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Talk on "Synaptic plasticity in epitaxial HfZrO4//SrTiO3 heterostructures"

Join us on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 16:00 in ETZ H71 for a talk by Stavros Kitsios, presented as part of the ETH Zürich–NCSRD collaboration within the ViTFOX EU project.
Public Symposium "AI Reimagined: Sustainable Futures in the Digital Age"

Join us on May 13, 2025, from 15:00 to 18:00 at Meridian Hall, Collegium Helveticum for AI Reimagined: Sustainable Futures in the Digital Age symopsium, which brings together voices from neuroscience, computer science, and industry, including Prof. Dr. Laura Bégon-Lours, to rethink the foundations of intelligent systems.
3rd IEEE Swiss Women in CAS/ED Symposium

Join us for the 3rd IEEE Swiss Women in CAS/ED Symposium - Poster and Lunch this June 20th at ETZ, ETH Zürich
New Focus Issue on Memristive and Memcapacitive Materials, Devices, and Circuits for Energy-efficient AI Computing

Guest-edited by Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours, the upcoming focus issue in Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering will explore cutting-edge advancements in memristive and memcapacitive technologies. Submissions are now invited.
IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Ramachandra Achar

Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours has the pleasure to invite you to the IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Ramachandra Achar on May 5th, 2025 at 2pm. Registration link below
21.03.25 // NEO team's first group outing

Last Friday, March 21st, NEO got together for its first-ever group outing, and what a fantastic evening it was!
Industry Lecture by Bert Jan Offrein - IBM Research Zürich

On Wednesday March 26 from 14:15, we have the pleasure to host an industry lecture from IBM Research Zürich.
Inaugural lecture on “Neuromorphic Electronics with Oxide: from Materials to AI hardware”.

On Tuesday, 4 March 2025, Prof. Bégon-Lours will give her inaugural lecture on “Neuromorphic Electronics with Oxide: from Materials to AI hardware”. The lecture is public and will start at on Tuesday March 4, at 17:15 in ETH AudiMax.
2 new PhD students joining NEO group on ViTFOX and SwissChips projects

We are pleased to welcome Alexander Flasby and Nathan Savoia to the Neuromorphic Electronics with Oxide group. Alexander and Nathan will contribute to the research on ferroelectric synaptic weights for analog AI hardware. Welcome !
07.02.2025 // ViTFOX Kick-off meeting at ETH Zürich

The https://ViTFOX.eu project is jointly funded by Horizon Europe Chips JU and the National Research Foundation of Korea. We thank the participants for travelling to ETH Zürich for the kick-off meeting, it was a real pleasure to welcome you!
MSc defense Yanming Zhang (D-MATL)
On 10.12.2024 Yanming Zhang defended his MSc thesis entitled "Neuromorphic Devices Based on Ferroelectric and Mott Oxides" and co-supervised by Prof. Bégon-Lours and Prof. Nicola Spaldin from the Departement of Materials. Thank you for your great work Yanming ! The thesis is available upon request.
Progress review in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Alexandros Emboras and Laura Bégon-Lours published a progress review discussing Bio-inspired electronics leveraging complex oxide dynamics. The paper was published in the Special Issue on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications 2024.