| March 28, 2014 |
| Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
PROGRAM
| 09:30- | Registration | |
| 10:00-10:05 | Opening remarks Prof. Hideo Ohno (Director of RIEC, Tohoku University) | |
| 10:05-10:20 | "What is Brainware LSI Project?" Prof. Takahiro Hanyu (Tohoku University) | |
| 10:20-10:50 | "Prospects of Next-Generation LSI Technologies" Dr. Masao Fukuma (SIRIJ, Japan) | |
| 10:50-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 1: Recognition & Learning in Brain Computing | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | "The Bottleneck of Conscious Vision" Prof. David Whitney (UC Berkeley, USA) | |
| 11:30-12:00 | "3D Audio Technologies Based on Good Knowlege of Brain Functions" Prof. Craig Jin (The University of Sydney, Australia) | |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch meeting | |
| Session 2: Neural Network and Its Applications | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | "Hardware/Software SNN Emulation Architecture by Means of SIMD Multiprocessing and AER" Prof. Jordi Cosp (Technical University of Catalunya, Spain) | |
| 14:00-14:30 | "Autonomous Decentralized Control for Soft Bodied Robots Inspired by True Slime Mold" Dr. Takuya Umedachi (Tufts University, USA) | |
| 14:30-15:00 | "VLSI Architectures and NoCs for Neural Coding" Prof. Jean-Philippe Diguet (Lab-STICC, France) | |
| 15:00-15:10 | Coffee break | |
| Session 3: LSI Technologies for Brain Computing | ||
| 15:10-15:40 | "Neuromorphic Electronic Circuits for Building Autonomous Cognitive Systems" Dr. Fabio Stefanini (University of Zurich and ETHZ, Switzerland) | |
| 15:40-16:10 | "Thermal Management for Brainware VLSI Chips" Prof. Wai Tung Ng (University of Toronto, Canada) | |
| 16:10-16:40 | "Wireless Technologies for Brain Interfacing" Dr.Mehdi Kiani (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) | |
| 16:40-16:50 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4: Short Presentations & Posters | ||
| 16:50-17:20 | Short presentations | |
| 17:30-18:30 | Poster session | |
| 18:30- | Closing remarks | |