The document provides an introduction to artificial neural networks (ANNs). It discusses that ANNs are inspired by biological neural systems and composed of interconnected computing units called neurons that can learn from examples like the human brain. There are two main reasons for building ANNs: to solve problems requiring parallel processing like character recognition, and to better understand natural information processing by simulating brain functions. ANNs can be used to model how biological systems like the human brain work in various cognitive tasks and sensory processes.

1. Introduction to Neural
Networks
Presented by:
Hafiz Syed Adnan Ahmed

2. Introduction
• Artificial Neural Network is based on the biological nervous
system as Brain
• It is composed of interconnected computing units called
neurons
• ANN like human, learn by examples

3. Why Artificial Neural Networks?
There are two basic reasons why we are interested in
building artificial neural networks (ANNs):
• Technical viewpoint: Some problems such as
character recognition or the prediction of future
states of a system require massively parallel and
adaptive processing.
• Biological viewpoint: ANNs can be used to
replicate and simulate components of the human
(or animal) brain, thereby giving us insight into
natural information processing.
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4. Science: Model how biological neural
systems, like human brain, work?
• How do we see?
• How is information stored in/retrieved
from memory?
• How do you learn to not to touch fire?
• How do your eyes adapt to the amount
of light in the environment?
• Related fields: Neuroscience,
Computational Neuroscience,
Psychology, Psychophysiology, Cognitive
Science, Medicine, Math, Physics.
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5. Real Neural Learning
• Synapses change size and strength with
experience.
• Hebbian learning: When two connected neurons
are firing at the same time, the strength of the
synapse between them increases.
• “Neurons that fire together, wire together.”
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6. Biological Neurons
• Human brain = tens of thousands
of neurons
• Each neuron is connected to
thousands other neurons
• A neuron is made of:
• The soma: body of the neuron
• Dendrites: filaments that provide
input to the neuron
• The axon: sends an output signal
• Synapses: connection with other
neurons – releases certain
quantities of chemicals called
neurotransmitters to other
neurons
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7. Modeling of Brain Functions
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8. Modelling a Neuron
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9. What is an artificial neuron ?
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13. How do NNs and ANNs work?
• Information is transmitted as a series of
electric impulses, so-called spikes.
• The frequency and phase of these spikes
encodes the information.
• In biological systems, one neuron can be
connected to as many as 10,000 other
neurons.
• Usually, a neuron receives its information
from other neurons in a confined area
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14. Navigation of a car
• Done by Pomerlau. The network takes inputs from a 34X36 video image
and a 7X36 range finder. Output units represent “drive straight”, “turn
left” or “turn right”. After training about 40 times on 1200 road
images, the car drove around CMU campus at 5 km/h (using a small
workstation on the car). This was almost twice the speed of any other
non-NN algorithm at the time.
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15. Automated driving at 70 mph on a
public highway
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16. Computers vs. Neural Networks
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Neural Networks
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17. Neural Network
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18. Network Layers
The common type of ANN consists of three layers
of neurons: a layer of input neurons connected to
the layer of hidden neuron which is connected to
a layer of output neurons.

19. Architecture of ANN
• Feed-Forward networks
Allow the signals to travel one way from input to
output
• Feed-Back Networks
The signals travel as loops in the network, the
output is connected to the input of the network

21. Comparison of Brains and Traditional
Computers
• 200 billion neurons, 32
trillion synapses
• Element size: 10-6 m
• Energy use: 25W
• Processing speed: 100 Hz
• Parallel, Distributed
• Fault Tolerant
• Learns: Yes
• Intelligent/Conscious:
Usually
• 1 billion bytes RAM but
trillions of bytes on disk
• Element size: 10-9 m
• Energy watt: 30-90W (CPU)
• Processing speed: 109 Hz
• Serial, Centralized
• Generally not Fault Tolerant
• Learns: Some
• Intelligent/Conscious:
Generally No

22. Neural Networks (Applications)
• Face recognition
• Time series prediction
• Process identification
• Process control
• Optical character recognition
• Adaptative filtering
• Etc…

23. And Finally….
“If the brain were so simple
that we could understand it
then we’d be so simple that
we couldn’t”

24. Introduction is End of Neural Networks