EventSession Formset ID 152

Event: ccnw22 2022
Type: Discussion
Title: Combining Hebbian and predictive plasticity yields invariant object representations in deep nets
Description: Discriminating distinct objects and concepts from sensory stimuli is essential for survival. Our brains accomplish this feat by forming meaningful internal representations in deep sensory networks with plastic synaptic connections. Experience-dependent plasticity presumably exploits temporal contingencies between sensory inputs to build these internal representations. However, the precise mechanisms underlying plasticity remain elusive. We derive a local synaptic plasticity model inspired by self-supervised machine learning techniques that shares a deep conceptual connection to Bienenstock-Cooper-Munro (BCM) theory and is consistent with experimentally observed plasticity rules. We show that our plasticity model yields disentangled object representations in deep neural networks without the need for supervision and implausible negative examples. In response to altered visual experience, our model qualitatively captures neuronal selectivity changes observed in the monkey inferotemporal cortex in-vivo. Our work suggests a plausible learning rule to drive learning in sensory networks while making concrete testable predictions.
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Moderators: Friedemann Zenke,
Schedule ID start time end time location
196 May 05 2022, 16:00 May 05 2022, 17:00 Disco
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