Neuromorphic Hackathon

A hackathon organized by Fortiss & neuroTUM

We are offering together with Fortiss the opportunity of working on hands-on projects for a 4-day hackathon on neuromorphic computing. This event will dive deeper into the applications of neuromorphic technology. Furthermore, we will have highlight talks on this technology provided by Fortiss, TUM and Intel.
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When?

The event will take place from the 6th to 9th of November.

Where?

Fortiss research institute, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Strasse 6, 80807 Munich, 15th floor with panoramic view on Munich and the Alps - check it out via: https://www.fortiss.org/en/research/fortiss-labs

Topics and demonstrators:

They will be published some time before the hackathon. Then the specific topics will be decided on the hackathon itself.

Example of topics:

Attention Mechanisms – Gesture Recognition – Robotic Arm Control – Online Learning

Example of Demonstrators and technology:

Intel-Loihi Neuromorphic Chip – Event Based Cameras – Kuka 7dof Robotic Arm

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Food

Fortiss offered two free lunches (Pizza), free coffee and free bezels. Other expenses won't be covered

Application

In order to participate in the event you must fulfil all the criteria and provide a thorough application which shows your interest in the topic (we are taking 16 participants).

Competition

The participants will be split in 4 different teams. During the 4-day hackathon the teams will dive deeper into neuromorphic technology and at the end the winner team will be offered a prize and acknowledgment from neuromorphic experts.

Prize:

Fortiss and neuroTUM goodies

Deadlines

— Application will close when we have selected 16 participants

— You will hear from us before the end of September

Requirements

— Participation in the snnTorch seminar provided by neuroTUM (date to be defined)

— Confident using python

— Basic knowledge on Pytorch and/or Tensorflow

— Upload of CV

— Upload of documents or link to repository which show knowledge of the skills described

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