In the previous column, we introduced the basic building blocks of an artificial neural network (ANN): neurons computing linear combinations of inputs, followed by a nonlinear activation function 1.

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Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are receiving increased attention because they mimic synaptic connections in biological systems and produce spike trains, which can be approximated by binary values for ...