US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO on Oct. 27 for "Rapid learning with high localized synaptic plasticity" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,851, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Rapid learning with high localized synaptic plasticity" was invented by Nicolas Y. Masse (Cambridge, Mass.), David J. Freedman (Chicago) and Matthew C. Rosen (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes selecting artificial neural network parameters; sampling the parameters; selecting connection weights; initializing the artificial neural networks; running the artificial neural networks on cognitive tasks; and determining whether activity is within an acceptable range. A computing system includes a processor; and a memory having stored thereon ...