Seminar · Computational Neuroscience
Introducing dendritic computations to SNNs with Dendrify
Michalis Pagkalos · IMBB FORTH
Wed, Sep 7, 2022 · 15:00 UTC
Current SNNs studies frequently ignore dendrites, the thin membranous extensions of biological neurons that receive and preprocess nearly all synaptic inputs in the brain. However, decades of experimental and theoretical research suggest that dendrites possess compelling computational capabilities that greatly influence neuronal and circuit functions. Notably, standard point-neuron networks cannot adequately capture most hallmark dendritic properties. Meanwhile, biophysically detailed neuron models are impractical for large-network simulations due to their complexity, and high computational co