Jonah Van Assche

-Event-Based ADCs and Systems

-Readout Circuits for Quantum Applications

-Machine Learning for Analog Circuit Design

Career overview

Jonah Van Assche received the M.Sc. degrees in nanotechnology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium and from Kungliga Tekniska högskolan Stockholm (KTH Stockholm), Stockholm, Sweden, in 2018. He finished his PhD degree in electrical engineering at the MICAS research group at KU Leuven, under the supervision of Prof. Georges Gielen, in 2024. His thesis topic was "Event-Driven Circuit Architectures for Scalable and Adaptive Sensor Interfaces".

After his PhD, he joined the University of Stuttgart as a postdoc (2024-2026), where he worked on readout circuits for quantum applications such as spin qubits and NV-defect magnetometers.

His current research interests include machine learning-enabled design of analog and mixed-signal circuits.

Publications

End-to-End Optimization of High-Density e-Skin Design: From Spiking Taxel Readout to Texture Classification Jiaqi Wang, Mark Daniel Alea, jonah Van Assche, and georges Gielen · Conference Proceeding · Jan 1. 2023 2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE); 2023; pp.
Exploring Information-Theoretic Criteria to Accelerate the Tuning of Neuromorphic Level-Crossing ADCs Ali Safa, Jonah Van Assche, Charlotte Frenkel, Andre Bourdoux, Francky Catthoor, and Georges Gielen · Conference Proceeding · Jan 1. 2023 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL NEURO-INSPIRED COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENTS CONFERENCE, NICE 2023; 2023; pp. 63 - 70
Power-Efficient and Accurate Texture Sensing Using Spiking Readouts for High-Density e-Skins Mark Daniel Alea, Ali Safa, Jonah Van Assche, and Georges Gielen · Conference Proceeding · Nov 16. 2022 2022 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS); 2022; pp. 359 - 363
Neuromorphic Near-Sensor Computing: From Event-Based Sensing to Edge Learning Ali Safa, Jonah Van Assche, Mark Daniel Alea, Francky Catthoor, and Georges GE Gielen · Article · Nov 1. 2022 IEEE Micro; 2022; Vol. 42; iss. 6; pp. 88 - 95
EffiCSense: an Architectural Pathfinding Framework for Energy-Constrained Sensor Applications Jonah Van Assche, Ruben Helsen, and Georges Gielen · Conference Proceeding · Jan 1. 2022 2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE); 2022; pp. 136 - 141
A 10.4-ENOB 0.92-5.38 μW Event-Driven Level-Crossing ADC with Adaptive Clocking for Time-Sparse Edge Applications Jonah Van Assche and Georges Gielen · Conference Proceeding · Jan 1. 2022 ESSCIRC 2022- IEEE 48th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC); 2022; pp. 261 - 264
Power Efficiency Comparison of Event-Driven and Fixed-Rate Signal Conversion and Compression for Biomedical Applications Jonah Van Assche and Georges Gielen · Article · Aug 1. 2020 IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Circuits And Systems; 2020; Vol. 14; iss. 4; pp. 746 - 756

Awards & honors

2024 – Third PlaceFalling Walls Lab

2023 – First PlaceAnalog Devices Student Design Contest 

2023 – Second PlaceBest Paper Award — Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE) 

Teaching

2018-2022 P&O EAGLE
2022-2023/ 2026 Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Signal Processing