BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1734@siliconbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260311T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260311T000000 DTSTAMP:20260306T100738Z URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/brighton-ai-under-the-hood-supercom puting-neuromorphic-ai-and-quantum-explained/ SUMMARY:Brighton AI – Under the Hood: Supercomputing\, Neuromorphic AI an d Quantum Explained DESCRIPTION:This Brighton AI meetup is for anyone who wants to understand w hat’s actually going on "under the hood" of the next wave of AI and hard ware\, without needing a PhD (or pretending you’ve already got one).\n## # What we’ll cover:\n\n\n Supercomputing for AI: What it actually is\, why it's the engine of the current AI boom\, and when a business actually needs it.\n Neuromorphic AI: How "brain-inspired" hardware can slash th e massive energy bills of modern AI.\n Quantum Sensing: Moving past the hype to see how quantum tech is already being trialled in rail\, defence\, and energy.\n\n### Our speakers\nAndy Forrester (HypeAccelerator Solution s Limited) Talk: Supercomputing for AI Andy is an innovation and data sc ience transformation specialist. He supports large\, complex organisations —across government\, aerospace\, and healthcare - to turn emerging tech into real-world delivery. He’ll explain the "heavy lifting" hardware tha t makes modern AI possible.\nProfessor Thomas Nowotny (University of Susse x / Sussex AI) Talk: Reducing AI energy consumption with neuromorphic har dware Thomas is a Professor of Informatics and co-director of the “Suss ex AI” Centre of Excellence. He works in Computational Neuroscience and Biomimetic AI. He’ll show us how moving to "event-based" machine learnin g can help stop AI from consuming quite so much electricity.\nFedja Orucev ic &\; Thomas Coussens (Spectomiq) Talk: Quantum — What is it and wh at are the commercial applications? A University of Sussex spin-out\, Spe ctomiq is moving quantum tech from the lab to the ground. They’ll explai n how their patented sensing arrays pick out signals from "noisy" environm ents in real-time. We'll look at three big use cases:\n\n\n Rail: Pinpoi nting train locations without visual confirmation.\n Defence: Navigating in "GPS-denied" environments.\n Energy: Detecting defects in EV batteri es without invasive testing.\n\n### Format\n\n\n 18:00: Arrivals + drink s\n 18:15: Welcome (Brighton AI)\n 18:20: Three 15-minute lightning ta lks\n 19:15: Combined Audience Q&\;A\n 19:40: Informal chats + netw orking\n 20:00: Close\n\n### 📍 How to find us\nVenue: Sussex Innovat ion Centre\, Science Park Square\, Falmer\, BN1 9SB. View on Google Maps ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://siliconbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/Website-Images-1.png CATEGORIES:Brighton AI,Silicon Brighton Event LOCATION:Sussex Innovation Centre\, University of Sussex\, Science Park Sq uare\, Falmer\, BN1 9SB\, East Sussex \, United Kingdom GEO:50.866367;-0.08508 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Sussex\, Sci ence Park Square\, Falmer\, BN1 9SB\, East Sussex \, United Kingdom;X-APPL E-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sussex Innovation Centre:geo:50.866367,-0.08508 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR