Oscillatory Neural Networks

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Oscillatory neural networks use rhythmic activity, phase relationships, and synchronization to represent and process information. Common approaches build on Kuramoto or Winfree oscillator dynamics, integrate oscillations into spiking and recurrent models, or use phase-based learning rules and predictive learning. Applications include sequence and text processing, graph learning, associative memory, constrained problems such as Sudoku, and neuromorphic or soft-robot control. Results span theory, simulations, hardware prototypes, and standard benchmarks, but it remains unclear how reliably these methods scale to deep systems and varied tasks, and when their added dynamics outperform simpler models.

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  1. Understanding Mamba-3 Through Oscillatory Dynamics

    Oct 9, 2026Shutian Liang, Yue SongSequence ModelingSelective SSMs

    College of AI, Tsinghua University

  2. Oscillatory Neural Dynamics over Sheaves

    Oct 7, 2026Jan-Willem Van Looy, Alessandro Trenta, Alessio Gravina +5Long-Range Graph LearningGraph Neural Networks

    FaBiT, University of Bologna · Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa · Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome +1

  3. Lock-in EP: An In-Situ Training Algorithm for Oscillatory Hardware

    Oct 5, 2026Sowjanya Tammali, Wilkie Olin-AmmentorpAnalog ComputingEquilibrium Propagation

    Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 500 West 15th Street, Rolla, 65409, MO, USA. · Mathematics & Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, 60439, IL, USA.

  4. Emergent Intelligence: Resonant Oscillators Produce Proactive Adaptive Behavior

    Sep 18, 2026Alex Fedosov, Maxim Yakimenko, Sander StepanovSymmetry DiscoveryOscillatory Neural Networks

    FoundAItion Inc · FoundAItion Inc.

  5. Pneumatic neurons for soft robots enable inflate-and-fire networks for rhythmic motion

    Sep 10, 2026Dongting Li, Michael Tolley, Nick GravishOscillatory Neural NetworksRobot Locomotion

    MAE Department, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, US

  6. Neither Adversarial Training Nor Purification: Emergent Adversarial Robustness from Oscillatory Predictive Learning

    Sep 8, 2026Mohammed-Yassine Habibi, Klea Ziu, Martin Takáč +1Oscillatory Neural NetworksAdversarial Robustness

    Ecole polytechnique, IPP, France · Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, IPP, France · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE +1

  7. Graph Coloring Approach to Solving Sudoku with Oscillatory Neural Networks

    Jul 17, 2026Filip Sabo, Aida Todri-SanialSudoku SolvingOscillatory Neural Networks

    NanoComputing Research Lab, Electrical Engineering Department Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  8. Self-Organized Learning in Oscillatory Neural Networks with Memristive Signed Couplings

    Jul 1, 2026Riley Acker, Aman Desai, Garrett Kenyon +1Oscillatory Neural NetworksNeuromorphic Computing

    1Computing and Artificial Intelligence (CAI) Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA · Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA · 3Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

  9. Attention as Frustrated Synchronization

    Jun 17, 2026Joshua NunleyOscillatory Neural NetworksAutoregressive Language Modeling

    Cognitive Science Program Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Indiana University Bloomington

  10. Winfree Oscillatory Neural Network

    May 20, 2026Jiawen Dai, Yue SongDynamic Neural NetworksOscillatory Neural Networks

    3Shanghai Jiao Tong University · 1Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute · College of AI, Tsinghua University

  11. From Cortical Synchronous Rhythm to Brain Inspired Learning Mechanism: An Oscillatory Spiking Neural Network with Time-Delayed Coordination

    May 3, 2026Tingting Dan, Guorong WuOscillatory Neural NetworksSpiking Neural Networks

    Advanced Computational Medicine Laboratory (ACMLab) · Department of Psychiatry & Department of Computer Science

  12. The Phase Is the Gradient: Equilibrium Propagation for Frequency Learning in Kuramoto Networks

    Apr 11, 2026Mani Rash AhmadiEquilibrium PropagationOscillatory Neural Networks

    Calibur Labs

  13. Kathleen: Oscillator-Based Byte-Level Text Classification Without Tokenization or Attention

    Apr 9, 2026George FountzoulasText ClassificationOscillatory Neural Networks

    Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus

  14. Kuramoto Oscillatory Phase Encoding: Neuro-inspired Synchronization for Improved Learning Efficiency

    Apr 9, 2026Mingqing Xiao, Yansen Wang, Dongqi Han +2Oscillatory Neural NetworksVision Transformer

    Microsoft Research Asia

  15. Regime Mapping of Oscillatory States in Balanced Spiking Networks with Multiple Time Scales

    Apr 6, 2026Tsung-Han Kuo, Tzu-Chia TungSpiking Neural NetworksOscillatory Neural Networks

    Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University · Graduate Institute of Vehicle Engineering, National Changhua University of Education

  16. Oscillator-Based Associative Memory with Exponential Capacity: Theory, Algorithms, and Hardware Implementation

    Apr 1, 2026Arie Ogranovich, Taosha Guo, Arvind R. Venkatakrishnan +3Kuramoto ModelAssociative Memory

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA · Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA

  17. Upper Generalization Bounds for Neural Oscillators

    Mar 10, 2026Zifeng Huang, Konstantin M. Zuev, Yong Xia +1Generalization BoundsNeural Network Generalization

    Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstraße 34, Hannover, 30167, Germany · Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States · Joint Research Centre for Marine Infrastructure, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China +2

  18. Chaotic Oscillator Networks for Classification Tasks

    Mar 6, 2026Toni Ivas, Georgios Violakis, Roland Richter +2Oscillatory Neural NetworksClassification

    Intelligent Manufacturing Group (IMG) Empa, Thun, Switzerland · Hellenic Mediterranean University Heraklion, Greece

  19. Pulse-Driven Neural Architecture: Learnable Oscillatory Dynamics for Robust Continuous-Time Sequence Processing

    Feb 25, 2026Paras SharmaRecurrent Neural NetworksOscillatory Neural Networks

  20. Hebbian-Oscillatory Co-Learning

    Feb 21, 2026Hasi HaysSparse Neural NetworksOscillatory Neural Networks

    Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA