Sylvain Saïghi

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Saïghi is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Saïghi has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Saïghi's work include Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (27 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (14 papers). Sylvain Saïghi is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (27 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (14 papers). Sylvain Saïghi collaborates with scholars based in France, Japan and Australia. Sylvain Saïghi's co-authors include Sylvie Renaud, Teresa Serrano‐Gotarredona, B. Linares-Barranco, Jean Tomas, Yingxue Wang, André van Schaik, Gert Cauwenberghs, Fopefolu Folowosele, Johannes Schemmel and Philipp Häfliger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, IEEE Access and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Saïghi

28 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Neuromorphic Silicon Neuron Circuits 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Neuromorphic Silicon Neuron Circuits
    2011 1.3k citations Giacomo Indiveri, B. Linares-Barranco et al. Frontiers in Neuroscience profile →
  2. Learning through ferroelectric domain dynamics in solid-state synapses
    2017 476 citations Sören Boyn, Julie Grollier et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvain Saïghi France 15 1.9k 1.0k 995 446 193 31 2.4k
Elisabetta Chicca Germany 22 2.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 608 1.4× 139 0.7× 81 2.7k
Hirokazu Takahashi Japan 24 488 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 697 0.7× 177 0.4× 376 1.9× 175 2.5k
Tara Julia Hamilton Australia 22 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 576 1.3× 48 0.2× 114 2.8k
Jayawan Wijekoon United Kingdom 11 1.3k 0.7× 859 0.8× 758 0.8× 364 0.8× 36 0.2× 19 1.8k
Philipp Häfliger Norway 17 1.8k 1.0× 961 0.9× 975 1.0× 343 0.8× 43 0.2× 70 2.3k
Eleni Vasilaki United Kingdom 20 937 0.5× 870 0.8× 771 0.8× 338 0.8× 47 0.2× 73 1.8k
Sylvie Renaud France 18 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 953 1.0× 345 0.8× 37 0.2× 58 2.2k
Johannes Schemmel Germany 24 3.0k 1.6× 1.8k 1.7× 1.4k 1.4× 1.0k 2.3× 38 0.2× 87 3.6k
Chethan Pandarinath United States 19 517 0.3× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 138 0.3× 118 0.6× 38 2.1k
Blaise Yvert France 28 596 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 917 0.9× 88 0.2× 126 0.7× 67 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sylvain Saïghi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Saïghi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sylvain Saïghi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sylvain Saïghi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sylvain Saïghi. Sylvain Saïghi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hirtzlin, Tifenn, C. Carabasse, Adrien F. Vincent, et al.. (2025). A ferroelectric–memristor memory for both training and inference. Nature Electronics. 8(10). 921–933. 1 indexed citations
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Vincent, Adrien F., et al.. (2024). Neuromorphic Event-based Line Detection on SpiNNaker. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 36–40.
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Tao, Ying, et al.. (2024). GaitSpike: Event-based Gait Recognition With Spiking Neural Network. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 357–361. 1 indexed citations
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Hirtzlin, Tifenn, Sébastien Martin, C. Carabasse, et al.. (2023). Hybrid FeRAM/RRAM Synaptic Circuit Enabling On-Chip Inference and Learning at the Edge. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Vincent, Adrien F., et al.. (2023). A High-Level Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Digital Architectures Targeting Spike Encoding. IEEE Access. 11. 120654–120665.
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Vincent, Adrien F., et al.. (2020). Toward Hardware Spiking Neural Networks with Mixed-Signal Event-Based Learning Rules. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 554. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Saïghi, Sylvain, et al.. (2019). Optimized Real-Time Biomimetic Neural Network on FPGA for Bio-hybridization. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 377–377. 36 indexed citations
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Kim, Soo Hyeon, Sylvain Saïghi, Teruo Fujii, et al.. (2019). Biomimetic Spiking Neural Network (SNN) Systems for ‘In Vitro’ Cells Stimulation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Boyn, Sören, Julie Grollier, Gwendal Lecerf, et al.. (2017). Learning through ferroelectric domain dynamics in solid-state synapses. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14736–14736. 476 indexed citations breakdown →
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Levi, Timothée, et al.. (2017). Digital implementation of Hodgkin–Huxley neuron model for neurological diseases studies. Artificial Life and Robotics. 23(1). 10–14. 28 indexed citations
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Joucla, Sébastien, Timothée Levi, Sylvain Saïghi, et al.. (2016). Generation of Locomotor-Like Activity in the Isolated Rat Spinal Cord Using Intraspinal Electrical Microstimulation Driven by a Digital Neuromorphic CPG. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 67–67. 39 indexed citations
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Saïghi, Sylvain, Christian Mayr, Teresa Serrano‐Gotarredona, et al.. (2015). Plasticity in memristive devices for spiking neural networks. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9. 51–51. 174 indexed citations
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Levi, Timothée, et al.. (2014). Silicon neuron: digital hardware implementation of the quartic model. Artificial Life and Robotics. 19(3). 215–219. 23 indexed citations
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Lecerf, Gwendal, Jean Tomas, Sören Boyn, et al.. (2014). Silicon neuron dedicated to memristive spiking neural networks. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1568–1571. 17 indexed citations
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Levi, Timothée, et al.. (2013). Real-time biomimetic Central Pattern Generators in an FPGA for hybrid experiments. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 7. 215–215. 58 indexed citations
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Levi, Timothée, et al.. (2012). Bifurcation analysis in a silicon neuron. Artificial Life and Robotics. 17(1). 53–58. 4 indexed citations
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Indiveri, Giacomo, B. Linares-Barranco, Tara Julia Hamilton, et al.. (2011). Neuromorphic Silicon Neuron Circuits. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 5. 73–73. 1277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Hsin, Sylvain Saïghi, Laure Buhry, & Sylvie Renaud. (2010). Real-Time Simulation of Biologically Realistic Stochastic Neurons in VLSI. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 21(9). 1511–1517. 32 indexed citations
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Renaud, Sylvie, Jean Tomas, Noëlle Lewis, et al.. (2010). PAX: A mixed hardware/software simulation platform for spiking neural networks. Neural Networks. 23(7). 905–916. 14 indexed citations
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Tomas, Jean, Sylvain Saïghi, Sylvie Renaud, et al.. (2004). Hardware computation of conductance-based neuron models. Neurocomputing. 58-60. 109–115. 14 indexed citations

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