Publications

Representative Papers

Resolving fast gas transients with Metal-Oxide sensors.
Drix D, Schmuker M (2021).
ACS Sensors, 6:688-692. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c02006 (Open Access)

Exploiting plume structure to decode gas source distance using metal-oxide sensors.
Schmuker M, Bahr V, and Huerta R (2016). Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 235:636-646.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.05.098 (paywalled) | https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.01815 (Open Access)

Computational exploration of molecular receptive fields in the olfactory bulb reveals a glomerulus-centric chemical map.
Jan Soelter, Jan Schumacher, Hartwig Spors, Michael Schmuker (2020).
Scientific Reports, 10:77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56863-4

A neuromorphic network for generic multivariate data classification.
Schmuker M, Pfeil T, Nawrot MP (2014).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 111(6):2081-2086. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1303053111 (Open Access)

Automatic Segmentation of Odour Maps in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb using regularized Non-negative Matrix Factorization.
Soelter J, Schumacher J, Spors H, Schmuker M (2014).
NeuroImage 98:279-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.04.041 (Open Access)

Processing and classification of chemical data inspired by insect olfaction.
Schmuker M, Schneider G (2007).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104:20285-20289. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0705683104 (Open Access)

Peer-reviewed articles

2022

Mapping odorant sensitivities reveals a sparse but structured representation of olfactory chemical space by sensory input to the mouse olfactory bulb.
Burton SD, Brown A, Eiting TP, Youngstrom IA, Rust TC, Schmuker M, Wachowiak M (2022).
eLife, 11:e80470. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80470 (Open Access).

Drift in a Popular Metal Oxide Sensor Dataset Reveals Limitations for Gas Classification Benchmarks.
Dennler N, Rastogi S, Fonollosa J, van Schaik A, Schmuker M (2022).
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 361:131668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.131668 (Open Access).

Rapid Recognition of Olfactory Scenes with a Portable MOx Sensor System using Hotplate Modulation
Drix D, Dennler N, Schmuker M (2022).
In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN). Aveiro, Portugal, 2022, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISOEN54820.2022.9789654 | Download PDF

Rapid Inference of Geographical Location with an Event-based Electronic Nose.
Dennler N, Drix D, Rastogi S, van Schaik A, Schmuker M (2022).
In Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 112–114. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517343.3517381 | Download PDF

Active sensing in a dynamic olfactory world.
Crimaldi J, Lei H, Schaefer A, Schmuker M, Smith BH, True AC, Verhagen JV, Victor JD (2022).
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 50:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10827-021-00798-1.

2021

Growth Rules for the Repair of Asynchronous Irregular Neuronal Networks after Peripheral Lesions.
Sinha A, Metzner C, Davey N, Adams R, Schmuker M, Steuber V (2021).
PLoS Computational Biology, 17(6): e1008996. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008996 (Open Access).
Preprint: bioRxiv 810846; https://doi.org/10.1101/810846.

Resolving fast gas transients with Metal-Oxide sensors.
Drix D, Schmuker M (2021).
ACS Sensors, 6:688-692. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c02006 (Open Access).

Feed-forward and noise-tolerant detection of feature homogeneity in spiking networks with a latency code.
Schmuker M, Kupper R, Aertsen A, Wachtler T, Gewaltig MO (2021).
Biological Cybernetics, 115:161-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-021-00866-w
Preprint (Open Access): ArXiv q-bio.NC 1806.03881. https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.03881

2020

More than smell. COVID-19 is associated with severe impairment of smell, taste, and chemesthesis.
Parma V, and members of the GCCR consortium (2020).
Chemical Senses, 45:609-622. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa041 (Open Access).
‡: including M Schmuker and R Kumar. Full author list is provided with the journal entry.

Sparse Coding with a Somato-Dendritic rule.
Drix D, Hafner V, Schmuker M (2020).
Neural Networks, 131:37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2020.06.007 (Open Access).

Computational exploration of molecular receptive fields in the olfactory bulb reveals a glomerulus-centric chemical map.
Jan Soelter, Jan Schumacher, Hartwig Spors, Michael Schmuker (2020).
Scientific Reports, 10:77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56863-4 (Open Access).

2019

Low-Power Neuromorphic Hardware for Signal Processing Applications.
Rajendran B, Sebastian A, Schmuker M, Srinivasa N, Eleftheriou E (2019).
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 36(6):97-110.
https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2019.2933719 (paywalled) | https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03690 (Open Access)

An unsupervised neuromorphic clustering algorithm.
Diamond A, Schmuker M, Nowotny T (2019).
Biological Cybernetics, 113:423-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-019-00797-7 (Open Access).

2017

Predicting voluntary movements from motor cortical activity with neuromorphic hardware
Lungu I, Riehle A, Nawrot M P, and Schmuker M (2017).
IBM J Res Dev. 61(2):5:1-5:12. https://doi.org/10.1147/JRD.2017.2656063 (paywalled) | Open Access preprint PDF

2016

Exploiting plume structure to decode gas source distance using metal-oxide sensors.
Schmuker M, Bahr V, and Huerta R (2016). Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 235:636-646.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.05.098 (paywalled) | https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.01815 (Open Access)

Classifying continuous, real-time e-nose sensor data using a bio-inspired spiking network modelled on the insect olfactory system.
Diamond A, Schmuker M, Berna A Z, Trowell S, and Nowotny T (2016).
Bioinspir. Biomim. 11:026002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/11/2/026002 (Open Access)

Comparing Neuromorphic Solutions in Action: Implementing a Bio-Inspired Solution to a Benchmark Classification Task on Three Parallel-Computing Platforms.
Diamond A, Nowotny T, and Schmuker M (2016).
Front. Neurosci. 9:491. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00491 (Open Access)

2015

A Probabilistic Model for Estimating the Depth and Threshold Temperature of C-fiber Nociceptors.
Dezhdar T, Moshourab RA, Fründ I, Lewin GR, and Schmuker M (2015).
Scientific Reports 5:17670. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17670 (Open Access)

2014

Decoding odor quality and intensity in the Drosophila brain.
A. Strutz, J. Soelter, A. Baschwitz, A. Farhan, V. Grabe, J. Rybak, M. Knaden, M. Schmuker, B. S. Hansson, and S. Sachse (2014).
Elife 3:e04147. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04147 (Open Access)

Automatic Segmentation of Odour Maps in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb using regularized Non-negative Matrix Factorization.
Soelter J, Schumacher J, Spors H, Schmuker M (2014).
NeuroImage 98:279-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.04.041 (Open Access)

A neuromorphic network for generic multivariate data classification.
Schmuker M, Pfeil T, Nawrot MP (2014).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 111(6):2081-2086. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1303053111 (Open Access)

2013

Improving odor classification through self-organized lateral inhibition in a spiking olfaction-inspired network.
Kasap B and Schmuker M (2013).
Proceedings of the 6th International IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering (NER2013), Nov. 6-8, San Diego, CA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1109/NER.2013.6695911 | PDF

Physicochemical vs. vibrational descriptors for prediction of odor receptor responses.
Gabler S, Soelter J, Hussain T, Sachse S and Schmuker M (2013).
Molecular Informatics 32(9-10):855-865. https://doi.org/10.1002/minf.201300037 (paywalled)

Six networks on a universal neuromorphic computing substrate.
Pfeil T, Grübl A, Jeltsch S, Müller E, Müller P, Petrovici MA, Schmuker M, Brüderle D, Schemmel J and Meier K (2013).
Frontiers in Neuroscience 7:11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00011 (Open Access)

2011

Parallel representation of stimulus identity and intensity in a dual pathway model inspired by the olfactory system of the honeybee.
Schmuker M, Yamagata N, Nawrot M and Menzel R (2011).
Frontiers in Neuroengineering 4:17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneng.2011.00017 (Open Access)

The Similarity between Odors and Their Binary Mixtures in Drosophila.
Eschbach C, Vogt K, Schmuker M, Gerber B (2011).
Chemical Senses 36:613-621. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjr016 (Open Access)

A spiking neuron classifier network with a deep architecture inspired by the olfactory system of the honeybee.
Häusler C, Nawrot M P and Schmuker M (2011).
Proc. 5th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, April 27 - May 01 2011, Cancun, Mexico. https://doi.org/10.1109/NER.2011.5910522 (paywalled) | PDF

A Behavioral Odor Similarity "Space" in Larval Drosophila.
Chen Y-C, Mishra D, Schmitt L, Schmuker M and Gerber B (2011).
Chemical Senses, 36:223-235. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjq123 (Open Access)

2009

Differential odor processing in two olfactory pathways in the honeybee.
Yamagata N, Schmuker M, Szyszka P, Mizunami M and Menzel R (2009).
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 3:16. https://doi.org/10.3389/neuro.06.016.2009 (Open Access)

2008

A network model for learning-induced changes in odor representation in the antennal lobe.
Schmuker M, Weidert M and Menzel R (2008).
In Proceedings of the second french conference on Computational Neuroscience (Neurocomp08), Marseille, Laurent U. Perrinet and Emmanuel Daucé (ed.). https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00331593 (Open Access)

2007

Processing and classification of chemical data inspired by insect olfaction.
Schmuker M, Schneider G (2007).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104:20285-20289. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0705683104 (Open Access)

Predicting olfactory receptor neuron responses from odorant structure.
Schmuker M, de Bruyne M, Hähnel M and Schneider, G (2007).
Chemistry Central Journal, 1:11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-11 (Open Access)

Searching for drug scaffolds with 3D pharmacophores and neural network ensembles.
Renner S, Hechenberger M, Noeske T, Böcker A, Jatzke C, Schmuker M, Parsons CG, Weil T and Schneider G (2007).
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46(28):5336-5339. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200604125 (paywalled)

SOMMER: Self-Organising Maps for Education and Research.
Schmuker M, Schwarte F, Brück A, Proschak E, Tanrikulu Y, Givehchi A, Scheiffele K and Schneider G (2007).
Journal of Molecular Modeling, 13(1):225-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-006-0140-0 (paywalled)

2006

Optimized Particle Swarm Optimization (OPSO) and its application to artificial neural network training.
Meissner M, Schmuker M and Schneider G (2006).
BMC Bioinformatics, 7:125. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-7-125 (Open Access)

2004

Impact of different software implementations on the performance of the Maxmin method for diverse subset selection.
Schmuker M, Givehchi A, Schneider G (2004).
Molecular Diversity 8(4):421-425. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MODI.0000047503.82461.e8(paywalled)

2001

Deciphering apicoplast targeting signals - feature extraction from nuclear-encoded precursors of Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast proteins.
Zuegge J, Ralph S, Schmuker M, McFadden GI, Schneider G (2001).
Gene 280(1-2):19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00776-4 (paywalled)

Book chapter

Brain-like processing and classification of chemical data: an approach inspired by the sense of smell.
Schmuker M and Schneider G (2011). In Chemoinformatics and advanced machine learning perspectives, Lodhi H and Yamanishi Y (ed.), IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA. IGI Global(pawyalled)| Google Books

Monographs

Analysis of Coding Principles in the Olfactory System and their Application in Cheminformatics.
Schmuker M (2007). PhD Thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-53163 | PDF

Modeling homogeneity detection with spiking neurons in primate visual cortex.
Schmuker M (2003). Diploma Thesis, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. PDF