The central research focus of the NeuRonICS lab is to understand the principles of brain computation and to apply this understanding in electronic systems for building intelligent systems. Engineers have a lot to learn about computation from the brain, which has evolved over billions of years to solve difficult engineering problems. Efficient, parallel, low-power computation is a hallmark of the brain, and to be able to replicate this in electronic systems is one of the goals of the lab. Research interests of the lab span a broad range of subjects such as ASIC/FPGA VLSI design, analog IC design, brain-inspired algorithms, computational neuroscience, machine learning, and event-based sensors.
One of the most rewarding aspects of working in the NeuRonICS lab is the interdisciplinary nature of our research and collaborators. Researchers will get an opportunity to collaborate with world leaders in the field of neuromorphic engineering. At IISc, our lab works closely with various departments and centres such as the ECE, Centre for Neuroscience, and Centre for Brain research.
Media Coverage and Blogs
National Winner at the Falling Wall Lab India | IITH Event
Pratik Kumar from the NeuRonICs Lab is the National Winner and Global Finalist at the Falling Wall Lab India | IITH Hyderabad Event. He has been invited to present his pitch in the Berlin Science Summit on Nov 7th, 2022.
Presentation Title: Breaking the Wall of Analog AI Accelerator Technology
Talk at the tinyML Neuromorphic Engineering Forum
Dr. Chetan Singh Thakur has been invited to give a talk at the first tinyML Neuromorphic Engineering Forum on 27th September 2022. During this event, key experts from academia and industry will introduce the main trends in neuromorphic hardware, algorithms, sensors, systems, and applications.
National Level Startup Grant
Dr. Daniel has led JK Nanosolutions (JKN Nanosolutions Pvt Ltd) to be selected as one of the winning startups at National Level with a grant support of 20 Lakhs from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt of India to implement a pilot scale plant at Panaji, Goa.
IISC-IBM best research presentation Award 2022
Pratik Kumar from NeuRonICS lab has been awarded the best presentation award at IBM Day held on 22nd September 2022 at IISc.
Poster title: “Analog AI Accelerator and System On Chip For Edge Computing”
Neuromorphic tinyML workshop hosted jointly by IISc and the Washington University in St. Louis.
A two day hands-on Neuromorphic tinyML workshop was conducted on June 10th and 11th 2022, hosted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) jointly with the Washington University in St. Louis.
Workshop details: Click here
The following talks were held during the workshop:
1. Prof. Barani Raman: Olfactory Pattern Recognition in a Tiny Insect Brain
2. Prof. Shantanu Chakrabartty: Neuromorphic tinyML design using
Sparsity and Energy Balance Principles
3. Prof. Arun SP: How does the brain crack CAPTCHAs?
4. Prof. Chetan Singh Thakur: Neuromorphic tinyML Systems for Energy-Efficient Edge Devices
Supported by: SPARC DST IISc WashU
Talk by Dr.Chetan at ICTIC
Dr.Chetan Singh Thakur gave a talk at 2021 Intelligence in Chip: Tomorrow of Integrated Circuits (ICTIC) held on August 1- 5.
Talk title: Intelligent hardware systems mimicking neural pathways.
Invited tutorial talk at ICEE 2020
Dr. Chetan Singh Thakur gave a tutorial at the 5th International Conference on Emerging Electronics. Topic: Neuromorphic Computing
NeuRonICS lab has been awarded the STARS grant from MHRD
NeuRonICS lab has been awarded the Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS) grant from MHRD, Gov of India to build the
“Handheld electronic tool for impedance-sensing detection of mercury in water using aptamer templated metal nanoparticles”
Lakshmi Annamalai: Best startup idea pitch at EMEA workshop, Delhi
EMEA (http://www.odaa.iisc.ac.in/?page_id=2094) is a Student Research Workshop on “Brain-Inspired Computing & Technologies” organized by the Broadcom Foundation. This workshop is aimed at providing graduate students an exciting opportunity to explore research collaborations in brain-machine interfaces, and brain-inspired technologies and computing. This team worked on “Tactile-Vision Sensory Substitution for blind people with Neuromorphic camera” – Proposed a non-invasive technique for circumventing the loss of one sense by feeding its information through another channel. This could be leveraged to develop a fast tactile-vision vest to allow those with severe vision loss to perceive the world through small vibrations on their wrist. It consists of a neuromorphic camera as a sensor, an action recognition system as a coupling system, and a tactile stimulator.
Folks from Neuronics Lab win Hackware innovation challenge organized by Schneider India
Hackware is a innovation challenge organized by Schneider Electric India. Shilpa Sangappa, Hemanth Sabella, Abhishek Moitra and Vignesh Ramanathan from Neuronics Lab emerged winners for the challenge. Out of 300 applications all over India, 23 teams got into the grand finale. This team worked on “Power optimization techniques” – Built a non-invasive, low-cost device to capture aggregated apparent power on which machine learning models are used to classify and segregate individual appliances working in the environment.
Invited talk: “Artificial Intelligence – Devices to Systems” at IIT Roorkee
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