J. Ye is an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) doctoral student at the University of Florida. He received his B.Sc. from the Shenyang Aerospace University, China, in 2018 and his M.Sc. from the George Washington University, USA, in 2020. He researches image processing, micro-control unit (MCU) programming, convolutional neural network (CNN) training, and free-space optical system design. His main objective is to investigate the physics and uses of orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams in optical computing. He is a member of IEEE, OSA/Optica, and SPIE as a student.
Prof. Chandraman Patil has a position as a Research Assistant Professor and is currently working at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Malachowsky Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. He received his B.S. in Electronics Eng. from the Mumbai University in 2017, M.S. in Electrical & Computer Eng. from the George Washington University in 2019, and Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Eng. from the George Washington University in 2023. His research interests include Photonic Devices and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), Material Metrology, Heterogeneous Integrated System, and Photonic Interconnects. He is actively working in AR/VR, Photonic Integrated Circuits, and Optical engineering and solutions.
Prof. Y. Al-Hadeethi received his B.Sc. degree in physics (first class with honors) from
Al-Mustansiriya University-Baghdad, Iraq, in 1982 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
Laser-Physics from Essex University, UK, in 1986 and 1995, respectively. In
1995, Yas joined the Max-Born Institute for nonlinear-optics and short-pulse
spectroscopy, Berlin, as a postdoc fellow. He acted as principal investigator
in more than 60 projects. Yas worked for HiPER, “the European High-Power
Laser Energy Research facility for Laser‐induced thermonuclear fusion”. He is a
Professor of Laser Physics at the Physics Dept., King AbdulAziz University
(KAU) and the head of the lithography research group at KAU. He was a
member of the SPIE—The International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation
Engineers—Washington DC since 1987. Yas is the winner
of the Best Researcher Award at KAU in Basic and Life Sciences 2020. He is the
winner of the Best Postgraduates Supervisor
Award in Basic and Life Sciences at KAU for the year 2022. Yas received a two-year research award from the
Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in 2009.
Prof. Hamed Dalir has a position as an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Malachowsky Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. He is a researcher who specializes in quantum AI, Semiconductor Laser, and high-speed photonics computing. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was the co-founder and CEO of Optelligence LLC from 2020 to 2023, where he oversaw the development, construction, and validation of a variety of cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence devices, ASICs, D/A converters, blockchains, and secure hashing algorithms. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the field, including the prestigious Yoshida Foundation Award for the Development of Future Leaders for Changing Times and the JSPS “Young Scientist Fellowship” in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has published over seventy scholarly articles in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications, Light Science & Applications, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Optica, Laser Photonics Review, and Applied Physics Review. In addition, he has delivered over a hundred keynote addresses, invited talks, and topic lectures at universities and international conferences.
Prof. Elham Heidari has a position as an Assistant Professor and is currently working at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin, respectively. She was a research associate at the University of Maryland collaborating with NIST, specializing in the design and implementation of integrated resonators for nonlinear and quantum optics, with a specific focus on all-optical frequency conversion applications and the development of compact and robust photonic platforms for generating and observing phenomena in Kerr combs. Her work in this field has been published in prestigious academic journals, including Nature SR, Optica, IEEE JLT, and Nanophotonics. She has developed expertise in the development of photonic interconnect devices, including high-speed short-wavelength semiconductors, plasmonic switches, low dimensional electro-optical modulators, chip-based wideband electromagnetic wave sensing, and spectroscopy in Near-IR and MID-IR regions.
