Parsing regular expressions with spiking neural networks

A computer device for detecting a regular expression with a spiking neural network, the computer device comprising circuitry to:

• provide a first state of a logical state machine with a first set of nodes of a spiking neural network, wherein the logical state machine represents a regular expression to be detected, and wherein multiple sets of nodes of the spiking neural network include the first set of nodes and a second set of nodes, wherein:
• for each set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes, each node of the set of nodes is to correspond to a different respective input spike train of multiple input spike trains, and
• for each node of the multiple sets of nodes, a respective mode of the node is to enable the node to configure a respective state of the logical state machine, in response to the corresponding input spike train, with a respective set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes;
• receive at the first set of nodes, during the first state, an input spike train which corresponds to a node of the first set of nodes;
• and
• provide a second state of the logical state machine with the second set of nodes, in response to the input spike train, including circuitry to configure the respective modes of each node of the second set of nodes.

At least one machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for detecting a regular expression with a spiking neural network, the operations comprising:

• providing a first state of a logical state machine with a first set of nodes of the spiking neural network, wherein the logical state machine represents a regular expression to be detected, and wherein multiple sets of nodes of the spiking neural network include the first set of nodes and a second set of nodes, wherein:
• for each set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes, each node of the set of nodes corresponds to a different respective input spike train of multiple spike trains, and
• for each node of the multiple sets of nodes, a respective mode of the node enables the node to configure a respective state of the logical state machine, in response to the corresponding input spike train, with a respective set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes;
• receiving at the first set of nodes, during the first state, an input spike train which corresponds to a node of the first set of nodes;
• and
• providing a second state of the logical state machine with the second set of nodes, in response to the input spike train, including circuitry to configure the respective modes of each node of the second set of nodes.

A computer method for detecting a regular expression with a spiking neural network, the method comprising:

• providing a first state of a logical state machine with a first set of nodes of the spiking neural network, wherein the logical state machine represents a regular expression to be detected, and wherein multiple sets of nodes of the spiking neural network include the first set of nodes and a second set of nodes, wherein:
• for each set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes, each node of the set of nodes corresponds to a different respective input spike train of multiple input spike trains, and
• for each node of the multiple sets of nodes, a respective mode of the node enables the node to configure a respective state of the logical state machine, in response to the corresponding input spike train, with a respective set of nodes of the multiple sets of nodes;
• receiving at the first set of nodes, during the first state, an input spike train which corresponds to a node of the first set of nodes;
• and
• providing a second state of the logical state machine with the second set of nodes, in response to receiving the input spike train at the first set of nodes, including configuring the respective modes of each node of the second set of nodes.