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

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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)

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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

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Noise Filtering Benchmark for Neuromorphic Satellites Observations

Sami Arja, Alexandre Marcireau, Nicholas Owen Ralph, Saeed Afshar, Gregory Cohen

arXiv, 2024

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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

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Motion Segmentation for Neuromorphic Aerial Surveillance

Sami Arja, Alexandre Marcireau, Saeed Afshar, Bharath Ramesh, Gregory Cohen

arXiv, 2024

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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)

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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

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Neuromorphic Perception for Greenhouse Technology Using Event-based Sensors

Sami Arja

Master Thesis, 2021

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Characterisation of Morphic Sensors for Body Volume and Shape Applications

Sami Arja, Titus Jayarathna, Ganesh Naik, Paul Breen, Gaetano Gargiulo

Sensors 2020

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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