AAL	ambient assisted living
SNN	spiking neural network
DNN	deep neural network
ACAN	asynchronous cellular automata-based neuron
ReSuMe	remote supervised learning
RC	Reservoir Computing
MCG	Magnetocardiogram
EEG	Electroencephalogram
FPGA	field-programmable gate array
STDP	spike-timing-dependent plasticity
VHDL	VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHSIC	Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
MNIST	Modified National Institutes of Standards and Technology
NN	neural network