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Biography
Dr Jim Harkin is Head of the School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems and a Reader in Embedded Systems. He is a member of the Computational Neuroscience and Neuromorphic Engineering team in the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) and previously worked as a post-doc researcher in embedded systems design at Ulster (2001-2004) on the EPSRC funded project (GR/N26753). His current teaching interests relate to embedded systems encompassing digital systems design, VHDL for FPGAs and system testing. Dr. Harkin leads research on the design of intelligent embedded systems and focuses on developing electronic computing systems that can self-repair under the presence of errors. In particular, his work explores how computer models of neural networks (brain like-repair) can be mapped to hardware to build highly efficient and reliable embedded computers. His work has seen innovations in Networks-on-Chip strategies and the hardware implementation of self-repairing Spiking Neural Networks, and is Co-founder of the medical analaytics start-up company Airbrio. He has secured grant funding of +£2.5 million from several sources including EPSRC, Innovate UK, HSC R&D, MRC, InvestNI and DEL and has published over +130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He was included in the University’s Computer Science (UoA 23) submission to the RAE 2008, and also UoA 11 in REF2014.
Keywords
- TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
- Neural network Hardware Systems
- Networks-on-Chip
- Fault tolerance
- Self-adapting strategies for electronic systems
- Reliable hardware systems
- FPGA Acceleration
- AI Hardware
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Research output
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Fault-Tolerant Networks-on-Chip Routing With Coarse and Fine-Grained Look-Ahead
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Li, Y. & Maguire, L., 19 Jan 2016, In: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 35, 2, p. 260-273 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scalable Networks-on-Chip Interconnected Architecture for Astrocyte-Neuron Networks
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Maguire, L., McDaid, LJ., Wade, J. & Martin, G., 23 Nov 2016, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 63, 12, p. 2290-2303 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile29 Citations (Scopus)77 Downloads (Pure) -
Homeostatic Fault Tolerance in Spiking Neural Networks: A Dynamic Hardware Perspective
Johnson, A., Liu, J., Millard, A., Karim, S., Tyrrell, A., Harkin, J., Timmis, J., McDaid, L. & Halliday, D., 25 Jan 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 65, 2, p. 687-699Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile19 Citations (Scopus)30 Downloads (Pure) -
SPANNER: A Self-Repairing Spiking Neural Network Hardware Architecture
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Maguire, LP., McDaid, LJ. & Wade, J., 15 Mar 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 29, 4, p. 1287-1300 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring Self-Repair in a Coupled Spiking Astrocyte Neural Network
Liu, J., McDaid, L. J., Harkin, J., Haji Karim, S., Johnson, A. P., Millard, A. G., Hilder, J., Halliday, D. M., Tyrrell, A. M. & Timmis, J., 19 Feb 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 30, 3, p. 865-875 11 p., 8423789.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile17 Citations (Scopus)35 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Life and Health Startup Company of the Year 2019 - InventNI
Harkin, Jim (Recipient) & Mc Daid, Liam (Recipient), 10 Oct 2019
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Adaptive Routing Strategies for Large-scale Spiking Neural Network Hardware Implementations
Carrillo Lindado, S. (Recipient), Harkin, Jim (Recipient), Mc Daid, Liam (Recipient), Pande, S. (Recipient), Cawley, S. (Recipient) & Morgan, F. (Recipient), 17 Jun 2011
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Best Wireless Project award
Harkin, Jim (Recipient), Mc Ginnity, Martin (Recipient) & Callaghan, Michael (Recipient), 2006
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'Biotechnology' category in the Northern Ireland Science Park 25K Award
Harkin, Jim (Recipient) & Mc Daid, Liam (Recipient), 2010
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Press / Media
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5 NI start-ups selected for global accelerator programme
4/03/21
1 Media contribution
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Pilot Study of Energy Consumption and Renewable Generation in Robotic and Conventional Dairying
Jim Harkin & Malachy Mc Elholm
25/06/21
1 item of Media coverage
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How this team is creating tech to help patients control their asthma
10/10/19
1 Media contribution
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Bio-inspired brain’ to help robots think for themselves
18/07/11
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities