Math

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding neural networks in recent years with achievements made throughout various domains such as computer vision and natural language processing. But what on Earth are they? In these lecture notes and corresponding lectures we will explore, investigate and dissect some of the ideas behind neural networks.

Spiking neural networks work by simulating the membrane potential of biological neurons. Unlike artificial neural networks spiking ones attempt to model the biological neurons that build up our brains. So while ANNs are inspired by biological brains, SNNs try to create them.