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Monday, 28 March 2022
CEST: 14:00‑18:30
EDT: 08:00‑12:30
CDT: 07:00‑11:30
MDT: 06:00‑10:30
PDT: 05:00‑09:30
UTC: 12:00‑16:30
(270 min)
Pre-NICE day -- Monday, 28 March 2022

A pre-NICE event: The NEUROTECH project offers (free of charge) a NEUROTECH WorkGroup Day: Bridging materials to neuromorphic systems and applications. more information and registration

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

NICE 2022


The 9th Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements (NICE) workshop

YouTube playlist of public talk recordings

The public accessible talk recordings are also available in this YouTube playlist

Agenda

Times in the agenda are in CEST (Europe, Berlin), EDT (New York), CDT (Central time), MDT (Denver), PDT (Los Angeles) and UTC. (Some other time zones: Australia, Japan, China, India, ... or only CEST ... )

Meeting venue / Dial-in

  • online as zoom video conference (live talks and Q and A). The zoom video conference client software (free of charge, available for Windows, Mac and Linux at zoom.us, also available for iOS and Android in the respective app stores ) is required.
  • The link to dial in was shown on the 'personal page' of the registered attendants:
    • For people who registered with an EBRAINS account: the personal page is here.
    • For people who registered with email only: please find the link to the personal page as e-mail

Registration -- closed

Please register here (50 Euro regular, 25 Euro student) (registration closed, as the meeting is over...)

Chatserver

We had a chatserver for the workshop (please use the username / initial password from your meetings 'personal page' (URL in your email). Please ask talk-related questions in the respective talk-channel (linked here in the agenda).

Calendar export

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Session chair for the first set of talks: Dhireesha Kudithipudi

CEST: 15:30‑15:35
EDT: 09:30‑09:35
CDT: 08:30‑08:35
MDT: 07:30‑07:35
PDT: 06:30‑06:35
UTC: 13:30‑13:35
(5 min)
Opening of NICE

.ics
CEST: 15:35‑15:50
EDT: 09:35‑09:50
CDT: 08:35‑08:50
MDT: 07:35‑07:50
PDT: 06:35‑06:50
UTC: 13:35‑13:50
(15 min)
Welcome to NICE

.ics

Taylor Eighmy (President of UTSA)
CEST: 15:50‑16:15
EDT: 09:50‑10:15
CDT: 08:50‑09:15
MDT: 07:50‑08:15
PDT: 06:50‑07:15
UTC: 13:50‑14:15
(25 min)
Organizer Round

.ics
CEST: 16:15‑16:55
EDT: 10:15‑10:55
CDT: 09:15‑09:55
MDT: 08:15‑08:55
PDT: 07:15‑07:55
UTC: 14:15‑14:55
(40+5 min)
Keynote I: The pervasiveness of disentangled representational geometries in the brain

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.ics

Stefano Fusi (Columbia)
CEST: 17:00‑17:25
EDT: 11:00‑11:25
CDT: 10:00‑10:25
MDT: 09:00‑09:25
PDT: 08:00‑08:25
UTC: 15:00‑15:25
(25+5 min)
Computing on Functions Using Randomized Vector Representations

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.ics

Christopher Kymn (University of California, Berkeley)
CEST: 17:30‑17:35
EDT: 11:30‑11:35
CDT: 10:30‑10:35
MDT: 09:30‑09:35
PDT: 08:30‑08:35
UTC: 15:30‑15:35
(5 min)
Group photo

Taking screenshots from the zoom for a publishable group photo from NICE. Please:

  • turn your camera ON, if you are fine with you being in the publicly published group photo
  • else, please turn your camera OFF during taking the group photo

.ics
CEST: 17:35‑18:05
EDT: 11:35‑12:05
CDT: 10:35‑11:05
MDT: 09:35‑10:05
PDT: 08:35‑09:05
UTC: 15:35‑16:05
(30 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Steve Furber

CEST: 18:05‑18:30
EDT: 12:05‑12:30
CDT: 11:05‑11:30
MDT: 10:05‑10:30
PDT: 09:05‑09:30
UTC: 16:05‑16:30
(25+5 min)
Integer Factorization with Compositional Distributed Representations

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.ics

Denis Kleyko (UC Berkeley)
CEST: 18:35‑18:45
EDT: 12:35‑12:45
CDT: 11:35‑11:45
MDT: 10:35‑10:45
PDT: 09:35‑09:45
UTC: 16:35‑16:45
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Efficient Optimized Spike Encoding of Multivariate Time-series
(the presentation .pdf is accessible for meeting attendants from their 'personal page')
video (restricted access)

Link to chat channel

.ics

Dighanchal Banerjee (Tata Consultancy Services)
CEST: 18:50‑19:15
EDT: 12:50‑13:15
CDT: 11:50‑12:15
MDT: 10:50‑11:15
PDT: 09:50‑10:15
UTC: 16:50‑17:15
(25+5 min)
Quantum many-body states: A novel neuromorphic application

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.ics

Andreas Baumbach (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 19:20‑19:30
EDT: 13:20‑13:30
CDT: 12:20‑12:30
MDT: 11:20‑11:30
PDT: 10:20‑10:30
UTC: 17:20‑17:30
(10+5 min)
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: 19:35‑19:50
EDT: 13:35‑13:50
CDT: 12:35‑12:50
MDT: 11:35‑11:50
PDT: 10:35‑10:50
UTC: 17:35‑17:50
(15 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Winfried Wilcke

CEST: 19:50‑20:00
EDT: 13:50‑14:00
CDT: 12:50‑13:00
MDT: 11:50‑12:00
PDT: 10:50‑11:00
UTC: 17:50‑18:00
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Graph Embedding Using Cortical Like Sparse Distributed Representations

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.ics

Dan Hammerstrom (Portland State University)
CEST: 20:05‑20:30
EDT: 14:05‑14:30
CDT: 13:05‑13:30
MDT: 12:05‑12:30
PDT: 11:05‑11:30
UTC: 18:05‑18:30
(25+5 min)
Accelerating Deep Neural Networks with Analog-memory-based Hardware Accelerators
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.ics

An Chen (IBM Research)
CEST: 20:35‑21:00
EDT: 14:35‑15:00
CDT: 13:35‑14:00
MDT: 12:35‑13:00
PDT: 11:35‑12:00
UTC: 18:35‑19:00
(25 min)
Open mic / discussion

.ics
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day I
CEST: 21:00‑21:30
EDT: 15:00‑15:30
CDT: 14:00‑14:30
MDT: 13:00‑13:30
PDT: 12:00‑12:30
UTC: 19:00‑19:30
(30 min)		 
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

Notes:

  • This tutorial is offered twice with identical content (to allow for easy access for America and Europe based people)
  • For using the BrainScaleS system during this hands-on tutorial session, please create (ahead of time) an EBRAINS account (free of charge) at: https://ebrains.eu/register/

Link to chat channel

CEST: 21:30‑22:00
EDT: 15:30‑16:00
CDT: 14:30‑15:00
MDT: 13:30‑14:00
PDT: 12:30‑13:00
UTC: 19:30‑20:00
(30 min)		 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 introduction

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.ics

Eric Müller (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:00‑22:10
EDT: 16:00‑16:10
CDT: 15:00‑15:10
MDT: 14:00‑14:10
PDT: 13:00‑13:10
UTC: 20:00‑20:10
(10 min)		 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 first steps

.ics

Christian Pehle (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:10‑22:25
EDT: 16:10‑16:25
CDT: 15:10‑15:25
MDT: 14:10‑14:25
PDT: 13:10‑13:25
UTC: 20:10‑20:25
(15 min)		 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 Learning with the SuperSpike rule

video (restricted access)

.ics

Elias Arnold (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 22:25‑22:35
EDT: 16:25‑16:35
CDT: 15:25‑15:35
MDT: 14:25‑14:35
PDT: 13:25‑13:35
UTC: 20:25‑20:35
(10 min)		 
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 Structured Neurons

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Jakob Kaiser (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)

Wednesday, 30 March 2022
CEST: 12:00‑14:00
EDT: 06:00‑08:00
CDT: 05:00‑07:00
MDT: 04:00‑06:00
PDT: 03:00‑05:00
UTC: 10:00‑12:00
(120 min)
Hands-on tutorial: SpiNNaker

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Notes:

  • This tutorial is offered twice today with identical content (to allow for easy access for America and Europe based people) - the other tutorial is just after today's talk program
  • For using the SpiNNaker system during this hands-on tutorial session, please create (ahead of time) an EBRAINS account (free of charge) at: https://ebrains.eu/register/

Link to chat channel

.ics

Andrew Rowley (The University of Manchester)
CEST: 14:00‑15:00
EDT: 08:00‑09:00
CDT: 07:00‑08:00
MDT: 06:00‑07:00
PDT: 05:00‑06:00
UTC: 12:00‑13:00
(60 min)
Break

Session chair for the fist set of talks: Brad Aimone

CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00

NICE 2022 - day II -- Wednesday, 30 March 2022

CEST: 15:00‑15:05
EDT: 09:00‑09:05
CDT: 08:00‑08:05
MDT: 07:00‑07:05
PDT: 06:00‑06:05
UTC: 13:00‑13:05
(5 min)
Welcome, day II

.ics
CEST: 15:05‑15:30
EDT: 09:05‑09:30
CDT: 08:05‑08:30
MDT: 07:05‑07:30
PDT: 06:05‑06:30
UTC: 13:05‑13:30
(25+5 min)
Coinflips: CO-designed Improved Neural Foundations Leveraging Inherent Physics Stochasticity

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Brad Aimone (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 15:35‑15:45
EDT: 09:35‑09:45
CDT: 08:35‑08:45
MDT: 07:35‑07:45
PDT: 06:35‑06:45
UTC: 13:35‑13:45
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Temporal and Spatio-temporal domains for Neuromorphic Tactile Texture Classification

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George Brayshaw (University of Bristol)
CEST: 15:50‑16:15
EDT: 09:50‑10:15
CDT: 08:50‑09:15
MDT: 07:50‑08:15
PDT: 06:50‑07:15
UTC: 13:50‑14:15
(25+5 min)
Abisko: Deep Codesign of an Energy-Optimized, High Performance Neuromorhpic Accelerator

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.ics

Jeffrey Vetter (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CEST: 16:20‑16:45
EDT: 10:20‑10:45
CDT: 09:20‑09:45
MDT: 08:20‑08:45
PDT: 07:20‑07:45
UTC: 14:20‑14:45
(25+5 min)
BrianScaleS via EBRAINS

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.ics

Johannes Schemmel (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 16:50‑17:05
EDT: 10:50‑11:05
CDT: 09:50‑10:05
MDT: 08:50‑09:05
PDT: 07:50‑08:05
UTC: 14:50‑15:05
(15 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Hemanth Jagannathan

CEST: 17:05‑17:30
EDT: 11:05‑11:30
CDT: 10:05‑10:30
MDT: 09:05‑09:30
PDT: 08:05‑08:30
UTC: 15:05‑15:30
(25+5 min)
New Tools for a New Era of Neuromorphic Computing

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Mike Davies (Intel)
CEST: 17:35‑17:45
EDT: 11:35‑11:45
CDT: 10:35‑10:45
MDT: 09:35‑09:45
PDT: 08:35‑08:45
UTC: 15:35‑15:45
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Demonstrating BrainScaleS 2 Inter-Chip Pulse Communication using Extoll

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Tobias Thommes (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 17:50‑18:15
EDT: 11:50‑12:15
CDT: 10:50‑11:15
MDT: 09:50‑10:15
PDT: 08:50‑09:15
UTC: 15:50‑16:15
(25+5 min)
Record Simulation of the Full-Density Spiking Potjans-Diesmann-Microcircuit Model on the IBM Neural Supercomputer INC 3000

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.ics

Arne Heittmann (PGI-10 Forschungszentrum Jülich)
CEST: 18:20‑18:30
EDT: 12:20‑12:30
CDT: 11:20‑11:30
MDT: 10:20‑10:30
PDT: 09:20‑09:30
UTC: 16:20‑16:30
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Frustrated Arrays of Nanomagnets for Efficient Reservoir Computing
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.ics

Alexander Edwards (The University of Texas at Dallas)
CEST: 18:35‑19:05
EDT: 12:35‑13:05
CDT: 11:35‑12:05
MDT: 10:35‑11:05
PDT: 09:35‑10:05
UTC: 16:35‑17:05
(30 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Johannes Schemmel

CEST: 19:05‑19:30
EDT: 13:05‑13:30
CDT: 12:05‑12:30
MDT: 11:05‑11:30
PDT: 10:05‑10:30
UTC: 17:05‑17:30
(25+5 min)
SpiNNaker 2 results: A Platform for Real-Time Bio-Inspired AI and Cognition

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Christian Mayr (TU Dresden)
CEST: 19:35‑20:00
EDT: 13:35‑14:00
CDT: 12:35‑13:00
MDT: 11:35‑12:00
PDT: 10:35‑11:00
UTC: 17:35‑18:00
(25+5 min)
Photonic neuromorphic processing

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Wolfram Pernice (Heidelberg University)
CEST: 20:05‑20:30
EDT: 14:05‑14:30
CDT: 13:05‑13:30
MDT: 12:05‑12:30
PDT: 11:05‑11:30
UTC: 18:05‑18:30
(25+5 min)
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: 20:35‑21:00
EDT: 14:35‑15:00
CDT: 13:35‑14:00
MDT: 12:35‑13:00
PDT: 11:35‑12:00
UTC: 18:35‑19:00
(25 min)
Open mic / discussion

.ics
CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day II
CEST: 21:00‑21:30
EDT: 15:00‑15:30
CDT: 14:00‑14:30
MDT: 13:00‑13:30
PDT: 12:00‑12:30
UTC: 19:00‑19:30
(30 min)		 
Break
CEST: 21:30‑23:30
EDT: 15:30‑17:30
CDT: 14:30‑16:30
MDT: 13:30‑15:30
PDT: 12:30‑14:30
UTC: 19:30‑21:30
(120 min)		 
Hands-on tutorial: SpiNNaker

Notes:

  • Please find the slides linked at the first instance of the tutorial (30 March in the morning)
  • This tutorial is offered twice today with identical content (to allow for easy access for America and Europe based people) - the other tutorial was just before today's talk program
  • For using the SpiNNaker system during this hands-on tutorial session, please create (ahead of time) an EBRAINS account (free of charge) at: https://ebrains.eu/register/

Link to chat channel

.ics

Andrew Rowley (The University of Manchester)

Thursday, 31 March 2022
CEST: 12:00‑14:00
EDT: 06:00‑08:00
CDT: 05:00‑07:00
MDT: 04:00‑06:00
PDT: 03:00‑05:00
UTC: 10:00‑12:00
(120 min)
Hands-on tutorial: BrainScaleS-2 interactive via EBRAINS

Notes:

  • This tutorial is offered twice with identical content (to allow for easy access for America and Europe based people)
  • For using the BrainScaleS system during this hands-on tutorial session, please create (ahead of time) an EBRAINS account (free of charge) at: https://ebrains.eu/register/

Link to chat channel

.ics

Eric Müller (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
CEST: 14:00‑15:00
EDT: 08:00‑09:00
CDT: 07:00‑08:00
MDT: 06:00‑07:00
PDT: 05:00‑06:00
UTC: 12:00‑13:00
(60 min)
Break

Session chair for the first set of talks: Johannes Schemmel

CEST: 15:00
EDT: 09:00
CDT: 08:00
MDT: 07:00
PDT: 06:00
UTC: 13:00

NICE 2022 - day III -- Thursday, 31 March 2022

CEST: 15:00‑15:25
EDT: 09:00‑09:25
CDT: 08:00‑08:25
MDT: 07:00‑07:25
PDT: 06:00‑06:25
UTC: 13:00‑13:25
(25+5 min)
Continual learning

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Dhireesha Kudithipudi (UTSA)
CEST: 15:30‑15:55
EDT: 09:30‑09:55
CDT: 08:30‑08:55
MDT: 07:30‑07:55
PDT: 06:30‑06:55
UTC: 13:30‑13:55
(25+5 min)
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: 16:00‑16:10
EDT: 10:00‑10:10
CDT: 09:00‑09:10
MDT: 08:00‑08:10
PDT: 07:00‑07:10
UTC: 14:00‑14:10
(10 min)		 
Lightning talk: Rapid Inference of Geographical Location with an Event-based Electronic Nose

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.ics

Nik Dennler (University of Hertfordshire)
CEST: 16:10‑16:20
EDT: 10:10‑10:20
CDT: 09:10‑09:20
MDT: 08:10‑08:20
PDT: 07:10‑07:20
UTC: 14:10‑14:20
(10 min)		 
Lightning talk: Event-based dataset for classification and pose estimation

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

.ics
CEST: 16:35‑17:00
EDT: 10:35‑11:00
CDT: 09:35‑10:00
MDT: 08:35‑09:00
PDT: 07:35‑08:00
UTC: 14:35‑15:00
(25+5 min)
Optimal Oscillator Memory Networks

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Connor Bybee (UC Berkeley)
CEST: 17:05‑17:20
EDT: 11:05‑11:20
CDT: 10:05‑10:20
MDT: 09:05‑09:20
PDT: 08:05‑08:20
UTC: 15:05‑15:20
(15 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Hemanth Jagannathan

CEST: 17:20‑17:30
EDT: 11:20‑11:30
CDT: 10:20‑10:30
MDT: 09:20‑09:30
PDT: 08:20‑08:30
UTC: 15:20‑15:30
(10+5 min)
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: 17:35‑18:00
EDT: 11:35‑12:00
CDT: 10:35‑11:00
MDT: 09:35‑10:00
PDT: 08:35‑09:00
UTC: 15:35‑16:00
(25+5 min)
Towards the Neuromorphic Implementation of the Auditory Perception in the iCub Robotic Platform

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Daniel Gutierrez-Galan (University of Seville)
CEST: 18:05‑18:15
EDT: 12:05‑12:15
CDT: 11:05‑11:15
MDT: 10:05‑10:15
PDT: 09:05‑09:15
UTC: 16:05‑16:15
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Oscillatory Neural Network as Hetero-Associative Memory for Image Edge Detection
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Typical image processing methods performed at the edge, use convolutional filters that are energy, computation, and memory hungry algorithms. But edge devices and cameras have scarce computational resources, bandwidth, and power and are limited due to privacy constraints to send data over to the cloud. Thus, there is a need to process image data at the edge. This need has incited a lot of interest in implementing neuromorphic computing at the edge. Recently, Oscillatory Neural Networks (ONNs) present a novel brain-inspired computing approach by emulating brain oscillations to perform auto-associative memory types of applications. To speed up image edge detection and reduce its power consumption, we perform an in-depth investigation with ONNs. We propose a novel image processing method by using ONNs as a Heterogeneous Associative Memory (HAM) for image edge detection.

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Madeleine Abernot (LIRMM-CNRS)
CEST: 18:20‑19:00
EDT: 12:20‑13:00
CDT: 11:20‑12:00
MDT: 10:20‑11:00
PDT: 09:20‑10:00
UTC: 16:20‑17:00
(40+5 min)
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: 19:05‑19:35
EDT: 13:05‑13:35
CDT: 12:05‑12:35
MDT: 11:05‑11:35
PDT: 10:05‑10:35
UTC: 17:05‑17:35
(30 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Tim Shea (Intel)

CEST: 19:35‑19:45
EDT: 13:35‑13:45
CDT: 12:35‑12:45
MDT: 11:35‑11:45
PDT: 10:35‑10:45
UTC: 17:35‑17:45
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Sequence Learning and Consolidation on Loihi using On-chip Plasticity
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Jack Lindsey (Columbia University)
CEST: 19:50‑20:15
EDT: 13:50‑14:15
CDT: 12:50‑13:15
MDT: 11:50‑12:15
PDT: 10:50‑11:15
UTC: 17:50‑18:15
(25+5 min)
Online learning in SNNs with e-prop and Neuromorphic Hardware

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Adam Perrett (University of Manchester)
CEST: 20:20‑20:30
EDT: 14:20‑14:30
CDT: 13:20‑13:30
MDT: 12:20‑12:30
PDT: 11:20‑11:30
UTC: 18:20‑18:30
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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: 20:35‑21:00
EDT: 14:35‑15:00
CDT: 13:35‑14:00
MDT: 12:35‑13:00
PDT: 11:35‑12:00
UTC: 18:35‑19:00
(25 min)
Open mic / discussion

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CEST: 21:00
EDT: 15:00
CDT: 14:00
MDT: 13:00
PDT: 12:00
UTC: 19:00
End of day III
CEST: 21:00‑22:00
EDT: 15:00‑16:00
CDT: 14:00‑15:00
MDT: 13:00‑14:00
PDT: 12:00‑13:00
UTC: 19:00‑20:00
(60 min)		 
Break
CEST: 22:00‑00:00
EDT: 16:00‑18:00
CDT: 15:00‑17:00
MDT: 14:00‑16:00
PDT: 13:00‑15:00
UTC: 20:00‑22:00
(120 min)
Loihi tutorial: Accelerating neuromorphic application development with Loihi 2 and Lava

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This tutorial provides a deeper dive into the Loihi 2 architecture and latest results, as well as an overview of the open-source Lava Software Framework for neuromorphic computing including its user interface and algorithm libraries.

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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

NICE 2022 - day IV -- Friday, 1 April 2022

Session chair for the first set of talks: Yulia Sandamirskaya

CEST: 15:00‑15:45
EDT: 09:00‑09:45
CDT: 08:00‑08:45
MDT: 07:00‑07:45
PDT: 06:00‑06:45
UTC: 13:00‑13:45
(45 min)
Programme managers panel

Panelists:

  • David A. Markowitz, Program Manager, IARPA
  • Hal Greenwald
  • Robinson Pino

Moderator: Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Brad Aimone

Format: brief (5 min each) position statements by the panelists, then moderator + audience questions.

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Hal Greenwald (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), David Markowitz (IARPA), Robinson Pino (DOE)
CEST: 15:45‑16:10
EDT: 09:45‑10:10
CDT: 08:45‑09:10
MDT: 07:45‑08:10
PDT: 06:45‑07:10
UTC: 13:45‑14:10
(25+5 min)
Efficient GPU training of LSNNs using eProp

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James Knight (University of Sussex)
CEST: 16:15‑16:25
EDT: 10:15‑10:25
CDT: 09:15‑09:25
MDT: 08:15‑08:25
PDT: 07:15‑07:25
UTC: 14:15‑14:25
(10+5 min)
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: 16:30‑16:55
EDT: 10:30‑10:55
CDT: 09:30‑09:55
MDT: 08:30‑08:55
PDT: 07:30‑07:55
UTC: 14:30‑14:55
(25+5 min)
Latent Equilibrium: A unified learning theory for arbitrarily fast computation with arbitrarily slow neurons
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Paul Haider (Universitaet Bern)
CEST: 17:00‑17:30
EDT: 11:00‑11:30
CDT: 10:00‑10:30
MDT: 09:00‑09:30
PDT: 08:00‑08:30
UTC: 15:00‑15:30
(30 min)
Break

Session chair for the next set of talks: Steve Furber

CEST: 17:30‑17:40
EDT: 11:30‑11:40
CDT: 10:30‑10:40
MDT: 09:30‑09:40
PDT: 08:30‑08:40
UTC: 15:30‑15:40
(10+5 min)
Lightning talk: Information Theory Limits of Neuromorphic Energy Efficiency

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Pau Vilimelis Aceituno (ETH Zürich)
CEST: 17:45‑17:55
EDT: 11:45‑11:55
CDT: 10:45‑10:55
MDT: 09:45‑09:55
PDT: 08:45‑08:55
UTC: 15:45‑15:55
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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: 18:00‑18:25
EDT: 12:00‑12:25
CDT: 11:00‑11:25
MDT: 10:00‑10:25
PDT: 09:00‑09:25
UTC: 16:00‑16:25
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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: 18:30‑18:40
EDT: 12:30‑12:40
CDT: 11:30‑11:40
MDT: 10:30‑10:40
PDT: 09:30‑09:40
UTC: 16:30‑16:40
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Lightning talk: Localization through Grid-based Encodings on Digital Elevation Models

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Felix Wang (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 18:45‑19:10
EDT: 12:45‑13:10
CDT: 11:45‑12:10
MDT: 10:45‑11:10
PDT: 09:45‑10:10
UTC: 16:45‑17:10
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Neural Mini-Apps as a Tool for Neuromorphic Computing Insight

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Craig Vineyard (Sandia National Laboratories)
CEST: 19:15‑19:25
EDT: 13:15‑13:25
CDT: 12:15‑12:25
MDT: 11:15‑11:25
PDT: 10:15‑10:25
UTC: 17:15‑17:25
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Lightning talk: Benchmarking a Bio-inspired SNN on a Neuromorphic System

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Luke Parker (Sandia National Labs)
CEST: 19:30‑19:45
EDT: 13:30‑13:45
CDT: 12:30‑12:45
MDT: 11:30‑11:45
PDT: 10:30‑10:45
UTC: 17:30‑17:45
(15 min)
Break

Session chair for the last set of talks: Dhireesha Kudithipudi

CEST: 19:45‑20:00
EDT: 13:45‑14:00
CDT: 12:45‑13:00
MDT: 11:45‑12:00
PDT: 10:45‑11:00
UTC: 17:45‑18:00
(15 min)
Best presentation awards

The EU funded NEUROTECH project sponsors two prices:

  • Best student presentation (250 Euro)
  • Best early researcher presentation (250 Euro) (“early researcher” = until 10 years after finishing their PhD or similar)

A jury with members from the NEUROTECH project and one of the NICE organizers selects the winners.

.ics
CEST: 20:00‑20:25
EDT: 14:00‑14:25
CDT: 13:00‑13:25
MDT: 12:00‑12:25
PDT: 11:00‑11:25
UTC: 18:00‑18:25
(25 min)
Open mic / discussion

.ics
CEST: 20:25‑20:30
EDT: 14:25‑14:30
CDT: 13:25‑13:30
MDT: 12:25‑12:30
PDT: 11:25‑11:30
UTC: 18:25‑18:30
(5 min)
Farewell - see you at NICE in 2023 hopefully on-site at UTSA, USA

.ics
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