18-743 Neuromorphic Computer Architecture & Processor Design
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This course introduces the foundational concepts of neuromorphic computing. Provides brief overview of neuroanatomy to introduce the reference design of the human brain. Discusses the relationship of artificial intelligence, artificial neural networks and neuromorphic computing. Review some of the noteworthy early neuromorphic computing projects. This is a research project driven course with students working in teams of 2-3 students on a semester long project that can lead to innovative results. This course should provide actual research project experience for students. The goal is to provide research experience for IMB and MS students before employment and to prepare early PhD students for PhD research. The stretch goal is to give returning students in the following semester the opportunity to continue team projects as RAs to potentially lead to paper submissions to research conferences. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFFECTING RIGHTS: Because this course provides the opportunity to gain actual research project experience, as a condition to register for and by enrolling in this course, the student: 1. agrees not to seek patent protection for the student's coursework, 2. agrees that the coursework may be used or disclosed by CMU and its faculty, staff and students without restriction, 3. grants to CMU a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish, modify, create derivatives of, sublicense and otherwise use the coursework for academic, educational, publicity and/or research purposes, including for the purposes of licensing the coursework under an open-source license or creative commons license, and 4. freely and voluntarily consents to CMU using and/or disclosing the coursework in the manner described above to the extent any of it constitutes an educational record within the meaning of FERPA. If the student does not agree to the foregoing, the student cannot register for this course.
Prerequisites: 18-740 (min B)
Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026
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