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Simon Brown

@cluster_guy

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Interests: science, physics, nanotechnology, politics, art, sailing, tramping, tango.... etc. Not necessarily in that order.

Joined December 2012
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@cluster_guy
Simon Brown
1 year
This is really cool! My student Sofie Studholme has figured out how to use our percolating networks of nanoparticles to solve optimisation problems, and in particular to factorise integers! https://t.co/hf80HIooN6
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As growth in global demand for computing power continues to outpace ongoing improvements in transistor-based hardware, novel computing solutions are required. One promising approach employs stochas...
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@IOPneuromorphic
Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering
1 year
@cluster_guy and colleagues from @UCNZ present a first step in the emulation of complex emergent biological behaviors such as swarming, opening a new route to the solution of complex optimization problems, using percolating networks of nanoparticles (PNNs) https://t.co/EJkjQpJaCJ
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@cluster_guy
Simon Brown
1 year
Pretty amazing that networks of nanoparticles can be trained so that an agent can follow another, or so that several agents can autonomously generate swarming behaviour. https://t.co/4iTnXeuUbo Courtesy of a lot of work from my student Zac Heywood.
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@cluster_guy
Simon Brown
2 years
Excited to share our latest work, just out in Advanced Materials. Experimental demonstration of reservoir computing with self-assembled percolating networks of nanoparticles. Includes spoken digit recognition. https://t.co/NjURh6X3na
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Simon Brown
2 years
Excited to see this in print today. Boolean logic and pattern classification using our neuron-like spikes. My student Sofie did a stunning job on this. Computation via Neuron-like Spiking in Percolating Networks of Nanoparticles | Nano Letters
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The biological brain is a highly efficient computational system in which information processing is performed via electrical spikes. Neuromorphic computing systems that work on similar principles...
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Simon Brown
2 years
Congrats to my student Sara Salehitaleghani on her latest paper. Moiré pattern modulated topological phase and in-gap edge modes in α-a... https://t.co/60s5zPGXVO
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@nanoscale_rsc
Nanoscale journal family
2 years
📣Check out 'Reservoir computing using networks of memristors: effects of topology and heterogeneity' by Simon Brown @cluster_guy et al . The latest advanced article in @nanscale_rsc 🔗
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Reservoir computing (RC) has attracted significant interest as a framework for the implementation of novel neuromorphic computing architectures. Previously attention has been focussed on software-b...
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Simon Brown
2 years
Reservoir computing using networks of memristors Congrats to my postdoc Josh has done an awesome job of investigating how all the important parameters affect computational performance, for a range of tasks. https://t.co/FlP3Xhrw41
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Reservoir computing (RC) has attracted significant interest as a framework for the implementation of novel neuromorphic computing architectures. Previously attention has been focussed on software-b...
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Simon Brown
3 years
Type 'leave twitter' into twitter's search box - and get a deluge of results encouraging you not to. I think that has probably settled the question for me.
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Announcing @AucklandUni as our second Silver Sponsor for #AMN10 #nanotechnology #advanced #materials #science The Conference Programme is now available online - https://t.co/gf21DsHbmG
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Plenary Speaker @DanHikuroa from Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui and Wānanga o Waipapa is a world expert on weaving #indigenous knowledge and science @AucklandUni #AMN10 @RotoruaNZ Early Bird Registration closes today! https://t.co/UGkoINCURE
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Plenary Speaker Prof. Michelle Simmons @UNSW #Quantum #Computation and Communication #technology #Physics #atomic electronics #computing #devices #atomicscale And 2018 @ausoftheyear Last chance for Early Bird Registration! #AMN10 Early Bird closes today! https://t.co/UGkoINV45M
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Welcoming @MatuGroup as #Researcher Discussion Session sponsor. Matū invests in scalable science & #deeptech #startups, offering retail investors a chance to buy into the deep tech sector. Early Bird registration closes next week. Register for AMN10 now! https://t.co/UGkoINCURE
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Our Plenary speaker Prof David Awschalom is from @UChicago #MolecularEngineering #spintronics #quantum #engineering #AMN10 @RotoruaNZ Early bird registration closes this week! https://t.co/UGkoINCURE
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Plenary speaker Prof Kathleen J. Stebe from @Penn is Associate Editor of @softmatter and Fellow of the @APSphysics #assembly in #softmatter #novel #functional #materials #AMN10 Early bird registration closes this Friday! https://t.co/UGkoINV45M
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
We are delighted to announce our Platinum Sponsor for #AMN10! Huge thanks to @WellingtonUni and @WgtnUniVentures for supporting our 10th biennial interdisciplinary conference on #nanotechnology and #advanced #materialsscience Programme now available https://t.co/gf21Dsp28y
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Plenary Speaker and @UoA_Physics Professor Cather Simpson is scientific founder of 2 internationally award winning spin-outs @Engendertech and @OrbisDx #startup #entrepreneur @ptolemytortoise #AMN10 #photonfactory @AucklandUni Registration closes Friday! https://t.co/UGkoINCURE
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@cluster_guy
Simon Brown
3 years
This is a really remarkable place, just outside Marsala. A definite highlight of my trip to Sicily. Fascinating to see the quarry itself but also the plants, and to hear the history from the delightful guides.
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Introducing Keynote Assoc Prof @QuinnGroupUCD @ucddublin #DNAinteractions light activated #nanoparticlesystems #photoactivated process #nucleicacids. Chair of the @UKRI_News #LifeSciences #SoftMatter Advisory Panel. #AMN10 early registration is still open! https://t.co/UGkoINV45M
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@AMN11_NZ
AMN11
3 years
Announcing our first Silver Sponsor @Masseyuni Secure your early bird registration for #AMN10 by 14 October. #nanotechnology #advanced #materialsscience https://t.co/UGkoINV45M
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