News from INE http://www.ine-news.org Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ine-news.org/images/logo.gif http://www.ine-news.org Feed provided by Form and Content media. Click to visit. http://ncs.ethz.ch/events/2012-capocaccia-cognitive-neuromorphic-engineering-workshop Themes will include cortical development, multi-scale neural circuit experimental and modeling approaches, state-dependent computation, brain-machine interfaces, VLSI implementations of neural processing systems, plasticity in real and silicon neural systems, memristive devices and phase-change materials, and of course cognitive behaving neuromorphic systems. Workshops:General Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://ncs.ethz.ch/news/open-post-doc-position Job opening for a post-doctoral position at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Jobs Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.frontiersin.org/neuromorphic_engineering/10.3389/fnins.2011.00117/full We present a high-speed communication infrastructure for a waferscale neuromorphic system, based on application-specific neuromorphic communication ICs in an field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)-maintained environment. The overall so-called pulse communication subgroup (ICs and FPGA) delivers a factor 25–50 more event transmission rate than other current neuromorphic communication infrastructures. Technologies:Interconnection Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.frontiersin.org/neuromorphic_engineering/10.3389/fnins.2011.00118/full Understanding the computational principles used by the brain and how they are physically embodied is crucial for developing novel computing paradigms and guiding a new generation of technologies that can combine the strengths of industrial-scale electronics with the computational performance of brains. Biological Models:Neural Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.frontiersin.org/neuromorphic_engineering/10.3389/fnins.2011.00108/full Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors are commonly used in very-large-scale-integration (VLSI) digital circuits as a basic binary switch that turns on or off as the transistor gate voltage crosses some threshold. Carver Mead first noted that CMOS transistor circuits operating below this threshold in current mode have strikingly similar sigmoidal current–voltage relationships as do neuronal ion channels and consume little power; hence they are ideal analogs of... Technologies:Analog Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=003828-2011-09-05 A simple learning rule that implements a spatial map can be used for online correction of position estimates in a neuromorphic head direction cell system. Biological Models:Neural, Applications: Spatial Awareness Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100