4.8CVNov 22, 2022
MSS-DepthNet: Depth Prediction with Multi-Step Spiking Neural NetworkXiaoshan Wu, Weihua He, Man Yao et al.
Event cameras are considered to have great potential for computer vision and robotics applications because of their high temporal resolution and low power consumption characteristics. However, the event stream output from event cameras has asynchronous, sparse characteristics that existing computer vision algorithms cannot handle. Spiking neural network is a novel event-based computational paradigm that is considered to be well suited for processing event camera tasks. However, direct training of deep SNNs suffers from degradation problems. This work addresses these problems by proposing a spiking neural network architecture with a novel residual block designed and multi-dimension attention modules combined, focusing on the problem of depth prediction. In addition, a novel event stream representation method is explicitly proposed for SNNs. This model outperforms previous ANN networks of the same size on the MVSEC dataset and shows great computational efficiency.
Topology Optimization of Random Memristors for Input-Aware Dynamic SNNBo Wang, Shaocong Wang, Ning Lin et al.
There is unprecedented development in machine learning, exemplified by recent large language models and world simulators, which are artificial neural networks running on digital computers. However, they still cannot parallel human brains in terms of energy efficiency and the streamlined adaptability to inputs of different difficulties, due to differences in signal representation, optimization, run-time reconfigurability, and hardware architecture. To address these fundamental challenges, we introduce pruning optimization for input-aware dynamic memristive spiking neural network (PRIME). Signal representation-wise, PRIME employs leaky integrate-and-fire neurons to emulate the brain's inherent spiking mechanism. Drawing inspiration from the brain's structural plasticity, PRIME optimizes the topology of a random memristive spiking neural network without expensive memristor conductance fine-tuning. For runtime reconfigurability, inspired by the brain's dynamic adjustment of computational depth, PRIME employs an input-aware dynamic early stop policy to minimize latency during inference, thereby boosting energy efficiency without compromising performance. Architecture-wise, PRIME leverages memristive in-memory computing, mirroring the brain and mitigating the von Neumann bottleneck. We validated our system using a 40 nm 256 Kb memristor-based in-memory computing macro on neuromorphic image classification and image inpainting. Our results demonstrate the classification accuracy and Inception Score are comparable to the software baseline, while achieving maximal 62.50-fold improvements in energy efficiency, and maximal 77.0% computational load savings. The system also exhibits robustness against stochastic synaptic noise of analogue memristors. Our software-hardware co-designed model paves the way to future brain-inspired neuromorphic computing with brain-like energy efficiency and adaptivity.
24.3CVDec 4, 2025
VideoSSM: Autoregressive Long Video Generation with Hybrid State-Space MemoryYifei Yu, Xiaoshan Wu, Xinting Hu et al.
Autoregressive (AR) diffusion enables streaming, interactive long-video generation by producing frames causally, yet maintaining coherence over minute-scale horizons remains challenging due to accumulated errors, motion drift, and content repetition. We approach this problem from a memory perspective, treating video synthesis as a recurrent dynamical process that requires coordinated short- and long-term context. We propose VideoSSM, a Long Video Model that unifies AR diffusion with a hybrid state-space memory. The state-space model (SSM) serves as an evolving global memory of scene dynamics across the entire sequence, while a context window provides local memory for motion cues and fine details. This hybrid design preserves global consistency without frozen, repetitive patterns, supports prompt-adaptive interaction, and scales in linear time with sequence length. Experiments on short- and long-range benchmarks demonstrate state-of-the-art temporal consistency and motion stability among autoregressive video generator especially at minute-scale horizons, enabling content diversity and interactive prompt-based control, thereby establishing a scalable, memory-aware framework for long video generation.