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They implement a trained dense multilayer neural net wit ReLU activations in silicon photonics. They evaluate it on MNIST. They use graphene to approximate the
by rahimiali 7y ago
They implement a trained dense multilayer neural net wit ReLU activations in silicon photonics. They evaluate it on MNIST.
They use graphene to approximate the ReLUs. The device is a few microns on each side.
The 2D image is first converted to a 1D wavefront by some external means, then launched into the side of the device.
Training happens in digital computer, by simulating the behavior of the device.
Full paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.07815.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.07815.pdf
- mayank 7y agoI would love a site with summaries like this of academic papers.
- dna_polymerase 7y agoI‘d pay for a site that did this.
- Zenst 7y agoMakes you appreciate HN more and more, don't it. Thank you Dang and PG.
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- stabbles 7y agoThis is a really funny reply. Might not be a bad idea at all to make some money explaining scientific articles on Hacker News.
- dmix 7y agoThere's a ton of people doing it on Youtube. Not so much in short text form. A daily 3-5 sentence (+ 1 picture?) email summary of an interest scientific paper might be worth pursuing.
- rahimiali 7y agoupdate: thanks kind HN users for the venmo cash!
- flattone 7y agosure. same. but that we dont associate payment with hn is part of why id almost marry hn
- personjerry 7y agoStrictly scientific articles? I'm building something like this.
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- 7373737373 7y agoThis is still too specific for me, not understandable for an outsider. Registering https://shorterscience.org https://shorterscience.org as we speak
- personjerry 7y agoI'm building something like that, but I don't know if enough people read enough papers. Do you read a lot of academic papers or otherwise news articles online?
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- IshKebab 7y agoThey didn't actually make the device. They just simulated it.