Feedback control with a brain-in-a-box

Our long-term goal is to create a capability to use brain-organoids as low-power computing platforms for various nonproliferation and nuclear security applications. Such a platform could revolutionize field applications where low-power edge computing is needed for feedback control and/or data processing. To develop this platform, we will use remote detection of isotopic signatures with lasers as our exemplar mission scenario.

Contacts: Kristofer Bouchard, Ankit Kumar

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