TOURS

Tour spots are limited and on a first-come, first served basis. Please fill out the Tour Reservation Form to reserve your ability to attend all three tours.

**Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident to enter the tours. Documentation will be requested in advance of the tours**

CINT

The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) is a Department of Energy, Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center. CINT operates as a national user facility devoted to studying the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials and structures. CINT provides access to scientific expertise and advanced capabilities for researchers to synthesize, fabricate, characterize, understand, and scale nanostructured materials into the microscopic and macroscopic worlds.

NERL

Neural Exploration & Research Laboratory (NERL): The SNL NERL facility enables researchers to explore the boundaries of neural computation. The research conducted in the lab evaluates what is possible with neural hardware and software for national security benefit and the advancement of basic research. Consisting of a variety of neuromorphic hardware and algorithms, NERL provides a testbed facility for comparative benchmarking and architecture exploration. Exemplar large-scale systems include first- and second-generation Intel Loihi testbeds, such as the billion neuron Hala Point, as well as SpiNNaker 2 testbeds. These and additional neuromorphic systems we work with facilitate explorations into scale, communication bottlenecks, and other computational complexity factors. The lab also explores the performance and characteristics of ML accelerator technologies ranging from low size weight and power edge approaches to data-center neural network accelerators. Accompanying the hardware testbeds, a growing set of algorithmic capabilities support the exploration of algorithm-architecture interplay. This tour will showcase several neuromorphic systems as well as discuss research NERL enables.

AFRL

Space and Robotics Laboratories