Last week prof van de Burgt had the privilege to talk at the first seminar organized by the Center for Cognitive Systems and Materials (CCS&M) at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen. He was invited by prof. Beatriz Noheda.
This week Scientific American published an article on an EU Horizon 2020 project that involved the development of a smart camera in cars, based on artificial intelligence. What is great about this work is that the AI of this camera is based on an actual array with memristors, in contrast to an artificial neural network (ANN), which is basically a simulated neural network somewhere on a supercomputer. It is great to see applications rapidly emerging for this new field of neuromorphics and I was Read more…
Some time ago I was interviewed on the Dutch radiostation BNR Nieuwsradio. The interview starts at 13:05 (in Dutch): BNR audio
Last month our paper on organic artificial synapses came out in Nature Materials. This was a very exciting moment for us: finally the work was published and we could hear what others think about this new and exciting addition to the field of neuromorphics. In fact, one of the first comments was a news and view written by prof. Yoshua Yang (link). He wrote a great summary and explanation of our device, capturing the essence on which our claim to innovation and novelty Read more…
I am grateful to have won the: Young scientist travel grant of the 4TU Research Centre Fluid & Solid Mechanics (FSM) This grant enables me to spend 3 months in the lab of prof. George Malliaras at the University of Cambridge in the UK.
This year’s Nobel prize in Chemistry goes to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, at the University of Strasbourg in France; Fraser Stoddart, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and Ben Feringa, at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands for their work on nanomachines, tiny molecular motors, chains and pumps. Ben Feringa even made a “race car” as shown in this small video. from T. Kudernac et al Nature 479 208-211 (2011)
This week is national postdoc appreciation week. Since about 6 months I am a council member of the Stanford University Postdoctoral Association (SURPAS) so naturally more involved in the events this week. SURPAS organizes many social events to get people more aware of what postdocs actually contribute to the research and education of a university. Some postdocs feel they are not fully acknowledged for the amount of work they do and many struggle to get the most out of it. Read more…