Spiking Neural Networks

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Spiking neural networks study computation with neurons that integrate inputs over time and communicate through spikes, making them a natural fit for event-based data such as vision, audio, and sensor streams. Common approaches include training with surrogate gradients and backpropagation through time, local plasticity rules such as spike-timing-dependent plasticity, and converting conventional neural networks into spiking ones; researchers also design new neuron dynamics, temporal codes, and spiking attention or state-space models. Applications range from edge sensing and robotics to language, medical imaging, and scientific computing, with implementations on neuromorphic chips, FPGAs, and conventional hardware. A central tension is whether sparse activity yields real energy and latency savings without sacrificing accuracy: results depend on the task, encoding, time steps, and hardware, so deployment-aware benchmarks remain important.

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  1. Latency Coding for Efficient and Low-Latency Deep Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 24, 2026Yi Lu, Jianhao Ding, Zhaofei YuEfficient Neural Network InferenceSpiking Neural Networks

    School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China · School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China · Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China

  2. Event-Driven Neuromorphic Vision Enables Energy-Efficient Visual Place Recognition

    Mar 24, 2026Geoffroy Keime, Nicolas Cuperlier, Benoit R. CottereauVisual Place RecognitionNeuromorphic Computing

    IPAL, CNRS IRL 2955, Singapore · Univ Toulouse, CNRS, CerCo UMR 5549, Toulouse, France · Laboratoire ETIS UMR 8051, CY Cergy-Paris Université, ENSEA, CNRS, Cergy, France

  3. SPINONet: Scalable Spiking Physics-informed Neural Operator for Computational Mechanics Applications

    Mar 23, 2026Shailesh Garg, Luis Mandl, Somdatta Goswami +1Physics-Informed Neural OperatorsNeural Operators

    Department of Applied Mechanics Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India. · Institute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. · Experimental Hepatobiliary Surgery Group Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Visceral Transplantation University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. +3

  4. Neuronal Self-Adaptation Enhances Capacity and Robustness of Representation in Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 21, 2026Zhuobin Yang, Yeyao Bao, Liangfu Lv +3Spiking Neural NetworksNeural Network Robustness

    Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

  5. Brain-inspired AI for Edge Intelligence: a systematic review

    Mar 19, 2026Yingchao Cheng, Meijia Wang, Zhifeng Hao +1Neuromorphic ComputingSpiking Neural Networks

    Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (SZ), Shenzhen, 518107, China · Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Lab, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia · College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China

  6. S3T-Former: A Purely Spike-Driven State-Space Topology Transformer for Skeleton Action Recognition

    Mar 18, 2026Naichuan Zheng, Hailun Xia, Zepeng Sun +2Skeleton-Based Action RecognitionSpiking Transformers

    School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China · International School, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China · School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

  7. An FPGA-Based SoC Architecture with a RISC-V Controller for Energy-Efficient Temporal-Coding Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 17, 2026Mohammad Javad Sekonji, Ali Mahani, Maryam Mirsadeghi +1Spiking Neural NetworksFPGA-Based Neural Network Acceleration

    Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran · Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus, Germany · Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

  8. Linearized Bregman Iterations for Sparse Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 17, 2026Daniel Windhager, Bernhard A. Moser, Michael LunglmayrSpiking Neural NetworksSparse Neural Networks

    Silicon Austria Labs, Linz, Austria · Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Hagenberg, Austria · Institute of Signal Processing, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

  9. SpikeCLR: Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning for Few-Shot Event-Based Vision using Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 17, 2026Maxime Vaillant, Axel Carlier, Lai Xing Ng +2Self-Supervised Visual Representation LearningEvent-Based Vision

    CNRS, IPAL IRL 2955, Singapore · Université de Toulouse, IRIT, France · Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore +2

  10. NeuronSpark: Selective Spiking State Space Models with Adaptive Computation for Language Modeling

    Mar 17, 2026Zhengzheng TangSpiking Language ModelsSpiking Neural Networks

    Boston University

  11. Determinism in the Undetermined: Deterministic Output in Charge-Conserving Continuous-Time Neuromorphic Systems with Temporal Stochasticity

    Mar 16, 2026Jing Yan, Kang You, Zhezhi He +1Neuromorphic ComputingSpiking Neural Networks

    School of Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Natural Sciences and MOE-LSC, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China

  12. S2Act: Simple Spiking Actor

    Mar 16, 2026Ugur Akcal, Seung Hyun Kim, Mikihisa Yuasa +6Spiking Neural NetworksRobotic RL

    Aerospace Engineering · Computer Science · Coordinated Science Laboratory +4

  13. CATFormer: When Continual Learning Meets Spiking Transformers With Dynamic Thresholds

    Mar 16, 2026Vaishnavi Nagabhushana, Kartikay Agrawal, Ayon BorthakurClass-Incremental LearningSpiking Neural Networks

    SustainAI Lab, MFSDS&AI, IIT Guwahati

  14. SFedHIFI: Fire Rate-Based Heterogeneous Information Fusion for Spiking Federated Learning

    Mar 16, 2026Ran Tao, Qiugang Zhan, Shantian Yang +3Federated LearningHeterogeneous Federated Learning

    Complex Laboratory of New Finance and Economics, School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China · Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Finance, Ministry of Education, China · Kash Institute of Electronics and Information Industry, China +2

  15. Spiking Layer-Adaptive Magnitude-based Pruning

    Mar 16, 2026Junqiao Wang, Zhehang Ye, Yuqi OuyangSpiking Neural NetworksNeural Network Pruning

    Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610207, China · College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

  16. Wi-Spike: A Low-power WiFi Human Multi-action Recognition Model with Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 15, 2026Nengbo Zhang, Yao Ying, Lu Wang +3Human Activity RecognitionWi-Fi Sensing

    School of Computing and Information Technology, Great Bay University, Dongguan, China · School of Computer Science, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, China · College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China +2

  17. SPARQ: Spiking Early-Exit Neural Networks for Energy-Efficient Edge AI

    Mar 15, 2026Parth Patne, Mahdi Taheri, Ali Mahani +3Spiking Neural NetworksEnergy-Efficient ML

    Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus, Germany · Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia · Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran +2

  18. MorphSNN: Adaptive Graph Diffusion and Structural Plasticity for Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 15, 2026Yongsheng Huang, Peibo Duan, Yujie Wu +7Spiking Neural NetworksDynamic Neural Networks

    School of Software, Northeastern University, China · Guangdong Institute of Intelligence Science and Technolog, China · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China +1

  19. Collapse or Preserve: Data-Dependent Temporal Aggregation for Spiking Neural Network Acceleration

    Mar 14, 2026Jiahao QinSpiking Neural NetworksEfficient Neural Network Inference

  20. Sharpness Aware Surrogate Training for Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 14, 2026Maximilian NicholsonSpiking Neural NetworksSharpness-Aware Minimization

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

  21. Equivalence of approximation by networks of single- and multi-spike neurons

    Mar 13, 2026Dominik Dold, Philipp Christian PetersenSpiking Neural NetworksNeural Network Approximation Theory

  22. SRAM-Based Compute-in-Memory Accelerator for Linear-decay Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 13, 2026Hongyang Shang, Shuai Dong, Yahan Yang +3LIF NeuronsSpiking Neural Networks

    Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  23. Chemical Reaction Networks Learn Better than Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 12, 2026Sophie Jaffard, Ivo F. SbalzariniClassificationDynamical Systems

    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden, Germany · Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden, Germany

  24. SNAP-V: A RISC-V SoC with Configurable Neuromorphic Acceleration for Small-Scale Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 12, 2026Kanishka Gunawardana, Sanka Peeris, Kavishka Rambukwella +4Neuromorphic ComputingEfficient Neural Network Inference

    Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

  25. Stable Spike: Dual Consistency Optimization via Bitwise AND Operations for Spiking Neural Networks

    Mar 12, 2026Yongqi Ding, Kunshan Yang, Linze Li +3Spiking Neural NetworksNeuromorphic Computing

    School of Information and Software Engineering University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  26. An Event-Driven E-Skin System with Dynamic Binary Scanning and real time SNN Classification

    Mar 11, 2026Gaishan Li, Zhengnan Fu, Anubhab Tripathi +2Robotic Tactile SensingTactile Sensing

    Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hongkong, Hongkong SAR, China

  27. Intrinsic Numerical Robustness and Fault Tolerance in a Neuromorphic Algorithm for Scientific Computing

    Mar 10, 2026Bradley H. Theilman, James B. AimoneNeuromorphic ComputingNeural Network Robustness

    Neural Exploration & Research Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

  28. Efficient and robust control with spikes that constrain free energy

    Mar 10, 2026André Urbano, Pablo Lanillos, Sander KeeminkRobust ControlSpiking Neural Networks

    Cajal Neuroscience Center, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain · Department of Machine Learning and Neural Computing, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  29. DendroNN: Dendrocentric Neural Networks for Energy-Efficient Classification of Event-Based Data

    Mar 10, 2026Jann Krausse, Zhe Su, Kyrus Mama +4Efficient Neural Network InferenceSpiking Neural Networks

    Infineon Technologies, Dresden, Germany · Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany · Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland +2

  30. Neural Dynamics Self-Attention for Spiking Transformers

    Mar 9, 2026Dehao Zhang, Fukai Guo, Shuai Wang +6Spiking TransformersSpiking Neural Networks

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Shenzhen Loop Area Institute · The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)