Analog Neural Network
Analog neural networks (ANNs) aim to leverage the energy efficiency and speed of analog circuits for implementing artificial neural networks, addressing the power and scalability limitations of digital approaches. Current research focuses on mitigating the effects of hardware noise through novel regularization techniques and denoising blocks, developing hybrid digital-analog training methods like Equilibrium Propagation, and exploring diverse architectures such as Deep Hopfield Networks and KirchhoffNets. This field is significant for its potential to enable energy-efficient AI at the edge, particularly in applications like medical imaging and robotics, where low-power consumption and fast inference are crucial.
Papers
Analog In-Memory Computing with Uncertainty Quantification for Efficient Edge-based Medical Imaging Segmentation
Imane Hamzaoui, Hadjer Benmeziane, Zayneb Cherif, Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Analog-digital Scheduling for Federated Learning: A Communication-Efficient Approach
Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi