The Role of the Number of Examples in Convolutional Neural Networks with Hebbian Learning

Fernando Aguilar-Canto, Hiram Calvo

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Abstract

Both synaptic plasticity rules (the so-called Hebbian rules) and Convolutional Neural Networks are based on or inspired by well-established models of Computational Neuroscience about mammal vision. There are some theoretical advantages associated with these frameworks, including online learning in Hebbian Learning. In the case of Convolutional Neural Networks, such advantages have been translated into remarkable results in image classification in the last decade. Nevertheless, such success is not shared in Hebbian Learning. In this paper, we explore the hypothesis of the necessity of a wider dataset for the classification of mono-instantiated objects, this is, objects that can be represented in a single cluster in the feature space. By using 15 mono-instantiated classes, the Adam optimizer reaches the maximum accuracy with fewer examples but using more epochs. In comparison, Hebbian rule BCM demands more examples but keeps using real-time learning. This result is a positive answer to the principal hypothesis and enlights how Hebbian learning can find a niche in the mainstream of Deep Learning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Computational Intelligence - 21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022, Proceedings
EditorsObdulia Pichardo Lagunas, Bella Martínez Seis, Juan Martínez-Miranda
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages225-238
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031194924
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022 - Monterrey, Mexico
Duration: 24 Oct 202229 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13612 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMonterrey
Period24/10/2229/10/22

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