About
The Center for Brain-inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence, or C-BRIC, is a five-year project supported by $32 million in funding from the Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) via its Joint University Microelectronics Program, which provides funding from a consortium of industrial sponsors as well as from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The SRC operates research programs in the United States and globally that connect industry to university researchers, deliver early results to enable technological advances, and prepare a highly-trained workforce for the semiconductor industry.
The mission of the Center for Brain-inspired Computing (C-BRIC) is to deliver key advances in cognitive computing, with the goal of enabling a new generation of autonomous intelligent systems such as self-flying drones and interactive personal robots.
To address these challenges, C-BRIC will co-develop the next generation of neuro-inspired algorithms and theory, neuromorphic computing fabrics and distributed intelligence. We will leverage application drivers and cutting-edge testbeds already available with the PIs to provide context to the center’s research and evaluate its outcomes.
By bringing together a unique team of leading researchers from the fields of machine learning, computational neuroscience, theoretical computer science, neuromorphic hardware, distributed computing, robotics and autonomous systems, C-BRIC will pursue quantum improvements in cognitive systems that will be difficult for these communities to achieve independently.
The following ten universities have come together to pursue the goals of C-BRIC:
Research
The center’s research is organized into the following themes: (1) Neuro-inspired Algorithms and Theory, (2) Neuromorphic Fabrics, (3) Distributed Intelligence, and (4) Application Drivers.
Click the theme title for more information about the theme and the researchers on that team.
- Robust & efficient learning algorithms (beyond deep learning)
- From perception to inference, decision making & control
- Theoretical underpinnings of neuromorphic computing
- Neuromorphic architectures & computing fabrics
- Programming models & frameworks
- Neuro-mimetic circuits & devices
- Distributed cognitive processing (edge/hub/cloud, peer-to-peer)
- Multi-modal cognition
- Cognition on compressed data (communication-optimized)
- Self-flying drones
- Personalized robots
Presentations
CVPR 2023 Workshop on Event-based Vision, Kaushik Roy, Purdue
Advances in the quest to understand intelligence, Tomaso Poggio, MIT
Thoughts on Learning Theory, Tomaso Poggio, MIT
New Semiconductor Panel Discussion, Purdue Engineering with Anand Raghunathan
Reverse Engineering Visual Intelligence, James DiCarlo, MIT
The Science and Engineering of Intelligence, Tomaso Poggio, MIT
PODCAST: Brainy AI, Tomaso Poggio, MIT
Reverse engineering visual intelligence, Jim Dicarlo, MIT
Introduction to Brains, Minds and Machine, Tomaso Poggio, MIT
Our Team
Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Kaushik's Webpage Biography
Associate Director
Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Anand's Webpage Biography
Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science
Princeton University
Sanjeev's Webpage Biography
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Arizona State University
Yu's Webpage Biography
Ruth Yalom Stone Professor of Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
Kostas's Webpage Biography
Department Head and Peter de Florez Professor of Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Sumeet's Webpage Biography
Theme 1 leader
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Portland State University
Dan's Webpage Biography
Professor of Computer Science, Psychology, and Neuroscience
University of Southern California
Laurent's Webpage Biography
Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science
Purdue University
Suresh's Webpage Biography
Nemirovsky Family Dean of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
University of Pennsylvania
Vijay's Webpage Biography
Theme 3 leader
Robert Noll Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Vijay's Webpage Biography
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Yale University
Priya's Webpage Biography
Eugene McDermott Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tomaso's Webpage Biography
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Vijay's Webpage Biography
Theme 2 leader
Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Arijit's Webpage Biography
Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Arizona State University
Jae-sun's Webpage Biography
Jack Kilby Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Naresh's Webpage Biography
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Naveen's Webpage Biography
Contact Us
C-BRIC is located in the Department of Electrical Engineering on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University.
For additional information about the Center, please contact: C-BRIC#cbric.org.
- Center for Brain-Inspired Computing
- Electrical Engineering Building
- 465 Northwestern Ave.
- West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2035
Our Staff includes:
Director
kaushik(at)cbric.org
Kaushik's Webpage Biography
Associate Director
Raghunathan(at)cbric.org
Anand's Webpage Biography
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
cliyanag(at)cbric.org
Biography
Research Operations Manager
piegza(at)cbric.org
Postdoctoral Researcher
wwickram(at)cbric.org
Biography
Address of C-BRIC: