Global Innovation Network Programme (GINP)

Neuromorphic Imaging in Space

Workshop on Neuromorphic Imaging in Space, 2026

6–9 October 2026 · Technical University of Denmark (DTU) · Anker Engelundsvej Building 101

Tuesday 6 October

Building 101 · Room S14

09:00

Coffee, tea and Croissants

Where are we with our activities – technical discussions – how best to take advantage of the larger meeting 7–8 October.

10:30–11:00

Coffee and tea break

12:00–13:00

Lunch

We will look at some of the drone and rover activities at DTU.

14:30–15:00

Coffee and tea break

Wednesday 7 October

Building 101 · Room S12

08:30–08:55

Registration, coffee and croissants

08:55

Welcome

Torsten Neubert

09:00–09:20

Event Based Cameras on the International Space Station

Matthew G McHarg , Space Physics and Atmospheric Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, USA

09:30–09:50

Neuromorphic imaging of thunderstorms from the ISS: from Thor-Davis to Davis-Li

Olivier Chanrion , Department for Space Research and Space Technology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space)

10:00–10:20

Neuromorphic Engineering in Space: The paradox of biological inspiration for an environment notoriously devoid of biology

Gregory Cohen , Western Sydney University

10:30–11:00

Coffee and tea break

11:00–11:20

Some ESA activities in Neuromorphic Imaging

Pierre Goux , ESA

11:30–12:00

Development and Validation of Event-Based Vision Technologies for the EventSat Mission

Lara Schuberth , Technical University of Munich

12:00–13:00

Lunch

13:00–13:20

Neuromorphic Vision and Compute for Space: Integration Pathways, Test Strategies, and Radiation Outlook

Ivan Rodriguez Fernandez , Coros Space, Paris, France

13:30–13:50

Ruggedization of an event camera for low-earth orbit

Dan Bhanderi, Tsampikos Kounalakis , Terma Space, Space Sensors, IPD

14:00–14:20

Object Pose Tracking and Visual Servoing with Event Cameras

Arren Glover , Technologist, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

14:30–15:00

Coffee and tea break

15:00–15:20

NIGHTRIDER: Neuromorphic Cameras for Map-less Lunar Navigation

Frederik Saldern Nielsen, Simon Bøgh , AAU Space Robotics, University of Aalborg, Denmark

15:30–15:50

Embedded Event Camera processing for low-power and low-latency systems

Jörg Conradt , KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

16:00–18:00

Rest and Mingling

18:00

Dinner at DTU Faculty Club

Thursday 8 October

Building 101 · Room S12

09:00–09:20

Time-event cameras for astronomical applications in the context of the BOOTES Network

Ignacio Pérez-Ramírez , Instituto Astrofísica Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Granada – Andalucía, A. J. Castro-Tirado , IAA-CSIC and Universidad de Málaga

09:30–09:50

An event camera for space surveillance and tracking applications in Greenland

Per Thomsen, Line Drube, Niels Andersen and Nicolas Pedersen

10:00–10:20

Applying Event-Based Vision to space Imaging from ground to near-space

Nicholas Owen Ralph , International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS), Western Sydney University

10:30–11:00

Coffee and tea break

11:00–11:20

From Events to Awareness: Neuromorphic Perception and Algebraic Cognitive Maps for Dynamic Environments

Paul Kirkland , International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS), Western Sydney University

11:30–12:00

Computing with structure: insight from biosensors

Alexander Hadjivanov , Advanced Concepts Team at the European Space Agency

12:00–13:00

Lunch

13:00–13:20

Opportunities for custom event-driven processing and sensing Integrated Circuits in space research

Ole Richter , Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Compute)

13:30–13:50

Synthetic Data Generation of Event Cameras in Lunar Environments

Anton Bjørndahl Mortensen, Frederik Saldern Nielsen , Department of Electronic Systems, AAU Space Robotics

14:00–14:20

Neuro-Lightning: Ground-Based Event-Camera Observations of Natural and Upward Lightning

Dongshuai Li , Department of Applied Physics and Science Education (APSE), TU/e, and DTU Space

14:30–15:00

Coffee and tea break

15:00–15:20

Neuro-Lightning: Optical reconstruction of Laboratory Discharges and natural Lightning

Nicolas Pedersen , Department for Space Research and Space Technology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space)

15:30–15:50

Recording lightning with event cameras: setup, software, and visualisation

Alexandre Marcireau , University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science

16:00–16:20

Structure-preserving receptive fields unlock microsecond-latency event-based sensory processing

Jens Egholm Pedersen , Institut for Elektroteknologi og Fotonik, DTU

16:30

Mingling and last words

Friday 9 October

Building 101 · Room S14

09:00

Coffee, tea and Croissants

How best to take advantage of the larger meeting 7–8 October, technical sub-discussions.

10:30–11:00

Coffee and tea break

12:00–13:00

Lunch

14:30–15:00

Coffee and tea break

Project Information (not fully updated)

About

The project will transfer knowledge of the promising neuromorphic imaging and AI technology to the Danish community. It allows groups at Aalborg University (AAU), Terma and DTU Space to strengthen collaboration with the International Center for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) of Western Sydney University, which a world leader in this field.

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