Introduction
Lei Deng received his B.E. degree and Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Professor Yuan Xie at Scalable Energy-Efficient Architecture Lab (SEAL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA from 2017-2021. He is currently an Associate Professor at Center for Brain Inspired Computing Research (CBICR), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His research interests span the area of brain-inspired computing, machine learning, and computer architecture.
Dr. Deng has been involved in professional services such as serving as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neuroscience (section Neuromorphic Engineering), a Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, a Sesscion Chair for AICAS 2022, and a PC member for IJCNN 2021, ASAP 2021, and ISNN 2019. He was a recepient of 2021 Outstanding Youth Award of CAAI, 2021 Young Scholar of Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, and 2019 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China 2019. He serves as a reviewer for a number of journals and conferences.
Email: leideng@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D.
Tsinghua University (THU) 2012-2017, Center for Brain Inspired Computing Research, Research Domains: Brain-inspired Computing, Neuromorphic Chip, Machine Learning, Non-Volatile Memory, Complex Networks
Bachelor
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2008-2012, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrument, Research Domains: Robotics, Photoelectrics
Awards
THU:
Wu Wenjun AI Outstanding Youth Award of CAAI (2021), Young Scholar of Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (2021), MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China (2019), Ph.D. Graduate ‘Zijing’ Scholar of THU (top-10, 2017), Academic Rising Star of Department of Precision Instrument of THU (2017), Best Oral Award in the 1st PhD Forum of Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip (2017), First Prize of Comprehensive Scholarship of THU (2016), THU (China)-NSK (Japan) Friendship Best Paper Award (2016), Graduate Best Paper Award of Department of Precision Instrument of THU (2015), Graduate National Scholarship of China (2015), Best Oral Award in the “THU-CAEP” Ph.D. Student Summer Intern Defense (2015), Outstanding Ph.D. Student Summer Intern of THU (2015), Graduate Social Work Award of THU (2015), THU “12.9” Counselor Award (2015), Outstanding Student Cadres of THU (2014), Outstanding Student Cadres of Graduate Union of THU (2013)
USTC:
Second Place of USTC Robot Competition (2010), Undergraduate National Encouragement Scholarship of China (2010)
Research Summary
My research interests include Brain-inspired Computing, Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, etc.
Research Projects: