We are pleased to announce and invite you to one of our weekly online zoom events.
 

Opportunities for integrated photonic devices in neuromorphic computing

The energy footprint of neuromorphic computing is becoming an issue. New ways must be found to improve its efficiency and performance. Can optics play a role? In this presentation, the challenges of today’s computing technology will be discussed and potential paths to overcome them are addressed. Examples of integrated optic devices will be given and analyzed.

Speaker

Bert Offrein, Manager Neuromorphic Devices, IBM Research, Zürich
Bert Offrein received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Twente (NL) in 1994. He then joined IBM Research Europe - Zurich and contributed to establishing and commercializing technolgies for optical communication in telecommunication and computing systems. He is currently leading the neuromorphic devices and systems group, focussing on novel hardware for neural networks. Bert Offrein is a principal research staff member at IBM Research, co-author of over 150 publications and co-inventor of more than 40 patents. In addition to his responsibilities at IBM, Bert Offrein is professor ‘analog signal processing’ at the University of Twente.

Moderator

Dr. Christian Bosshard, Managing director Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard received his degree in Physics (1986) and his doctorate (1991, Silver medal award) from ETH. From 2001-2021 he was working at CSEM, first as Section Head and then as Vice President and Head Photonics. Since 2013 he is Managing Director of Swissphotonics. Christian is a Fellow of Optica, Board Member of EPIC, and Member of the Board of the University of Basel.

Date
Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Time
12:00 - 12:45

Software
Zoom

Costs
free of charge

Registration only necessary once
This event series requires registration (see link above). We will send you the access information (Zoom-link and ID) by email after the registration. As the Zoom link remains the same every week, you do not need to register again for the following meetings.

Contact
Bert Offrein
IBM Research, Zürich

Contact Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard
Managing Director Swissphotonics
+41 79 405 18 26

3 November 2022, Christian Bosshard