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2012 NIPS NeurIPS 2012

Analog readout for optical reservoir computers

Abstract

Reservoir computing is a new, powerful and flexible machine learning technique that is easily implemented in hardware. Recently, by using a time-multiplexed architecture, hardware reservoir computers have reached performance comparable to digital implementations. Operating speeds allowing for real time information operation have been reached using optoelectronic systems. At present the main performance bottleneck is the readout layer which uses slow, digital postprocessing. We have designed an analog readout suitable for time-multiplexed optoelectronic reservoir computers, capable of working in real time. The readout has been built and tested experimentally on a standard benchmark task. Its performance is better than non-reservoir methods, with ample room for further improvement. The present work thereby overcomes one of the major limitations for the future development of hardware reservoir computers.

🌉 Interdisciplinary Bridge — Computer Science and Deep Learning and Machine Learning
🧭 Keyword Pioneer — analog readout
🐝 Cross-Pollinator — Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Speech & Audio
📈 Trend Setter — Computer Graphics
🐣 Hot Topic Early Bird — real-time processing

Authors

Anteo Smerieri , François Duport , Yvon Paquot , Benjamin Schrauwen , Marc Haelterman , Serge Massar

Topics

Machine Learning > Core Methods > Representation Learning Machine Learning > Optimization & Theory > Optimization Machine Learning > Application Areas > Efficient Computing Deep Learning > Architectures > Neural Networks Computer Science > Systems > Computer Graphics Machine Learning > Learning Types > Deep Learning Deep Learning > Models > Neural Networks Computer Science > Applications > Computer Graphics Machine Learning > Core Methods > Neural Networks

Keywords

real-time processing reservoir computing hardware implementation analog readout optoelectronic systems real time processing optical computing real time real-time information
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