A New Paradigm of Reservoir Computing Exploiting Hydrodynamics

Abstract: Nonlinear waves have played a historical role in laying the foundations of the science of complexity. Recently, they have also allowed the development of a new reservoir computing paradigm: neuromorphic computing by waves. In these systems, the information transmission acts as the excitation of wave dynamics, whose evolution processes the information to perform complex tasks at low energy consumption. To enable nonlinear hydrodynamic waves to do computing, we designed the Aqua-Photonic-Advantaged Computing Machine by Artificial Neural Networks (Aqua-PACMANN), a system where wave propagation in shallow water is the leading physical phenomenon, and the presence of electronics can be reduced to a CCD camera in detection. We show the realization of an XNOR logic gate as proof of concept of the Aqua-PACMANN's architecture and pave the way to a new class of fluid dynamic neuromorphic computing.