Memristor chip
Themis Prodromakis, Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Southampton, has received prestigious recognition from the 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK.
Professor Prodromakis, Director of the Centre for Electronics Frontiers in the University’s Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics has been selected as a Finalist in the category of ‘Physical Sciences and Engineering’ and will receive £23,000.
This award recognises his contributions in devising new computer hardware to support the rapidly increasing computational demands of AI applications. His transformative technology is built upon an electronic component known as a Memristor, which simultaneously stores multiple datasets in a single component.
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SPRINT backs UK five space tech projects
The UK’s Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology (SPRINT) – via funding from the UK Space Agency – is supporting five new space projects involving industry and university collaboration.
The universities involved are Edinburgh, Leicester and Southampton, and the startup companies are Absolar, ArchAI, Geospace Agricultural, Redshift, Trade in Space and XCAM.
The aims of the projects vary from using AI to detect buried archaeological remains on satellite imagery (ArchAI – University of Southampton) to using satellite analytics to track the greenhouse gas emissions from shipping fleets (Redshift Associates – University of Leicester).
The other projects include the use of AI to improve the accuracy of clean room monitoring for building critical space industry equipment (XCAM – University of Leicester), integrating satellite images, solar radiation and LiDAR with other data sources to provide organisations with a clear v
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