Can TensorFlow support spiking neurons?

Question

I looked around for tutorials/articles/examples/... to use spiking neurons (e.g. of the SRM/Spike Response Model type) in TensorFlow, but I could not find anything.

Is it possible to simulate these models in TensorFlow at all?
Can TensorFlow simulate models which explicitely depend on time?
Are there any plug-ins/extensions/data files which can add this capability?
Is the GPU supported?

Answer 1

I was also interested in this problem and have done exactly what Pietro mentioned. i.e. Took a matlab implementation of a simplified Hodgkin-Huxley model and converted it to Tensorflow. Have a look at https://github.com/jotia1/spiking-net-tensorflow

https://joshuaarnold.com.au/simulating-spiking-nets-in-tensorflow/ for the blog post with some of my thoughts on the whole process. broken link

Interested in hearing your thoughts on it.