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Zijie Xu 0008

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1ranked-venue papers
1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021

Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.

Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Reinforcement learning · 87% Efficient and distributed learning · 13%
Computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, and storage systems
1 paper
Emerging computing paradigms · 100%

Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Machine learning › Reinforcement learning
continuous control
0.912025
Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control · NeurIPS 2025
Machine learning › Reinforcement learning › deep reinforcement learning
spiking reinforcement learning
0.912025
Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control · NeurIPS 2025
Emerging computing paradigms
neuromorphic computing
0.912025
Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control · NeurIPS 2025
Emerging computing paradigms › neuromorphic computing
spiking neural network
0.912025
Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control · NeurIPS 2025
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning › inference efficiency
energy-efficient inference
0.312025
Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control · NeurIPS 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

target network soft update · 1.7leaky integrate-and-fire · 1.7proxy targets · 0.9proxy target · 0.9
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 Proxy Target: Bridging the Gap Between Discrete Spiking Neural Networks and Continuous Control
abstract
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer low-latency and energy-efficient decision making on neuromorphic hardware, making them attractive for Reinforcement Learning (RL) in resource-constrained edge devices. However, most RL algorithms for continuous control are designed for Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), particularly the target network soft update mechanism, which conflicts with the discrete and non-differentiable dynamics of spiking neurons. We show that this mismatch destabilizes SNN training and degrades performance. To bridge the gap between discrete SNNs and continuous-control algorithms, we propose a novel proxy target framework. The proxy network introduces continuous and differentiable dynamics that enable smooth target updates, stabilizing the learning process. Since the proxy operates only during training, the deployed SNN remains fully energy-efficient with no additional inference overhead. Extensive experiments on continuous control benchmarks demonstrate that our framework consistently improves stability and achieves up to $32$% higher performance across various spiking neuron models. Notably, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first approach that enables SNNs with simple Leaky Integrate and Fire (LIF) neurons to surpass their ANN counterparts in continuous control. This work highlights the importance of SNN-tailored RL algorithms and paves the way for neuromorphic agents that combine high performance with low power consumption. Code is available at https://github.com/xuzijie32/Proxy-Target.
Zijie Xu 0008, Tong Bu, Zecheng Hao, Jianhao Ding, Zhaofei Yu
NeurIPS1