Research group

• Bio-Inspired Circuits and Systems [Oct 2020 - Sep 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Co-supervising the research on brain-inspired learning using spiking neural networks with Prof. Elisabetta Chicca.

Postdocs

• Matthew Yedutenko [Oct 2022 - June 2022] [Zurich, Switzerland]: Bio-inspired vision for fast and robust autonomous navigation.

PhD students

• Alejandro Pequeño-Zurro - Visiting PhD student [Apr 2022 - Sep 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Training the Time Difference Encoder (TDE) for keyword spotting at the edge.

• Fernando M. Quintana Velázquez - Visiting PhD student [Oct 2021 - Sep 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Confronting event-based three-factor local learning techniques for FPGA-based on-chip training of spiking neural networks.

Master students

• Caterina Caccavella - Master thesis [Mar 2023 - Sep 2023] [Zurich, Switzerland]: Low-power inference with EVS, neuromorphic processors and SNNs.

• Tales Braig - Master project [Apr 2022 - Sep 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Self-organizing spiking neural networks for post-labeled unsupervised learning of event-based patterns.

• Mohamed Sadek Bouanane - Master thesis [Sep 2021 - Sep 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Exploration of spiking neurons leakages and network recurrences for spike-based spatio-temporal pattern recognition.

• Julian Lopez Gordillo - Master thesis [Jan 2021 - Jan 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Local unsupervised learning of multi-sensory event-based data with spiking neural networks.

• Ton Juny Pina - Master thesis [Jan 2021 - Dec 2021] [Groningen, Netherlands]: Keyword spotting with the Time Difference Encoder (TDE).

• Marino Rasamuel - Master thesis [Apr 2018 - Sep 2018] [Sophia Antipolis, France]: Dynamic neural fields for embedded attentional process.

• Ulkar Alakbarova - Master project [Jun 2017 - Jul 2017] [Sophia Antipolis, France]: FPGA-based hardware design of a multi-layer perceptron.

Telluride Workshop: Neuromorphic Tactile Perception

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Groningen, Politecnico di Torino, University of Zurich, University of Basel, Silicon Austria Labs, Intel Labs [Jun 2021 - Jun 2022] [Groningen, Netherlands]

• Explore the potential of an end-to-end neuromorphic system for tactile perception with event-based communication (sensor level), asynchronous processing on Loihi (hardware level) and spike-based computing (algorithmic level) for the physical interaction of robots with their environment.

Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC): Time Difference Encoder (TDE) on Loihi

University of Groningen, University of Seville, Intel Labs [Oct 2020 - Oct 2021] [Groningen, Netherlands]

• Implement the Time Difference Encoder (TDE) on Loihi for various spatio-temporal pattern recognition applications at the edge.

CapoCaccia Workshop: Neuromorphic EVS+EMG Multimodal Perception

University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Université Catholique de Louvain, National University of Singapore, Université Côte d'Azur [May 2019 - Aug 2020] [Sophia Antipolis, France]

• Collect a dataset of EVS+EMG for hand gesture classification to explore the potential of SNNs and neuromorphic hardware for multimodal inference at the edge.

French ANR/Swiss FNS: Self-Organizing Machine Architecture (SOMA)

Université Côte d'Azur, University of Lorraine, University of Bordeaux, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland [Mar 2018 - Sep 2020] [Sophia Antipolis, France]

• Algorithmic modeling of brain-inspired self-organization with structural and synaptic plasticity mechanisms for FPGA-based cellular neuromorphic implementations.