Sami Arja
I am a PhD candidate at the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) at Western Sydney University, where I am mainly advised by A/Prof. Gregory Cohen, Dr. Saeed Afshar, and Dr. Alexander Marcireau. My research focuses on event-based motion estimation for space-related applications.
Education - Western Sydney University
- PhD - Neuromorphic Engineering, 2022 - 2025
- Master - Neuromorphic Engineering, 2019 - 2021
- Bachelor (Honours) - Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, 2015 - 2019
Publications List

Seeing like a Cephalopod: Colour Vision with a Monochrome Event Camera
Sami Arja, Nimrod Kruger, Alexandre Marcireau, Nicholas Owen Ralph, Saeed Afshar and Gregory Cohen
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2025 (Event-based Workshop)

Performance metrics for neuromorphic imaging
Nimrod Kruger, Sami Arja, Evie Andrew, Travis Monk, André van Schaik
Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XXI, 2025

Noise Filtering Benchmark for Neuromorphic Satellites Observations
Sami Arja, Alexandre Marcireau, Nicholas Owen Ralph, Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen
arXiv, 2024

Active Neuromorphic Space Imaging and Focusing using Liquid Lenses
Nicholas Owen Ralph, Darren Maybour, Alexandre Marcireau, Nik Dennler, Sami Arja, Nimrod Kruger, Gregory Cohen
arXiv, 2024

Motion Segmentation for Neuromorphic Aerial Surveillance
Sami Arja, Alexandre Marcireau, Saeed Afshar, Bharath Ramesh, Gregory Cohen
arXiv, 2024

Density invariant contrast maximization for neuromorphic Earth observations
Sami Arja, Alexandre Marcireau, Richard L Balthazor, Matthew G McHarg, Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2023 (Event-based Workshop)

Neuromorphic engineering needs closed-loop benchmarks
Moritz B Milde, Saeed Afshar, Ying Xu, Alexandre Marcireau, Damien Joubert, Bharath Ramesh, Yeshwanth Bethi, Nicholas O Ralph, Sami Arja, Nik Dennler, André van Schaik, Gregory Cohen
Frontiers Neuroscience, 2022

Neuromorphic Perception for Greenhouse Technology Using Event-based Sensors
Sami Arja
Master Thesis, 2021

Characterisation of Morphic Sensors for Body Volume and Shape Applications
Sami Arja, Titus Jayarathna, Ganesh Naik, Paul Breen, Gaetano Gargiulo
Sensors 2020

Characterization of Coated Piezo-resistive Fabric for Respiration Sensing
Sami Arja, Titus Jayarathna, Felipe Ulloa, Gaetano Gargiulo, Paul Breen
International Conference on Electrical Engineering Research & Practice (ICEERP), 2019