Plenary Progress Meeting n°5

From the 15/11/2023 to the 16/11/2023, at Vienna, Austria.

The purpose of this meeting is to review the progress of our ongoing FVLLMONTI project, and to ensure that we remain on track towards our shared goals.

Over the course of this meeting, we discussed the issues that our WPL have faced since march 2023, the implemented solutions to solve them, and the ideas or concrete steps that we need to implement, in order to continue moving forward.

AGENDA:

Day 1

• WP7 Progresses: Meeting objectives and future actions (Cristell MANEUX, Axel POMEPUI-GUIHARD)
• WP5 Progresses: CNN Architecture for talk (Giovanni ANSALONI)
• WP4 Progresses: VNWFET based 3D NN compute cube design (N²C²) (Ian O'CONNOR)
• WP3 Progresses: TCAD And compact modeling (Oskar BAUMGARTNER)

Day 2

• WP2 Progresses: Parameter extraction ( Chandak MUKHERJEE)
• WP1 Progresses: Fabrication of VNW techonologies from devices to logic blocks ( Guilhem LARRIEU)
• WP6 Progresses: Dissemination & Exploitation activities ( Jens TROMMER, Axel POMEPUI GUIHARD)
• Outlook and plans for next steps

It is also an opportunity to share knowledge and expertise too, with view to prepare the second EU review, incoming in february 2024; and ensure that we are all working together effectively to produce innovative, quality, scientific research; respecting our legal and financial obligations towards the European commission. 

European Night of research participation

On September 29, 2023, several members of the FVLLMONTI consortium are invited to take part in the European Researchers' Night event at Cap Sciences in Bordeaux.

Our involved searchers and members are the following ones: 

• Chhandak MUKHERJEE, WP2L as an invited searcher on individual and dedicated activities: speed searching, future and science discussion with publics. 
• Marina DENG, WP2M, as an invited searcher on individual activities: speed searching, future and science discussion with publics. 
• Cristell MANEUX, WP7L as an invited searcher on grouped activities: short conference with cultural intermediary. 
• Yifan WANG, WP2D, as an invited PhD student, on individual and grouped activities: short conference with cultural intermediary; meet in the dark and discussion with publics. 
• GUIHARD Axel, WP7M, as EU project manager, event organizator and coordonator. 

This event, led by the University of Burgundy for the French part of this European event, is an important part of our dissemination activities to the general public. All ages and people are met during this night.

On the program: workshops and demonstrations, participation in conferences aimed at popularizing our on-site activities, prospecting and presentation of European projects through permanent representation at the event.

LINKS: 

To get more informations about the event: https://www.cap-sciences.net/au-programme/evenement/grand-public/nuit-europeenne-des-chercheur-euses-2023/ 
Our apparition on CNRS revues: https://www.aquitaine.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/retour-sur-la-nuit-europeenne-des-chercheures-2023 

2nd Advisory Board Meeting

The secondAdvisory Board meeting of the FVLLMONTI project took place on 4 of July 2023. It has been tenued during a Zoom remote session. 

We've got the pleasure to welcome our new AB Member for the first time: Gérard CHOLLET.  

AB Members representing: 

• CEA-Leti: Thomas Ernst
• TSMC: Katherine Chiang
• Thales avionics: Sylvain Hourlier
• NUI Galwa Data Science Institute: John McCrae
• Nanyang Technology University: Mohamed Sabry Aly
• CNRS, Emeritus Dir: Gérard Chollet

Energy Efficient Embedded AI - Bordeaux Summer School

Bordeaux Summer School
19/06/2023-23/06/2023

The E3AI summer school is open to second year Master students, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, researchers and professionals with an interest in embedded artificial intelligence, deep learning, neuromorphic computing, natural language processing, spintronics and 6G communications.

Course content will address the consequent skill gap between embedded technology and deep learning applications, and will equip participants with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills needed to develop innovative circuit architectures and execute data intensive applications on resource-constrained devices.

This summer school is supported by FVLLMONTI, Hermes and RadioSpin, three H2020 European projects, and is co-organised with the Green AI (GrAI) chair in artificial intelligence and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. The event is the first in a series of similar bi-annual events organised by and for the Embedded Artificial Intelligence (EAI) transdisciplinary community.

https://bss-e3ai.u-bordeaux.fr/en/

Plenary Progress Meeting n°4

From the 22/03/2023 to the 23/03/2023, at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switerzland.

The purpose of this meeting is to review the progress of our ongoing FVLLMONTI project, and to ensure that we remain on track towards our shared goals.

 

Day 1

• WP7 Progresses: Meeting objectives and future actions (Cristell MANEUX, Axel POMEPUI-GUIHARD)
• WP5 Progresses: CNN Architecture for talk (Giovanni ANSALONI)
• WP4 Progresses: VNWFET based 3D NN compute cube design (N²C²) (Ian O'CONNOR)
• WP3 Progresses: TCAD And compact modeling (Oskar BAUMGARTNER)

Day 2

• WP2 Progresses: Parameter extraction ( Chandak MUKHERJEE)
• WP1 Progresses: Fabrication of VNW techonologies from devices to logic blocks ( Guilhem LARRIEU)
• WP6 Progresses: Dissemination & Exploitation activities ( Jens TROMMER, Axel POMEPUI GUIHARD)
• Outlook and plans for next steps

Over the course of this meeting, we discussed the issues that our WPL have faced since months ago, the implemented solutions to solve them, and the ideas or concrete steps that we need to implement, in order to continue moving forward. It was for us an opportunity to share knowledge and expertise too; and ensure that we are all working together effectively to produce innovative, quality, scientific research.

EU Review Meeting-Reporting Period 1

Holding our first review meeting with renowned European experts for our project, funded by the European Commission. Stay informed as we share updates and insights from this collaboration, shaping the future of groundbreaking solutions.

The purpose and role of EU experts in a review meeting for an EU funded project are to assess the project's progress, achievements, and compliance with the set objectives and guidelines, providing valuable feedback and recommendations to ensure its successful implementation and alignment with EU's objectives

You can have access to the project related EU data. We invite you to take information of all our activities and general frame of our activities on:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101016776/fr

Plenary Progress Meeting n°3

In the general project lifecycle progresses, at M12, the purpose of this meeting is to review the progress of our ongoing FVLLMONTI project, one year after its kick-off, and to ensure that we remain on track towards our shared goals.

Over the course of this meeting, we discussed the issues that our WPL faced since the last PPM, the implemented actions done until the meeting.It was for us an opportunity to ensure that we are all working together effectively to produce innovative, quality, scientific research.

Plenary Progress Meeting n°2

A one day progress meeting, tenued at the University of Bordeaux, France

The purpose of this meeting is to review the progress of our ongoing FVLLMONTI project, and to ensure that we remain on track towards our shared goals.

Over the course of this meeting, we discussed the issues that our WPL faced since the begining of the project, the implemented actions done until the meeting, and the ideas or concrete steps that we need to implement, in order to continue moving forward. It was for us an opportunity to ensure that we are all working together effectively to produce innovative, quality, scientific research.

1st Advisory Board Meeting

The first Advisory Board meeting of the FVLLMONTI project took place on 21 of June 2021 at the Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS) in Bordeaux (France). Also, a remote session was available. 

AB Members representing: 

• CEA-Leti: Thomas Ernst
• TSMC: Katherine Chiang
• Thales avionics: Sylvain Hourlier
• NUI Galwa Data Science Institute: John McCrae
• Nanyang Technology University: Mohamed Sabry Aly

Plenary Progress meeting n°1

With view to frame the general habits, ways of working and practices which permit a well follow-up and management of our project lifecycle: a general meeting has been tenued, to inform all our partners about the decided process to follow in question.

Project management centred meeting axis.

Georgetta BORDEA is in charge of the project management. Working with Cristell Maneux as WP7 Leaders, both of them created the FVLLMONTI way of doing. 

• Performance & Excellence
• Communication
• Trust & Resilience
• Respect for everyone's time
• Professionnalism & Habits

FVLLMONTI project Kick-off Meeting

The mission and objective of this meeting is to take advantage of, lay the foundations for, and take up the challenges that the consortium may face in the various sectors of activity targeted by its intervention and research, for the project but above all in the projections for the future of which it is the subject.

We're a diverse, skilled consortium, ready to drive innovation and foster collaboration.

Meeting discussion points expectations:

Project Overview: Goals and scope framing.
Work Packages: Divide tasks and set a common timeline.
Resource Allocation: Fix the allocate funds and personnel concerns.
Ethical Considerations: AI related concerns and developpement framing.
Risk Management: Mitigate potential setbacks and fix risks.
Communication: Foster open collaboration within and outside the consortium.
Data Management: Secure and comply with GDPR.
Dissemination: Share findings and maximize impact.