Jafar Shamsi

Jafar Shamsi

PhD

Positions

Assistant Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Joint Appointment

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering

Full Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Affiliations

Schulich Research Chair

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Contact information

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Location

Office: CCIT116

Research

Areas of Research

Neuromorphic Computing

We build brain-inspired computing systems that run on ultra-low power, addressing the energy-intensive nature of modern AI. Our research spans the entire neuromorphic computing stack to bridge the gap between neuroscience and engineering:

  • Models: Developing brain-inspired models and algorithms that mimic how biological neural networks learn and perform tasks.
  • Hardware: Designing custom, energy-efficient microchips to run these models seamlessly.
  • Applications: Deploying these integrated systems into the real world, including biomedical wearables, assistive technologies, and edge AI devices.


For more details, please visit the Neo Computing Lab website.

Keywords: Neuromorphic Computing, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), Hardware-Software Co-design, Continual Learning, Digital Neuromorphic Hardware, FPGA-based Prototyping, Event-Driven Computation, Energy-Efficient AI, Biomedical Signal Processing (EMG/EEG), Wearable Assistive Technologies, Edge AI, Low-Power Real-Time Processing.

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