TRAIL seminar - Thursday, February 8, 2:00pm-4:45pm @ ULiège and online
2:00pm - Guillaume Drion, Pierre Sacré, Alessio Franci (Montefiore Institute, ULiège)
"An introduction to the objectives and challenges of neuromorphic engineering"
This course will provide an overview of the field of neuromorphic engineering. The first part will start with a brief history map of the parallel evolution of artificial neural networks and neurophysiology, highlighting similarities and differences as well as attempts to bridge both fields over the last decades. It will then review the particular objectives, methods, and challenges of neuromorphic computing in the broad context of artificial intelligence. The second part will dive into the specific cases of event-based sensing, event-based actuation, and event-based computing. Each of these cases will be motivated by concrete examples, specifically focusing on event-based cameras, neuromodulation control of locomotion, and spiking neural networks.
4:00pm - Pierre-François Pirlet (Data Protection Officer, ULiège)
"Processing personal data: does the GDPR apply to my research and how?"
The GDPR is European legislation organizing the collection and use of personal data. This law organizes strict modalities for this use. This presentation will be organized around the presentation of the GDPR's key legal concepts and the tangible situations encountered by researchers using personal data. The "right to image" (as interpreted in Belgium) will also be briefly presented.