neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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When LeCun was beginning his work in the 1980s, neural networks had fallen deeply out of favor in computer science.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Training convolutional neural networks on paintings in the early 2010s was valuable to computer scientists and entrepreneurs who wanted to improve surveillance technology, though.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The project combined three components: deep neural networks, massive image datasets, and graphics processing units (GPUs).
—Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
Another part of the model used neural networks to quickly run through more than 500 signal features in order to confirm that a transition between pulse states took place.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Training convolutional neural networks on paintings in the early 2010s was valuable to computer scientists and entrepreneurs who wanted to improve surveillance technology, though.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The project combined three components: deep neural networks, massive image datasets, and graphics processing units (GPUs).
—Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
Another part of the model used neural networks to quickly run through more than 500 signal features in order to confirm that a transition between pulse states took place.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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