Plenary Speech
Prof. Lei Yan
Professor of Earth & Space Science School (RS&GIS Institute), Peking University, China. Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for IJRS (the International Journal of Remote Sensing). Academician of the Russia Academy of Natural Sciences
Speech title: New advances in physical methods for optical quantum vector remote sensing and optoelectronic imaging transforms
Biography: Professor, Dr. Lei YAN, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, doctoral supervisor. Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Chairman of the Expert Steering Committee of the International Journal of Remote Sensing. He successively served as director of Beijing Key Laboratory of Spatial Information Integration and Its Engineering Applications and deputy director of Academic Committee. It has won 18 awards, including the second prize of National Technical Invention, Geneva International Invention Exhibition Gold Medal and Jury Special Commendation Gold Medal, the first prize of Beijing Technological Invention Award in 2019, the 18th China Patent Excellence Award, the first prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award (Natural Science category) in 2012 and other awards in China. As the chairman, he have established an industry standard and 3 IEEE international standards for vector remote sensing. More than 510 research papers have been published in these fields, and more than 150 have been included in SCI/EI.
Prof. Hengxiang He
Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, China
Speech title: Combined pulsed laser effects on typical materials
Biography: Hengxiang He is a researcher of Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, China. He is mainly engaged in the research of optoelectronic technology. He has been awarded more than 10 scientific and technological achievements at provincial and ministerial levels, and more than 10 invention patents.
Prof. Yang Yue
Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. SPIE Fellow, Senior Member of IEEE and Optica
Biography: Yang Yue received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and optics from Nankai University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2012. He is a Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Yue’s current research interest is intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip. He has published over 260 journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >10,000 citations, six edited books, two book chapters, >60 issued or pending patents, >200 invited presentations (including 1 tutorial, >30 plenary and >50 keynote talks). Dr. Yue is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Member of IEEE and Optica. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, and an Editor Board Member for four other scientific journals. He also served as Guest Editor for >10 journal special issues, Chair or Committee Member for >100 international conferences, Reviewer for >70 prestigious journals.
Prof. Mohamad Sawan
Founder & Director, CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence
Chair Professor, School of Engineering, Westlake University, China
Emeritus Professor, Polytechnique Montreal
Speech title: Wearable Photo/Opto Electronics-based Techniques to Manage Neural Diseases
Biography: Mohamad Sawan is Chair Professor in Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, and Emeritus Professor in Polytechnique Montreal, Canada. He is the founder and director of the Center of Excellence in Biomedical Research on Advances-on-Chips Neurotechnologies (CenBRAIN Neurotech) in Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, and of the Polystim Neurotech Lab in...more...
Prof. Tao Zhu
Professor of Chongqing University, Director of the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and System, Winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund
Biography: Tao Zhu, Professor of Chongqing University. He is now director of the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and System, Ministry of Education. He is the associate editor/editorial board member of IEEE Photonics Journal, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, Optoelectronic Engineering and other journals. In 2008, he was selected by the "New Century Talent Support Program" of the Ministry of Education. In 2014, he won the "Chongqing Outstanding Youth Fund" and in 2018, he won the "National Outstanding Youth Fund". He has published more than 200 academic papers and more than 60 Chinese invention patents.
Lei Xi
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Biography: Lei Xi is a Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. His main research interest is biomedical imaging, engaged in the research of multi-modal, multi-functional, and multi-parameter imaging technologies in basic and clinical applications centered on photoacoustic imaging technology. He received the B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida, USA, in 2007, 2010, and 2012, respectively.
Chao Tian
School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Biography: Chao Tian received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in optical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China. From 2013 to 2017, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in photoacoustic imaging with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. His research interests focus on photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging and their biomedical applications.
Shijie Xu
Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China
Biography: Shijie Xu, is currently a Distinguished Professor of Fudan University, he focuses on luminescence in solids (e.g., broadband semiconductors, etc.) and its related photophysical processes such as photoelectronic (optoelectronic) and photophononic, attempting to use spectroscopic methods to study and understand the light generation, absorption (including self-absorption), scattering, and reflection in solids, Interference and other basic optical phenomena.
IACOP-BDOT'24 Special Session: Breaking Developments of Optical Technology
Prof. Guijun Hu
College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, China
Biography: Guijun Hu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in optical engineering from the University of Northeast Normal University, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and solid state electronics from Jilin University. He is currently a professor with the College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University. He is the author of more than 100 articles and more than ten inventions. His research interests include optical fiber communication, optoelectronics, and fiber sensor. He is a member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
Prof. Meisong Liao
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Biography: Meisong Liao received the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, in 2007. He is currently a Professor with the Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include highly nonlinear microstructured fibers, supercontinuum generation, and hollow-core fibers.
College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China
Biography: Tonglei Cheng joined Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, as a Full Professor, in 2017. His current research interests include optical fiber sensors, nonlinear optics, and soft glasses, Prof. Cheng has been a JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China
Biography: Guanshi Qin received the B.S. degree from the College of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan, China, and the Ph.D. degree in condensed state physics from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. Since 2007, he has been a Professor with Jilin University, Changchun, China. His research interests include special glass fiber and photonic devices, specifically including the design, preparation, and characterization of special glass microstructure fibers, mid-infrared band fiber lasers, femtosecond fiber lasers, optical frequency combs, and ultra-high-speed optical information processing devices.
Prof. Nan Zhang
School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Biography: Nan Zhang, graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York with a Ph.D. degree in 2019, is now a Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor of the School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology. He has long been devoted to the research of novel intelligent optical perception and sensing based on micro-nano optics.
Prof. Zhigang Yin
School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, China
Biography: Prof. Dr. Zhigang Yin is a full professor at Chongqing University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He started his academic career at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (FJIRSM, CAS) in 2011, and was promoted as a Full Professor in 2018. During the period from 2018 to 2020, he also worked in succession as a visiting scholar and a visiting professor at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany as well as a research scholar at Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI), respectively. In 2022, he joined the School of Electrical Engineering of Chongqing University as a Full Professor. His research interests include optoelectronic materials, dielectrics, thin-film devices (e.g., solar cells, transistors, sensors, and photodetectors, etc.), flexible electronics, semiconductor physics, and interfacial science.
School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China
Biography: Bing Chen received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, in 2015. He is currently a Professor with the School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China. His research interests include quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and wavelength conversion devices.
School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Biography: Xiaohui Li received the B.S. degree in optical information science and technology from Northwest University, Xi’an, China, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, in 2012. He is currently a Researcher with the School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, China, mainly engaged in the research on the photoelectric properties of infrared materials, ultrafast fiber laser technology, and soliton dynamics.
School of Control Engineering, Northeastern University, China
Biography: Chengliang Zhu received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan, in 2010, 2012 and 2019, respectively. From 2012 to 2016, he was a Research and Development Engineer at Makita Corporation, Japan. In 2019, he joined the State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, Northeastern University, China, where his current research interest includes fiber-optic devices, fiber-optic sensors, optical measurement, all-optical signal processing, microwave photonics sensors, helical fiber gratings and fiber optics. He has authored more than 60 refereed journal and conference papers and held several Japanese and Chinese patents. Dr. Zhu is the winner of the Excellent Research Award 2019 of the IEICE Tokai Section. He is a Member of IEEE, IEICE and COS. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of the journal of SENSORS and Frontiers in Sensors.
Assoc. Prof. Yuxuan Ren
Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, China
Biography: Yuxuan Ren received his Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2012. He once worked at the NCPSS Chinese Academy of Sciences, and worked as a postdoc at San Francisco State University, and the University of Hong Kong until 2020. In 2021, he joined ITBR at Fudan University as a Research Associate Professor. His main research interests include nonlinear optics, optical field modulation, and biophotonics technology development and applications.
Assoc. Prof. Hongju Li
School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China
Biography: Hongju Li received the Ph.D. degree from the School of Physics and Electronic, Hunan University, Changsha, China, in 2017. He is currently an associate professor with the School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China. His research interest includes nanophotonics, surface plasmons, and two-dimensional materials.
Wentan Fang
School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China
Biography: Wentan Fang is a lecturer in the School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China. He graduated from the School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China in 2020. His main research interests include nonlinear fiber optics, fiber lasers, fiber optical field modulation and fiber-based quantum entanglement light sources.
Assoc. Prof. Lu Chen
School of Physics, Nankai University, China
Biography: Lu Chen, Ph.D. supervisor, hundred young talents of Nankai University, she received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh in 2018, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. She joined Nankai University as an associate professor in 2023. She has long been engaged in theoretical and experimental research on ultra-fine modulation of optoelectronic fields and light-matter interactions.
IACOP-ICO'24 Special Session: Imaging and Computational Optics
School of Information Engineering, Nanchang University, China
Biography: Qiurong Yan is currently a Professor with the School of Information Engineering, Nanchang University, China. He is mainly engaged in the research on the application of artificial intelligence technology in high-energy photon detection, wireless communication, and optical imaging.
Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University
Biography: Zibang Zhang received the Ph.D. degree from Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, in 2017. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University. His research interests include computational imaging, specifically, single-pixel imaging, fringe projection profilometry, and lessless microscopy.
School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Biography: Lei Gong received the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests include optical tweezers, optoelectronic tweezers, thermophoretic tweezers, wavefront shaping, light field control, structured light beams, and their applications in optical trapping, imaging and communications.
Institute of Space Science and Technology, Nanchang University, China
Biography: Weichao Yan, assistant researcher of Institute of Space Science and Technology, Nanchang University, China. His main research interests are cross-application studies combining deep learning, optical field modulation and computational optical imaging.
School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University, China
Biography: Dejian Zhang is a lecturer in the School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University. He has published a number of experimental results as the first or corresponding author, mainly focusing on various non-classical imaging techniques, such as thermo-optic correlation imaging, incoherent optical interference, two-photon entangled double-slit interference at different frequencies, phased-object imaging, and through-scattered medium imaging based on the scattering memory effect.
School of Information Engineering, Nanchang University, China
Biography: Wenbo Wan is the deputy director of the Imaging and Visual Representation Laboratory of Nanchang University. He received his Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Tianjin University in 2019, and is mainly engaged in the research of intelligent optoelectronic imaging systems, multi-dimensional signal a priori representations, and intelligent reconstruction algorithms of images, with his research interests related to Lens-free coded computational imaging, scattering medium computational imaging, digital holographic imaging, near-eye holographic display, and biomedical multimodal imaging.
IACOP-MWP'24 Special Session: Microwave Photonics
Prof. Yiying Gu
School of Optoelectronic Engineering & Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, China
Biography: Yiying Gu received the Ph.D. degree in optical engineering from the Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor with the Dalian University of Technology. His current research interests include microwave photonics and integrated photonics.
Prof. Xiaopeng Xie
School of Electronics, Peking University, China
Biography: Xie Xiaopeng is an Assistant Professor with the School of electronics, Peking University. He receivedhis B.Sc. from Shanxi University in 2007, M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Peking University in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Before joining Peking University, he worked as post-doctoral fellow in SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, France. His research interests cover the topics of optical frequency combs, ultra-stable lasers, ultra-low noise photonic microwave generation and its characterization. Dr. Xie has published over 30 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences such as Nature Photonics, Optics letters, Optics Express, IEEE/OSA JLT, CLEO and SPIE Photonics West.
Prof Yang Chen
East China Normal University, China
Speech title: Microwave frequency and time-frequency analysis empowered by microwave photonics
Biography: Yang Chen received the B.E. degree in telecommunications engineering and the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Communication and Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. He has authored or coauthored more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and more than 15 papers in conference proceedings. His current research interests include microwave photonics, optoelectronic oscillators, radio-over-fiber techniques, and optical communications. He was selected to receive an inaugural IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2023 and an IEEE Photonics Journal Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2022. He was listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists elaborated by Stanford University in 2023. He is a member of IEEE and Optica.
Assoc. Prof. Liangjun Lu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Biography: Liangjun Lu, received the B.S. degree in optical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2016. He is currently a Tenure-Track Associate Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuits.
Prof. Peng Xie
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Biography: Prof. Peng Xie is the Principal Investigator/Team Leader of nano-photonics and photonic networks group at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained the High-level Talent Introduction Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences and received the appointment of distinguished professor in 2024. Prof. Xie's research work focuses on photonic integrated chips and applications (micro-cavity optical frequency comb technology, on-chip LiDAR, on-chip tunable light source, etc.), on-chip/inter-chip photonic network technology, multi-dimensional/high-dimensional optical computing technology, large-capacity information optical interconnection technology, liquid crystal photonic devices and applications.
Jianghai Wo
Jinan University, China
Biography: Jianghai Wo received the B.Eng. degree in optical information sciences and technology from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2009. He received his Ph.D. degree in Optical Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2014. He joined the Institute of Photonic Technology at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China in 2021, as an associate professor. His research interests include microwave photonics, microwave photonic radar and optic-fiber sensors. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers.
Jingzhan Shi
Nanjing Normal University, China
Biography: Jingzhan Shi is an associate professor at Nanjing Normal University, He is mainly engaged in the research of microwave photonics measurement technology and application. He has published more than 20 papers in SCI journals, one paper was selected as Editors' Pick, two conference papers were awarded the best conference paper prize by ICOCN and PIERS, and he has been granted 6 invention patents.
Bin Wang
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Biography: Bin Wang is an assistant professor at the Radar Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He is mainly engaged in the research of silicon-based integrated microwave photonics chip and chip-based microwave photonics radar system.
Tengfei Hao
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Biography: Tengfei Hao is currently an Assistant Professor with the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. His research interests include microwave photonic signal generation and processing based on an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO). He has proposed and demonstrated a series of novel OEOs, which promoted the development of OEO technology. He has authored or coauthored 42 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Communications and Light: Science & Applications. He has 26 invention patents that have been authorized. He was supported by Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by CAST, and won the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship, IEEE MTT-Society Graduate Fellowship Award, and Rasing Star of Microwave Photonics in China.
Zhen Zeng
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Biography: Zhen Zeng is a lecturer in the School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), she is mainly engaged in the research related to signal generation and processing based on microwave photonics technology.
Lingjie Zhang
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Biography: Lingjie Zhang is a lecturer in the School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), he is mainly engaged in the research of microwave photonics.
Zhiqiang Fan
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Speech title: Wideband microwave photonics signal generation and measurement
Biography: Zhiqiang Fan is an associate professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His current research interests include microwave photonics and optics communication.
IACOP-PAI'24 Special Session: Photoacoustic Imaging
Prof. Yachao Zhang
Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Biography: Yachao Zhang, Researcher, PhD supervisor of University of Science and Technology of China, graduated from the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong in October 2020, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2020-2022, and joined the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIBSET) in January 2023. He has been engaged in the research of ultrasound imaging and photoacoustic imaging technologies and applications.
Assoc. Prof. Cheng Ma
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Biography: Cheng Ma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, he received his PhD degree from Virginia Tech in 2012, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been mainly engaged in the research on the basic theory of Photoacoustic imaging and its application to biomedicine.
Assoc. Prof. Li Qi
School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, China
Biography: Dr. Li Qi is currently an associate professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He graduated from South China University of Technology in 2010 with a B. Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, and then obtained his Ph.D. degree in Optical Engineering from Nanjing University in 2016. From 2014 to 2016, he was a Ph.D. visiting scholar and then undertook postdoctoral training at the Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, USA. Since returning to China in 2016, Dr. Li Qi has been working at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, serving as a lecturer and then associate professor. His main research interests include biomedical optical imaging technology and image analysis algorithms.
Assoc. Prof. Haigang Ma
School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Biography: Haigang Ma received the Ph.D. degree in Optics from the South China Normal University, China, in 2020. Now he is an associate professor in School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests include photoacoustic imaging, ultrasonic imaging, photoelectric detection and processing, and photoacoustic imaging for various biomedical applications.
Assoc. Prof. Chao Liu
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, China
Biography: Chao Liu, Young Associate Researcher of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, China. He received his B.S. degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University, M.S. degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. degree from City University of Hong Kong, and Postdoctoral degree from City University of Hong Kong. His main research area is biomedical photonics, especially photoacoustic imaging technology and instrumentation, and conducts transfer and translation work.