Disordered Optics for Multidimensional Information Processing

Speaker: Dr. Xinhao Li
Affiliation: MIT

Via Zoom only:   https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98286072327

Abstract: The rapid expansion of data volume in recent years brings pressure on the hardware and algorithms to support the growing demands for data processing with higher resolution, larger scale, and increased number of modalities. Complex/disordered photonic systems may address these challenges as the encoding interfaces between raw signals and sensors, which improve the efficiency of data capturing, storage, and processing. In this talk, we explored new disordered optical devices and their applications for spectral imaging and optical reservoir computing. Through an end-to-end consideration of both the data statistics and the transmission matrix, the engineered optics are promising to overcome the efficiency bottlenecks in optical sensors and fully utilize the embedded high dimensionality.

Biography:  Xinhao Li (M.S. MIT’17, B.Eng. Tsinghua’15) is a Ph.D. student working with Prof. Nick Fang at Mechanical Engineering Department of MIT. His research focuses on designing and manufacturing photonics for optical sensing, computing and display. Xinhao has received Wunsch award for outstanding graduate research at MechE, MIT.

For more information, contact Prof. Aydogan Ozcan (ozcan@g.ucla.edu)

Date/Time:
Date(s) - Apr 22, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location:
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