OPTICS 2025

Time: 9:00-16:00 (UTC, Coordinated Universal Time), October 29, 2025

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Organizers

Zefeng Xu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Felipe Gohring de Magalhaes, Polytechnique Montréal

Speakers

Aaron Thean, National University of Singapore
Aaron Danner, National University of Singapore
Alexander Demkov, The University of Texas
Caroline Boudoux, Polytechnique Montréal
Dong Bowei, A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics
Hao Hu, Technical University of Denmark
Lu Mo, Vanguard Automation
Lukas Chrostowski, The University of British Columbia
Mahdi Nikdast, Colorado State University
Michaël Ménard, École de technologie supérieure
Richard Penty FREng, University of Chambridge
Sina Karimi, Boston University
Xu Yi, University of Virginia
Yating Wan, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology(KAUST)
Yuan Yuan, Northeastern University
Yusheng Bian, Global Foundries


Final Program
Wednesday October 29, 2025, Coordinated Universal Time(UTC)

Openning by: Xu Jiang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou)

Session #1
To be provided
Chair: To be provided

UTC 9:10-9:30 To be provided
Caroline Boudoux, Polytechnique Montréal ,Canada

UTC 9:30-9:50 To be provided
Lu Mo, Vanguard Automation, Germany

UTC 9:50-10:10 To be provided
Dong Bowei, A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore

UTC 10:10-10:30 Break

Session #2
To be provided
Chair: To be provided

UTC 10:30-10:50 Thin Film Barium Titanate-on-Insulator Optoelectronics
Aaron Danner, National University of Singapore, Singapore

UTC 10:50-11:10 Integrated optical phased array for free-space optical communications
Hao Hu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

UTC 11:10-11:30 Integrated Silicon Photonics with Quantum Dot On-Chip Lasers: Enabling Scalable and Energy-Efficient Photonic Systems
Yating Wan, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

UTC 11:30-11:50 Photonic Integrated Switches: from Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Integration
Richard Penty, University of Chambridge, UK

UTC 11:50-12:10 Inverse Design in Silicon Nitride Photonics
Michaël Ménard, École de technologie supérieure, Canada

UTC 12:10-12:40 Break

Session #3
To be provided
Chair: To be provided

UTC 12:40-13:00 Integrated Photonic Neural Processors: Potential and Pitfalls
Mahdi Nikdast, Colorado State University, US

UTC 13:00-13:20 Optical frequency division with integrated photonics
Xu Yi, University of Virginia, US

UTC 13:20-13:40 SCARLET: A Hybrid Photonic Architecture for Multi-Billion Parameter LLM Inference
Sina Karimi, Boston University, US

UTC 13:40-14:00 Photonic Non-Volatile Memory Devices
Aaron Thean Voon Yew, National University of Singapore, Singapore

UTC 14:00-14:20 Break

Session #4
To be provided
Chair: To be provided

UTC 14:20-14:40 High-performance and diverse optical I/O solutions on a 300-mm monolithic CMOS-SiPh platform
Yusheng Bian, Global Foundries, US

UTC 14:40-15:00 Hybrid Integration for Data Center Applications
Lukas Chrostowski, The University of British Columbia, Canada

UTC 15:00-15:20 Ferroelectrics for Emergent Silicon-integrated Optical Computing
Alexander Demkov, The University of Texas, US

UTC 15:20-15:40 Next-Generation Silicon Photonics for AI Interconnects
Yuan Yuan, Northeastern University, US

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