Yulia Sandamirskaya

Position:	Associate -- ended Sep 2022
Email:	ysandamirskaya@ini.uzh.ch
Work phone:	+41 44 63 53045
Home page:	http://www.sandamirskaya.eu
Location:	55g84

Yulia Sandamirskaya is leading a group ``Neuromorphic Cognitive Robots'' that builds brain-inspired computing architectures for robots using spiking and continuous neuronal dynamics. She is interested in long-term memory formation, sequence learning, sensorimotor maps learning, spatial cognition, and navigation, and aims at realising these processes in mixed signal analog/digital neuromorphic chips, interfaced to robotic systems. She builds neuronal architectures that can perceive, learn, and act autonomously in a closed sensor-motor loop.

Supervisor

Giacomo Indiveri

Publications

2022

Alpha Renner, Giacomo Indiveri, Lazar Supic, Andreea Danielescu, Bruno Olshausen, Friedrich Sommer, Yulia Sandamirskaya, Edward Paxon Frady Neuromorphic Visual Scene Understanding with Resonator Networks (in brief), NeurIPS 2022 Workshop on Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations, 2022
Alpha Renner, Lazar Supic, Andreea Danielescu, Giacomo Indiveri, Bruno A. Olshausen, Yulia Sandamirskaya, Friedrich T. Sommer, E. Paxon Frady Neuromorphic Visual Scene Understanding with Resonator Networks, arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12880, 2022
Alpha Renner, Lazar Supic, Andreea Danielescu, Giacomo Indiveri, Friedrich T. Sommer, E. Paxon Frady, Yulia Sandamirskaya Neuromorphic Visual Odometry with Resonator Networks, arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02000, 2022
Alpha Renner, Yulia Sandamirskaya, Friedrich T Sommer, E Paxon Frady Sparse Vector Binding on Spiking Neuromorphic Hardware Using Synaptic Delays, International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS 2022), 2022

2021

Antonio Vitale, Alpha Renner, Celine Nauer, Davide Scaramuzza, Yulia Sandamirskaya Event-driven Vision and Control for UAVs on a Neuromorphic Chip, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 103-109, 2021

2020

Alpha Renner; Matthew Evanusa; Garrick Orchard; Yulia Sandamirskaya Event-Based Attention and Tracking on Neuromorphic Hardware, 2020 2nd IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), 2020
Hajar Asgari, Babak Mazloom-Nezhad Maybodi, Raphaela Kreiser, Yulia Sandamirskaya Digital Multiplier-less Spiking Neural Network Architecture of Reinforcement Learning in a Context-Dependent Task, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, 10:(4) 498 - 511, 2020
Hajar Asgari, Babak Mazloom‐Nezhad Maybodi, Yulia Sandamirskaya Digital multiplier-less implementation of high-precision SDSP and synaptic strength-based STDP, Wiley Online Library: International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 48:(5) 724-738, 2020
Hajar Asgari, Babak M.-N Maybodi, Raphaela Kreiser, Yulia Sandamirskaya A Digital Multiplier-less Neuromorphic Model for Learning a Context-Dependent Task, 2020 2nd IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), 2020
Raphaela Kreiser, Alpha Renner, Vanessa RC Leite, Baris Serhan, Chiara Bartolozzi, Arren Glover, Yulia Sandamirskaya An On-chip Spiking Neural Network for Estimation of the Head Pose of the iCub Robot, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14: 551, 2020
Raphaela Kreiser, Gabriel Waibel, Nuria Armengol, Alpha Renner, Yulia Sandamirskaya Error estimation and correction in a spiking neural network for map formation in neuromorphic hardware, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 6134 - 6140, 2020 Error_Estimation.pdf
RK Stagsted, A Vitale, A Renner, LB Larsen, AL Christensen, Y Sandamirskaya Event-based PID controller fully realized in neuromorphic hardware: a one DoF study., IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 10939-10944, 2020
RK Stagsted, A Vitale, J Binz, A Renner, LB Larsen, Y Sandamirskaya Towards neuromorphic control: A spiking neural network based PID controller for UAV, Robotics: Science and Systems 2020, 2020
S. Baumgartner, A. Renner, R. Kreiser, D. Liang, G. Indiveri, Y. Sandamirskaya Visual pattern recognition with on on-chip learning: towards a fully neuromorphic approach, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2020

2019

Glatz, S.; Kreiser, R.; Martel, J. N. P.; Qiao, N. & Sandamirskaya, Y. Adaptive motor control and learning in a spiking neural network, fully realised on a mixed-signal analog/digital neuromorphic processor, IEEE International Conference on Robotcs and Automation, ICRA, 2019
Indiveri, G. & Sandamirskaya, Y. The importance of space and time for signal processing in neuromorphic agents, IEEE Signal Processing Magazin, 36:(6) 16-28, 2019
Kreiser, Raphaela and Waibel, Gabriel and Renner, Alpha and Sandamirskaya, Yulia Self-calibration and learning on chip: towards neuromorphic robots, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Breaking news, 2019
Kreiser, R.; Renner, A. & Sandamirskaya, Y. Error-driven learning for self-calibration in a neuromorphic path integration system, Robust AI for Neurororobotics Workshop, 2019
Liang, D.; Kreiser, R.; Nielsen, C.; Qiao, N.; Sandamirskaya, Y. & Indiveri, G. Neural State Machines for Robust Learning and Control of Neuromorphic Agents, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, 2019
Liang, D.; Kreiser, R.; Sandamirskaya, Y. & Indiveri, G. Robust Learning and Recognition of Visual Patterns in Neuromorphic Electronic Agents, 1st IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), 2019
Liang, Dongchen and Kreiser, Raphaela and Nielsen, Carsten and Qiao, Ning and Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Indiveri, Giacomo Robust Learning and Recognition of Visual Patterns in Neuromorphic Electronic Agents, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), 2019
Renner, A., Evanusa, M., Sandamirskaya, S. Event-based attention and tracking on neuromorphic hardware, CVPR 2019 Workshop on Event-Based Vision, 2019
Rückauer, Bodo and Känzig, Nicolas and Liu, Shih-Chii and Delbruck, Tobi and Sandamirskaya, Yulia Closing the Accuracy Gap in an Event-Based Visual Recognition Task, arXiv.org, 2019
Salt, L.; Howard, D.; Indiveri, G. & Sandamirskaya, Y. Parameter Optimization and Learning in a Spiking Neural Network for UAV Obstacle Avoidance Targeting Neuromorphic Processors, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 1-14, 2019
Tekülve, J.; Fois, Adrien; Sandamirskaya, Y. & Schöner, G. Autonomous Sequence Generation for a Neural Dynamic Robot: Scene Perception, Serial Order, and Object-Oriented Movement, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13:(95), 2019

2018

Cartiglia, M.; Kreiser, R. & Sandamirskaya, Y. A Neuromorphic approach to path integration: a head direction spiking neural network with visually-driven reset, IEEE Symposium for Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, 2018 pdf
Kreiser, R.; Aathmani, D.; Qiao, N.; Indiveri, G. & Sandamirskaya, Y. Organising Sequential Memory in a Neuromorphic Device Using Dynamic Neural Fields, Frontiers in Neuromorphic Engineering, 2018
Kreiser, R., Pienroj, P., Renner, A., and Sandamirskaya, Y. Pose Estimation and Map Formation with Spiking Neural Networks: towards Neuromorphic SLAM, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, 2018
Martel, J. N.; Müller, J.; Conradt, J. & Sandamirskaya, Y. An Active Approach to Solving the Stereo Matching Problem using Event-Based Sensors, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2018 pdf
Martel, J. N.; Müller, L. K.; Carey, S. J.; Müller, J.; Sandamirskaya, Y. & Dudek, P. Real-Time Depth from Focus on a Programmable Focal Plane Processor, IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems--I, 65: 925-934, 2018 pdf
R. Kreiser, T. Moraitis, Y. Sandamirskaya, G. Indiveri On-chip unsupervised learning in Winner-Take-All networks of spiking neurons, BioCAS 2017 424-427, 2018 pdf

2017

B. Duran, Y. Sandamirskaya Learning Temporal Intervals in Neural Dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, PP:(99) 1-14, 2017
C. Strub, G. Schöner, F. Wörgötter, Y. Sandamirskaya Dynamic Neural Fields with Intrinsic Plasticity, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 11:(74) 1-13, 2017
H. Blum, A. Dietmüller, M. B. Milde, J. Conradt, G. Indiveri, Y. Sandamirskaya A neuromorphic controller for a robotic vehicle equipped with a dynamic vision sensor, Robotics Science and Systems, RSS 2017, 2017
J.N.P. Martel, L.K. Muller, S.J. Carey, J. Muller, Y. Sandamirskaya, P. Dudek Real-Time Depth From Focus on a Programmable Focal Plane Processor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, PP:(99), 2017
J.N.P. Martel, L.K. Muller, S.J. Carey, J. Muller, Y. Sandamirskaya, P. Dudek Live demonstration: Depth from focus on a focal plane processor using a focus tunable liquid lens, Proceedings-IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2017
L. Salt, G. Indiveri, Y. Sandamirskaya Obstacle avoidance with LGMD neuron: towards a neuromorphic UAV implementation, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, 2017
M. B. Milde, A. Dietmüller, H. Blum, G. Indiveri, Y. Sandamirskaya Obstacle avoidance and target acquisition in mobile robots equipped with neuromorphic sensory-processing systems, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, 2017
M.B. Milde, H. Blum, A. Dietmüller, D. Sumislawska, J, Conrad, G. Indiveri, Y. Sandamirskaya Obstacle Avoidance and Target Acquisition for Robot Navigation Using a Mixed Signal Analog/Digital Neuromorphic Processing System, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 11:(28) 1-17, 2017
R. Lowe, A. Almer, E. Billing, Y. Sandamirskaya, Ch. Balkenius Affective–associative two-process theory: a neurocomputational account of partial reinforcement extinction effects, Biological Cybernetics, 2017

2016

Julien Martel, Yulia Sandamirskaya A neuromorphic approach for tracking using dynamic neural fields on a programmable vision-chip, Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Distributed Smart Camera 148-154, 2016
Julien Martel, Yulia Sandamirskaya, Piotr Dudek A Demonstration of Tracking using Dynamic Neural Fields on a Programmable Vision Chip, Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Distributed Smart Camera 212-213, 2016

2015

Billing, E. and Lowe, R. and Sandamirskaya, Y. Simultaneous planning and action: neural-dynamic sequencing of elementary behaviors in robot navigation, Adaptive Behaviour, 23:(5) 243-264, 2015
Luciw, M. and Kazerounian, S. and Lahkman, K. and Richter, M. and Sandamirskaya, Y. Learning the Condition of Satisfaction of an Elementary Behavior in Dynamic Field Theory, Journal of Behavioural Robotics Paladyn, 6:(1) 180-190, 2015
Rudolph, C. and Storck, T. and Sandamirskaya, Y. Learning to Reach after Learning to Look: a Study of Autonomy in Learning Sensorimotor Transformations, Proceedings of the IEEE IJCNN 1-8, 2015
Y. Sandamirskaya, M. Burtsev NARLE: Neurocognitive Architecture for the Autonomous Task Recognition, Learning, and Execution, Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 13: 91-104, 2015

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