We are happy to announce the "International Workshop on Reliable and Sustainable Neuromorphic Hardware", organised with generous support by the EPSRC under the Nervous Systems project. The workshop will take place from 28th to 30th of May 2025 in the historic city of York, situated in the north-east of England.
The aim of the workshop is to foster sharing of ideas and networking with people from the wider neuromorphic computing community with a focus on reliable and sustainable hardware.
We will feature invited talks from world-leading researchers and industrialists across the field to highlight and discuss emerging trends and future directions in the field of neuromorphic computing and hardware, and will encourage active engagement of attendants by submission of a 2-page abstract on a subject relating to neuromorphic hardware methods, models, devices, architectures, or applications. These abstracts are light-touch peer-reviewed. From the accepted abstracts some will be selected for oral presentations complementing invited speakers and session topics, and some for posters. When submitting abstracts, consider that our aim is to share knowledge, experience, and ideas to cross-pollinate across domain boundaries. The deadline for submitting a 2-page abstract is January 31st 2025.
We welcome attendees from all areas of the neuromorphic computing community. Thanks to funding from the EPSRC, registration is free for a limited number of places. We also have a number of student bursaries available, which will contribute towards the travel and accommodation costs of registered students who are presenting at the workshop. If you would like to attend, please see the registration page.
Prof. Steve Furber
University of Manchester
SpiNNaker2: large-scale digital neuromorphic computing
Dr Catherine Schuman
University of Tennessee
Co-Design for Neuromorphic Computing Systems
Prof Martin Trefzer
University of York
Nervous Systems in Hardware
Prof. Robin Hiesinger
Free University Berlin
Self-Organization in Brain Development
Dr. Emre Özer
PragmatIC
Natively Flexible ML Chips at the Extreme Edge
tbc
Heba Bevan OBE
Utterberry
Neuromorphic Systems: Sensor-Driven Insights into the Future
Dr. Andrew Mallinson
Intel
Introduction to Neuromorphic computing at Intel
tbc
Coming up ..
Martin Trefzer
Amrutha R K
Andy Tyrrell
Andrew Walter
Shimeng Wu
Jim Harkin
Liam McDaid
Malachy McElholm
Nidhin Thandassery Sumithran
The workshop will be held in the Guildhall York, which is a beautiful municipal building located in St Martins Courtyard, Coney Street, in York. Located behind the Mansion House, it is a Grade I listed building which was constructed as a meeting place for the City's guilds between 1449 and 1459.
York is one of England's finest and most beautiful historic cities. The Romans knew it as Eboracum. To the Saxons it was Eoforwick. The Vikings, who came as invaders but stayed on in settlements, called it Jorvik. There's the iconic York Minster and architecture from medieval times, its magnificent Georgian town houses, and its Victorian railway station. With history and culture at its core, the city centre offers a variety of infamous places to visit, an extensive list of local and independent bars, restaurants, and cafes, and a bit of retail therapy too. The University of York campus also offers numerous landmarks and listed buildings, surrounded by over 200 acres of parkland and lakes - so always worth a visit, we think!
For those attending The Guildhall, please ensure you read their accessibility statement.
Manchester Airport is a large airport in the north of England, and has a wide range of international flights and connections via London. Trains run directly to York from the airport station and take just under 2 hours (see timetable). This is generally the most convenient option.
London Heathrow is the largest UK airport, with flights to a wide range of international destinations. Upon arrival, take the Heathrow Express train to Paddington station, then change to the Hammersmith and City underground line to reach King's Cross station (this takes about 30-45 minutes). Direct trains run frequently to York and take about 2 hours. London Gatwick, London Stansted and London Luton also have public transport connections to York.
Leeds-Bradford is the closest airport to York, and has some international flights. Taxis to York take around 45 minutes. Other nearby airports with public transport connections include Newcastle, Durham Tees Valley and Humberside.
From Europe: York can be reached in around 5 hours from Paris or Brussels by train, by taking the Eurostar from Paris Nord to London St Pancras, with a short transfer (5 minute walk) to London Kings Cross for a direct rail service to York.
From the United Kingdom: York is on the East Coast main line from London to Edinburgh, just over two hours away from London King's Cross and around 2.5 hours from Edinburgh. There are also direct express services to many other major cities, including Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Glasgow.
By road York is just 20 minutes from the A1 and have easy access to the M62, M18 and M1.
Call for abstracts coming shortly!