Research for a Novel Physical Reservoir

NIMFEIA
– Nonlinear Magnons for Reservoir Computing in Reciprocal Space –
is a collaborative research project which is funded by the European Union and brings together seven partners from four European countries to explore the potential of magnetic excitations and spintronic devices for a novel physical reservoir.

Our vision

NIMFEIA’s vision is to provide a novel hardware solution for physical reservoir computing using nanoscale magnetic elements combined with advanced spintronics technologies.

We base our approach on the disruptive idea of computing in reciprocal space, utilizing nonlinear interactions of quantized magnetic excitations.

These nonlinear interactions can be efficiently harnessed for reservoir computing tasks like pattern recognition and time series prediction with minimal pre-processing of input data.

By making use of the nonlinear interactions of different quantized magnetic excitations in individual spatially confined devices, such as a single magnetic disc, computing is done in reciprocal space without the need to transport information data in real space. 

News

• NIMFEIA consortium meets in NijmegenOctober 27, 2024
  Building on the success of the first project review, the NIMFEIA project consortium gathered for its second annual meeting on September 16–17, 2024. Hosted by Stichting Radboud Universiteit (RU) in Nijmegen, the meeting was a blend of collaborative review, strategic planning, and hands-on learning, set against the backdrop of Nijmegen’s world-renowned research facilities and the…
• Energy-saving computing with magnetic whirlsSeptember 23, 2024
  Researchers of the NIMFEIA consortium have managed to detect human hand gestures on the basis of Brownian reservoir computing, harnessing the diffusion and displacement of skyrmions. The article Gesture recognition with Brownian reservoir computing using geometrically confined skyrmion dynamics was published in Nature Communications. If you want to know more about Brownian reservoir computing using…
• European Neuromorphic Research Day: Bridging the Gap Between Science and InnovationMay 22, 2024
  On May 15, 2024, the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) hosted the European Neuromorphic Research Day, a dynamic one-day event that brought together about 100 researchers in the neuromorphic computing field. This gathering successfully fostered rich discussions on the advancements and future directions of neuromorphic computing. The event’s primary focus was on how Europe can…
• NIMFEIA sponsors the European Neuromorphic Research DayMarch 7, 2024
  On May 15, 2024, our partner INL will host a one-day research event to bring together coordinators, participants and collaborators from various European projects and industry partners in the field of neuromorphic computing, including spintronics, electronics, photonics and other approaches. Representatives of ten ongoing European research projects on neuromorphic computing and two representatives of very…
• Workshop on Neuromorphic MagnonicsJanuary 18, 2024
  In April this year, our colleagues from the EU-project k-NET will organize a workshop to bring together scientists working in the field of neuromorphic magnonics, foster discussions and new ideas, and exchange knowledge with experts working on other neuromorphic approaches. The workshop will take place 24–26 January 2024 in the FIAP conference center in the heart…