Jeffrey Shainline

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Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

Sep 27, 2021

Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represent NIST.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
0:44 - How are processors made?
20:02 - Are engineers or physicists more important
22:31 - Super-conductivity
38:18 - Computation
42:55 - Computation vs communication
46:36 - Electrons for computation and light for communication
57:19 - Neuromorphic computing
1:22:11 - What is NIST?
1:25:28 - Implementing super-conductivity
1:33:08 - The future of neuromorphic computing
1:52:41 - Loop neurons
1:58:57 - Machine learning
2:13:23 - Cosmological evolution
2:20:32 - Cosmological natural selection
2:37:53 - Life in the universe
2:45:40 - The rare Earth hypothesis