Two-dimensional materials-based probabilistic synapses and reconfigurable neurons for measuring inference uncertainty using Bayesian neural networks

Amritanand Sebastian (), Rahul Pendurthi, Azimkhan Kozhakhmetov, Nicholas Trainor, Joshua A. Robinson, Joan M. Redwing and Saptarshi Das ()
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Amritanand Sebastian: Penn State University
Rahul Pendurthi: Penn State University
Azimkhan Kozhakhmetov: Penn State University
Nicholas Trainor: Penn State University
Joshua A. Robinson: Penn State University
Joan M. Redwing: Penn State University
Saptarshi Das: Penn State University

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Artificial neural networks have demonstrated superiority over traditional computing architectures in tasks such as pattern classification and learning. However, they do not measure uncertainty in predictions, and hence they can make wrong predictions with high confidence, which can be detrimental for many mission-critical applications. In contrast, Bayesian neural networks (BNNs) naturally include such uncertainty in their model, as the weights are represented by probability distributions (e.g. Gaussian distribution). Here we introduce three-terminal memtransistors based on two-dimensional (2D) materials, which can emulate both probabilistic synapses as well as reconfigurable neurons. The cycle-to-cycle variation in the programming of the 2D memtransistor is exploited to achieve Gaussian random number generator-based synapses, whereas 2D memtransistor based integrated circuits are used to obtain neurons with hyperbolic tangent and sigmoid activation functions. Finally, memtransistor-based synapses and neurons are combined in a crossbar array architecture to realize a BNN accelerator for a data classification task.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33699-7

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