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Wei P. Dai
dblp:235/3119
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 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.
| Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper |
Bioinformatics and computational biology · 100% | |
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Deep learning architectures and training · 100% |
Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Deep learning architectures and training
spiking neural network |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Emergent Orientation Maps - - Mechanisms, Coding Efficiency and Robustness · ICLR 2025 |
Bioinformatics and computational biology
computational neuroscience |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Emergent Orientation Maps - - Mechanisms, Coding Efficiency and Robustness · ICLR 2025 |
Bioinformatics and computational biology › computational neuroscience › visual cortex
visual cortex modeling |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Emergent Orientation Maps - - Mechanisms, Coding Efficiency and Robustness · ICLR 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
spiking neural network · 1.7hebbian plasticity · 1.7
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Emergent Orientation Maps - - Mechanisms, Coding Efficiency and RobustnessabstractExtensive experimental studies have shown that in lower mammals, neuronal orientation preference in the primary visual cortex is organized in disordered "salt-and-pepper" organizations. In contrast, higher-order mammals display a continuous variation in orientation preference, forming pinwheel-like structures. Despite these observations, the spiking mechanisms underlying the emergence of these distinct topological structures and their functional roles in visual processing remain poorly understood. To address this, we developed a self-evolving spiking neural network model with Hebbian plasticity, trained using physiological parameters characteristic of rodents, cats, and primates, including retinotopy, neuronal morphology, and connectivity patterns. Our results identify critical factors, such as the degree of input visual field overlap, neuronal connection range, and the balance between localized connectivity and long-range competition, that determine the emergence of either salt-and-pepper or pinwheel-like topologies. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pinwheel structures exhibit lower wiring costs and enhanced sparse coding capabilities compared to salt-and-pepper organizations. They also maintain greater coding robustness against noise in naturalistic visual stimuli. These findings suggest that such topological structures confer significant computational advantages in visual processing and highlight their potential application in the design of brain-inspired deep learning networks and algorithms. Haixin Zhong, Wei P. Dai, Yuchao Huang, Mingyi Huang, Rubin Wang, Anna Wang Roe, Yuguo Yu |
ICLR | 3 |