Peter AJ van der Made has been at the forefront of computer innovation for 45 years.  Mr. van der Made is the inventor of a computer immune system and founded vCIS Technology where he served as CTO and later Chief Scientist when it was acquired by Internet Security Systems and later by IBM. Previously, he founded PolyGraphic Systems, and designed a high resolution, high-speed color Graphics Accelerator board and subsequent chip for 900x1200 IBM PC graphics. Mr. van der Made published a book, Higher Intelligence, which describes the architecture of the brain from a computer science perspective. He is working on a follow-up book that goes deeper into neuromorphic architecture and focusses on the algorithms that are performed in the neocortex. Mr. van der Made designed the first generations of digital neuromorphic devices on which the Akida chip is based between 2004 and 2007, when he applied for a patent on this technology which was subsequently granted. He is actively involved in the design of the next generation of Akida chips and continues his research in advanced neuromorphic architectures.