Venue: Churchill College, Cambridge
Date: 13–15th January 2026
Participants: 104 from 38 institutions
The NeuMat Winter School (Mechanism M4) was established as a central training and community‑building activity within the network, designed to equip researchers (PhD, postdoc, other ECR, industry, policymakers) with a coherent, cross‑disciplinary understanding of neuromorphic materials, devices and hardware systems. By combining fundamentals with state‑of‑the‑art research perspectives, the Winter School directly supports NeuMat’s objective of developing a skilled, connected and sustainable UK talent base in energy‑efficient AI hardware.
The programme was explicitly structured to span the full neuromorphic stack, from materials and devices through to circuits, systems and application‑level consideration, while also creating dedicated space for interaction between students, academic researchers and industry participants. In doing so, the Winter School complemented NeuMat’s live discussion meetings by providing a more in‑depth educational setting, fostering cohort formation among doctoral researchers, and strengthening pathways to future collaboration, funding and translation activities.
Programme highlights included:
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Lectures and workshops led by leading academics and industry experts:
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Professor Tony Kenyon (UCL)
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Professor Steve Furber (University of Manchester)
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Professor Regina Dittmann (Peter Grünberg Institute)
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Hands-on collaboration sessions facilitated by 64 Million Artists
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Emphasis on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and responsible research practices
A two-night stay at Churchill College (13 and 14 January), including all meals, was covered as part of the event.