Carlos Ortega-Otero

Dr. Carlos Ortega-Otero is an Sr. Research Staff Member at IBM driven by a passion in Circuit Design, Neuromorphic Chip Architectures, Low-Power Circuits and Physical Design optimizations. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University under the guidance of Prof. Rajit Manohar.

Throughout his career, he has worked in groundbreaking projects, including Ultra-Low Power Asynchronous Sensor Network nodes, Medical Implantable Wireless Sensors, The TrueNorth Brain-Inspired Chip, and the NorthPole Project. At IBM, Carlos works under the leadership of Dr. Dharmendra Modha in the Brain-Inspired Computing Group.

He plays key roles in Architecture, Specification, Digital Implementation, Physical Design, Timing Signoff, and Manufacturing teams of the NorthPole Project. Carlos is proud to be part of the Brain-Inspired Computing Group at IBM that continues to shape the future of Integrated Circuits and AI.