Prof. Dr. Yulia Sandamirskaya

Work at ZHAW

Focus

• Robotics
• Neuromorphic Computing
• Cognitive Systems

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4684-202X

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Event-based LEarning, Vision, And conTrol for Embodied systems / Project leader / ongoing
• Balanced and Enhanced Collaboration for an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem / Team member / ongoing
• Robotics to support nursing home residents with dementia / Team member / completed
• RobotCare – User experience in development of service robots for elderly care / Project leader / completed
• Neuromorphic Technology for Embodied AI / Project leader / completed
• Emerging AI and computing technologies / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Yik, J., Berghe, K. V. d., Blanken, D. d., Bouhadjar, Y., Fabre, M., Hueber, P., Ke, W., Khoei, M. A., Kleyko, D., Pacik-Nelson, N., Pierro, A. R. D., Stratmann, P., Sun, P.-S. V., Tang, G., Wang, S., Zhou, B., Ahmed, S. H., Joseph, G. V., Leto, B., et al. (2025). The neurobench framework for benchmarking neuromorphic computing algorithms and systems. Nature Communications, 16(1545). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56739-4
• Wróbel, A., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Ott, T. (2025). Implementing a neuromorphic classifier for NIR spectra analysis of fruits. Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, 16(2), 222–232. https://doi.org/10.1587/nolta.16.222
• Renner, A., Supic, L., Danielescu, A., Indiveri, G., Olshausen, B. A., Sandamirskaya, Y., Sommer, F. T., & Frady, E. P. (2024). Neuromorphic visual scene understanding with resonator networks. Nature Machine Intelligence, 6(6), 641–652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-024-00848-0
• Stewart, T. C., Schuman, C., Sandamirskaya, Y., Furber, S., & Indiveri, G. (2024). Focus on benchmarks for neuromorphic computing. Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, 4(4), 40202. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4386/ad962f
• Renner, A., Supic, L., Danielescu, A., Indiveri, G., Frady, E. P., Sommer, F. T., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2024). Visual odometry with neuromorphic resonator networks. Nature Machine Intelligence, 6(6), 653–663. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-024-00846-2

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Vasilache, A., Scholz, J., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Becker, J. (2025). Evolving spatially embedded recurrent spiking neural networks for control tasks. In W. Senn, M. Sanguineti, A. Saudargiene, I. V. Tetko, A. E. P. Villa, V. Jirsa, & Y. Bengio (Eds.), Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2025 (pp. 66–77). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04555-3_6

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Amaya, C., Eames, E., Palinauskas, G., Perzylo, A., Sandamirskaya, Y., & von Arnim, A. (2024). Neuromorphic force-control in an industrial task : validating energy and latency benefits [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 717–724. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802430
• Hajizada, E., Swaminathan, B., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2024). Continual learning for autonomous robots : a prototype-based approach [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 13988–13995. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802683
• Azzalini, L., Glüge, S., Struckmeier, J., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2024). Event-based hand detection on neuromorphic hardware using a sigma delta neural network [Conference paper]. In M. Wand, K. Malinovská, J. Schmidhuber, & I. V. Tetko (Eds.), Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2024 (pp. 353–364). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72359-9_26
• Wróbel, A., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Ott, T. (2023, September). A spiking neural network for classifying NIR spectra of fruits. International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications (NOLTA), Catania, Italy, 26-29 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30070

Other publications

• Sandamirskaya, Y., & Gerber, N. (2025). Robotikanwendungen für Pflegeheime. Transfer, 2025(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33344
• Gerber, N., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2025). Lieber Roboter, kannst du mir bitte helfen? Clinicum, 2025(4), 31–32. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34080

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Gerber, N., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2025, October 31). RobotCare in der Langzeitpflege : was ist heute schon Praxis und morgen vorstellbar. RigahauSymposium Zita us Gold, Chur, Schweiz, 31. Oktober 2025.
• Gerber, N., Diez, K., Zigan, N., & Sandamirskaya, Y. (2025, May 22). Demenz und Robotics. RobotCare Zukunftsworkshop «Weiterentwicklung von Sozialen Robotern für den Einsatz in der Demenzversorgung», Zürich, Schweiz, 22. Mai 2025.
• Sandamirskaya, Y., & Gerber, N. (2025, May 14). Einsatz von Robotern : Entlastung oder Konkurrenz? 5. Schweizer Hotellerie-Symposium im Gesundheitswesen, Suhr, Schweiz, 14. Mai 2025.
• Sandamirskaya, Y., & Gerber, N. (2024, June 21). Robotik für Heime – was ist möglich, was nötig? 9. Fachkonferenz – Das Pflegeheim der Zukunft, Blezinger Healthcare, Interlaken, Schweiz, 20.-21. Juni 2024.

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