Theses
Defense Gallery
Dissertation 
Deep Learning in Neuronal and Neuromorphic Systems 
Laura Kriener, PhD Thesis 2023 
Learning to dream, dreaming to learn 
Nicolas Deperrois, PhD Thesis 2023 
Natural-gradient learning for spiking neurons 
Elena Kreutzer, PhD Thesis 2021 
From microscopic dynamics to ensemble behavior in spiking neural networks 
Andreas Baumbach, PhD Thesis 2020 
Robust learning algorithms for spiking and rate-based neural networks 
Akos Kungl, PhD Thesis 2020 
 Harnessing function from form: towards bio-inspired artificial intelligence in neuronal substrates 
Dominik Dold, PhD Thesis 2020 
Solving machine learning problems with biological principles 
Luziwei Leng, PhD Thesis 2019 
Modeling and Verification for a Scalable Neuromorphic Substrate 
Paul Müller, PhD Thesis 2017 
Computing with noise in spiking neural networks 
Ilja Bytschok, PhD Thesis 2017 
Master
Robustness through Plasticity: A Homeostatic Mechanism for Spiking Sampling Networks 
Timo Gierlich, Master's Thesis 2021 
Training Deep Networks with Time-to-First-Spike Coding on the BrainScaleS Wafer-Scale System 
Julian Göltz, Master's Thesis 2019 
Implementing spike-based tempering on the BrainScaleS-1 mixed-signal neuromorphic system 
Madison Cotteret, Master's Thesis 2019 
Demonstrating Advantages of Neuromorphic Computation 
Timo Wunderlich, Master's Thesis 2019 
A Markovian Model of LIF Networks 
Nico Gürtler, Master's Thesis 2018 
Spatio-Temporal Predictions with Spiking Neural Networks 
Maximilian Zenk, Master's Thesis 2018 
Simulated Tempering in Spiking Neural Networks 
Agnes Korcsak-Gorzo, Master's Thesis 2017 
Sampling with leaky integrate-and-fire neurons on the HICANNv4 neuromorphic chip 
Akos Kungl, Master's Thesis 2016 
Magnetic Phenomena in Spiking Neural Networks 
Andreas Baumbach, Master's Thesis 2016 
Stochastic Computation in Spiking Neural Networks Without Noise 
Dominik Dold, Master's Thesis 2016 
Towards a Neuromorphic Implementation of Spike-Based Expectation Maximization 
Oliver Breitwieser, Master's Thesis 2015 
Generative Properties of LIF-based Boltzmann Machines 
Roman Martel, Master's Thesis 2015 
A Neural Implementation of Probabilistic Inference in Binary Probability Spaces 
Dimitri Probst, Master's Thesis 2014 
Deep Learning Architectures for Neuromorphic Hardware 
Luziwei Leng, Master's Thesis 2014 
Bachelor
 The Effect of Asymmetric Weight Variability on Sampling Processes based on Boltzmann Machines in Neuromorphic Hardware Applications 
 Jannik Fehre, Bachelor's Thesis 2017 
Accelerated Classification in Hierarchical Neural Networks on Neuromorphic Hardware 
 Carola Fischer, Bachelor's Thesis 2017 
Struktur schafft Robustheit: Eine Untersuchung hierarchischer neuronaler Netzwerke mit unpräzisen Komponenten 
 Anna Schroeder, Bachelor's Thesis 2016 
STDP-Based Contrastive Divergence Training for LIF-Based Boltzmann Machines  
 Christian Weilbach, Bachelor's Thesis 2015 
Firing States of Recurrent Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Networks 
 Agnes Korcsak-Gorzo, Bachelor's Thesis 2015 
Boltzmann Sampling with Neuromorphic Hardware 
 David Stöckel, Bachelor's Thesis 2015 
Predictive Stochastic Inference: From Abstract Models to Neuromorphic Implementation  
Marco Roth, Bachelor's Thesis 2015 
On the Memory Characteristic of a Cortical Attractor Network  
Boris Rivkin, Bachelor's Thesis 2014 
Distanzmaße für Spiketrains im Rahmen der Optimierung von Neuronparametern 
Jonathan Born, Bachelor's Thesis 2012 
Investigation of a Cortical Attractor-Memory Network 
Oliver Breitwieser, Bachelor's Thesis 2011 
Diploma
Toward Belief Propagation on Neuromorphic Hardware 
Venelin Petkov, Diploma Thesis 2012 
From Shared Input to correlated Neuron Dynamics: Development of a Predictive Framework 
Ilja Bytschok, Diploma Thesis 2011 
Distortions of Neural Network Models Induced by Their Emulation on Neuromorphic Hardware Devices 
Paul Müller, Diploma Thesis 2011 
