NeuroSys

Next generation innovation network NeuroSys

NeuroSys focuses on the development of a new technological vision of artificial intelligence (AI) in Germany. The actors of NeuroSys plan to create a competitive scientific and economic ecosystem within the area around Aachen.

Neural Networks - More Capabilities in the Field of Artificial Intelligence

NeuroSys discovers new ways within the creation of computer architectures due to its research within artificial neural networks. The results can be used in a wide range of application areas - including, for example, autonomous driving, learning systems, personalized medicine, language technology and energy.
Neuromorphic hardware components are modelled on the highly interconnected neurons and synapses of the human brain and can form artificially created neural networks. In contrast to today’s computers, the processing and memory parts are no longer separated from each other. This enables massive parallelization and avoids the energy-intensive and time-consuming data transfer of today's computers. Whereas conventional computer hardware is coming to its limits regarding its energy efficiency for AI applications, NeuroSys overcomes these limits by developing neuro-inspired hardware that enables a leap in energy efficiency.

An interplay of technical and socio-ethical expertise.

A broad spectrum of expertise comes together within NeuroSys: stakeholders from physics, material science, neuroscience, engineering and computer science cover the technical issues. Together with stakeholders from the economic sector, they create innovations. Above, experts from ethics and sociology integrate the public sector and political actors. RWTH Aachen University, as the nucleus, works closely with Forschungszentrum Jülich, a member of the Helmholtz Association, and an institute of the Johannes Rau Research Association, AMO GmbH.

Clusters4Future – NeuroSys selected as a next generation innovation network

The idea for NeuroSys was born in 2019 in response to the first call of the BMBF-Clusters4Future competition. In a multi-stage selection process, NeuroSys initially made it into the already funded conception phase in 2020 and was finally selected as one of seven next generation innovation networks in the beginning of 2021. Since January 2022, NeuroSys has been receiving funding for an initial three-year implementation phase.