Semi-Supervised Graph Structure Learning on Neuromorphic Computers

Abstract

Graph convolutional networks have risen in popularity in recent years to tackle problems that are naturally represented as graphs. However, real-world graphs are often sparse, which means that implementing them on traditional accelerators such as graphics processing units (GPUs) can lead to inefficient utilization of the hardware. Spiking neuromorphic computers natively implement network-like computation and have been shown to be successful at implementing certain types of graph computations. In this work, we evaluate the use of a simulated network of spiking neurons to perform semi-supervised learning on graph data using only the graph structure. We demonstrate that our neuromorphic approach provides comparable results to graph convolutional network results, and we discuss the opportunities for using neuromorphic computers for this task in the future.