Ongoing and upcoming events:
Ongoing and upcoming events:
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As a part of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) that will place in Maastricht, the Netherlands on June 21-26, 2026, there will be a special session "Advances in Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures".
Organizers:
Dr. Antonello Rosato, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Prof. Evgeny Osipov, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Denis Kleyko, Örebro University, Sweden
Description:
This Special Session is to support the exploration of Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures (HD/VSA) and to identify their contribution to the next generation of intelligent systems. HD/VSA form high-dimensional distributed representations that allow efficient learning, symbolic manipulation, and robust performance in presence of noise, which makes them appealing for applications operating under tight resource, interpretability, or latency constraints.
The session welcomes contributions that present theoretical developments, empirical findings, or non-trivial applications of HD/VSA, including studies that examine how HD/VSA models can be combined with neural networks and other approaches to learning systems. The session aims to bring together researchers interested in understanding how HD/VSA can contribute to more interpretable, parsimonious, and reliable intelligent systems.
This initiative is closely linked to the recently approved IEEE Task Force on Hyperdimensional Computing, which supports community-building efforts such as workshops, and special sessions at leading conferences including events organized by IEEE CIS . The Task Force serves as a hub for researchers aiming to develop methodologies and advance the state of the art in this evolving area.
Topics of Interest:
HD/VSA algorithms for perception, sequence processing, graph structures, and multimodal data
Transformations for mapping structured data (e.g., time series, images, graphs) into high-dimensional distributed representations
Integration of HD/VSA primitives such as binding, memory, and compositional reasoning within neural architectures
Symbolic composition and other HD/VSA-based solutions for interpretable and explainable systems
Comparative studies on efficiency, energy consumption, memory usage, and computational trade-offs in HD/VSA versus other machine learning approaches
Deployment of HD/VSA algorithms on computing hardware, including microcontrollers, neuromorphic devices, and quantum-inspired systems
HD/VSA algorithms for handling uncertainty, fuzzy reasoning, and evolutionary design
Benchmarks, datasets, and open resources to support accessible, interoperable, and reusable research on HD/VSA
Important Dates & Deadlines:
31 January, 2026: Paper submission deadline (23:59, anywhere on Earth, i.e. UTC-12) – no extension will be given.
15 March, 2026: Paper acceptance notification
15 April, 2026: Camera-ready papers due
1 May, 2026: Early registration deadline
21-26 June, 2026: Congress dates
Starting from August 2025 there will be autumn 2025 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accesible from the webinars page.
Past events:
Past events:
As a part of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks that took place in Rome, Italy on June 30 - July 5, 2025, there was a special session "Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures for Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence".
Please check all the special sessions of IJCNN 2025 at this link.
There was (January 27, 2025 - June 9, 2025) there was spring 2025 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
There was (September 9, 2024 - December 16, 2024) fall 2024 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
There was a special issue "Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing: Theoretical Perspectives and Real-World Applications" at "Big Data and Cognitive Computing" journal with the manuscript submission deadline on 31 October, 2024.
Please check the details at this link.
As a part of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) that took place in Yokohama, Japan on June 30 - July 5, 2024, there was a special session "Advancements in Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures for Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence" (hosted by International Joint Conference on Neural Networks).
Please check all the special sessions of IEEE WCCI 2024 at this link.
There was (January 29, 2024 - June 3, 2024) spring 2024 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
On March 27, 2024 there was an in-person half-day workshop “Unlocking Tomorrow's Technology: Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures for Automation and Design in Technology and Systems” at 2024 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Valencia, Spain.
There was (September 11, 2023 - December 11, 2023) fall 2023 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
On June 15-16, 2023 there was an in-person two-day workshop “The Midnight Sun Workshop on Vector Symbolic Architectures ” in Lulea, Sweden.
Please check workshop's website for more details at this link.
On April 19, 2023 there was an in-person half-day workshop “Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures for Automation and Design in Technology and Systems” at 2023 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium.
Please check for more details at this link.
There was (January 23, 2023 - June 15, 2023) spring 2023 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
As a part of the Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK) that was a virtual event on 7-14 October, 2022 there was a special session "Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing for Ultra-Efficient Edge AI". The recording of the session is available from the video page.
As a part of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence that took place in Padua, Italy on 18-23 July, 2022, there was a special session "Hyperdimensional Computing and Vector Symbolic Architectures in Neural Networks".
Please check the program at link.
There was (August 29, 2022 - December 19, 2022) fall 2022 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
There was (January 17, 2022 - June 20, 2022) spring 2022 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
On March 21, 2022 there was an online half-day tutorial “Computing with High-dimensional Vectors for Energy-Efficient AI: Hyperdimensional Computing aka Vector Symbolic Architectures” at 2022 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE).
Please check for more details at this link.
There was (May 17, 2021 - December 13, 2021) spring-fall 2021 series of HD/VSA webinars.
Please check the details at this link.
The recordings of the previous webinars are accessible from the webinars page.
During fall 2021 semester, UC Berkeley held a seminar course on HD/VSA entitled “Computing with High-Dimensional Vectors”.
The recordings of the lectures are accesible from the course page on this website.
Full course materials are available on the course webpage at this link.
There was an online tutorial on HD/VSA at 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) 2020 (August, 29 - September, 5, 2020).
Please check the details at link.
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