CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS

Antoine Honet | Post-Doc Fellow

Antoine Honet is a Postdoc Fellow in our group at TU/e  since October 2023. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Namur in Belgium, followed by a Master’s Degree in Physics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium. During his Ph.D. at the University of Namur, Antoine studied electronic correlation effects using semi-empirical model Hamiltonian’s methods. Antoine’s research focus is on modelling electronic properties of novel materials using density functional theory simulations.

Simanta Lahkar | Post-Doc Fellow

Simanta Lahkar is working on atomistic and device modeling and simulations for phase-change materials-based neuromorphic computing implementation within the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project. Prior to this he was an Early Career Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology – Gandhinagar, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He received his M.Sc. in Physics and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, India

Filip Sabo | Ph.D. Student

Filip Sabo is a Ph.D. student at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and his Master of Science degree in Computational Science at the University of Vienna, Austria. His PhD research focuses on the machine learning algorithms for deep oscillatory neural networks and neuromorphic computing in the framework of Horizon EU PHASTRAC project.

Merlijn van Duijn | Master Student

Merlijn van Duijn is currently an Electrical Engineering Master’s student specializing in Electronic Systems at the Technical University of Eindhoven. She also earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Eindhoven. Immersed in her Master’s program, Merlijn is actively conducting research within the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project. Her focus is on comparing oscillatory neural networks (ONNs) and spiking neural networks (SNNs) running on a GPU.

Fancheng Du | Master Student

Fancheng holds a double bachelor’s degree from the University of Edinburgh and the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Integrated Circuits at Eindhoven University of Technology. Since September 2023, Fancheng has joined our team, actively engaged in his Master’s degree internship and thesis projects. His primary focus is on analog circuit design and simulation parts of Oscillatory Neural Networks (ONNs) in the framework of Horizon EU PHASTRAC project.

Edgar Luhulima | Master Student

Edgar Luhulima is an MSc student in Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology with a specialization in Electronic Systems. He is now working on his graduation project on the topic of digital ONN for multi-modal sensors and image processing in the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project.

Niek Simons | Master Student

Niek Simons is a Master student in Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, with a focus on Electronic Systems. He is currently working on his graduation project aimed at exploring the use of oscillatory neural networks for 3D obstacle avoidance.

Nil Dinc | Bachelor Student

Nil Dinç is a Bachelor’s student in Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. For the past two years, she has been the chair of student team Serpentine, which is currently working on real-time classification of motor imagery signals with the use of AI to control a physical system . She is currently working on her Bachelor End Project that focuses on analyzing EEG signals through the implementation of Oscillatory Neural Networks in the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project.

Vincent Cootjans | Bachelor Student

Vincent Cootjans is a Bachelor’s student in Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is now working on his final year bachelor project in the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project on the topic of analog ONN computing and hardware implementation for solving NP-hard problems using phase-locked loop oscillators.

Hamdi Ahmed | Bachelor Student

Hamdi Ahmed is a Bachelor’s student in Electrical Engineering at the Fontys University of Applied Science and also pursuing a pre-master program at the Electrical Engineering Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology.  He is currently working on an internship project on the circuit design and implementation of oscillatory neural networks for the Ising model visualization via oscillator phase dynamics in the framework of the Horizon EU PHASTRAC project. He enjoys analog and digital design of novel and challenging AI hardware projects.