Interactions (2025)

As a researcher deeply engaged in nonlinear and complex dynamical systems and artificial intelligence accelerators, my work has been an ongoing exploration of the intricate patterns and emergent behaviors that define biological systems, complexity, emergence, and intelligence. These domains converge profoundly, revealing the underlying principles governing life, intelligence, and computation. My research is driven by a relentless pursuit of understanding how nature’s inherent complexity can inspire and shape the next generation of AI and technological innovation.

This admittedly ambitious book discusses the mechanisms behind the interactions that constitute the structures surrounding us and their hierarchical infrastructure, from particle physics to social collectives. This endeavor can only converge at the intersection between multiple fields in sciences and humanities.

At a high level, information exchange, mainly through communication at all scales, sets up the skeleton of hierarchical, complex architectures. At the human level, it fosters a deeper understanding of reality and strengthens human bonds. It ultimately contributes to the emergence of societies as new creatures or "superorganisms" with significantly more data to feed those models. Communication is fundamental to the development of complex organisms, the maintenance of internal order, and the propagation of b via cultural packets.

In addition, this book explores the human quest to enhance survival through knowledge accumulation and the development of tools and technologies. It underscores the significance of artificial intelligence as a tool to support cognitive abilities and address global challenges while acknowledging our limited control over reality within an independently operating universe.

Book Chapters:

Chapter by: Marquez, B.A., Huang, C., Prucnal, P.R., & Shastri, B.J. (2021).

Title: Neuromorphic silicon photonics for artificial intelligence.

  • Book title: Silicon Photonics IV: Innovative Frontiers (pp. 417–447) by

    • Eds. David J. Lockwood, Lorenzo Pavesi. Springer. [Link]

About the book: This book in the series Silicon Photonics gathers together reviews of recent advances in the field of silicon photonics that go beyond already established and applied concepts in this technology. The field of research and development in silicon photonics has moved beyond improvements of integrated circuits fabricated with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology to applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, and medicine. The chapters provided in this book by experts in their fields thus cover not only new research into the highly desired goal of light production in Group IV materials, but also new measurement regimes and novel technologies, particularly in information processing and telecommunication. The book is suited for graduate students, established scientists, and research engineers who want to update their knowledge in these new topics.