CogniGron, University of Groningen (FSE)

CogniGron researcher Niels Taatgen at the conference THE Interdisciplinary Science Forum last month. He participated in the discussion on interdisciplinary leadership, "A new era of interdisciplinary leadership in science research", in which the participants also gave an introduction. He spoke on the various interdisciplinary collaborations he is active in (especially CogniGron, but also the AI programme and the Jantina Tammes School), what the challenges are (speaking each other's language, funding, perseverance to make it a real success), but also how great the outcomes can be. CogniGron was invited to speak at the Science Forum event about bridging disciplinary boundaries in academic science as a valuable example of a multidisciplinary centre. More info on the session and the conference: https://lnkd.in/ep5z4cxr #interdisciplinary #research #leadership #event #impact

𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧-𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 | 𝐀 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 📄 Global dependence on traditional IT systems is facing its limits due to rising energy costs, climate impact and growing security risks. Neuromorphic computers – computers inspired by how the human brain works – offer a promising alternative. They enable fast and energy-efficient data processing while reducing dependence on external resources and expertise. CogniGron and the University of Groningen participated in the development of a new white paper, “Neuromorphic Computing in the Netherlands” that highlights significant domestic expertise in the field and advocates for the establishment of a national coalition to coordinate future efforts in alignment with other key technologies. Read and learn more about neuromorphic computing in the Netherlands: https://lnkd.in/eTAN2ypV #neuromorphic #whitepaper #futureproofcomputing #computing #energy Radboud University, University of Groningen, Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente, AMOLF, CWI Software SURF

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? 📖 🧠 As a multidisciplinary research centre, we must understand each other better across disciplines. Therefore, our CogniGron members meet on a regular basis and during yesterday’s roundtable discussion, led by Martin F. Sarott, attendees spoke about how they can bridge the gap between researchers at CogniGron and encourage more interaction and collaboration by establishing a common vocabulary. Creating a glossary – made by and for the CogniGron community – will help people from various disciplines understand each other better. Researchers will provide colloquial explanations for terms frequently used in their research fields but may not be common knowledge for others. The CogniGron Talent Network board has already laid important groundwork and will continue collecting entries in the future. #futureproofcomputing #neuromorphicomputing #interdisciplinaryresearch #Groningen

13 citations in 2,5 months! 📝 Congratulations to Fernando M. Quintana Velázquez, Lyes Khacef, Fernando Pérez Peña, Pedro L. Galindo, Emre Neftci and Elisabetta Chicca! The article ‘𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐏: 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞’ has already been mentioned in various research papers in only a few weeks, which demonstrates its importance and impact. CogniGron researcher Elisabetta Chicca is one of the authors. A few explaining words from the work's corresponding author, Fernando M. Quintana Velázquez (currently a postdoc in Erika Covi’s CogniGron team): "Current AI systems are capable of learning complex patterns from large amounts of data, but are unable to quickly adapt to new data in energy-constrained devices like wearables, smart cameras or autonomous robots. In this work, we take inspiration from the biological brain to model a new synaptic plasticity rule for online learning and adaptation. This learning rule, called Event-based Three-factor Local Plasticity (ETLP), is as the same suggests a local plasticity rule where the synaptic weight is modified on-the-fly based on the activities of the neurons it connects, and a teaching signal provided by the user or the environment. Therefore, ETLP can be implemented in low-latency and low-power neuromorphic hardware with co-localized memory and processing. Our results show comparable performance to the non-local backpropagation rule, with a much lower latency and computational complexity. This interdisciplinary research has the potential to enable real-time adaptation at the edge of the sensors for many emerging applications." Access full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eb-GdYMK 🔗🧠 #ai #data #wearables #neuromorphic #futureproofcomputing

Tamalika Banerjee on "Memristive devices based on complex oxides as synapses and neurons" in Seoul last week at the International Conference on Memristive Materials, Devices & Systems (MEMRISYS 2024). Her talk discussed two examples of nonlinear systems, akin to synapses and neurons, that they designed at interfaces with complex oxides done by CogniGron PhDs Anouk Goossens and Azminul Jaman. In the first part, they showed how areal downscaling of interface memristive devices integrated on a semiconducting oxide showed enhanced memristive properties, contrary to expectations. In the second work, done by Azminul Jaman, they demonstrated how electronic instabilities manifest as negative differential resistance (NDR) in manganite thin films that were exploited to demonstrate voltage control oscillators, with tunable frequencies, in a network array. This year’s edition of MEMRISYS was about the latest developments in memristor technologies. Read more on https://lnkd.in/ee5swHPm #futureproofcomputing #memristor #neuromorphic

Great meeting of the NL-ECO project of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) on energy-efficient computing solutions, involving scientists, engineers, societal partners and artists. The photo was taken by Niels Taatgen, one of the partners, at the Atrium of the new Feringa building of the University of Groningen where WERC had installed one of their "digital organisms": the CHIRP interacting network.

CogniGron job opportunities 📢 We currently have two open roles and are looking for our next Scientific Coordinator and Management/Office Assistant. Are you or do you know someone who is an enthusiastic and accurate management assistant who enjoys working in a dynamic and international research environment? OR are you a scientific coordinator who want to play a crucial role in coordinating cutting-edge scientific research and supporting the next generation of computing technology? If yes, apply (or tag that someone), and join our international and passionate team! 🧠 The application deadline is 12 November❗️ Find the vacancies here: https://lnkd.in/dp2uH-fB #futureproofcomputing #neuromorphic #vacancies #groningen

The CogniGron Talent Network (CTN) encourages young scientists to develop a multidisciplinary research perspective early on in their careers. Stimulating scientific exchange is key to CogniGron 🔑 A little while ago, we announced a CTN Board change, and this time we would like to get to know Martin F. Sarott, the newest board member, a little better. He is from Switzerland and works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Solid State Materials for Electronics Group led by Prof. Beatriz Noheda. In his research, he aims to mimic the non-volatile memory capacity of biological synapses and the volatile spiking behaviour of neurons using ferroelectric thin films. Great to have you on board, Martin! 🌍 Read more about Martin, his research and visions for the CTN ➡ https://lnkd.in/eS4NsZyM #researchers #talent #computing #neuromorphic #FutureProofComputing

'𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.' 🧠 Read what Niels Taatgen, Beatriz Noheda and Erika Covi do at CogniGron and why. Focusing on transforming traditional computing through innovative neuromorphic technologies and artificial intelligence hardware, they collaborate interdisciplinarily to reshape the future of how we process information and to develop computer chips that are 10,000 times more energy-efficient than current ones. Full article: https://lnkd.in/eC768BUK ✍🏼 Maud Bongers 📷 Henk Veenstra #futureproofcomputing #research #chips #neuromorphic #groningen University of Groningen Ubbo Emmius Foundation

Time flies! But we are still reminiscing about Brainspiration 2024 🧠 «𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 2024 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦.» – Lambert Schomaker Find out how the event went, what topics were discussed within neuromorphic computing, and how we can rethink computing and, of course, browse through some pictures, too. Oh... and curious where 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 edition will be? 👀 Find out here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eMGuM4fP #Brainspiration2024 #physics #science #engineering #quantum #ai #data #neuromorphic #computing HYBRAIN Project Ubbo Emmius Foundation NL-ECO University of Groningen