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Amica Conference: Thermodynamic Approaches to Artificial Intelligence. March 9-11, 2026, Karuizawa, Japan.
Recent Posts
Tech. Note: Gates, States, and Circuits
Notes on the circuit model of quantum computing. Currently mostly an exposition on the menagerie of quantum gates.
Article: Thermodynamic natural gradient descent
We show that natural gradient descent can have a similar computational complexity per iteration to a first-order method, when employing appropriate hardware.
Preprint: Solving the compute crisis with physics-based ASICs
Physics-based Application-Specific Integrated Circuits present a transformative paradigm by directly harnessing intrinsic physical dynamics for computation.
Press: Thermodynamic Computing Becomes Cool
Communications of the ACM article on thermodynamic computing and Normal Computing.
Press: Could Thermodynamic Computing Revolutionize AI and Scientific Research?
IEEE Spectrum article on thermodynamic computing and Normal Computing.
Article: Thermodynamic computing system for AI applications
We present the first continuous-variable thermodynamic computer, which we call the stochastic processing unit (SPU).
Preprint: Scalable Thermodynamic Second-order Optimization
We propose a scalable algorithm for employing thermodynamic computers to accelerate a popular second-order optimizer called K-FAC.
Thermodynamic matrix exponentials and thermodynamic parallelism
Here, we provide a thermodynamic algorithm for exponentiating a real matrix. We describe a simple electrical circuit involving coupled oscillators, which can...
WebLogo 3.9 Released
WebLogo 3.9 released with support for python 3.13.
Press: How to fix computing’s AI energy problem: run everything backwards
Artificial intelligence wastes an extraordinary amount of energy - but running every computer calculation twice, first forwards and then backwards, could dra...
Article: Thermodynamic Linear Algebra
We consider an alternative physics-based computing paradigm based on classical thermodynamics, to provide a near-term approach to accelerating linear algebra.
Article: Thermodynamic Bayesian Inference
We propose electronic analog devices that sample from Bayesian posteriors by realizing Langevin dynamics physically.
Review: Field Guide to Continuous Probability Distributions
Here’s a good review and summary of my book Field Guide to Continuous Probability Distributions : by Eric Regis
Press: How Normal Computing Solves Linear Algebra Problems With Thermodynamics
Interview on the Future of Computing blog about thermodynamic linear algebra.
U. Chicago, Computations in Science Seminar
Talk at U. Chicago Computations in Science Seminar, 2024-03-20.
Talk: U. Maryland Physics Colloquium: Thermodynamic Linear Algebra
We consider an alternative physics-based computing paradigm based on classical thermodynamics, to provide a near-term approach to accelerating linear algebra.
Preprint: Error Mitigation for Thermodynamic Computing
We introduce a method that reduces the overall error from a linear to a quadratic dependence on the imprecision, for Gaussian sampling and linear algebra app...
Press: ChatGPT’s Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution
Wired article on alternative computing approaches, including Normal Computing’s thermodynamic computing.
Talk: Rutgers University 125th Statistical Mathematics Conference: Thermodynamic Linear Algebra
We consider an alternative physics-based computing paradigm based on classical thermodynamics, to provide a near-term approach to accelerating linear algebra.
