Information in Matter Symposium 2025

Fundamentals of computing in matter

The power cost of computing is growing much more rapidly than that of energy production. For this reason, entirely new computing paradigms are being developed. The beauty of this rapidly growing field is that similar questions, using related concepts and ideas, are studied in widely different systems, via different approaches. The aim of our one-day symposium is to bring together prime examples of exciting activities in these different systems, from biochemical, to mechanical and optical systems, all focused on alternative forms of computing. We hope that our workshop will foster new interdisciplinary interactions in our field.

Organizers

This symposium is organized by the AMOLF Information in Matter department.

Symposium chairs: Pieter Rein ten Wolde and Femius Koenderink.

Program
09.00
Registration desk opens (Congress Centre, Science Park 125)
09.30
Opening
09:45
Dr. Zorana Zeravcic, ESPCI, France – Self-Organizing Active Chains: From Environmental Interactions to Adaptive Learning
10:30
Prof.dr.ir. Wilfred G. van der Wiel, University of Twente, The Netherlands – In-materia speech recognition
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Prof. Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands – Neuromorphic computing in chemical reaction networks – towards intelligent molecular systems
12:00
Dr. Marianne Bauer, TU Delft, The Netherlands – Optimizing computations during gene regulation
12:30
Lunch and poster session @ AMOLF
14:00
Prof.dr. Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, TU Eindhoven The Netherlands – How glassy are neural networks?
14:30
Dr. Menachem (Nachi) Stern, AMOLF Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Learning without neurons in physical systems
15:00
Tea break
15:30
Prof. Sylvain Gigan, ENS Paris, France – Optical machine learning exploiting disorder
16:15
Closing
16:30
Drinks @ AMOLF
Visitor information
Category
Symposium
Date
22 May, 2025
Time
09:30 - 17:30
Location
Turing room, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre Science Park 125, Amsterdam
Organizer
AMOLF
Registration fee
Closed
Featured speakers
Dr. Zorana Zeravcic
ESPCI, France
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