Dr Antonio Hurtado
Reader
Institute of Photonics
Personal statement
I am a Reader and Turing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellow with the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK). I completed my Ph.D. at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. I have more than 15 years of international research experience in photonics, having worked at the Universities of Essex and Strathclyde (UK), the University of New Mexico (USA) and UPM (Spain). I was the recipient of two Marie Curie Fellowships awarded by the European Commission, and a Chancellor’s Fellowship from the University of Strathclyde, following which I was appointed as a Lecturer at Strathclyde’s Institute of Photonics in 2014. At Strathclyde, I have established and lead the Neuromorphic Photonics research group and have been Principal Investigator in programmes funded by UK (e.g. EPSRC), US (e.g. ONRG) and EU (e.g. H2020 Programme) agencies. Notably, in 2020 I was awarded a Turing AI Acceleration Fellowship by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Office and the UK Govt. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Dept., to develop a 5-year Programme on ‘Photonics for Ultrafast AI’.
Publications
- Programmable optical synaptic linking of neuromorphic photonic-electronic RTD spiking circuits
- Hejda Matěj, Zhang Weikang, Al-Taai Qusay Raghib Ali, Malysheva Ekaterina, Owen-Newns Dafydd, Figueiredo José M L, Romeira Bruno, Robertson Joshua, Dolores-Calzadilla Victor, Wasige Edward, Hurtado Antonio
- ACS Photonics, pp. 1-9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01199
- Differential evolution algorithm for compact and highly accurate photonic extreme learning machines
- Rausell-Campo Jose Roberto, Pérez-López Daniel, Hurtado Antonio, Capmany José
- 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR) 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR) 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), pp. 1-2 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo-pr60912.2024.10676608
- Optical spike amplitude weighting and neuromimetic rate coding using a joint VCSEL-MRR neuromorphic photonic system
- Hejda Matěj, Doris Eli A, Bilodeau Simon, Robertson Joshua, Owen-Newns Dafydd, Shastri Bhavin J, Prucnal Paul R, Hurtado Antonio
- Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4386/ad4b5b
- VCSEL-based photonic spiking neural networks for ultrafast detection and tracking
- Robertson Joshua, Kirkland Paul, Di Caterina Gaetano, Hurtado Antonio
- Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4386/ad2d5c
- Polarization modulation in quantum-dot spin-VCSELs for ultrafast data transmission
- Tselios Christos, Georgiou Panagiotis, Politi Christina, Hurtado Antonio, Alexandropoulos Dimitris
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol 59, pp. 1-8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.2023.3296732
- Brain-inspired nanophotonic spike computing : challenges and prospects
- Romeira Bruno, Adão Ricardo, Nieder Jana B, Al-Taai Qusay, Zhang Weikang, Hadfield Robert H, Wasige Edward, Hejda Matěj, Hurtado Antonio, Malysheva Ekaterina, Dolores Calzadilla Victor, Lourenço João, Castro Alves D, Figueiredo José M L, Ortega-Piwonka Ignacio, Javaloyes Julien, Edwards Stuart, Davies J Iwan, Horst Folkert, Offrein Bert J
- Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering Vol 3 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4386/acdf17
Research Interests
My research interests lie within Photonics for Neuromorphic Computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is a rapidly emerging scientific field combining concepts from diverse disciplines (e.g. photonics, neuroscience, computer science) seeking to emulate the brain’s powerful computational capabilities for new paradigms in light-enabled ultrafast brain-inspired computing and AI. I have established the Neuromorphic Photonics group at Strathclyde, which deliveres fundamental and impact-inspired research in this emerging field, with a main focus on novel ultrafast artificial photonic spking neurons, photonic spiking neural networks and optical spike-based processing platforms towards high-speed, energy-efficient, light-enabled, brain-inspired computing architectures.
Professional Activities
- GHz-Rate Photonic Spiking Neurons and Spiking Neural Networks
- Speaker
- 26/9/2023
- Towards chip-scale photonic spiking neurons and neural networks
- Speaker
- 26/9/2023
- Photonic Spiking Neurons and Spiking Neural Networks
- Speaker
- 11/9/2023
- Photonics for Spiking Neurons and Spiking Neural Networks
- Speaker
- 13/7/2023
- CLEO Europe 2023 - Joint Symposium 'Photonics for AI'
- Organiser
- 26/6/2023
- External Examiner/Assessor PhD Viva - Univ. Trento (Italy) & UiB (Spain)
- Examiner
- 15/6/2023
Projects
- SPIKING PHOTONIC-ELECTRONIC IC FOR QUICK AND EFFICIENT PROCESSING (SPIKEPro)
- Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Porte Parera, Javier (Co-investigator)
- 01-Mar-2024 - 29-Feb-2028
- ProSensing: Low-Power, High-Speed, Adaptable Processing-In-Sensing Capability
- Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Dec-2026
- PhotRad
- Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator)
- 01-Sep-2022 - 31-Mar-2023
- Ultrafast Terahertz Polarimetry Enabled by Semiconductor Nanowire Sensors
- Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Strain, Michael (Co-investigator)
- 04-Apr-2022 - 03-Apr-2026
- Photonic Spiking Neural Networks for Ultrafast Detection and Tracking
- Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Di Caterina, Gaetano (Co-investigator)
- 01-Nov-2021 - 30-Mar-2023
- Turing AI Fellowship: PHOTONics for ultrafast Artificial Intelligence
- Hurtado, Antonio (Fellow)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Dec-2025
Contact
Dr
Antonio
Hurtado
Reader
Institute of Photonics
Email: antonio.hurtado@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4668