Workshop Program ccnw23
See also the detailed session listing below
The morning discussions are centered around a topic of the day, in context the workshop goal of identifying promising and novel directions to build “more intelligent” neuromorphic systems. These are discussion sessions, not lectures. We call for active participation and brainstorming by all members of the workshop. These discussions are led by invited guests in the program who will provide some background and teasers to stimulate creative discussion by the audience. We hope to be able to answer the following questions together with the audience in a relaxed and open setting where everyone can share their opinion about the topic of the day: What is the core knowledge that we can extract from this topic? How can we make use of this knowledge and implement it in hardware? How much biological detail is necessary to include?
Please remember that all discussants (leaders or participants) may use only the flip-charts or the electronic whiteboard provided for presenting their material. Formal presentations of the 'PowerPoint' type are not permitted. Please dont even ask...
Daily Routine:
07:30 to 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 to 10:30 Morning Session I
10:30 to 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 to 12:30 Morning Session II
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 18:00 Hands-on projects, workgroups etc.
18.00 to 19:30 Social / Sports break (Happy Hour from 18:00 - 19:30)
19:30 to 21:00 Dinner
Event ccnw23: Static Workshop Program
( These sessions are determined by the Program Committee )
| id | day | start | end | type > title | speaker(s) | moderator(s) | location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274 | Sun 30 | 19:00 | 20:00 | Social > Welcome Apero | Giacomo Indiveri | Hotel Lobby | |
| 245 | Mon 01 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Welcome | Sebastian Billaudelle | Florian Engert, Melika Payvand, Chiara Bartolozzi, Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room |
| 280 | Mon 01 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Work Group > Macroscopic Neuron Challenge with Lu.i | Sebastian Billaudelle, Yannik Stradmann, Julian Goeltz | Disco | |
| 279 | Mon 01 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Work Group > Accelerated analog computation with BrainScaleS-2 | Sebastian Billaudelle, Yannik Stradmann | Disco | |
| 246 | Tue 02 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Fast and Slow learning | Emre Neftci, Julia Fischer, Richard Naud | Florian Engert | Lecture Room |
| 283 | Tue 02 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Work Group > Real-time event-based laser tracking | Jens Egholm Pedersen | Disco | |
| 278 | Tue 02 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Options for single-pass and single-shot learning mechanisms | Michael Hopkins | Sala panorama | |
| 269 | Tue 02 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Plastic balanced random networks in NEST | Lobby | ||
| 284 | Tue 02 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > SNNs for Human Pose Estimation (or something like that) | Gaurvi Goyal | Open air area near lobby | |
| 266 | Tue 02 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > GPU enhanced neural networks | James Knight | Sala Panorama | |
| 275 | Tue 02 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Speech denoising with RNN-based SNNs | Tao Sun | Lobby | |
| 273 | Tue 02 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Work Group > ALIVE for transfer/few-shot learning | Farah Baracat, Arianna Rubino | Disco | |
| 265 | Tue 02 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Work Group > Few short learning NeuroBench challenges | Kenneth Stewart, James Knight | outside restaurant overlooking water | |
| 286 | Tue 02 | 21:15 | 22:30 | Discussion > Neuromorphic chips: why so many? | Melika Payvand, Chiara Bartolozzi, Sebastian Billaudelle, Arianna Rubino, Chenxi Wen, Bartlett Mel | Tobi Delbruck, Shih-Chii Liu, Giacomo Indiveri | Lecture room |
| 287 | Tue 02 | 22:00 | 23:00 | Work Group > Balancing real or simulation cart-pole system with RL | Maxime Fabre, Luna Gava, Shreyan Banerjee | Lobby | |
| 247 | Wed 03 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Lessons from Machine Learning | Emre Neftci, Christian Pehle, Eleni Vasilaki, Jean-jacques Slotine | Melika Payvand | Lecture Room |
| 282 | Wed 03 | 14:00 | 15:01 | Work Group > Event-based animal tracking | James Knight | Sala Panorama | |
| 269 | Wed 03 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Plastic balanced random networks in NEST | Lobby | ||
| 273 | Wed 03 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > ALIVE for transfer/few-shot learning | Farah Baracat, Arianna Rubino | Lobby | |
| 283 | Wed 03 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Real-time event-based laser tracking | Jens Egholm Pedersen | Disco | |
| 275 | Wed 03 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Speech denoising with RNN-based SNNs | Tao Sun | Sala Panorama | |
| 265 | Wed 03 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Work Group > Few short learning NeuroBench challenges | Kenneth Stewart, James Knight | outside restaurant overlooking water | |
| 287 | Wed 03 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Work Group > Balancing real or simulation cart-pole system with RL | Maxime Fabre, Luna Gava, Shreyan Banerjee | Disco | |
| 279 | Wed 03 | 17:00 | 18:00 | Work Group > Accelerated analog computation with BrainScaleS-2 | Sebastian Billaudelle, Yannik Stradmann | Disco | |
| 266 | Wed 03 | 21:04 | 22:04 | Work Group > GPU enhanced neural networks | James Knight | Disco | |
| 286 | Wed 03 | 21:15 | 22:30 | Discussion > Neuromorphic chips: why so many? | Melika Payvand, Chiara Bartolozzi, Sebastian Billaudelle, Arianna Rubino, Chenxi Wen, Bartlett Mel | Tobi Delbruck, Shih-Chii Liu, Giacomo Indiveri | Lecture room |
| 248 | Thu 04 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Information Processing and Plasticity: the role of the dendrites | Athanasia Papoutsi, Bartlett Mel, Michael Hopkins | Melika Payvand, Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room |
| 265 | Thu 04 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Work Group > Few short learning NeuroBench challenges | Kenneth Stewart, James Knight | outside restaurant overlooking water | |
| 269 | Thu 04 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Plastic balanced random networks in NEST | Lobby | ||
| 275 | Thu 04 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Speech denoising with RNN-based SNNs | Tao Sun | Lobby | |
| 273 | Thu 04 | 15:00 | 18:00 | Work Group > ALIVE for transfer/few-shot learning | Farah Baracat, Arianna Rubino | Disco | |
| 285 | Thu 04 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Discussion > Computational Zones of the Pyramidal Cell | Michael Berry | Michael Berry | Sala |
| 289 | Thu 04 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > How to control an elephant: the time constants of the elephant brain | Florian Engert | Florian Engert | Terrace outside DISCO |
| 290 | Thu 04 | 17:00 | 18:00 | Discussion > Understanding Transformers: Intuition and mathematics of attention | Mark Schoene | Mihai Petrovici, Mark Schoene, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Lecture room |
| 294 | Thu 04 | 21:00 | 22:00 | Discussion > Neuromorphic touch | Chiara Bartolozzi, Ben Efron, Mitra Hartmann | Sala panorama | |
| 249 | Fri 05 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > The Role of Time in Computation: computing with dynamics | Valerio Mante, Dean Buonomano, Jean-jacques Slotine, Yulia Sandamirskaya | Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room |
| 288 | Fri 05 | 12:30 | 12:59 | Work Group > Argo robot sailboat | Rodney Douglas | Tobi Delbruck | pool |
| 284 | Fri 05 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Work Group > SNNs for Human Pose Estimation (or something like that) | Gaurvi Goyal | Lobby | |
| 278 | Fri 05 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Options for single-pass and single-shot learning mechanisms | Michael Hopkins | Lecture room | |
| 275 | Fri 05 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Work Group > Speech denoising with RNN-based SNNs | Tao Sun | Sala Panorama | |
| 288 | Fri 05 | 15:00 | 17:30 | Work Group > Argo robot sailboat | Rodney Douglas | Tobi Delbruck | check #hardware-argo |
| 290 | Fri 05 | 15:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > Understanding Transformers: Intuition and mathematics of attention | Mark Schoene | Mihai Petrovici, Mark Schoene, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Lecture room |
| 273 | Fri 05 | 15:00 | 18:00 | Work Group > ALIVE for transfer/few-shot learning | Farah Baracat, Arianna Rubino | Disco | |
| 285 | Fri 05 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Discussion > Computational Zones of the Pyramidal Cell | Michael Berry | Michael Berry | Sala |
| 291 | Fri 05 | 16:00 | 17:30 | Discussion > Large language models on neuromorphic hardware | Mihai Petrovici, Mark Schoene, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Lecture room | |
| 292 | Fri 05 | 16:30 | 17:30 | Discussion > Thinking beyond transformers: Can the brain do better? | Mihai Petrovici, Mark Schoene, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Lecture room | |
| 296 | Fri 05 | 17:00 | 18:00 | Discussion > Neuro to Silicon | Kenneth Stewart, Paul-philipp Manea | Terrace in front of the Disco | |
| 283 | Fri 05 | 19:30 | 20:00 | Work Group > Real-time event-based laser tracking | Jens Egholm Pedersen | Dinner | |
| 297 | Fri 05 | 21:30 | 22:30 | Discussion > Computing with Dynamics: Why aren't we doing this in Hardware? | Valerio Mante, Dean Buonomano, Jean-jacques Slotine, Yulia Sandamirskaya | Saray Soldado-Magraner | Sala Panorama |
| 250 | Sat 06 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Presentation > Demo Day 1 | Florian Engert, Melika Payvand, Chiara Bartolozzi, Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room | |
| 289 | Sat 06 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > How to control an elephant: the time constants of the elephant brain | Florian Engert | Florian Engert | Terrace outside DISCO |
| 251 | Sat 06 | 18:00 | 23:00 | Social > Workshop Dinner | Giacomo Indiveri | Kathrin Aguilar | Farm Restaurant |
| 252 | Mon 08 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Control and Error Prediction | Michael Berry, Mihai Petrovici, David Kappel, Naoshige Uchida | Florian Engert, Chiara Bartolozzi | Lecture Room |
| 275 | Mon 08 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > Speech denoising with RNN-based SNNs | Tao Sun | Lecture room | |
| 300 | Mon 08 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Control with mixed-feedback excitable neural systems: exploiting the biophysics of spiking neurons | Rodolphe Sepulchre | Saray Soldado-Magraner | Sala Panorama |
| 282 | Mon 08 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Work Group > Event-based animal tracking | James Knight | Sala Panorama | |
| 284 | Mon 08 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > SNNs for Human Pose Estimation (or something like that) | Gaurvi Goyal | Lobby | |
| 299 | Mon 08 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Discussion > Memristors: why, what and how? | Melika Payvand, Luca Fehlings, Paul-philipp Manea | Melika Payvand | terrace outside the disco |
| 278 | Mon 08 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > Options for single-pass and single-shot learning mechanisms | Michael Hopkins | Lecture room | |
| 295 | Mon 08 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > Are microphysiological systems ready to integrate with neuromorphic computing? | Connor Beck | Connor Beck | Sala Panorama |
| 303 | Mon 08 | 19:00 | 20:00 | Presentation > Misha Mahowald Prize event | Tobi Delbruck | Main hall | |
| 298 | Mon 08 | 21:00 | 22:00 | Discussion > Practical PyTorch for event-based computing | Christian Pehle, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Christian Pehle, Jens Egholm Pedersen | Lecture room |
| 253 | Tue 09 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Exploration and Active Sensing | Matej Hoffmann, Naoshige Uchida, Jennnifer Li, Drew Robson, Mitra Hartmann | Chiara Bartolozzi | Lecture Room |
| 304 | Tue 09 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > How are Mind Patterns represented in the Brain? | Christoph von der Malsburg | Christoph von der Malsburg | Sala Panorama |
| 284 | Tue 09 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > SNNs for Human Pose Estimation (or something like that) | Gaurvi Goyal | Lobby | |
| 310 | Tue 09 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > Computational role of long-range connectivity in cortical circuits | Rodney Douglas | Lecture room | |
| 302 | Tue 09 | 20:50 | 23:00 | Recreation > Football Champion's League Semi-final: One-shot temporal dynamics of the ball | Saray Soldado-Magraner, Maxime Fabre, Michael Hopkins | Sala Acarte | |
| 254 | Wed 10 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Embodiment and Morphological Computation | Barbara Mazzolai, Lucia Beccai, Matej Hoffmann, Stan Kerstjens | Chiara Bartolozzi | Lecture Room |
| 311 | Wed 10 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Learning as synapse-level active inference | David Kappel | David Kappel | Sala Panorama |
| 312 | Wed 10 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Discussion > Sunny on how to talk to the public about silicon Brains! | Sunny Bains | Sunny Bains | Lecture Room |
| 273 | Wed 10 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Work Group > ALIVE for transfer/few-shot learning | Farah Baracat, Arianna Rubino | Outside of Disco | |
| 306 | Wed 10 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Discussion > Methods in neuroscience | Saray Soldado-Magraner, Ben Efron | Terrace outside disco | |
| 307 | Wed 10 | 21:00 | 22:00 | Tutorial > Neural Fireworks with NEST! A hands-on tutorial | Agnes Korcsak-gorzo, Charl Linssen | Sala Panorama | |
| 255 | Thu 11 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Balanced Activity & Working Memory | Christian Machens, Maryada ., Everton Agnes | Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room |
| 313 | Thu 11 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Making neuromorphic benchmarks embodied | Chiara Bartolozzi, Lucia Beccai, Matej Hoffmann | Matej Hoffmann | Sala Panorama |
| 256 | Fri 12 | 09:00 | 12:30 | Lecture > Navigation | Barbara Webb, Julien Serres | Melika Payvand, Saray Soldado-Magraner | Lecture Room |
| 315 | Fri 12 | 14:00 | 15:00 | Discussion > Predicting the future and solving weight transport in under 60' | Kevin Max | Mihai Petrovici | Sala Panorama |
| 314 | Fri 12 | 18:00 | 19:00 | Work Group > Sandcastle Beachmarking | Luca Fehlings | Jamie Lohoff, Kenneth Stewart, Connor Beck | Beach |
| 257 | Sat 13 | 09:30 | 16:00 | Presentation > Demo Day 2 | Florian Engert, Melika Payvand, Chiara Bartolozzi, Saray Soldado-Magraner | Disco |