Fabrizio Ottati
AI/ML Processor Engineer at NXP, PhD from Politecnico di Torino. Focuses on event cameras, digital hardware, and deep learning. Maintains Tonic & Expelliarmus.
Fabrizio Ottati
Fabrizio Ottati completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Electronics and Communications of Politecnico di Torino, under the supervision of professor Luciano Lavagno. He is now an AI/ML Processor Engineer at NXP.
His main interests are event-based cameras, digital hardware design and automation, deep learning and piedmontese red wine.
He is the maintainer of two open source projects in the field of neuromorphic computing, Tonic and Expelliarmus.
Contributions
Initiatives
- Founders
Founders of Open Neuromorphic
- Workshop Hosting
Facilitating Workshops
Blog Posts
- NorthPole, IBM's latest Neuromorphic AI Hardware
December 26, 2023
Translating the NorthPole paper from IBM to human language.
- TrueNorth: A Deep Dive into IBM's Neuromorphic Chip Design
March 27, 2023
Explore the innovative TrueNorth neuromorphic chip, its event-driven architecture, low power operation, massive parallelism, real-time capabilities, and scalable design.
- Efficient Compression for Event-Based Data in Neuromorphic Applications
February 28, 2023
Discover methods to efficiently encode and store event-based data from high-resolution event cameras, striking a balance between file size and fast retrieval for spiking neural network training.
- Digital Neuromorphic Hardware Read List
January 11, 2023
Stay up-to-date with cutting-edge digital hardware designs for neuromorphic applications. Explore recent research on power-efficient event-driven spiking neural networks and state-of-the-art processors like TrueNorth and Loihi.
- Spiking Neurons: A Digital Hardware Implementation
January 2, 2023
Learn how to model Leaky Integrate and Fire (LIF) neurons in digital hardware. Understand spike communication, synapse integration, and more for hardware implementation.
Workshops
- C-DNN and C-Transformer: mixing ANNs and SNNs for the best of both worlds
May 4, 2024 at 11:00 - 12:15 CEST
Join us for a talk by Sangyeob Kim, Postdoctoral researcher at KAIST, on designing efficient accelerators that mix SNNs and ANNs.
- IBM NorthPole - Neural inference at the frontier of energy, space, and time
January 25, 2024 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
NorthPole outperforms all prevalent architectures, even those that use more-advanced technology processes.
- Making Neuromorphic Computing Mainstream
November 16, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:00 CET
Join us for a workshop with Timoleon Moraitis, research group leader in neuromorphic computing, at the interface of computational neuroscience with artificial intelligence.
- Building Neuromorphic Applications Using Talamo
October 23, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
This offers a sneak-peek into Innatera’s technology stack allowing application development from scratch and deploying it on mixed-signal neuromorphic hardware.
- What's Catching Your Eye? The Visual Attention Mechanism
September 26, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Delve into the world of visual attention mechanisms with Giulia D'Angelo as she explores the interplay of bottom-up and top-down processes, offering insights into bio-inspired models for enhanced robotic perception and interaction.
- From C/C++ to Dynamically Scheduled Circuits
July 19, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Explore the journey from C/C++ to Dynamically Scheduled Circuits with Lana Josipović, an expert in high-level synthesis and reconfigurable computing. Join her recorded workshop session on innovative hardware design techniques.
- Does the Brain do Gradient Descent?
July 11, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Explore the brain's potential use of gradient descent in learning processes with Konrad Kording in this engaging recorded session.
- Low-power Spiking Neural Network Processing Systems for Extreme-Edge Applications
June 8, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Join Dr. Federico Corradi as he explores low-power spiking neural network processing systems, offering insights into energy-efficient computing for extreme-edge applications.
- Hands-On with Sinabs and Speck
April 4, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Join Gregor Lenz for an engaging hands-on session featuring Sinabs and Speck. Explore the world of neuromorphic engineering and spike-based machine learning.
- Evolutionary Optimization for Neuromorphic Systems
March 21, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Dive into evolutionary optimization techniques for neuromorphic systems with Catherine Schuman, an expert in the field. Watch the recorded workshop for valuable insights.
- Towards Training Robust Computer Vision Models for Neuromorphic Hardware
March 10, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Join Gregor Lenz as he delves into the world of event cameras and spiking neural networks, exploring their potential for low-power applications on SynSense's Speck chip. Discover the challenges in data, training, and deployment stages. Don't miss this talk on training robust computer vision models for neuromorphic hardware.
- Hands-On with snnTorch
March 2, 2023 at 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Join Jason Eshraghian for an engaging hands-on session featuring snnTorch. Explore the world of neuromorphic engineering.