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Spiking neural networks (SNNs) training is challenging. Spatiotemporal decoupled learning (STDL) offers a novel framework for efficient SNN training, achieving high accuracy with reduced memory usage.

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Area of Science:

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning

Background:

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) show promise for energy-efficient AI.
Training SNNs effectively remains a challenge, with trade-offs between accuracy (Backpropagation Through Time) and memory efficiency (local learning methods).

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Spatiotemporal Decoupled Learning (STDL), a novel training framework for SNNs.
To achieve both high accuracy and training efficiency in SNNs by decoupling spatial and temporal dependencies.

Main Methods:

STDL partitions networks into subnetworks for independent training using auxiliary networks.
Auxiliary networks are constructed under memory constraints to maintain subnetwork synergy.
Temporal dependencies are decoupled for efficient online learning.

Main Results:

STDL consistently outperforms local learning methods across seven vision datasets.
STDL achieves accuracy comparable to Backpropagation Through Time (BPTT).
STDL significantly reduces GPU memory costs, achieving a 4x reduction on ImageNet compared to BPTT.

Conclusions:

STDL presents a promising approach for memory-efficient SNN training.
The framework successfully balances accuracy and computational efficiency.
This method paves the way for more practical SNN applications.