🚨 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲! Do you want to play a crucial role in developing new applications for the next generation of computer technology? Applications for this position will close soon — don’t miss this opportunity. Check out the role here 👇

🎉 Congratulations to PhD researchers Memoona Ismail, Leah Dijkshoorn, and Albert Silvans for winning poster prizes at the CogniGron Research Away Day 2025! 👏 Great science, engaging storytelling, and a big win for cross-disciplinary thinking. #FutureProofComputing

🧠 We’re hiring! Join CogniGronas a Research Leader – Demonstrator Programme. Tasks: - Lead PhDs - Co-design with industry - Collaborate globally - Showcase brain-inspired computing 📅 Apply by 15 Sept 📍 Learn more and apply: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... #FutureProofComputing

🚀 The CogniGron 2024 Annual Report has just landed! The report is packed with highlights: 🧠 Research milestones 🎓 PhD defences 🤝 New collaborations 💡 A fresh focus on real-world impact Curious? Read here: www.rug.nl/research/fse... #FutureProofComputing

🎓 Last week we said farewell to Sander Baesjou & Annechien Pronk after 1.5 years of dedicated collaboration. Their strategic insight and support helped shape key CogniGron initiatives — from demonstrators to spin-offs. Thank you both and all the best ahead. #FutureProofComputing

🚀 More happy funding news! Dr. Erika Covi has received an @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept grant for FELICE — energy-efficient, brain-inspired AI hardware using ferroelectric neurons. Congrats to Erika & team! 🔗 erc.europa.eu/news-events/... #ERCPoC #FutureProofComputing

🧠 Another big step for neuromorphic computing! The TEXEL Chip — developed at CogniGron and handed to Prince Constantijn by Prof. Chicca — is now published in Nature Communications! 🎉 Congratulations to the team! 📄 Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FutureProofComputing

Prof. Tamalika Banerjee was awarded an NWO Take-off grant for brain-inspired memory chips! 🧠✨ Using memristors to mimic neural oscillations, this project tackles AI’s energy crisis with in-memory compute. Congrats to the team! 🔗 Read more: www.nwo.nl/en/researchp... #FutureProofComputing

🎤 Our CogniGron professor Tamalika Banerjee appeared on a new episode of the In Science podcast. She talks about spintronics, her startup IMChip, and how new materials could lead to faster, more energy-efficient chips for the future. 🎧 Tune in: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... #FutureProofComputing

The Feringa Building is officially open! 🎉 Proud to see CogniGron front and centre at the ceremony: 🔹 Tamalika Banerjee joined a great panel on turning science into impact. 🔹 Elisabetta Chicca handed our TEXEL chip to Prince Constantijn. #FutureProofComputing

🌟 On 19 June, CogniGron came together for our annual Research Day Away! From PI panels and future-focused brainstorms to vibrant PhD poster sessions, and hands-on workshops — it was packed, energising, and full of great conversations. Grateful for everyone who joined! #FutureProofComputing

🚀 On June 13, #NeuromorphicNow brought researchers, industry & policymakers to Delft. Talks covered brain-scale supercomputers, low-power chips & real-world cases. Key takeaway: we need to join forces – across sectors, across borders, with a shared vision🧠 #FutureProofComputing

🇮🇸 CogniGron is heading to Iceland! Farhad Merchant will represent us at ISLPED 2025 in Reykjavik, 6–8 August. He’ll join a session on neuromorphic edge computing with experts from Innatera, Snap Inc., IHP & TU/e. 👉 More info: www.islped.org/2025/index.php #FutureProofComputing #ISLPED2025

One week to go! Neuromorphic Now lands in Delft on 13 June — are you in? 🧠 Join the ecosystem shaping next-gen computing — from TNO, CWI, TU Delft & CogniGron, with support from Topsector ICT. 📍 Art Centre Delft 🎟️ Free entry, but limited spots: mission10x.nl/events/neuro... #FutureProofComputing

At CogniGron, we value the diverse talents of our students 👏 Congrats to Lingyu Gong — runner-up in Ireland’s Badminton Premier League finals and recipient of a fellowship to attend ACACES 2025 🏸🎓 A great example of balance between science and sport! #FutureProofComputing

🌟 Our paper by Jan Rieck just made the cover of Advanced Electronic Materials! Already an Editor’s Choice, it’s now in the latest issue. Domain walls in BiFeO₃ conduct like seawater — clean 4-point data, no barriers. 📄 Read: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FutureProofComputing

Last week, the CogniGron Talent Network took neuromorphic computing to the Cover career fair 🎓🧠 We chatted with students about our research — and what daily life looks like as a PhD. 💡 PhD in neuromorphic computing? Join the CTN: 👉 www.rug.nl/research/fse... #FutureProofComputing

On 17 June, the Northern Netherlands will take the spotlight at Tech Event NoordNL. 💡🧠 CogniGron will be there! We invite you to visit us at 📍De Bonte Wever (Assen) and discover how CogniGron is advancing neuromorphic computing. 🤖 🎟️ Register for free: shorturl.at/PNng8 #FutureProofComputing

Neuromorphic Now is coming! 🧠 Join top researchers & innovators on 13 June in Delft to explore brain-inspired tech reshaping mobility, healthcare, robotics & more. Free to attend – limited seats! Register now 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #FutureProofComputing #NeuromorphicNow

Communications pros with a passion for science — this one’s for you. Are you to shape the future of brain-inspired computing? 🧠 📢 CogniGron is seeking a seasoned professional to amplify our impact. This role requires Dutch fluency! 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

We’re thrilled to announce that REACT, a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network led by Farhad Merchant, has been awarded EU funding to reimagine the future of computing. 🎉👨🏽‍💻 #FutureProofComputing

AI is moving fast — but is hardware keeping up? 🧠 Join us 8 April in Groningen for The Hardware AI Revolution symposium. CogniGron’s Dirk Pleiter dives into neuromorphic solutions. Free entry! 👉 www.rug.nl/research/fse... #FutureProofComputing #AI #Hardware

CogniGron heads to Italy! 🇮🇹 Fernando Quintana will speak at FAIR-QC 2025 in Cagliari on 4 April: “Highly Integrated Hardware-Software Co-Development for Adaptive AI” Edge AI, memory tech & lifelong learning. 🧠 More ➡️ web.unica.it/unica/en/new... #FutureProofComputing

CogniGron is looking for a Managing Director (0.8 FTE) to help lead the future of brain-inspired computing. 🧠 Are you someone who can navigate both the scientific and strategic landscape, working closely with our multidisciplinary team of scientists. 🧪💡🤝 Find out more ➡️ www.nom.nl/over-ons/wer...

🧠 “Tomorrow’s talent starts today,” writes Lukas Roffel, the new chair of NAE. We couldn't agree more. At CogniGron, we are rethinking computing from the brain up — with tech that saves energy. The future needs bold, interdisciplinary minds. 🌱 👉 nae.nl/het-talent-v... #FutureProofComputing

🎓 PhD Defence Alert! 📢 On 25 March, Davide Cipollini defends his thesis on Multiscale Network Characterization for In-Materia Computing. His work bridges AI, material science & maths to advance energy-efficient neuromorphic hardware. 📍 Academy Building, RUG 🕘 09:00 AM #FutureProofComputing

🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Anne-Men Huijzer on her PhD defense! 🧠✨ Her work on memristor-based networks brings us closer to energy-efficient, brain-like computing. Curious? Read her thesis ➡️ research.rug.nl/en/publicati... #FutureProofComputing #NeuromorphicComputing #Memristors

Brilliant minds, bold ideas! 🚀 Three CogniGron researchers — Fernando Quintana Velázquez, Serte Donderwinkel & Martin Sarott — won the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship! 🎉 Their projects push neuromorphic computing forward. Stay tuned for more! 🧠✨ #FutureProofComputing #MarieCurieFellowship

Great to see this collaboration making an impact in neuromorphic computing! 🧠 Exciting research, Azminul Jaman, Lorenzo Fratino, Majid Ahmadi, Rodolfo Rocco, Bart Kooi, Marcelo Rozenberg, Tamalika Banerjee! 📑 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @tamalika.bsky.social

We welcome another colleague to the CogniGron programme office: Judith Paridaen. 🎉 She is a developmental neurobiologist by training, plays bass guitar in two bands, and is eager to learn more about neuromorphic computing at CogniGron. Come by and say hi! 💬 🔗 lnkd.in/eXg6ekYT Welcome, Judith! 💫

Join our (online) seminar on Wednesday 12 February, with Prof. Francky Catthoor! 🧠 Read more about his talk and find the seminar link here: ➡ lnkd.in/eisWs-Wp No need to sign up, you can just attend via the Zoom link! #neuromorphic #seminar #FutureProofComputing #microchips

Cutting-edge chip technology meets real-world industrial challenges: Sebastian Henrion and Harold van Heukelum from Boskalis visited CogniGron. Last year, they started a small project together with Elisabetta Chicca. Now, we are exploring how to collaborate with Boskalis towards demonstrators 🤝

We value our young scientists!🔬 Throughout the year, we welcome several new PhD students. With a quarterly lunch for all the new PhDs, they can get to know each other and their fields of expertise. 💫 Welcome to CogniGron! 🧠 🔗 More about our young scientists and their research: lnkd.in/eS4NsZyM

🎓 Upcoming PhD ceremony 📢 : Anne-Men Huijzer will defend her thesis, ’Modelling and analysis of memristor-based electrical networks for neuromorphic computing hardware’. 🗓 Monday 24 February at 12:45 📍 Academy Building, UG: ➡ More info: lnkd.in/enauwhUg

CogniGroners Fatih Turkmen, Farhad Merchant, Dirk Pleiter and Georgi Gaydadjiev attended the HiPEAC 2025 conference. 💡 Exciting ideas were exchanged, new connections were made! Interested in collaborating or discussing? Feel free to reach out: rug.nl/cognigron 🤝 #HiPEAC #conference

Thank you for visiting us at CogniGron @jpkempeneers.bsky.social last week and for your warm interest in our research on neuromorphic computer chips. It was a pleasure to have you, and we hope you found the visit informative. 🧠💻 @nexperia.bsky.social #innovation #neuromorphic #computer #chips

🚀 CogniGron is on Bluesky! As a cutting-edge research hub, we focus on self-learning materials & advanced systems for future-proof computing inspired by the human brain 🧠 Join us and stay tuned for insights on neuromorphic computing & more. Let’s shape the future together!💪 🔗 www.rug.nl/cognigron