SORN: a self-organizing recurrent neural network.
Understanding the dynamics of recurrent neural networks is crucial for explaining how the brain processes information. In the neocortex, a range of different plasticity mechanisms are shaping recurrent networks into effective information processing circuits that learn appropriate representations for time-varying sensory stimuli. However, it has been difficult to mimic these abilities in artificial neural network models. Here we introduce SORN, a self-organizing recurrent network. It combines three distinct forms of local plasticity to learn spatio-temporal patterns in its input while maintaining its dynamics in a healthy regime suitable for learning. The SORN learns to encode information in the form of trajectories through its high-dimensional state space reminiscent of recent biological findings on cortical coding. All three forms of plasticity are shown to be essential for the network's success.
Lazar
Andreea
A
Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. lazar@fias.uni-frankfurt.de
Pipa
Gordon
G
Triesch
Jochen
J