Doctor Gregory Cohen

Doctor Gregory Cohen

Deputy Director - International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems,
International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems

Associate Professor in Neuromorphic Systems-Algorithms,
International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems

Associate Professor in Neuromorphic Systems-Algorithms,
Dean's Unit, School of Eng, Design & Built Enviro.

Biography

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems
  • International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems
  • Dean's Unit, School of Eng, Design & Built Enviro.

Contact

Email: G.Cohen@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 47360 859
Mobile: 0478845448
Location: BA.2.02
Penrith (Werrington South)

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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Jolley, A., Afshar, S., Cohen, G., Pahlavani, R. and Lambert, A. (2023), 'Neuromorphic sensor event-rate monitoring for satellite characterization', Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol 60, no 3 , pp 753 - 764.
  • Ralph, N., Marcireau, A., Afshar, S., Tothill, N., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2023), 'Astrometric calibration and source characterisation of the latest generation neuromorphic event-based cameras for space imaging', Astrodynamics, vol 7, no 4 , pp 415 - 443.
  • Jolley, A., Cohen, G., Joubert, D. and Lambert, A. (2022), 'Evaluation of event-based sensors for satellite material characterization', Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol 59, no 2 , pp 627 - 636.
  • McHarg, M., Balthazor, R., McReynolds, B., Howe, D., Maloney, C., O?Keefe, D., Bam, R., Wilson, G., Karki, P., Marcireau, A. and Cohen, G. (2022), 'Falcon neuro : an event-based sensor on the International Space Station', Optical Engineering, vol 61, no 8 .
  • Cohen, G. (2022), 'Gooaall!!! : why we built a neuromorphic robot to play foosball', IEEE Spectrum, vol 59, no 3 , pp 44 - 50.
  • Milde, M., Afshar, S., Xu, Y., Marcireau, A., Joubert, D., Ramesh, B., Bethi, Y., Ralph, N., El Arja, S., Dennler, N., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2022), 'Neuromorphic engineering needs closed-loop benchmarks', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 16 .
  • Ralph, N., Joubert, D., Jolley, A., Afshar, S., Tothill, N., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2022), 'Real-time event-based unsupervised feature consolidation and tracking for space situational awareness', Frontiers in Naeuroscience, vol 16 .
  • Bethi, Y., Xu, Y., Cohen, G., Van Schaik, A. and Afshar, S. (2022), 'An optimized deep spiking neural network architecture without gradients', IEEE Access, vol 10 , pp 97912 - 97929.
  • Xu, Y., Afshar, S., Wang, R., Cohen, G., Thakur, C., Hamilton, T. and Schaik, A. (2021), 'A biologically inspired sound localisation system using a silicon cochlea pair', Applied Sciences, vol 11, no 4 .
  • Joubert, D., Marcireau, A., Ralph, N., Jolley, A., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2021), 'Event camera simulator improvements via characterized parameters', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 15 .
  • Afshar, S., Ralph, N., Xu, Y., Tapson, J., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2020), 'Event-based feature extraction using adaptive selection thresholds', Sensors, vol 20, no 6 .
  • Afshar, S., Nicholson, A., Schaik, A. and Cohen, G. (2020), 'Event-based object detection and tracking for space situational awareness', IEEE Sensors Journal, vol 20, no 24 , pp 15117 - 15132.
  • Kong, F., Lambert, A., Joubert, D. and Cohen, G. (2020), 'Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing using spatial-temporal data from an event-based image sensor', Optics Express, vol 28, no 24 , pp 36159 - 36175.
  • Afshar, S., Hamilton, T., Tapson, J., van Schaik, F. and Cohen, G. (2019), 'Investigation of event-based surfaces for high-speed detection, unsupervised feature extraction, and object recognition', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 12 .
  • Cohen, G., Afshar, S., Morreale, B., Bessell, T., Wabnitz, A., Rutten, M. and Schaik, A. (2019), 'Event-based sensing for Space Situational Awareness', Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol 66, no 2 , pp 125 - 141.
  • Cohen, G., Afshar, S., Orchard, G., Tapson, J., Benosman, R. and van Schaik, A. (2018), 'Spatial and temporal downsampling in event-based visual classification', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol 29, no 10 , pp 5030 - 5044.
  • Bellot-Saez, A., Cohen, G., Schaik, A., Ooi, L., Morley, J. and Buskila, Y. (2018), 'Astrocytic modulation of cortical oscillations', Scientific Reports, vol 8 .
  • Wang, R., Thakur, C., Cohen, G., Hamilton, T., Tapson, J. and van Schaik, A. (2017), 'Neuromorphic hardware architecture using the neural engineering framework for pattern recognition', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol 11, no 3 , pp 574 - 584.
  • Karpul, D., Cohen, G., Gargiulo, G., van Schaik, A., McIntyre, S. and Breen, P. (2017), 'Low-power transcutaneous current stimulator for wearable applications', BioMedical Engineering Online, vol 16, no 1 .
  • Cohen, G., Orchard, G., Leng, S., Tapson, J., Benosman, R. and van Schaik, A. (2016), 'Skimming digits : neuromorphic classification of spike-encoded images', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 10 .

Conference Papers

  • Doucette, S., Lape, N., Swinicki, T., Dickey, K., Welsh, T., McHarg, M. and Cohen, G. (2022), 'Novel algorithms for novel data : machine learning for neuromorphic data from the International Space Station', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, Hawaii.
  • Wu, H., Fang, B., Xiang, C., Cohen, G., Schaik, A. and Ramesh, B. (2022), 'Evolving neuromorphic systems on the ethereum smart contract platform', IEEE Global Emerging Technology Blockchain Forum, Irvine, Calf..
  • Jolley, A., Cohen, G. and Lambert, A. (2019), 'Use of neuromorphic sensors for satellite material characterisation', Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, Munich, Germany.
  • Cheung, B., Rutten, M., Davey, S. and Cohen, G. (2018), 'Probabilistic multi hypothesis tracker for an event based sensor', International Conference on Information Fusion, Cambridge, England.
  • Cohen, G., Afshar, S. and Schaik, A. (2018), 'Approaches for astrometry using event-based sensors', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, Hawaii.
  • Cohen, G., Afshar, S., Tapson, J. and van Schaik, A. (2017), 'EMNIST : extending MNIST to handwritten letters', International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Cohen, G., Afshar, S., van Schaik, A., Wabnitz, A., Bessell, T., Rutten, M. and Morreale, B. (2017), 'Event-based sensing for space situational awareness', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Hawaii.
  • Wang, R., Cohen, G., Thakur, C., Tapson, J. and van Schaik, A. (2016), 'An SRAM-based implementation of a convolutional neural network', Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Shanghai, China.

Current Projects

Title: High-speed counting of black soldier flies for optimised waste recovery
Funder:
  • NSW Smart Sensing Network
  • ARC Ento Tech
Western Researchers: Alexandre Marcireau, Gregory Cohen, Ying Xu and Vijay Jayasena
Years: 2023-05-16 - 2024-06-01
ID: P00028777
Title: Evaluation of Event-based Cameras for Cis-Lunar Position, Navigation, and Timing FA2386-23-1-4005
Funder:
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Western Researchers: Gregory Cohen and Alexandre Marcireau
Years: 2022-12-17 - 2024-12-16
ID: P00028454

Previous Projects

Title: Event-Based Cameras and their Potential Applications to Space Situational Awareness
Funder:
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Western Researchers: Gregory Cohen and Andre Van Schaik
Years: 2018-11-15 - 2022-05-21
ID: P00024779
Title: Exploring the use of Event Based Imaging Sensors on Turbulence Characterisation and Adaptive Optics
Funder:
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Western Researchers: Gregory Cohen
Years: 2018-08-15 - 2021-08-14
ID: P00025220
Title: S&T Collaboration Plan between RAAF/ DST/ AFRL
Funder:
  • Department of Defence
Western Researchers: Gregory Cohen
Years: 2018-08-16 - 2018-09-30
ID: P00025315
Title: Event Based Sensor Space Situational Awareness Experiment
Funder:
  • Department of Defence
Western Researchers: Andre Van Schaik and Gregory Cohen
Years: 2017-03-01 - 2017-05-31
ID: P00023841
Title: Design of a space-based, low-power star tracking system using event-based cameras
Funder:
  • Department of Defence
Western Researchers: Andre Van Schaik and Gregory Cohen
Years: 2017-04-03 - 2018-08-31
ID: P00023925
Title: Feasibility of Event Based Vision Sensors servicing the Artemis Spacecraft [via The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)]
Funder:
  • Thales Australia Limited
Western Researchers: Andre Van Schaik, Gregory Cohen and Bharath Ramesh
Years: 2021-06-29 - 2022-06-25
ID: P00027429

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