This year’s NIMFEIA annual meeting was hosted in Mainz and brought together the consortium for two days of scientific exchange, progress assessment, and strategic planning. Set within the vibrant research environment of the Johannes Gutenberg University campus, the meeting combined laboratory visits, expert talks, and forward-looking discussions on the project’s evolving roadmap.
The event began on 25 September with a guided laboratory tour, giving participants insight into Mainz’s experimental infrastructure. Following lunch, the scientific programme opened with a series of focused presentations highlighting cutting-edge results across skyrmion dynamics and Floquet-engineered magnonics. Talks covered topics such as electrical readout of individual skyrmion dynamics by anomalous Hall effect, skyrmion dynamics mapped by sublattice-resolved X-ray microscopy, probabilistic computing with Brownian skyrmions, and advanced concepts in Floquet frequency combs. The afternoon concluded with an overview of upcoming deliverables, milestones, and reporting requirements, ensuring alignment across the consortium. The day closed with a joint dinner in the historic Weinstube Rote Kopf, offering space for informal discussions and networking.
On 26 September, the programme continued with presentations ranging from theoretical advances, such the instability of explicit time integration for strongly quenched dynamics with neural quantum states and spin correlation theory, to device-level studies including vortex-core reversal, magnon sensing with nanoscale MTJs, and electrical characterisation of multi-vortex structures. These sessions reflected the breadth of expertise within NIMFEIA and underscored the consortium’s progress toward its scientific and technological objectives. The meeting concluded with an open discussion session and outreach planning, ensuring that the consortium remains well-coordinated in both research and communication activities.
Overall, the Mainz meeting reaffirmed the consortium’s strong collaborative spirit and its commitment to advancing magnon-based neuromorphic hardware. With clear targets set for the coming months, NIMFEIA continues to move confidently toward its ambitious scientific and technological goals.
