SPIKE Lab

Sensor · Perception · Inference · Knowledge for Embodiment

Pioneering neuromorphic vision and computer vision for intelligent embodied systems

Explore Our Research

Principal Investigator

Professor Ziyun Wang

Ziyun (Claude) Wang

Assistant Professor

Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, where he leads the SPIKE Lab. He received his Ph.D. from the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. Kostas Daniilidis. His research spans neuromorphic sensing, 3D perception, and robotics. Before joining Hopkins, he worked on AR/VR systems at Apple's Vision Pro team, and was a research intern at the Samsung AI Center in New York, collaborating with Professors Sebastian Seung, Daniel Lee, and Volkan Isler.

Latest News

April 1, 2024

SPIKE Lab is Hiring!

We are looking for motivated PhD students and postdocs interested in event-based vision, neuromorphic computing, and robotics. Multiple funded positions available.

March 30, 2025

Paper Accepted at CVPR 2025 Workshop

Our paper "Event-based Continuous Color Video Decompression" will appear in CVPR 2025 Workshop on Event-based Vision.

January 22, 2025

Paper Accepted at ICLR 2025

Our paper about equivariant neural IMU is accepted at ICLR 2025!

July 3, 2024

Multiple Papers Accepted at ECCV 2024

Four papers accepted to ECCV 2024. See you in Milan!

June 18, 2023

New Dataset Released

Our new dataset M3ED (Multi-Robot, Multi-Sensor, Multi-Environment Event Dataset) is presented at the CVPR event vision workshop.

Research Areas

Sensors

Developing advanced neuromorphic vision sensors and bio-inspired sensing systems for efficient visual processing.

Perception

Creating robust perception algorithms that can process and understand complex visual information in real-time.

Inference

Building intelligent systems that can make real-time decisions and inferences from visual and sensory data.

Knowledge

Developing frameworks for embodied AI systems to learn and accumulate knowledge from their interactions.

Join Our Lab! 🎓

We have several exciting openings for passionate students interested in pushing the boundaries of computer vision and robotics. If you're excited about working with cutting-edge technologies like event cameras, neuromorphic computing, and embodied AI, we'd love to hear from you!

PhD Positions

Multiple funded positions available for students interested in:

  • Event-based Vision
  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • Robot Perception
  • Embodied AI

Research Assistant

Opportunities available for JHU students to gain hands-on research experience in:

  • Computer Vision
  • Robotics Projects
  • Deep Learning
  • Hardware Development

How to Apply

Please send an email to [email protected] with the following materials:

  • CV/Resume
  • Brief statement of research interests and why you'd like to join our lab
  • Academic transcripts
  • Links to your previous projects or publications (if any)
  • Contact information for 2-3 references