Memristive Nanodevices and Arrays for Brain-inspired Computing and Beyond

Time: Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Type: Seminar Series
Presenter: Qiangfei Xia; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Room/Office: Dunham 107
Location:
J. Robert Mann, Jr. Engineering Student Center
10 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
United States

Yale Electrical Engineering Seminar Series

Qiangfei Xia, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst


"Memristive Nanodevices and Arrays for Brain-inspired Computing and Beyond"

Abstract: Developing electronics beyond Moore's Law requires revolutionary vision in novel devices, disruptive technologies, new materials and alternative computer architecture. Memristor (resistance switch) is an emerging nanoelectronic device that uses resistance states to represent digital or analog information. In this talk, I will first describe our recent efforts in developing high performance HfO2 and SiO2 based memristive devices and arrays, including 2 nm scaling and 8 layer stacking. I will then showcase the integration of large memristor arrays (128×64) and applications in analog image processing and multilayer neural network classification. After introducing our synaptic and neural emulators with memristors, I'll finally briefly discuss other applications such as memristive radiofrequency switches and true random number generators.

Bio: Dr. Xia is currently an associate professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at UMass Amherst. Before joining UMass, he spent 3 years at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2007 from Princeton University. Dr. Xia's research interests include post-CMOS nanodevices, device physics, integrated nanosystems and enabling nanotechnologies, with applications ranging from analog computing, neuromorphic computing, reconfigurable RF system to hardware security. He is a recipient of DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA), NSF CAREER Award, and the Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding
Junior Faculty Award. Dr. Xia is a senior member of IEEE and a senior member of SPIE.

Thursday – September 14, 2017
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Mann Engineering Student Center
10 Hillhouse Avenue


Host: Tso-Ping Ma & Fengnian Xia, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yale University