resulting performance can be explained by the concept of polychronization, proposed by
Izhikevich (2006, Neural Computation, 18,1), on physiological bases. The model
emphasizes the computational capabilities of this concept.
