It's Time for AI to Perceive Time.

Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) has recently been a topic of interest in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The premise behind SNN is that neurons in the brain, unlike our current modelling of it, communicate with one another via spike trains that occur at different frequencies and timings. Another way of visualizing the workings of natural neural netwoks is to image a pond with waves interacting with one another forming variety of patterns. The crucial advantage of SNN is the ability to encode time in a more meaningful way by making use of relative timings of the spikes. New hardware and math solutions are being worked on in the research community to make SNN practical.