EUROPEAN NEUROMORPHIC RESEARCH DAY

MAY 15, 2024 | INL AUDITORIUM

About

Emerging Neuromorphic Research and Technology Future in Europe

INL is organizing a one-day research event to bring together coordinators, participants and collaborators from various European projects and industry partners in the field of neuromorphic computing. The areas include but are not limited to, spintronics, electronics, photonics and other approaches, ranging from early-stage technologies to more mature technologies. Representatives of ten ongoing European research projects on neuromorphic computing and two representatives of very successful companies that apply neuromorphic computing in their technologies will be present. There will be excellent networking opportunities and a social dinner.

The key motivation is to stimulate discussion on how Europe can ‘bridge the gap’ in neuromorphic computing going from scientifically sound technologies to innovation and new applications. We believe merging the discussion of technologies with different levels of maturity could help us to identify common views on the best way to develop these technologies in Europe. We want to learn which tools we have available today and which interesting neuromorphic challenges need to be solved by artificial neural networks and systems in the future.

The participating projects are representative examples covering different neuromorphic approaches using electronics, spintronics, photonics and other approaches and emerging materials often integrated with CMOS with various applications such as computer vision, edge AI, sensing, computing, high-frequency data processing, deep learning, security applications, and signal regeneration.

Take part in this exciting event!

08h20 Arrival and Registration

08h50 Welcome and Introduction to INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

09h00 EIC Programme on Sustainable Semiconductors. Opportunities through Pathfinder Challenge Nanoelectronics for energy-efficient smart edge devices

  • Speaker: Isabel Obieta, Programme Manager for Sustainable Semiconductors

09h20 RESPITE Reconfigurable superconducting and photonic technologies of the future

  • Speaker: Eitan Oksenberg (Research Coordinator), Delft, The Netherlands

09h40 ArCTIC Ferroelectric Devices for Cryogenic In-Memory Computing

  • Speaker: Sayani Majumdar (Research Coordinator), Tampere University, Finland

10h00 TOPOCOM Topological Solitons in Ferroics for Unconventional Computing

  • Speaker: Mathias Kläui (Research Coordinator), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

10h20 PolArt Neuromorphic Polariton Accelerator

  • Speakers: Daniele Sanvitto and Dario Ballarini (Research Participants), CNR NANOTEC Lecce, Italy

10h40 Coffee Break 1 + Poster Session

11h10 SPIKEPro Spiking photonic-electronic IC for quick and efficient processing

  • Speaker: Weiming Yao (Research Coordinator), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

11h30 HYBRAIN Hybrid electronic-photonic architectures for brain-inspired computing

  • Speaker: Wilfred van der Wiel (Research Coordinator), University of Twente, The Netherlands

12h00 NIMFEIA Nonlinear Magnons for Reservoir Computing in Reciprocal Space

  • Speaker: Katrin Schultheiss (Research Coordinator), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany

12h30 SpinAge Weighted Spintronic-Nano-Oscillator-based Neuromorphic Computing System Assisted by Laser for Cognitive Computing

  • Speaker: Farshad Moradi (Research Coordinator), Aarhus University, Denmark

13h00 Lunch

14h30 InsectNeuroNano Insect-Brain inspired Neuromorphic Nanophotonics

  • Speaker: Anders Mikkelsen (Research Coordinator), NanoLund, Lund University, Sweden

15h00 NEUROPIC Nano electro-optomechanical programmable integrated circuits

  • Speaker: Pedro David Garcia (Research Coordinator), CSIC, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain

15h30 METASPIN Metaplastic Spintronics Synapses

  • Speaker: Liza Herrera Diez (Research Coordinator) - NanoElectronics, C2N, Université Paris Saclay, France

16h00 Coffee Break 2 + Poster Session

16h30 Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Belgium Integrated neuromorphic photonics and optical computing accelerators: prospects & challenges

  • Speaker: Matej Hejda, Architecture & System Design Research Scientist, Large Scale Integrated Photonics Group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Belgium

17h00 Radiospin Deep Oscillatory Neural Networks Computing and Learning through the Dynamics of RF Neurons Interconnected by RF Spintronic Synapses

  • Speaker: Frank Mizrahi (Research Participant), CNRS/Thales, France

17h30 NimbleAI Ultra-energy efficient and secure neuromorphic sensing and processing at the endpoint

  • Speakers: Iturbe Xabier (research coordinator), IKERLAN, Arrasate, Spain, and Bernabé Linares-Barranco (research participant), IMSE-CNM, CSIC and University of Seville, Spain

18h00 Finger Food (Buffet) | Cocktail Event + Poster Session

20h00 End of the Event

AGENDA

Organizing Committee

Organizing Committee:

  • Alex Jenkins (INL, Portugal)

  • Anders Mikkelsen (Lund University, Sweden)

  • Bruno Romeira (INL, Portugal)

  • Ricardo Ferreira (INL, Portugal)

  • Salvatore Spinello (EISMEA, Brussels, Belgium)

  • Tim Boehnert (INL, Portugal)

Local Organizing Committee:

  • Alex Jenkins (INL, Portugal)

  • Bruno Romeira (INL, Portugal)

  • Carlos Rosário (INL, Portugal)

  • Ricardo Ferreira (INL, Portugal)

  • Tim Boehnert (INL, Portugal)

Location

The INL International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, located in Braga (North of Portugal) was founded by the governments of Portugal and Spain under an international legal framework to perform interdisciplinary research, and deploy and articulate nanotechnology for the benefit of society.

INL aims to become the worldwide hub for nanotechnology addressing society’s grand challenges.