[institut] Announcement

[Branko Kolarić]

Dear Colleagues,

Professor Nikolai Sobolev from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, will 
be the guest of the Nanophotonics lab, from June 16 to 18. You are 
cordially invited to his lecture, which will be held on Tuesday, June 
17, 2025, at 11h in the "Dr. Dragan Popović" library hall of the 
Institute of Physics Belgrade.

Prof. Nikolai Sobolev will give the talk entitled "Material-related 
problems of neuromorphic technologies". The abstract of the talk:

Advancements in materials science have been instrumental in the 
progression of neuromorphic technologies. However, existing neuromorphic 
hardware often relies on rigid and energy-intensive fabrication 
processes. There is an urgent need for innovative materials and device 
architectures that can bridge this gap while ensuring scalability and 
eco-friendliness.
The inevitability of a revolution in electronic technologies is dictated 
by the emergence of new paradigms of electronics which cannot be 
implemented on existing hardware. Traditional computing architectures 
struggle with energy efficiency, scalability, and adaptability, 
particularly as AI and data-intensive applications demand greater 
computational power. In the past decades, electronics and 
telecommunications have become a new global energy consumer. Machine 
learning tends, in the limit, to consume all the power produced in the 
world, and this development model is costly, inefficient and 
unsustainable. Neuromorphic computing, inspired by biological neural 
networks, presents a promising alternative by enabling real-time, 
low-power processing. Crucial for this development are materials being 
able to implement bio-inspired functions. However, existing neuromorphic 
hardware often relies on rigid and energy-intensive fabrication 
processes, limiting material flexibility, integration potential, and 
environmental sustainability. There is an urgent need for innovative 
materials and device architectures that can bridge this gap while 
ensuring scalability and eco-friendliness.
Thus, the presentation is dedicated to the material problems of 
neuromorphic technologies and aims to review a wide range of theoretical 
and experimental results in this field.

Best regards,

Branko Kolaric

Head of Nanophotonics Lab