The Second Young Scholars Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing
Held in Conjunction With MIND 2025
Oct 31 to Nov 2, 2025, Xiamen
1. Aim and Scope
This conference aims to bring together researchers, engineers, and innovators to explore cutting-edge advancements in neuromorphic computing, a field inspired by the brain’s efficiency and intelligence. As the demand for energy-efficient, intelligent computing systems grows, neuromorphic technologies present transformative alternatives to conventional digital architectures. The event will foster interdisciplinary discussions on emerging topics—from novel materials and devices to brain-inspired algorithms and large-scale system integration—highlighting the latest breakthroughs and future directions. By bridging theory, hardware, and applications, the conference will serve as a platform for sharing pioneering research and accelerating the development of next-generation computing paradigms.
2. Workshop Topics
We invite contributions that present novel insights, methodologies, and breakthroughs in neuromorphic computing, with an emphasis on biologically inspired approaches to next-generation intelligent systems. Submissions should advance the understanding of neuromorphic hardware, algorithms, or applications, fostering innovation at the intersection of neuroscience, materials science, and computer engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following themes:
  • Spiking Neural Networks
    Training algorithms, model architecture design, applications (event-based multimodal perception,robot learning and control, etc.)
  • Neuroscience and Brain-inspired Computing
    Neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence, brain simulation, brain-computer interface, embodied intelligence
  • Neuromorphic Devices & Materials
    Emerging memristive, spintronic, and nanoelectronic components for neuromorphic computing
  • Neuromorphic Sensing
    Neuromorphic sensors, bio-inspired sensors, event-driven sensing, near-/in-sensor computing
  • Neuromorphic Architectures
    In-memory computing, and hybrid analog-digital designs
  • Benchmarking & Applications
    Neuromorphic benchmarks, and brain-inspired solutions for real-world problems in healthcare, robotics, IoT, etc.
3. Important Date
4. Paper Submission
• Submission portal: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MIND2025/Submission/Index
• Submission papers must be no longer than 6 pages for long papers and 2 pages for short papers, including all text, figures, and references. The accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings.
• We also welcome the submission of Abstracts (under 300 words) for published papers and ongoing works. The accepted Abstracts will be presented at the conference, but will not be included in the conference proceedings.
• Formatting guidelines and templates are available on: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
• Supplementary material (e.g., appendices, data, source code, resubmission information) can optionally be submitted by the paper submission deadline.
• Generative AI models, including ChatGPT, LLaMA, DeepSeek, or similar LLMs, do not satisfy the criteria for authorship of papers published in MIND 2025. If authors use LLMs in any part of the paper-writing process, they assume full responsibility for all content, including checking for plagiarism and correctness of the entire submission.
• All submissions will be thoroughly reviewed by experts in the fields.
5. Organizing Committee
6. Technical Committee (in alphabetical order by the last name)