People

Lab Director/PI

Cory Merkel headshot

Cory Merkel

Associate Professor

cemeec@rit.edu
585-475-4083

Current Research Assistants

Brain Lab Alumni

Shery Mathews
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2023)
Thesis: “Design of a Current Mode Circuit for Zeroth-Order Optimization of Memristor-Based Neuromorphic Systems”
Jacob Kiggins
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2022)
Thesis: “Development of a Bio-Inspired Computational Astrocyte Model for Spiking Neural Networks”
Sabrina Ly
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2022)
Thesis: “Quantum Solutions for Training a Single Layer Binary Neural Network”
David Pastuch
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2022)
Thesis: “Single-Input Signature Register-Based Time Delay Reservoir”
Joseph Zonghi
Computer Engineering MS (2022)
Thesis: “Towards Real-Time Classification of Human Imagined Language”
Dan Adams
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2021)
Thesis: “The Application of Echo State Networks to Atypical Speech Recognition”
Enzo Casamassima
Computer Engineering MS (2021)
Thesis: “Exploring CNN Features in the Context of Adversarial Robustness and Human Perception”
Tommy Li
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2021)
Thesis: “Model Extraction and Adversarial Attacks on Neural Networks Using Side-Channel Information”
Andrew Fountain
Computer Engineering BS/MS (2020)
Thesis: “Exploring the Influence of Energy Constraints on Liquid State Machines”