Highlights from MEMRISYS 2026

From October 5–8, our research group was represented by Petriina Paturi and Anni Antola at MEMRISYS 2026, the 9th International Conference on Memristive Materials, Devices & Systems, held in Darmstadt, Germany. The four-day conference, organized by TU Darmstadt, brought together researchers from around the world to present and discuss recent developments in memristive devices, materials science, and emerging computing technologies.

   

The conference opened with a welcome address by Matthias Oechsner and a plenary presentation by Abu Sebastian on the progress and challenges of memristive memory and computing. Throughout the following days, presentations explored topics including oxide-based resistive switching, memristor crossbar arrays, reservoir computing, and artificial synapses and neurons.

Our group presented recent results on GCMO-based memristors, exploring their memristive tunability through materials engineering:

“Scalability and electron doping optimization of Al/GCMO memristors” – Anni Antola

“Leaky-integrate functionality in GCMO-based neuromorphic devices” – Petriina Paturi

One of the memorable highlights of the conference was a special session featuring Leon Chua, who originally proposed the memristor in 1971 and celebrated his 90th birthday this year. His presentation, “Hearts are poised at the edge of chaos”, explored the connections between nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, and biological phenomena. The following presentation by his daughter, Amy Chua, titled “My father: A singular point”, offered a more personal perspective on his life and scientific career.

We also managed to explore some of Darmstadt between the conference sessions, including a visit to Mathildenhöhe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its Art Nouveau architecture and historic artists’ colony. The conference dinner, held at the beautiful Orangerie, was another highlight of the week, providing a lovely setting to catch up with fellow researchers.

   

As with last year’s conference, MEMRISYS 2026 was an enjoyable and productive conference, offering new perspectives on the development of memristive technologies and plenty of interesting discussions to bring back to our research at the Wihuri Physical Laboratory.