Publications

@article{zhu2026citation,
  title     = {Citation Network Datasets for Benchmarking Spiking Graph Neural Networks on Experimental Neuromorphic Hardware},
  author    = {Zhu, Kevin and Mulet, Ian and Date, Prasanna and Gautam, Ashish and Nitzsche, Tyler and Snyder, Shay and Kulkarni, Shruti and Lim, Seung-Hwan and Cong, Guojing and Nowzari, Cameron and Schuman, Catherine and Parsa, Maryam and Potok, Thomas},
  journal   = {npj Unconventional Computing},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.1038/s44335-026-00068-2}
}

Zhu, Kevin, et al. "Citation Network Datasets for Benchmarking Spiking Graph Neural Networks on Experimental Neuromorphic Hardware." npj Unconventional Computing, 2026.

@article{snyder2026brain,
  title     = {Brain Inspired Probabilistic Occupancy Grid Mapping with Vector Symbolic Architectures},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Capodieci, Andrew and Gorsich, David and Parsa, Maryam},
  journal   = {npj Unconventional Computing},
  volume    = {3},
  pages     = {13},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.1038/s44335-026-00052-w}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Brain Inspired Probabilistic Occupancy Grid Mapping with Vector Symbolic Architectures." npj Unconventional Computing, 2026.

@inproceedings{snyder2026srmu,
  title     = {SRMU: Relevance-Gated Updates for Streaming Hyperdimensional Memories},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Capodieci, Andrew and Gorsich, David and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.1145/3822454.3822487}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "SRMU: Relevance-Gated Updates for Streaming Hyperdimensional Memories." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2026.

@inproceedings{poursiami2026vsgraph,
  title     = {VS-Graph: Scalable and Efficient Graph Classification Using Hyperdimensional Computing},
  author    = {Poursiami, Hamed and Snyder, Shay and Cong, Guojing and Potok, Thomas and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE)},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.1109/nice69539.2026.11567447}
}

Poursiami, Hamed, et al. "VS-Graph: Scalable and Efficient Graph Classification Using Hyperdimensional Computing." Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE), 2026.

@misc{snyder2026hyperspace,
  title  = {HyperSpace: A Generalized Framework for Spatial Encoding in Hyperdimensional Representations},
  author = {Snyder, Shay and Capodieci, Andrew and Gorsich, David and Parsa, Maryam},
  year   = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.15113},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "HyperSpace: A Generalized Framework for Spatial Encoding in Hyperdimensional Representations." arXiv preprint, 2026.

@misc{snyder2026qfhrr,
  title  = {qFHRR: Rethinking Fourier Holographic Reduced Representations through Quantized Phase and Integer Arithmetic},
  author = {Snyder, Shay and Poursiami, Hamed and Parsa, Maryam},
  year   = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.25939},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "qFHRR: Rethinking Fourier Holographic Reduced Representations through Quantized Phase and Integer Arithmetic." arXiv preprint, 2026.

@article{kaiser2025opticam,
  title     = {OptiCAM: An Optical Content-Addressable Memory Architecture for Ultra-Fast Pattern Matching},
  author    = {Kaiser, Md Abdullah-Al and Singh, Ankur and Snyder, Shay and Poursiami, Hamed and Parsa, Maryam and Jaiswal, Akhilesh},
  journal   = {APL Photonics},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1063/5.0288417}
}

Kaiser, Md Abdullah-Al, et al. "OptiCAM: An Optical Content-Addressable Memory Architecture for Ultra-Fast Pattern Matching." APL Photonics, 2025.

@article{chakraborty2025a,
  title     = {A Retina-Inspired Pathway to Real-Time Motion Prediction inside Image Sensors for Extreme-Edge Intelligence},
  author    = {Chakraborty, Subhradip and Snyder, Shay and Kaiser, Md Abdullah-Al and Parsa, Maryam and Schwartz, Gregory and Jaiswal, Akhilesh R},
  journal   = {Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1088/2634-4386/adef76}
}

Chakraborty, Subhradip, et al. "A Retina-Inspired Pathway to Real-Time Motion Prediction inside Image Sensors for Extreme-Edge Intelligence." Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, 2025.

@inproceedings{moshruba2025on,
  title     = {On the Privacy-Preserving Properties of Spiking Neural Networks with Unique Surrogate Gradients and Quantization Levels},
  author    = {Moshruba, Ayana and Snyder, Shay and Poursiami, Hamed and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1109/ijcnn64981.2025.11228352}
}

Moshruba, Ayana, et al. "On the Privacy-Preserving Properties of Spiking Neural Networks with Unique Surrogate Gradients and Quantization Levels." International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2025.

@inproceedings{sinaga2025reconfigurable,
  title     = {Reconfigurable Retina-Inspired Looming Detection},
  author    = {Sinaga, Jason and Snyder, Shay and Kaiser, Md Abdullah-Al and Jinoy, Dan and Schwartz, Gregory and Parsa, Maryam and Jaiswal, Akhilesh},
  booktitle = {IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM)},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1109/fccm62733.2025.00013}
}

Sinaga, Jason, et al. "Reconfigurable Retina-Inspired Looming Detection." IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), 2025.

@inproceedings{clerico2025retinainspired,
  title     = {Retina-inspired Object Motion Segmentation for Event-Cameras},
  author    = {Clerico, Victoria and Snyder, Shay and Lohia, Arya and Kaiser, Md Abdullah-Al and Schwartz, Gregory and Jaiswal, Akhilesh and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE)},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1109/nice65350.2025.11065149}
}

Clerico, Victoria, et al. "Retina-inspired Object Motion Segmentation for Event-Cameras." Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE), 2025.

@inproceedings{zhu2025a,
  title     = {A Milling Swarm of Ground Robots using Spiking Neural Networks},
  author    = {Zhu, Kevin and Snyder, Shay and Vega, Ricardo and Parsa, Maryam and Nowzari, Cameron},
  booktitle = {Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE)},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.1109/nice65350.2025.11065293}
}

Zhu, Kevin, et al. "A Milling Swarm of Ground Robots using Spiking Neural Networks." Neuro-inspired Computational Elements (NICE), 2025.

@inproceedings{snyder2024parallelized,
  title     = {Parallelized Multi-Agent Bayesian Optimization in Lava},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Gobin, Derek and Clerico, Victoria and Risbud, Sumedh R. and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1109/icons62911.2024.00051}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Parallelized Multi-Agent Bayesian Optimization in Lava." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2024.

@inproceedings{gobin2024exploration,
  title     = {Exploration of Novel Neuromorphic Methodologies for Materials Applications},
  author    = {Gobin, Derek and Snyder, Shay and Cong, Guojing and Kulkarni, Shruti R. and Schuman, Catherine and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1109/icons62911.2024.00049}
}

Gobin, Derek, et al. "Exploration of Novel Neuromorphic Methodologies for Materials Applications." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2024.

@inproceedings{sinaga2024hardwarealgorithm,
  title     = {Hardware-Algorithm Re-engineering of Retinal Circuit for Intelligent Object Motion Segmentation},
  author    = {Sinaga, Jason and Clerico, Victoria and Kaiser, Md Abdullah-AI and Snyder, Shay and Lohia, Arya and Schwartz, Gregory and Parsa, Maryam and Jaiswal, Akhilesh},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1109/icons62911.2024.00045}
}

Sinaga, Jason, et al. "Hardware-Algorithm Re-engineering of Retinal Circuit for Intelligent Object Motion Segmentation." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2024.

@inproceedings{zhu2024spiking,
  title     = {Spiking Neural Networks as a Controller for Emergent Swarm Agents},
  author    = {Zhu, Kevin and Mattson, Connor and Snyder, Shay and Vega, Ricardo and Brown, Daniel S. and Parsa, Maryam and Nowzari, Cameron},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1109/icons62911.2024.00055}
}

Zhu, Kevin, et al. "Spiking Neural Networks as a Controller for Emergent Swarm Agents." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2024.

@inproceedings{scharzenberger2024learning,
  title     = {Learning to Estimate Regions of Attraction of Autonomous Dynamical Systems Using Bayesian Physics Informed Neural Networks},
  author    = {Scharzenberger, Cody and Snyder, Shay and Risbud, Sumedh R. and Hays, Joe and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1109/icons62911.2024.00036}
}

Scharzenberger, Cody, et al. "Learning to Estimate Regions of Attraction of Autonomous Dynamical Systems Using Bayesian Physics Informed Neural Networks." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2024.

@inproceedings{snyder2024transductive,
  title     = {Transductive Spiking Graph Neural Networks for Loihi},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Clerico, Victoria and Cong, Guojing and Kulkarni, Shruti and Schuman, Catherine and Risbud, Sumedh and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)},
  year      = {2024},
  doi       = {10.1145/3649476.3660366}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Transductive Spiking Graph Neural Networks for Loihi." Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2024.

@inproceedings{snyder2024asynchronous,
  title     = {Asynchronous Neuromorphic Optimization with Lava},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Risbud, Sumedh R. and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)},
  year      = {2024}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Asynchronous Neuromorphic Optimization with Lava." Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2024.

@inproceedings{cong2023hyperparameter,
  title     = {Hyperparameter Optimization and Feature Inclusion in Graph Neural Networks for Spiking Implementation},
  author    = {Cong, Guojing and Kulkarni, Shruti and Lim, Seung–Hwan and Date, Prasanna and Snyder, Shay and Parsa, Maryam and Kennedy, Dominic and Schuman, Catherine},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
  year      = {2023},
  doi       = {10.1109/icmla58977.2023.00232}
}

Cong, Guojing, et al. "Hyperparameter Optimization and Feature Inclusion in Graph Neural Networks for Spiking Implementation." International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2023.

@inproceedings{snyder2023zespol,
  title     = {Zespol: A Lightweight Environment for Training Swarming Agents},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Zhu, Kevin and Vega, Ricardo and Nowzari, Cameron and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2023},
  doi       = {10.1145/3589737.3606002}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Zespol: A Lightweight Environment for Training Swarming Agents." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2023.

@inproceedings{snyder2023neuromorphic,
  title     = {Neuromorphic Bayesian Optimization in Lava},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay and Risbud, Sumedh R. and Parsa, Maryam},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2023},
  doi       = {10.1145/3589737.3605998}
}

Snyder, Shay, et al. "Neuromorphic Bayesian Optimization in Lava." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2023.

@article{schuman2022evolutionary,
  title     = {Evolutionary vs Imitation Learning for Neuromorphic Control at the Edge},
  author    = {Schuman, Catherine and Patton, Robert and Kulkarni, Shruti and Parsa, Maryam and Stahl, Christopher and Haas, N Quentin and Mitchell, J Parker and Snyder, Shay and Nagle, Amelie and Shanafield, Alexandra and Potok, Thomas},
  journal   = {Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering},
  year      = {2022},
  doi       = {10.1088/2634-4386/ac45e7}
}

Schuman, Catherine, et al. "Evolutionary vs Imitation Learning for Neuromorphic Control at the Edge." Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, 2022.

@inproceedings{cong2022semisupervised,
  title     = {Semi-supervised Graph Structure Learning on Neuromorphic Computers},
  author    = {Cong, Guojing and Lim, Seung-Hwan and Kulkarni, Shruti and Date, Prasanna and Potok, Thomas and Snyder, Shay and Parsa, Maryam and Schuman, Catherine},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2022},
  doi       = {10.1145/3546790.3546821}
}

Cong, Guojing, et al. "Semi-supervised Graph Structure Learning on Neuromorphic Computers." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2022.

@inproceedings{patton2021neuromorphic,
  title     = {Neuromorphic Computing for Autonomous Racing},
  author    = {Patton, Robert and Schuman, Catherine and Kulkarni, Shruti and Parsa, Maryam and Mitchell, J. Parker and Haas, N. Quentin and Stahl, Christopher and Paulissen, Spencer and Date, Prasanna and Potok, Thomas and Snyder, Shay},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS)},
  year      = {2021},
  doi       = {10.1145/3477145.3477170}
}

Patton, Robert, et al. "Neuromorphic Computing for Autonomous Racing." International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS), 2021.

@inproceedings{snyder2021thor,
  title     = {Thor: A Deep Learning Approach for Face Mask Detection to Prevent the COVID-19 Pandemic},
  author    = {Snyder, Shay E. and Husari, Ghaith},
  booktitle = {SoutheastCon},
  year      = {2021},
  doi       = {10.1109/southeastcon45413.2021.9401874}
}

Snyder, Shay E., and Ghaith Husari "Thor: A Deep Learning Approach for Face Mask Detection to Prevent the COVID-19 Pandemic." SoutheastCon, 2021.