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1 Applications
• Robotics
– Trajectory control, forklift robot, manipulator controllers, vision systems
• Speech
– Speech recognition, speech compression, vowel classification, text to
speech synthesis
• Securities
– Market analysis, automatic bond rating, stock trading advisory systems
• Telecommunications
– Image and data compression, automated information services, real-time
translation of spoken language, customer payment processing systems
• Transportation
– Truck brake diagnosis systems, vehicle scheduling, routing systems
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1 Biology
• Neurons respond slowly
– 10-3 s compared to 10-9 s for electrical circuits
• The brain uses massively parallel computation
– ≈1011 neurons in the brain
– ≈104 connections per neuron
Dendrites
Axon
Cell Body
Synapse