“The World's Highest Performance Asynchronous Temporal Contrast
Silicon Retina (and what you can do with it)”

This talk will describe recent developments in building a high quality spike-based temporal contrast silicon retina vision sensor and using it for vision applications. This sensor allows frame-free vision. After describing key features of the vision sensor design which enable its 120dB dynamic range, kHz pixel bandwith, and 2% contrast threshold mismatch, the talk will turn to novel procedural algorithms for computing low-level vision (e.g. orientation,motion) and high-level object tracking in an event-driven way. It will be argued that the combination of neuromorphic "address-event"representation and digital computation provides a tangible path towards realization of functional neuromorphic systems with distinct advantages compared with traditional approaches.