The Photonics Center’s 25th Annual Symposium
Boston University Photonics Center Symposium
November 30, 2023
“Photonic Chips in Everything: Emerging Applications and Materials in Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuits”
Photonics Center, Room 906, 9th Floor
Event Host: Associate Professor Miloš Popović
Event Description:
SAVE THE DATE! On November 30th, 2023, the Boston University Photonics Center’s annual one-day Symposium will take place, with Associate Professor Milos Popovic as host.This year’s symposium topic, “Photonic Chips in Everything,” will explore “Emerging Applications and Materials in Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits.” Featuring distinguished speakers and participants from academia, industry and government, the event will discuss what the emerging opportunities are for photonics in the recent resurgence of semiconductor chip technology, development of new applications and its interaction with foundry manufacturing platforms, and potential impact on and from the research community. The event will feature a roundtable discussion with the speakers, and a poster session.
Confirmed Speakers:
| Speaker | Position | Institution | Presentation |
| Roel Baets | Professor | Ghent University (Belgium) | “Silicon Photonics – A Tale of Two Worlds” |
| Vladimir Stojanovic | Professor; Chief Architect | UC Berkeley; Ayar Labs | “Going Beyond Moore’s Law: Electronic-Photonic Systems-on-Chip for Compute, Communications and Sensing” |
| Yuliya Akulova | Sr. Director, Silicon Photonics Product Division | Intel | “Scalable Heterogeneously Integrated Silicon Photonics Technology Platform and Its Applications” |
| Ted Letavic | Corporate Fellow and Senior Vice-President | GlobalFoundries | “Silicon Photonics, A Foundry Perspective” |
| Amol Kalburge | Sr. Director, Strategic Marketing | Tower Semiconductor | “Offering Scale with Differentiation” |
| Chris Miller | Associate Professor of International History | Tufts University, Fletcher School | |
| Ben Linville-Engler | Chief Investment Exec, Acting Director | NEMC Hub | “Introducing the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub” |
| Joyce Poon | Director; Professor | Max Planck Institute, Halle (Germany); Univ. Toronto (Canada) | “Broadening the Spectrum: Silicon Photonics Beyond the Telecom Wavelengths “ |
| Vimal Kamineni | Sr. Director of Foundry Engineering | PsiQuantum | “Scalable Integrated Silicon photonics to deliver a Quantum Computer” |
| Zachary Vernon | CTO | Xanadu Quantum Technologies (Canada) | “Scaling Photonic Quantum Computers” |
Accessibility and Accommodations:
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please contact Beth Mathisen, bethmath@bu.edu, to discuss your needs.
Please request accommodations by November 1, 2023.