NICE 2022 - Agenda

(Agenda as of 2024/10/12-12:19 CEST)
Monday, 28 March 2022
CEST: 14:00
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Pre-NICE day -- Monday, 28 March 2022

Tuesday, 29 March 2022
CEST: 15:30
EDT: 09:30
CDT: 08:30
MDT: 07:30
PDT: 06:30
UTC: 13:30

NICE 2022

CEST: 15:30
EDT: 09:30
CDT: 08:30
MDT: 07:30
PDT: 06:30
UTC: 13:30
Opening of NICE
CEST: 15:35
EDT: 09:35
CDT: 08:35
MDT: 07:35
PDT: 06:35
UTC: 13:35
Welcome to NICE
Taylor Eighmy (President of UTSA)
CEST: 15:50
EDT: 09:50
CDT: 08:50
MDT: 07:50
PDT: 06:50
UTC: 13:50
Organizer Round
CEST: 16:15
EDT: 10:15
CDT: 09:15
MDT: 08:15
PDT: 07:15
UTC: 14:15
Keynote I: The pervasiveness of disentangled representational geometries in the brain

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Stefano Fusi (Columbia)
CEST: 17:00
EDT: 11:00
CDT: 10:00
MDT: 09:00
PDT: 08:00
UTC: 15:00
Computing on Functions Using Randomized Vector Representations

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Christopher Kymn (University of California, Berkeley)
CEST: 17:30
EDT: 11:30
CDT: 10:30
MDT: 09:30
PDT: 08:30
UTC: 15:30
Group photo
CEST: 17:35
EDT: 11:35
CDT: 10:35
MDT: 09:35
PDT: 08:35
UTC: 15:35
Break
CEST: 18:05
EDT: 12:05
CDT: 11:05
MDT: 10:05
PDT: 09:05
UTC: 16:05
Integer Factorization with Compositional Distributed Representations

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Denis Kleyko (UC Berkeley)
CEST: 18:35
EDT: 12:35
CDT: 11:35
MDT: 10:35
PDT: 09:35
UTC: 16:35
Lightning talk: Efficient Optimized Spike Encoding of Multivariate Time-series
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Dighanchal Banerjee (Tata Consultancy Services)
CEST: 18:50
EDT: 12:50
CDT: 11:50
MDT: 10:50
PDT: 09:50
UTC: 16:50
Quantum many-body states: A novel neuromorphic application

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Andreas Baumbach (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 19:20
EDT: 13:20
CDT: 12:20
MDT: 11:20
PDT: 10:20
UTC: 17:20
Lightning talk: CMOS-Free Multilayer Perceptron Enabled by Four-Terminal MTJ Device
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Wesley Brigner (The University of Texas at Dallas)
CEST: 19:35
EDT: 13:35
CDT: 12:35
MDT: 11:35
PDT: 10:35
UTC: 17:35
Break
CEST: 19:50
EDT: 13:50
CDT: 12:50
MDT: 11:50
PDT: 10:50
UTC: 17:50
Lightning talk: Graph Embedding Using Cortical Like Sparse Distributed Representations

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Dan Hammerstrom (Portland State University)
CEST: 20:05
EDT: 14:05
CDT: 13:05
MDT: 12:05
PDT: 11:05
UTC: 18:05
Accelerating Deep Neural Networks with Analog-memory-based Hardware Accelerators
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An Chen (IBM Research)
CEST: 20:35
EDT: 14:35
CDT: 13:35
MDT: 12:35
PDT: 11:35
UTC: 18:35
Open mic / discussion
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day I
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
 
Break
CEST: 21:30
EDT: 15:30
CDT: 14:30
MDT: 13:30
PDT: 12:30
UTC: 19:30
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 interactive via EBRAINS
CEST: 21:30
EDT: 15:30
CDT: 14:30
MDT: 13:30
PDT: 12:30
UTC: 19:30
 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 introduction

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Eric Müller (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:00
EDT: 16:00
CDT: 15:00
MDT: 14:00
PDT: 13:00
UTC: 20:00
 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 first steps
Christian Pehle (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:10
EDT: 16:10
CDT: 15:10
MDT: 14:10
PDT: 13:10
UTC: 20:10
 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 Learning with the SuperSpike rule

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Elias Arnold (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:25
EDT: 16:25
CDT: 15:25
MDT: 14:25
PDT: 13:25
UTC: 20:25
 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 Structured Neurons

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Jakob Kaiser (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)

Wednesday, 30 March 2022
CEST: 12:00
EDT: 06:00
CDT: 05:00
MDT: 04:00
PDT: 03:00
UTC: 10:00
Hands-on tutorial: SpiNNaker

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Andrew Rowley (The University of Manchester)
CEST: 14:00
EDT: 08:00
CDT: 07:00
MDT: 06:00
PDT: 05:00
UTC: 12:00
Break
CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00
CEST: 15:00
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UTC: 13:00
Welcome, day II
CEST: 15:05
EDT: 09:05
CDT: 08:05
MDT: 07:05
PDT: 06:05
UTC: 13:05
Coinflips: CO-designed Improved Neural Foundations Leveraging Inherent Physics Stochasticity

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Brad Aimone (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 15:35
EDT: 09:35
CDT: 08:35
MDT: 07:35
PDT: 06:35
UTC: 13:35
Lightning talk: Temporal and Spatio-temporal domains for Neuromorphic Tactile Texture Classification

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George Brayshaw (University of Bristol)
CEST: 15:50
EDT: 09:50
CDT: 08:50
MDT: 07:50
PDT: 06:50
UTC: 13:50
Abisko: Deep Codesign of an Energy-Optimized, High Performance Neuromorhpic Accelerator

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Jeffrey Vetter (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CEST: 16:20
EDT: 10:20
CDT: 09:20
MDT: 08:20
PDT: 07:20
UTC: 14:20
BrianScaleS via EBRAINS

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Johannes Schemmel (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 16:50
EDT: 10:50
CDT: 09:50
MDT: 08:50
PDT: 07:50
UTC: 14:50
Break
CEST: 17:05
EDT: 11:05
CDT: 10:05
MDT: 09:05
PDT: 08:05
UTC: 15:05
New Tools for a New Era of Neuromorphic Computing

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Mike Davies (Intel)
CEST: 17:35
EDT: 11:35
CDT: 10:35
MDT: 09:35
PDT: 08:35
UTC: 15:35
Lightning talk: Demonstrating BrainScaleS 2 Inter-Chip Pulse Communication using Extoll

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Tobias Thommes (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 17:50
EDT: 11:50
CDT: 10:50
MDT: 09:50
PDT: 08:50
UTC: 15:50
Record Simulation of the Full-Density Spiking Potjans-Diesmann-Microcircuit Model on the IBM Neural Supercomputer INC 3000

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Arne Heittmann (PGI-10 Forschungszentrum Jülich)
CEST: 18:20
EDT: 12:20
CDT: 11:20
MDT: 10:20
PDT: 09:20
UTC: 16:20
Lightning talk: Frustrated Arrays of Nanomagnets for Efficient Reservoir Computing
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Alexander Edwards (The University of Texas at Dallas)
CEST: 18:35
EDT: 12:35
CDT: 11:35
MDT: 10:35
PDT: 09:35
UTC: 16:35
Break
CEST: 19:05
EDT: 13:05
CDT: 12:05
MDT: 11:05
PDT: 10:05
UTC: 17:05
SpiNNaker 2 results: A Platform for Real-Time Bio-Inspired AI and Cognition

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Christian Mayr (TU Dresden)
CEST: 19:35
EDT: 13:35
CDT: 12:35
MDT: 11:35
PDT: 10:35
UTC: 17:35
Photonic neuromorphic processing

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Wolfram Pernice (Heidelberg University)
CEST: 20:05
EDT: 14:05
CDT: 13:05
MDT: 12:05
PDT: 11:05
UTC: 18:05
Encoding Event-Based Data With a Hybrid SNN Guided Variational Auto-encoder in Neuromorphic Hardware

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Kenneth Stewart (University of California Irvine, and Accenture)
CEST: 20:35
EDT: 14:35
CDT: 13:35
MDT: 12:35
PDT: 11:35
UTC: 18:35
Open mic / discussion
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day II
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
 
Break
CEST: 21:30
EDT: 15:30
CDT: 14:30
MDT: 13:30
PDT: 12:30
UTC: 19:30
 
Hands-on tutorial: SpiNNaker
Andrew Rowley (The University of Manchester)

Thursday, 31 March 2022
CEST: 12:00
EDT: 06:00
CDT: 05:00
MDT: 04:00
PDT: 03:00
UTC: 10:00
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 interactive via EBRAINS
Eric Müller (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 14:00
EDT: 08:00
CDT: 07:00
MDT: 06:00
PDT: 05:00
UTC: 12:00
Break
CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00
CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00
Continual learning

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Dhireesha Kudithipudi (UTSA)
CEST: 15:30
EDT: 09:30
CDT: 08:30
MDT: 07:30
PDT: 06:30
UTC: 13:30
BitBrain and Sparse Binary Coincidence memories

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Michael Hopkins (The University of Manchester)
CEST: 16:00
EDT: 10:00
CDT: 09:00
MDT: 08:00
PDT: 07:00
UTC: 14:00
Three data talks
CEST: 16:00
EDT: 10:00
CDT: 09:00
MDT: 08:00
PDT: 07:00
UTC: 14:00
 
Lightning talk: Rapid Inference of Geographical Location with an Event-based Electronic Nose

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Nik Dennler (University of Hertfordshire)
CEST: 16:10
EDT: 10:10
CDT: 09:10
MDT: 08:10
PDT: 07:10
UTC: 14:10
 
Lightning talk: Event-based dataset for classification and pose estimation

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James Turner (University of Sussex)
CEST: 16:20
EDT: 10:20
CDT: 09:20
MDT: 08:20
PDT: 07:20
UTC: 14:20
 
Lightning talk: The Yin-Yang Dataset
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Laura Kriener (Universitaet Bern)
CEST: 16:30
EDT: 10:30
CDT: 09:30
MDT: 08:30
PDT: 07:30
UTC: 14:30
 
Q&A for the data talks
CEST: 16:35
EDT: 10:35
CDT: 09:35
MDT: 08:35
PDT: 07:35
UTC: 14:35
Optimal Oscillator Memory Networks

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Connor Bybee (UC Berkeley)
CEST: 17:05
EDT: 11:05
CDT: 10:05
MDT: 09:05
PDT: 08:05
UTC: 15:05
Break
CEST: 17:20
EDT: 11:20
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MDT: 09:20
PDT: 08:20
UTC: 15:20
Lightning talk: Stable Lifelong Learning: Spiking neurons as a solution to instability in plastic neural networks

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Samuel Schmidgall (George Mason University)
CEST: 17:35
EDT: 11:35
CDT: 10:35
MDT: 09:35
PDT: 08:35
UTC: 15:35
Towards the Neuromorphic Implementation of the Auditory Perception in the iCub Robotic Platform

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Daniel Gutierrez-Galan (University of Seville)
CEST: 18:05
EDT: 12:05
CDT: 11:05
MDT: 10:05
PDT: 09:05
UTC: 16:05
Lightning talk: Oscillatory Neural Network as Hetero-Associative Memory for Image Edge Detection
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Madeleine Abernot (LIRMM-CNRS)
CEST: 18:20
EDT: 12:20
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MDT: 10:20
PDT: 09:20
UTC: 16:20
Keynote II: Materials Matter: How biologically inspired alternatives to conventional neural networks improve meta-learning and continual learning

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Jeff Clune (University of British Columbia)
CEST: 19:05
EDT: 13:05
CDT: 12:05
MDT: 11:05
PDT: 10:05
UTC: 17:05
Break
CEST: 19:35
EDT: 13:35
CDT: 12:35
MDT: 11:35
PDT: 10:35
UTC: 17:35
Lightning talk: Sequence Learning and Consolidation on Loihi using On-chip Plasticity
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Jack Lindsey (Columbia University)
CEST: 19:50
EDT: 13:50
CDT: 12:50
MDT: 11:50
PDT: 10:50
UTC: 17:50
Online learning in SNNs with e-prop and Neuromorphic Hardware

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Adam Perrett (University of Manchester)
CEST: 20:20
EDT: 14:20
CDT: 13:20
MDT: 12:20
PDT: 11:20
UTC: 18:20
Lightning talk: A Neuromorphic Normalization Algorithm for Stabilizing Synaptic Weights with Application to Dictionary Learning in LCA

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Diego Chavez Arana (New Mexico State University)
CEST: 20:35
EDT: 14:35
CDT: 13:35
MDT: 12:35
PDT: 11:35
UTC: 18:35
Open mic / discussion
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day III
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
 
Break
CEST: 22:00
EDT: 16:00
CDT: 15:00
MDT: 14:00
PDT: 13:00
UTC: 20:00
Loihi tutorial: Accelerating neuromorphic application development with Loihi 2 and Lava

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Andreas Wild (Intel Corporation), Garrick Orchard (Intel Corporation), Timothy Shea (Intel), Sumit Bam Shrestha (Intel Labs), Mathis Richter (Intel Deutschland GmbH)

Friday, 1 April 2022
CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00
CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00
Programme managers panel
Hal Greenwald (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), David Markowitz (IARPA), Robinson Pino (DOE)
CEST: 15:45
EDT: 09:45
CDT: 08:45
MDT: 07:45
PDT: 06:45
UTC: 13:45
Efficient GPU training of LSNNs using eProp

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James Knight (University of Sussex)
CEST: 16:15
EDT: 10:15
CDT: 09:15
MDT: 08:15
PDT: 07:15
UTC: 14:15
Lightning talk: Evaluating parameter tuning and real-time closed loop simulation of large scale spiking networks before mapping to neuromorphic hardware: Comparing GeNN and NEST

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Felix Schmitt (University of Cologne)
CEST: 16:30
EDT: 10:30
CDT: 09:30
MDT: 08:30
PDT: 07:30
UTC: 14:30
Latent Equilibrium: A unified learning theory for arbitrarily fast computation with arbitrarily slow neurons
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Paul Haider (Universitaet Bern)
CEST: 17:00
EDT: 11:00
CDT: 10:00
MDT: 09:00
PDT: 08:00
UTC: 15:00
Break
CEST: 17:30
EDT: 11:30
CDT: 10:30
MDT: 09:30
PDT: 08:30
UTC: 15:30
Lightning talk: Information Theory Limits of Neuromorphic Energy Efficiency

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Pau Vilimelis Aceituno (ETH Zürich)
CEST: 17:45
EDT: 11:45
CDT: 10:45
MDT: 09:45
PDT: 08:45
UTC: 15:45
Lightning talk: Modeling and analyzing neuromorphic SNNs as discrete event systems

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Johannes Leugering (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV)
CEST: 18:00
EDT: 12:00
CDT: 11:00
MDT: 10:00
PDT: 09:00
UTC: 16:00
A Framework to Enable Top-Down Co-Design of Neuromorphic Systems for Real-World Applications
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Catherine Schuman (University of Tennessee)
CEST: 18:30
EDT: 12:30
CDT: 11:30
MDT: 10:30
PDT: 09:30
UTC: 16:30
Lightning talk: Localization through Grid-based Encodings on Digital Elevation Models

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Felix Wang (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 18:45
EDT: 12:45
CDT: 11:45
MDT: 10:45
PDT: 09:45
UTC: 16:45
Neural Mini-Apps as a Tool for Neuromorphic Computing Insight

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Craig Vineyard (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 19:15
EDT: 13:15
CDT: 12:15
MDT: 11:15
PDT: 10:15
UTC: 17:15
Lightning talk: Benchmarking a Bio-inspired SNN on a Neuromorphic System

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Luke Parker (Sandia National Labs)
CEST: 19:30
EDT: 13:30
CDT: 12:30
MDT: 11:30
PDT: 10:30
UTC: 17:30
Break
CEST: 19:45
EDT: 13:45
CDT: 12:45
MDT: 11:45
PDT: 10:45
UTC: 17:45
Best presentation awards
CEST: 20:00
EDT: 14:00
CDT: 13:00
MDT: 12:00
PDT: 11:00
UTC: 18:00
Open mic / discussion
CEST: 20:25
EDT: 14:25
CDT: 13:25
MDT: 12:25
PDT: 11:25
UTC: 18:25
Farewell - see you at NICE in 2023 hopefully on-site at UTSA, USA
CEST: 20:30
EDT: 14:30
CDT: 13:30
MDT: 12:30
PDT: 11:30
UTC: 18:30
End of NICE 2022
Contact: bjoern.kindler@kip.uni-heidelberg.de