CogniGron Seminar by Bert Jan Offrein (IBM): "New materials and devices for power-efficient neuromorphic computing"
| When: | Tu 19-03-2024 10:00 - 11:00 |
| Where: | Energy Academy Europe 5159.0010 |
Seminar abstract
The performance and power-efficiency of executing AI tasks on state-of-the-art computing systems is a challenge. New compute architectures, based on analog signal processing, provide enhanced performance by better mapping the neural network architecture in hardware. Materials and devices for implementing such concepts will be presented.
About Bert Jan Offrein
Bert Jan Offrein received his PhD degree in nonlinear integrated optics from the University of Twente in The Netherlands in 1994. He then joined IBM Research Europe - Zurich and contributed to establishing and commercializing adaptive integrated optical technology for DWDM networks. From 2004 to 2016, Bert Offrein was managing the photonics group, addressing optical interconnects for computing systems. Since 2016, he is leading the neuromorphic devices and systems group, focussing on novel hardware for neural networks. Bert Offrein is co-author of over 150 publications and co-inventor of more than 40 patents. He currently is a Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research Europe and is Professor by special appointment on ‘analog signal processing’ at the University of Twente.