Project Grant 2344415

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award provides $650,000 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop energy-efficient optical brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing devices. The project aims to establish a 3D nanofabrication platform that combines DNA-programmable assembly and conventional lithographic methods to create novel optical metamaterials and integrate them into neuromorphic computing devices. This approach seeks to enable fast, parallel, and secure neuromorphic computing for diverse computation-intensive tasks such as image recognition. The project also includes STEM training and professional development opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.