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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’.
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Engineering, Bistable Photonic Structures for Computing and Switching, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Award Date: 18 Dec 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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SPIKING PHOTONIC-ELECTRONIC IC FOR QUICK AND EFFICIENT PROCESSING (SPIKEPro)
Hurtado, A. (Principal Investigator), Clemente, C. (Co-investigator) & Porte Parera, J. (Co-investigator)
European Commission - Horizon Europe + H2020
1/03/24 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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ProSensing: Low-Power, High-Speed, Adaptable Processing-In-Sensing Capability
Hurtado, A. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Photonic spiking neural network built with a single VCSEL for high-speed time series prediction
Owen-Newns, D., Jaurigue, L., Robertson, J., Adair, A., Jaurigue, J. A., Lüdge, K. & Hurtado, A., 20 Mar 2025, In: Communications Physics. 8, 1, 9 p., 110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Programmable photonic extreme learning machines
Rausell‐Campo, J. R., Hurtado, A., Pérez‐López, D. & Capmany Francoy, J., 6 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Laser and Photonics Reviews. 10 p., 2400870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: "High-frequency dynamics of evanescently-coupled nanowire lasers"
Adams, M. J. (Owner), Jevtics, D. (Creator), Strain, M. (Owner), Henning, I. D. (Owner) & Hurtado, A. (Owner), University of Strathclyde, 4 Apr 2019
DOI: 10.15129/3dff40d8-ec87-4743-a46c-a6e9b5e3d255
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Data for: "All-optical binary convolution with a photonic spiking VCSEL neuron for image gradient magnitudes"
Robertson, J. (Creator), Zhang, Y. (Creator) & Hurtado, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 22 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.15129/51af27bc-8cc2-46a7-9088-1aad87e4340c
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Activities
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Photonic Spiking Neurons and Spiking Neural Networks
Hurtado, A. (Speaker)
11 Sept 2023 → 14 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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GHz-Rate Photonic Spiking Neurons and Spiking Neural Networks
Hurtado, A. (Speaker)
26 Sept 2023 → 29 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk