Modality corresponding to medical images is a vital filter in medical image retrieval systems. This article presents the classification of modalities of medical images based on the usage of principles of hyper-dimensional computing and reservoir computing. It is demonstrated that the highest classification accuracy of the proposed method is on a par with the best classical method for the given dataset (83% vs. 84%). The major positive property of the proposed method is that it does not require any optimization routine during the training phase and naturally allows for incremental learning upon the availability of new training data.

This paper looks beyond of the current focus of research on biologically inspired cognitive systems and considers the problem of replication of its learned functionality. The considered challenge is to replicate the learned knowledge such that uniqueness of the internal symbolic representations is guaranteed. This article takes a neurological argument “no two brains are alike” and suggests an architecture for mapping a content of the trained associative memory built using principles of hyperdimensional computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures into a new and orthogonal basis of atomic symbols. This is done with the help of computations on cellular automata. The results of this article open a way towards a secure usage of cognitive architectures in a variety of practical application domains.

The contribution of this article is twofold. First, it presents an encoding approach for seamless bidirectional transitions between localist and distributed representation domains. Second, the approach is demonstrated on the example of using Vector Symbolic Architecture for solving a problem of finding common substrings. The proposed algorithm uses elementary operations on long binary vectors. For the case of two patterns with respective lengths L1 and L2 it requires Θ(L1 + L2 – 1) operations on binary vectors, which is equal to the suffix trees approach – the fastest algorithm for this problem. The simulation results show that in order to be robustly detected by the proposed approach the length of a common substring should be more than 4% of the longest pattern.

This paper proposes a simple encoding scheme for words using principles of Vector Symbolic Architectures. The proposed encoding allows finding a valid word in the dictionary for a given permuted word (represented using the proposed approach) using only a single operation - calculation of Hamming distance to the distributed representations of valid words in the dictionary. The proposed encoding scheme can be used as an additional processing mechanism for models of word embedding, which also form vectors to represent the meanings of words, in order to match the distorted words in the text to the valid words in the dictionary.

This article presents a methodology for intelligent, biologically inspired fault detection system for generic complex systems of systems. The proposed methodology utilizes the concepts of associative memory and vector symbolic architectures, commonly used for modeling cognitive abilities of human brain. Compared to classical methods of artificial intelligence used in the context of fault detection the proposed methodology shows an unprecedented performance, while featuring zero configuration and simple operations.

This article proposes the use of Vector Symbolic Architectures for implementing Hierarchical Graph Neuron, an architecture for memorizing patterns of generic sensor stimuli. The adoption of a Vector Symbolic representation ensures a one-layered design for the approach, while maintaining the previously reported properties and performance characteristics of Hierarchical Graph Neuron, and also improving the noise resistance of the architecture. The proposed architecture enables a linear (with respect to the number of stored entries) time search for an arbitrary sub-pattern.

Hyperdimensional (HD) computing is a promising paradigm for future intelligent electronic appliances operating at low power. This paper discusses tradeoffs of selecting parameters of binary HD representations when applied to pattern recognition tasks. Particular design choices include density of representations and strategies for mapping data from the original representation. It is demonstrated that for the considered pattern recognition tasks (using synthetic and real-world data) both sparse and dense representations behave nearly identically. This paper also discusses implementation peculiarities which may favor one type of representations over the other. Finally, the capacity of representations of various densities is discussed.

The main contribution of this paper is a study of the applicability of hyperdimensional computing and learning with an associative memory for modeling the dynamics of complex automation systems. Specifically, the problem of learning an evidence-based model of a plant in a distributed automation and control system is considered. The model is learned in the form a finite state automata.