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Topic 

Spiking Intelligence:  Reconciling Physics and Algorithmics

Abstract

Spikes and rhythms organize control and communication in the animal world, in contrast to the bits and clocks of digital technology. As continuous-time signals that can be counted, spikes have a mixed nature. This talk will review ongoing  efforts to develop a control theory of spiking systems. The aim of spiking control systems is to reconcile the continuity of the physical world, which enables regulation and adaptation, and the discreteness of the algorithmic world, which enables automation and decision-making. Those two worlds have been increasingly separated in the digital age. We will discuss the relevance of a theory of spiking control systems in the emerging age of event-based technology.

About the speaker

Rodolphe Sepulchre is professor of engineering at the KU Leuven (Belgium) since 2023 and at the University of  Cambridge (UK) since 2013. 
He is a fellow of IFAC (2020), IEEE (2009), and SIAM (2015).  He received the IEEE CSS Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher 
Prize in 2008 and the IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award in 2020. He was elected at the Royal 
Academy of Belgium in 2013.  He was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Control Systems from 2020 to 2024.  He is a recipient of  two
ERC advanced grants (Switchlets (2015-2021) and SpikyControl (2023-2028)) and the coordinator of the MSCA network 鈥淓LEVATE鈥� (2026-2030).

Your host

Erik Steur, Assistant Professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering.

Registration is required but free of charge.