Cybersecurity software designed and developed in Greece, utilized by the large technology company Brainchip in the simulation and control of the most powerful neuromorphic nsoc chip (Akiδa) worldwide.
The nsoc Akiδa is already used to control NASA space flight.
It is a chip that functions like the human brain, possessing
1.200.000 neurons and 10 billion synapses. It is a product of the American company Brainchip Holdings. For the security control and execution of simulations of the Akida chip, the cyber security software was designed and developed in Xanthi by the laboratory of Mathematics and Informatics, of the Department of Civil Engineering, of the Polytechnic School, of the Democritus University of Thrace.
Specifically, it was developed in the context of the postdoctoral research of Dr. Konstantinos Demertzis under the supervision of Professor Mr. Lazarou Iliadis.
This software detects a large number of cyber attacks, at a minimum
seconds. Shortly after the research was published, the Laboratory of Mathematics and Informatics was in the spotlight of international interest from major news agencies such as Bloomberg.
"The collaboration started between my lab and Brainchip which is a technology company based in California and holding in Australia. "It is a big technology company, as can be seen from the reflexes they have," Mr. Lazaros IliadisProfessor and President of the Policy Department
Of Engineering at Democritus University.
"We have developed software that converts data into a time series of electrical signals to detect cyber attacks and even
with great efficiency "he explains in the show"A day in Athens”(15/9/20).
"They saw our publication from the company and after a month the founder of the company came to my office. He got on the plane and came. We had just done the application, we had published the results in a scientific journal and the CEO of the company came to Xanthi. We did a demonstration of our software, was impressed, saw the prospects of cooperation and immediately signed a non-disclosure agreement that we will never disclose the technical characteristics of our cooperation, with criminal and financial responsibilities.
Then the "monster of bureaucracy" delayed us for 6 to 7 months, we signed a contract, we started to cooperate and we developed the software according to the requirements of the company. As part of the collaboration, we did a course for a number of months
to the French Brainchip partners on how to use our Software ”
The Akida
Brainchip's research effort soon turned into an innovation product. Brainchip is currently conducting research in collaboration with NASA on the use of Akida in space flight control.
"This is a chip that works like the human brain," says Mr. L. Iliadis on the show. "Our brain works by transmitting electrical signals that are transmitted from neuron to neuron. Akida has improved Intel's previous neuromofic chip by 100 times. It contains 1,2 million neurons and 10,8
billions of nerve connections. It is far from the capabilities of the human brain but we have reached a point where we are approaching many of its functions. Of course, one wonders why NASA was interested.
Space flight control
NASA, in collaboration with Brainchip and Vorago, uses Akida to control space flight. For example, it tries to detect and deal with possible problems in space flight "says Mr. Iliadis regarding the prospects of the software, its applications and the collaborations that appear.
"It is a big program where VORAGO also participates, a company that ensures that Akida will not be damaged due to its large exposure to high radiation. We are proud to have contributed to this effort. In fact, Brainchip has
sign with a Nobel laureate in medicine in Australia to use it in medical applications. It is worth noting that efforts were made to use the cyber attack detection software we developed in Greece, but
we were completely ignored ".
