Three Ph.D positions available with the QUEPE lab, with me as supervisor, starting on 1 November 2026: 1. Development of neuromorphic integrated circuits for physical AI 2. Development of security solutions for ICT and industrial systems based on silicon physical unclonable functions 3. Development and use of HPC codes for the design and analysis ofelectronic Continue reading "Three open Ph.D.…
Rankings have to be taken with a grain of salt, and the THE global reputation rankings published this week make no exception (link in the comments).This ranking methodology is based on processing results on large polls considering quality of education and of research. 13 Italian universities are in the top 300 reputation list, not too Continue reading "THE global reputation rankings 2025 and…
Ogni anno alcuni ricercatori di Stanford, in collaborazione con Elsevier-Scopus, aggiornano la lista di 100mila scienziati che formano il top 2% in 176 discipline, calcolata utilizzando le citazioni degli ultimi 15 anni, estratte dal database Scopus. La lista è disponibile pubblicamente insieme alla metodologia di standardizzazione dei dati e ai codici utilizzati…
Fantastic lecture by Bill Dally (NVIDIA) on Deep Learning Hardware. With one clear lesson: DEEP LEARNING WAS ENABLED BY HARDWARE. The theory and the algorithms were known since few decades, but deep learning only started to work when computing hardware became sufficiently advanced to enable the training of a complex network in a reasonable time Continue reading "Trends in Deep Learning Hardware by…
This is BIG! On track to be the discovery of the year! Large international team found contender to the title of heaviest animal ever. Breakthrough paper on Nature with lead author paleontologist prof. Giovanni Bianucci, Univ. Pisa. Congrats to Giovanni bianucci, Marco Merella, Alberto Collareta from Univ. Pisa, Dept. of Earth Sciences, and to all Continue reading "This is BIG!" The post This is…
There are two good routes for a 1-2-3-year postdoctoral fellowship to work on Neuromorphic chips at the University of Pisa. Apply to a MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship indicating our lab (QUEPE Quantum Engineering and Physical Electronics) at the University of Pisa as the host istitution. We can help with the preparation of the proposal. The deadline Continue reading "Interested in a MSCA+…
Il 28 dicembre sono stati selezionati dall’ANVUR i 180 dipartimenti eccellenza delle università statali per il quinquennio 2023-2027, valutati sulla base valutazione della ricerca svolta nel quinquennio 2015-2019 e di un progetto scientifico, organizzativo e didattico per il periodo 2023-2027. I dipartimenti delle università statali sono oggi 787: 350 sono stati selezionati per la seconda Continue…
There s a lot of research activity on new electronic and optoelectronic devices based on vertical heterostructures of 2D materials, because there are many materials available and even more combinations. To accelerate materials selection and to support experiments it is important to be able to simulate their behaviour in a way that is quantitatively predictive and Continue reading "Some progress in…
Questo il testo di una lettera che ho mandato a tutti i colleghi dell Università stamani (ormai questo blog sta diventando un diario pubblico): Care e cari Scrivo per ringraziare calorosamente tutti coloro che hanno votato per me nel primo turno, apprezzando in modo concreto la mia proposta per l Università. Sono voti belli e importanti per Continue reading "Verso il secondo turno" The post Verso…
A new paper is out: All-Analog Silicon Integration of Image Sensor and Neural Computing Engine for Image Classification, a collaboration among Università della Calabria, Quantavis and Università di Pisa. A single silicon chip demonstrator including image sensors and a low-resolution image classification neural network, all based on analog computing and signal processing on standard CMOS Continue…