Manuel Valentín
PhD Candidate Thesis Research Neuromorphic AI & Edge Learning Architectures
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolManuel Valentín is a resilient ASIC design engineer and PhD candidate at Northwestern University with 11 years of experience building low-power, radiation‑resilient, and AI‑embedded silicon for high‑energy physics, quantum readout, and edge systems. His research blends neuromorphic and biologically inspired learning with practical RTL-to-GDSII implementation, exemplified by NRCSTK, a novel on‑device training framework that sidesteps backpropagation through local learning rules and metabolic constraints. He has bridged academia and industry through funded collaborations with Fermilab, CERN, Columbia, and Cadence, and brings hands‑on expertise in Python/PyTorch simulation, spiking neural models, HLS, and cryogenic/harsh‑environment digital design. Previously he applied deep generative and Bayesian models to geoscience at Petrobras and delivered power and sensing solutions in industry, giving him a rare combination of theoretical rigor and production‑grade silicon delivery. An engineer who thinks like a neuroscientist, he targets ultra‑low‑power adaptability for edge AI rather than mere throughput.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Physics Physics, MSc. Physics Physics at Federal University of Rio de JaneiroDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Northwestern UniversityUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spanish, Catalan, English, Portuguese, German
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Github Skills (69)
python10
deep-learning10
jax10
data-science10
tensorflow10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
neural-network9
cli9
ssh9
command-line-tool9
las9
tui9
rust8
cmd8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
manuelblancovalentin/wolf
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:50 commits, 20 pushes in 1 year 1 month
manuelblancovalentin/tensorplot
Jun 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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