2 December 2024
/ 15:00
- 17:00
CET
EPIC Technology Report on AI in Photonics by Bruce Bateman
Online Event
At this online meeting intersections of photonics and artificial intelligence, as explored in our technology report, “AI in Photonics” will be discussed. This session covers how AI is revolutionizing photonics, including advancements in optical design, simulation testing, imaging, and network/energy optimization. We will also discuss the reciprocal impact of photonics on AI, particularly in areas like Neuromorphic Computing, Quantum Photonics, Photonics in AI Hardware, and other emerging applications. This meeting promises to provide valuable perspectives for anyone interested in the future of these intertwined technologies and will be presented by the technology report author Bruce Bateman.
This Technology Report is dedicated to EPIC members only.
Speakers
With over 40 years of experience in computing, Bruce has been a technical lead and core team member in 23 startups, spanning both remarkable successes and valuable lessons. His expertise lies in telecom, large-scale Wi-Fi deployments, and smart city systems design.
He has authored 26 research publications, including four with EPIC, and leads Bateman Research, a firm specializing in private technical research for corporate clients and due diligence for venture capital firms.
Currently, Bruce advises energy companies on developing and deploying AI algorithms for energy and battery management, exploring innovative approaches to energy optimization and trading.
Previously, Bruce was Chief Technical Advisor at LITEON, an $8B global leader in optical and electronic manufacturing. Before that, he contributed to major players like Ruckus Wireless (Wi-Fi cities), Dell Networking (datacenters and corporate networks), 2Wire, and iCast, among others.
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Attendees
- Abdul Rahim , Ecosystem Manager at PhotonDelta
- Adrian Ślipek , Junior PDK Development Specialist at VIGO Photonics
- Ahmad Atieh , Vice President Optical System at Optiwave Systems
- Alexander Belugin , CPO at XPANCEO
- Alexandre Grigoriev , Head of AI Team at Horiba France
- Amandine Debloudts , Marketing-Communications Manager at SEDI-ATI FIBRES OPTIQUES
- Andre Klauss, R&D Manager at HOLOEYE Photonics
- Andreas Theisen , Head of Investor Relations & Sustainability at Jenoptik
- Andreas Völker , BD Photonics at CSEM
- Andrei Andryieuski , CEO at LD4B Sp. z o. o.
- Andrés Fernández, R&D Engineer at AIMEN
- Andrew Wylde , Microwave Device Engineer at Lightwave Logic
- Angelique Raley , Director Technology at TEL
- Anh Tuan Vu , Principle Investigator at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
- Annelies Falepin , Senior Venture Development Manager at imec
- Antonie Verhoeven, Optics Designer
- Antonio Dias , Business Developer at Aimen
- Antreas Theodosiou , CEO at Lumoscribe
- Augustin Ranger , Deputy Head in Japan for Technological Research Division at CEA
- Axel Wehling , Commercial Sales Manager at Coherent
- Ayça Karadağ , System Engineer at TNO
- Bastien Laville , Research Scientist at Thales Alenia Space
- Ben Wood , Industrial Sales Engineer at Thorlabs
- Bobin Varghese , Senior Optical Engineer at Huawei Technologies, Munich Research Center
- Boris Chernetsov , AI & Software Development Manager at XPANCEO
- Brittany Hedrick , Principle Process Integration Engineer at TEL
- Bruno Gross , Vice President Europe at Thorlabs
- Charels-Alix Manier, Team Lead at Fraunhofer IZM
- Christelle Dernon , AI Policy Programs Manager at Meta
- Christian Neumeyr , CEO at Vertilas
- Christian Novotny , Senior Application Engineer at SCHOTT
- Christiane Gimkiewicz, Project Manager at CSEM
- Christoph Menke , Optical Designer at Carl Zeiss
- Christoph Zwahr , Devision Lead Laser Precision Manufacturing at Fraunhofer IWS
- Claire Guyonnet , Sales & Marketing Director at SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques
- Claire Point , CMO at Yole
- Claudine Payen , Marketing at Riber
- Cleitus Antony , Researcher at Tyndall National Institute
- Colin Malloy , Sales Account Manager Northern Europe and Israel at Tekscend Photomask
- Cristina Cadevall , Vice President Softwar at Sensofar
- Dalius Pranskevicius , Area Sales Manager at UAB EKSPLA
- Daniel Hutama , III-V Business Development at Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
- Daniela Diamare , Engineer at Huawei Technology
- Daniela Reuter , CEO at Photonics Hub
- Danxia Xu , Principal Research Officer at National Research Council Canada
- Darren Berns , CTO Optical Technologies at IDEX
- Darin Malikova , Coordinator at Research Innovation Center for Electronics and Telecommunications
- David Gillett , CEO at Laser 2000 (UK) Limited
- David Kallweit , Distinguished Scientist at Liom Health
- Dieter Schroth , Senior Director at Merck
- Domas Lukasevicius , Head of Sales at Optonas UAB
- Dominic Schulz , Head of Strategy Photonics at Fraunhofer HHI
- Edith Laga , Fellow PR & Public Affairs at Q.ANT
- Elena Sokolova , Optical Engineer/Designer at RiverD International
- Emiliano Ioffe , Engineering Manager at Ophir Optronics, MKS
- Emma Jones, HR Manager at Senko
- Erdem Sahin , Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University
- Eric Mounier , Chief Analyst at YOLE INTELLIGENCE
- Evguei Bordatchev, Team Leader at National Research Council of Canada
- Fabio Gaspar , Business Development Manager at OptaSensor
- Florian Federer , Business Developer Asia at PhotonDelta
- Frank Nussbaum , Data Scientist at Jenoptik
- Frazer Anderson , CTO at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology
- Gary Kardys , Business Development Manager at Marktech Optoelectronics
- Georg Boecherer , Principal Engineer at Huawei
- Gerald Dahlmann , Senior Director Marketing at Coherent
- Gerhard Domann , Head of Department at Fraunhofer ISC
- Graeme Urquhart , Sales Director at Sivers Photonics
- Guenther Lermann , Commercial Sales Manager at Coherent
- Guillaume Laffont , Head of Laboratory at CEA
- Guillermo von Hünefeld , Research Assistant at Fraunhofer HHI
- Heiko Brüning , CEO at QubeDot
- Heinz Seyringer , CEO at V-Research
- Hendrik Sandmann , Researcher at Laser Zentrum Hannover
- Henry Gillett , Student at Laser 2000
- Herman Högström , COO at Spectrogon
- Husain Imam, Head of Sales at Proximion
- Ilias Boutis , Photonic IC Packaging Engineer at Phix Photonics assembly
- Ina Neumann , Application Engineer at Excelitas
- Iñigo Ramón , Postdoctoral Researcher at Asociación Centro Tecnológico CEIT
- Iossif Elenkov , R&D Engeneering at EXCELITAS
- Irene Olivares , Head of Photonics Design at Alcyon Photonics
- Ivan Kruglov , Head of Department at XPANCEO
- Ivan Tarant , Laser Micromachining Specialist & IT Manager at HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Ivana Sersic Vollenbroek , Investment Manager at BOM
- Iwan Davies , Group Technology Director at IQE plc
- Jacek Olszewski, PDK Development Leading Expert at VIGO Photonics
- Jaime Garcia-Ruperez , Professor at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
- Jan-Erik Källhammer , Director Visual Enhancement at Magna Electronics
- Jason He , Fellow, Chief Scientist at Focuslight Technologies
- Jean-Christophe Gauthier , Commercialization Director at Optonique
- Jianfei Wang , Senior Product Engineer at THORLABS QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
- Jimena Garcia-Romeu Nuñez , CEO at Alcyon Photonics
- Joe Lin , General Manager at Coherent
- Jonas Heidrich , Product Line Manager at Menhir Photonics
- Jonas Vandewalle , CRO at PlanOpSim
- Jörg Nowack , Senior Director Strategy & BD at HiSilicon (Huawei Group)
- Jorge Arias , Senior Researcher at AIMEN
- Juan Barbero , Optoelectronic Department at ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD
- Juergen Kreis , Partner at nortus-Systronic
- Julius Puodžiūnas , Senior Technologist at EKSMA Optics
- Jung Han Choi , Senior Project Manager at Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute
- Karim Honda , Business Coordinator Manager at Inkron
- Katherine Bock Smith , Innovation Investment Advisor at National Research Council Canada
- Kevin Contreras , R&D Manager at V-Optics
- Khurram Usman , Project Manager at Obducat
- Kimberley Peppe , Marketing Content Creator at EXFO
- Kurt Weingarten , Partner at Tarkas Ventures
- Lars Gidskehaug , Solution Manager at Norsk Elektro Optikk
- Laura Graña Suarez , Program Manager Integrated Photonics at University of Twente
- Laura Horan , Staff Engineer - Product Management Lead at Vanguard Automation
- Leo Lin , BU Director at EXFO
- Liang Zhang , Standard Expert at Huawei Technologies
- Lluis Torner, Founder at ICFO
- Lucas Pfeifer , Technical Sales Engineer at Optocraft
- Lydia Sanmartí-Vila , Outreach Coordinator at ICFO
- Madison Rilling , Executive Director at Optonique (Pôle d'excellence en optique-photonique du Québec)
- Mahdi Kaveh , Research Associate at Fraunhofer HHI
- Mahtab Aghaeipour , Research at Fraunhofer HHI
- Malte Ennen , Business Development at ficonTEC
- Manele Chouiter , PhD student at Valeo
- Manfred Hubert, Regional Director at NRC IRAP
- Mantvydas Jasinskas , CSO at EKSPLA
- Marco Giacone , R&D Engineer at FEMTOprint
- Mario Auerbach , Sales Manager at Coherent
- Martin Vallo , Senior Technology & Market Analyst at Yole Group
- Martina Müller , CEO at 3D AG
- Maryvonne Chalony , Application Engineer at Synopsys
- Matthias Beranek , Industry Management Mobility at TRUMPF Laser
- Matthias Koitzsch , Head of Sales Processes and Systems at TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik
- Mehdi Naamoun , CTO at PROUD
- Michael Birlo , Senior Optical Design Engineer at OQmented
- Michael Forbis , Managing Director at Microtech Ventures
- Michael Mirakyan , Application Product Manager at ART PHOTONICS
- Michael Mühlberger , Senior Scientist at PROFACTOR
- Michael Theurer, Deputy Head of Lasers Group at Fraunhofer HHI
- Mie Magelund , Production Engineer at Ibsen Photonics
- Mohamed S Islim , R&D Manager at pureLiFi
- Nemo Mong, Engineer at Chroma
- Nick Werstiuk , CEO at Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
- Nicolai Granzow , Senior Sales Manager Scientific at NKT Photonics
- Nikolay Pavlov , Lead Physicist at Enlightra Sarl
- Noel Clarke, Strategic Innovation at Carl Zeiss SMT
- Olena Prysiazhna , Development Engineer at Mintres
- Olivier Fontaine , Business Development Manager at Lambda-X
- Pascale Nouchi , Managing Director at III-V Lab
- Patrick Chapon , GD Product Manager at Horiba
- Patrick Kastner , Product Manager at ASMPT AMICRA
- Paul Williams , Technical Team Leader at Laser 2000
- Pavel Krylov , Sales/Marketing Department at KIMT/Ferrotec
- Peter Künzner , Entwicklungsingenieur at Thorlabs
- Peter Schnitzer , Manager Market Intelligence at Carl Zeiss
- Peter Visser , Project Manager at PhotonDelta
- Philippe Antoine , Chief at Lambda-X
- Philippe de Bettignies , Technology Roadmap Manager at HORIBA
- Pierre Champert , Global Account Manager at COHERENT
- Pierre Joly, Senior Research Engineer at CEA-Leti
- Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz , Delegate Romandy at Swissphotonics
- Ping Liu, Senior Financial Accountant at Eblana Photonics
- Preetam Gaikwad , Technology Scout at Jenoptik
- Qiong Tong , Market Intelligence Manager at Merck Electronics
- Raphael Dube-Demers , R&D Manager at EXFO
- Regina Gumenyuk , Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University
- Reinhard Voelkel , CSO at Focuslight
- Remco van Brakel , Co-Founder at SCIL Nanoimprint
- Rene Dingshoff , Senior Technology Manager at SFC Energy
- Rene Engel , Director of Sales at Coherent
- Reza Dowlatshahi , Director of R&D at National Research Council of Canada
- Rijil Thomas , Researcher at AMO
- Ritjola Kulluri , Fiber Optic Sensing Specialist at ALITE
- Robert Harrison , Managing Partner at SONNENBERG HARRISON PARTNERSCHAFT
- Robert Kirchner , Co-Founder and CEO at HETEROMERGE
- Rohit Desai , NPI Engineering Manager at Coherent
- Rolando Ferrini , Chief Regional Officer & Head of FEMTOprint Neuchâtel at FEMTOprint
- Romain Bruder , Product Manager at RIBER
- Rubén Pérez de Aranda , CTO at KD
- Ruud Vullers , Director R&D at SMART Photonics
- Ryan Vallance , Vice President, CudoForm Division at Senko Advanced Components
- Sabina Zaimovic , Engineer at Alite
- Saman Pourschaban , Co-founder & CBO at Serino
- Sami Musa , CTO at VA-Photonics
- Sandra Hemonnet , Marketing Manager at EXFO
- Santiago M Olaizola , Head of Group at Ceit
- Sarkar Mahbub Akhter, Principle Engineer at Lumentum
- Sawyer Ge , Director, Sales and Marketing at Optiwave Systems
- Sebastián Castilla , Postdoctoral Researcher at ICFO
- Sebastian Rappl , Sales at ASMPT Amicra
- Selina Casutt , Managing Director Photonics Booster at Swissmem - Photonics Booster
- Sergi Ferrando , PhotonCat Manager at ICFO
- Shailesh Senta , Laser Application Engineer at Weilheim Manufacturing Technology Center
- Shampy Mansha , Senior Engineer at Huawei Munich Research Center
- Shi Li , Principal Application Engineer at VPIphotonics
- Shizhou Xiao , Engineer at EdgeWave
- Shriti Shrivastava , Field Marketing at Coherent
- Simon Ayotte , Principal Scientist at TeraXion
- Simon Rankel , Strategy and Business Development Manager at MKS Instruments
- Simon Zilian , CSO at TRIOPTICS
- Sonja Pfeuffer , Head of Marketing and Communications at Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik
- Sophie Lange , Business Development Engineer at EXFO
- Sophie Stainton , Senior Talent Associate at Oxford Ionics
- Steeve Bourdon, Senior Manager, Corporate External Communication at STMicroelectronics
- Steevy Cordette , Director of Advanced Photonics Research at Technology Innovation Institute
- Stefano Penna , CTO at Thales Alenia Space
- Stephan Gronenborn , Senior Scientist at TRUMPF
- Stephan Lutgen , uLED Display Architect + Platform Lead at Meta
- Stephan Schnez , Director of Technology Strategies at Huawei Technologies
- Stephanie Hesse-Ertelt , Research Manager at Fraunhofer IOF
- Sven Kiontke , CEO at asphericon
- Svenja Hübner , Technologiemanagement at OptoNet
- Taguhi Yeghoyan , Analyst at Yole Group
- Tapio Kallonen , CEO at Specim, Spectral Imaging
- Tatjana Fischer-Weikum , OEM Sales / Customer Development at Thorlabs
- Thierry Georges , President at Oxxius
- Thierry Robin , CTO at exail
- Thilo Barthels , Senior Precision Engineer at Huawei Technologies
- Thomas Korst , Director Product Management at AIXTRON
- Thomas Limmer , Head of Product Management at Instrument Systems
- Thomas Rettich , Research Coodination at TRUMPF
- Tobias Gnausch , Product Manager at Jenoptik Optical Systems
- Tobias Harter , Researcher at ZEISS
- Tobias Kammans , Manager at Photonics Hub
- Tobias Kaposi , Head of Business Development at Panacol-Elosol
- Tomas Bäcklund , R&D Portfolio Manager at Merck
- Ton Pothoven , Senior Advisor at Integrated Mechanization Solutions
- Torsten Wipiejewski, Director and Business Development Manager at Huawei Technologies
- Valerie Lyttle , Marketing Executive at Yelo
- Victor Perez , Business Developer at nanoplus
- Vipul Bhatt , Vice President Marketing, Datacom Vertical at Coherent
- Virginie Quet , Sales Director EMEA at SUSS MicroTec
- Vitalijs Zubkovs , Project Manager at CSEM
- Vytautas Gatelis , Manager at Ekspla
- William Chen , ASE Fellow & Senior Technical Advisor at ASE
- Ybet Molina , Customer Marketing Manager at IPRONICS PROGRAMMABLE PHOTONICS
- Yingli Qu , RND Manager at Wavelength Opto-electronic
- Yu Xu, Engineer at Huawei
- Yu-Chun Wang , Market Intelligence Manager at imec
- Yuhao Chen , Product Manager at Excelitas Technologies
- Yulia Lovsky , Physicist at Cognifiber
- Zeinab Shaban , Process Development Scientist at X-celeprint
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