André Van Schaik
Director at CogniGron, University of Groningen (FSE)
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndré Van Schaik is a leading neuromorphic engineer and director with over a decade of experience translating neuroscience principles into low-power analogue ICs and spike-based signal processing systems. Currently holding the Furber Chair of Neuromorphic Systems Engineering and directing the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems in Manchester, he blends academic leadership with entrepreneurship as founder and CTO of Optera Solutions. His research focuses on spike timing, delays, and how computation can be implemented with tiny voltage spikes—an approach he argues is critical as process nodes shrink and conventional transistors exhibit poor matching at sub-1V supplies. André has a track record of founding technology companies that commercialize sensory and 3D audio processing, and he brings hands-on circuit design experience dating back to inventing optical sensors used in consumer devices. He holds a PhD in Neuromorphic Engineering from EPFL and combines deep theoretical insight with practical device- and system-level engineering. Less obvious is his consistent cross-disciplinary pattern: moving from auditory neuroscience and psychoacoustics to bioelectronics and commercial DSP products, showing an uncommon ability to turn brain-inspired ideas into real-world hardware.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Electrical Engineering, MSc, Electrical Engineering at Universiteit Twente - University of Twente in EnschedePhD, Neuromorphic Engineering, PhD, Neuromorphic Engineering at EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
English, Dutch, French, German
Github Skills (3)
simulator5
camera5
icns3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
vschaik/CARFAC
Dec 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 18 pushes, 2 comments in 3 years 4 months
vschaik/Conjugate-Gradient
Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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