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Project sheet

Name

Brain-inspired Light Sensory AI computing using nanophotonic sensory spiking 3D neuron chips

Total project amount

250 thousand €

Amount paid

250 thousand €

Non-refundable funding

250 thousand €

Loan funding

0 €

Start date

14.03.2025

Expected end date

30.03.2026

Dimension

Resilience

Component

Qualifications and Skills

Investment

Science Plus Training

Operation code

13/C06-i06/2024.P1295330416

Summary

O projeto LightSensorAI visa avançar na ciência inspirada no cérebro, desenvolvendo neurônios nanofotônicos III-V com 100 nanômetros, mantendo propriedades avançadas de disparo não linear e baixo consumo de energia. Inicialmente, serão demonstrados nanopilares emissores e detectores de luz com efeitos de tunelamento ressonante quântico e armazenamento de carga para memória. Em seguida, esses neurônios serão escalados em arrays 2D e conectados em 3D com microlentes integradas, simulando a detecção e processamento de atividade de disparo em redes. O projeto validará o processamento espaciotemporal para aprender cenas visuais dinâmicas com baixa latência e consumo energético. A plataforma é ideal para sensores eficientes e processadores semelhantes ao cérebro, possibilitando computação em ambientes imprevisíveis e revolucionando o hardware em escala nanométrica.

Beneficiaries

Intermediate beneficiaries

Beneficiaries

Procurement

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To ensure and provide the utmost transparency in all these contracts, a list of the contracts that were signed under this project is available here, along with the information available on the Base.Gov platform. Please note that, according to the legislation in force at the time the contract was signed, some exceptions do not require the publication of the contracts signed on this platform, and, therefore, no information is available in such cases.

Geographic distribution

250 thousand €

Total amount of the project

Percentage of the amount already paid for implementing projects

, 100 %,

Where was the money spent

By county

1 county financed .

  • Braga 250 thousand € ,
Source EMRP
10.02.2026
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