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NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING / COMPUTING

Emerging Technologies - Neuromorphic Engineering / Computing

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NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING / COMPUTING

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WHAT IS IT?

"Neuromorphic engineering, also known as neuromorphic computing started as a concept developed by Carver Mead in the late 1980s, describing the use of very-large-scale integration (VLSI) systems containing electronic analogue circuits to mimic neurobiological architectures present in the nervous system."- Easton, 2015

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WHAT IS IT? (SIMPLER)

"Neuromorphic engineering is a new emerging interdisciplinary field which takes inspiration from biology, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering to design hardware/physical models of neural and sensory systems."

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NEUROMORPHIC CHIPS•Modeled on biological brains—designed to process sensory data such as images and sound and respond to changes in that data in ways not specifically programmed.

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NEUROMORPHIC ENG'G IS NOT NEW• A class of neuromorphic chip has been available since 1993.• ZISC (Zero Instruction Set Computer), became the world’s first commercially available neuromorphic chip.

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EXISTING APPLICATIONS• IBM TrueNorth - most advanced neuromorphic (brain-like) computer chip

to date• Qualcomm's Zeroth Program• Human Brain Project in Europe• Nvidia's Tegra X1 revealed at CES 2015

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EXISTING APPLICATIONS

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THINK LIKE A BEE

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Nature’s own computing device, the brain, is extremely powerful and the one you’re using to read this uses only 20 Watts of power!

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MORAVEC'S PARADOX

•Sensory information processing is extremely easy for brains but extremely hard for modern computers, whereas symbolic information processing is comparably hard for brains but extremely easy for modern computers.

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FUTURE APPLICATIONS

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TRANSFORMING MOBILETRANSFORMING MOBILE

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SECURITY CCTV

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TRANSFORMING MOBILEAUTO-ECG

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TRANSFORMING MOBILEAUTO-ECG

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FACE DETECTION ATTENDANCE IN A SNAP

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THERMOMETERS THAT CAN SMELL

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SENSOR FLOWER

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ROLLER BOT

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THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

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BENEFITS / ADVANTAGES• Can compute in real time, which is similar to how the brain works•Might take us a step closer to artificial intelligence•Different applications in various disciplines• Advances in neuroscience and chip making

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NEGATIVE EFFECTS / LIMITATIONS

•High cost• Still a bit far in terms of real-life applications•Needs more research• Further development paves way for AI, causing ethical concerns

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NEGATIVE EFFECTS / LIMITATIONS

•High cost• Still a bit far in terms of real-life applications•Needs more research• Further development paves way for AI, causing ethical concerns

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1. Embrace changes.2. Collaborate.3. Maximize resources.

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REFERENCES• Al-Rodhan, N. (2015, August 14). The Moral Code. Retrieved September 11, 2015, from

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-08-12/moral-code • Al-Rodhan, N. (2015, March 13). The Many Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies. Retrieved September 13, 2015,

from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-many-ethical-implications-of-emerging-technologies/ • Easton. (2015, March 13). Top 5 Emerging Technologies In 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015, from

https://wtvox.com/robotics/top-5-emerging-technologies-in-2015/ • Gershgorn, D. (2015, August 19). IBM Chips Could Make Your Smartphone Think Like A Mouse. Retrieved September 11,

2015, from http://www.popsci.com/ibms-neuromorphic-chip-array-mimics-rodent-brain • Hof, R. (2014, April 23). Qualcomm's Neuromorphic Chips Could Make Robots and Phones More Astute About the World.

Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/526506/neuromorphic-chips/ • Lambinet, P. (2015, January 31). The Ongoing Quest For The ‘Brain’ Chip. Retrieved September 12, 2015, from

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/31/the-ongoing-quest-for-the-brain-chip/ • Lovetrue, B. (2015, May 15). 4 Security Challenges That May Tear Apart the Internet of Things | EE Times. Retrieved

October 18, 2015, from http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1326549&page_number=2

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REFERENCES• Metz, C. (2015, August 17). IBM’s ‘Rodent Brain’ Chip Could Make Our Phones Hyper-Smart. Retrieved September

11, 2015, from http://www.wired.com/2015/08/ibms-rodent-brain-chip-make-phones-hyper-smart/ • Moore-Colyer, R. (2015, August 27). Apple, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia race ahead with car tech plans. Retrieved

September 11, 2015, from http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/2423008/apple-google-microsoft-nvidia-and-more-accelerate-car-tech-plans

• Poeter, D. (2013, October 14). Qualcomm Demos Brain-Inspired Zeroth Chips. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425743,00.asp

• http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/neurosynaptic-chips.shtml#fbid=Wnq8mAzUKSc • Tarantola, A. (2015, August 17). IBM wires up 'neuromorphic' chips like a rodent's brain. Retrieved September 11,

2015, from http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/17/ibm-wires-up-neuromorphic-chips-like-a-rodents-brain/ • Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015. (2015, March). Retrieved September 13, 2015, from

http://www.weforum.org/reports/top-10-emerging-technologies-2015