On August 18, 2016, faculty member Dr. Mark Dean and PhD candidate John Reynolds presented an Introduction to Neuromorphic Computing and the DANNA Model at the EECS Welcome Back Celebration. The event was organized by the Systers: Women in EECS organization, and targeted undergraduates who may be new to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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  • Motivations for neuromorphic computing 0:50
  • The promise of neuromorphic computing 3:08
  • Our approaches to neuromorphic computing 5:15
  • The DANNA hardware 7:12, 20:09
  • DANNA model overview 8:36
  • Inverted pendulum (pole-balancer) implementation 13:10, 15:20
  • Flappy-bird implementation 16:50, 17:45
  • Evolutionary optimization for training 18:25
  • Future work 20:17
  • Questions 21:17

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