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    • Computational Mathematics

    Background:

    • Calculating exact Fourier transforms for asynchronous event streams is computationally intensive.
    • Existing methods often struggle with real-time processing and resource constraints.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce an efficient method for computing the exact Fourier transform of asynchronous event streams.
    • To reduce computational overhead and enable real-time analysis on limited hardware.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed eFFT, utilizing a tree data structure for Radix-2 FFT matrices.
    • Implemented event-by-event and event packet processing with computational reuse.
    • Ensured exactness by avoiding unnecessary calculations and reusing stored data.

    Main Results:

    • eFFT demonstrates exactness and significantly reduced processing times.
    • Validated through extensive testing on public datasets and experiments.
    • Proven feasible for online execution on resource-constrained hardware.

    Conclusions:

    • eFFT offers an efficient and exact solution for Fourier transforms of asynchronous event streams.
    • The method is suitable for real-time applications and hardware with limited resources.
    • A C++ implementation is publicly released to the scientific community.