ANSWERING COGNITIVE QUERIES FROM SENSOR INPUT SIGNALS

A computer-implemented method for answering a cognitive query from sensor input signals may be provided. The method comprises feeding sensor input signals to an input layer of an artificial neural network comprising a plurality of hidden neuron layers and an output neural layer, determining hidden layer output signals from each of the plurality of hidden neuron layers and output signals from the output neural layer, and generating a set of pseudo-random bit sequences by applying a set of mapping functions using the output signals of the output layer and the hidden layer output signals of one of the hidden neuron layers as input data for one mapping function. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a hyper-vector using the set of pseudo-random bit sequences, and storing the hyper-vector in an associative memory, in which a distance between different hyper-vectors is determinable.