Symposium EL04-Materials and Devices for Unconventional Computing

05.04.2027 (Monday) - 09.04.2027 (Friday) , 09:00 - 09:00
Seattle Convention Center / Hyatt Regency Seattle , Seattle, USA

The 2027 MRS Spring Meeting will take place from 5 to 9 April 2027 in Seattle, USA.

Principal Investigator Stephan Menzel is co-organizing the "Symposium EL04-Materials and Devices for Unconventional Computing".

This symposium will explore the rapidly evolving field of materials and devices designed for unconventional computing paradigms. As traditional CMOS-based computing approaches face limitations in scalability, power efficiency, and adaptability, unconventional computing methods such as neuromorphic, probabilistic, quantum, and other emerging models are gaining significant attention.
This symposium aims to bring together researchers from materials science and related fields, including device engineering and computer science, to foster interdisciplinary discussions and drive the development of next-generation computing technologies. Contributions from both experimental and theoretical studies are encouraged.
Sessions will focus on innovative materials and their processing, novel device mechanisms and architectures, and integrated systems that enable these non-traditional computing paradigms.

Topics will include:

Materials for Neuromorphic and In-Memory Computing
Probabilistic, Stochastic, and Ising-Type Computing Devices
Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Materials/Devices for Computing
Novel Device Mechanisms for Higher-Order and Time-Dynamical Computing
Spintronic, Magnetic, and Ferroic Devices for Unconventional Computing
Low-Dimensional and Emerging Material Platforms
Device Architectures for Compute-in-Memory and Non-von Neumann Systems
Processing, Integration, and Reliability of Emerging Materials/Devices
Device–Circuit–Algorithm Co-Design for Emerging Computing Paradigms

Invited Speakers:

Zhenan Bao (Stanford University, USA)
Dimitra Georgiadou (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
Seyoung Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
Duygu Kuzum (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Min Hyuk Park (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
Elisa Vianello (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
Zhongrui Wang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Joshua Yang (University of Southern California, USA)
Yuchao Yang (Peking University, China)