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The Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center #FutureProofComputing
🚨 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 👇
🧠 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...

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September 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎉 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.

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July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🧠 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
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July 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚀 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
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🎓 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
July 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🚀 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/...

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July 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧠 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...

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July 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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
July 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🎤 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...

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July 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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
June 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌟 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!

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June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚀 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
June 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🇮🇸 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

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June 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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...

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June 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
May 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🌟 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/...

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Ohmic Response in BiFeO3 Domain Walls by Submicron‐Scale Four‐Point Probe Resistance Measurements (Adv. Electron. Mater. 7/2025)
Domain Walls In article number 2400794, Beatriz Noheda and co-workers present four-point resistivity measurements of domain walls (DWs) in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films, revealing ohmic behavior in ...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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...

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May 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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
May 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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...

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May 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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...
May 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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
April 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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...

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April 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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...
Vacature Managing Director CogniGron (0.8 fte)
Wil je meebouwen aan het neuromorphic computing ecosysteem? De NOM heeft een vacature voor Managing Director CogniGron (0.8 fte)
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April 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧠 “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...
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Het talent van morgen begint vandaag
NAE - Het talent van morgen begint vandaag
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March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM