Want to know more about photonic neural networks ? Catch online the invited talk given by our researcher Dr. G. Dabos in IEEE Summer Topicals last week about " Light-powered Neurons and AI PIC Engines ": https://www.ieee-sum.org/monday-13-july-program/
AMBROSIA M12 General Assembly meeting
The AMBROSIA partners met in Barcelona, Spain during a two day meeting on 7-8 March 2024 organized by ICN2. All partners had the opportunity to present their work and discuss progress and issues. A comprehensive plan for the next six months was also mentioned, before the partners meet again for the next Consortium meeting.
Dr. Chris Vagionas becomes a Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2023-2024
WinPhoS research group member and visiting lecturer at the Dep. of Informatics at the Univ. of Western Macedonia, Dr. Chris Vagionas, received the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholarship 2023-2024 to act as a visiting scholar at the Department of Material Science and Engineering of the University of Maryland during the winter semester between Sep. – Dec. 2023.
Dr. Vagionas’ scholarship was entitled “Vespucci – IC, Non-VolatilE materialS and Photonic memory elements for Ultra-fast optical Computing and Communication applICations”, focusing on designing, integrating, characterizing and demonstrating Electrically Programmable Non-Volatile Silicon Photonic Memory Arrays based on Sb2Se3 Phase Change Materials.
His scholarship intensified a prior collaboration of WinPhoS Research group with the group of Prof. Carlos Rios Ocampo at University of Maryland and Prof. Nathan Youngblood at University of Pittsburg focused on photonic (computational) memories: tunable nanophotonics for data storage and computing. Dr’ Vagionas scholarship forms the ideal complementarity between Materials Sciences and Photonic Integration of the U.S. with the Computing and Communications Sciences of WinPhoS research group, promoting bilateral exchange of knowledge and strengthening the bonds between the three aspiring young academics and investigators.
Fulbright in Greece (https://www.fulbright.gr/en/) provides up to 10 scholarships (only) to Greek professors and researchers of any discipline on an annual basis, to conduct research and lectures at US universities, to promote mutual understanding and long-term research collaborations, with Dr. Vagionas ranking among the top ten to receive the scholarship for 2023-2024.
Many thanks to Prof. Carlos Rios and Prof. Nathan Youngblood for the excellent collaboration and to the UMD’s PhD team members Chuanyu Lian and Sun Hongyi for the great hospitality and fun time in the lab!
WinPhos @ GLOBECOM 2023
Dr. Agapi Mesodiakaki presented our group's work entitled "An Optimized Medium-Transparent MAC Protocol for Multi-service FIWI 5G Transport Networks" in GC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1st review meeting of AMBROSIA
The 1st review meeting of AMBROSIA project was held on 24th of October 2023 via teleconference. The progress of the project during the first 10 months has been confirmed and critical decisions were made.
WinPhos @ ECOC 2023
Themistoklis Chrysostomidis and Stefanos Kovaios represented the WinPhoS group at the ECOC Exhibition 2023 in Glasgow.
Themistoklis Chrysostomidis presented his work on "Low-Power BTO on SiN MZI Weights for Neuromorphic Photonics".
Stefanos Kovaios presented his work "An integrated multi-beam optical beamformer architecture with beam shaping capabilities".
ECOC is one of the premier conferences on optical communication, attracting scientists and researchers from around the globe. Thank you to everyone who visited us! We look forward to seeing you next year at ECOC 2024 in Frankfurt, where we will continue to share our latest research and innovations.
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