FIP Virtual Symposium May 16, 2020
The 2020 meeting program will include lectures from distinguished speakers, contributed papers and posters by investigators from Duke University and other academic and industrial institutions.
The 2020 FIP Symposium originally scheduled for March 9-10, 2020 has been reorganized to a virtual symposium scheduled for May 16, 2020 on the International Day of Light. Please note that Officials at Duke University are actively monitoring the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. All on-campus events have been canceled until further notice.
Special Theme
Photonics in the Era of Data Science: from Smart Sensing to AI
Speakers
Symposium Keynote Speaker
Donna Strickland, PhD
Nobel Laureate of Physics (2018)
Professor in Department in Physics and Astronomy
University of Waterloo
Canada
Dr. Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (2018) for the method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.
Plenary Speakers
William T. Freeman, PhD
**Canceled - updated 5/15**
Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Senior Research Scientist at Google
Henry Fuchs, PhD
**Canceled -updated 2/27**
Federico Gil Distinguished Professor,
Department of Computer Science,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frederic Zenhausern, PhD
Endowed Chair Professor of Basic Medicine Sciences
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Biomedical Engineering
University of Arizona
Todd Zickler, PhD
William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, and
Computer Science
Harvard University
Invited Speakers
Ron Alterovitz, PhD
Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian Cullum, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Mar Gonzalez Franco, PhD
**Canceled -updated 2/18**
Senior Scientist
Extended Perception Interaction & Cognition (EPIC)
Microsoft Research
Sanjay Padhi, PhD
**Canceled -updated 3/9**
Head of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Research
US Education
Benjamin Watson, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science
North Carolina State University
Duke Speakers
Alberto Bartesaghi, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Biochemistry, and
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Olivier Delaire, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Physics, and Chemistry
Duke University
Roarke Horstmeyer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Guillermo Sapiro, PhD
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Professor of Computer Science, and
Mathematics,
Duke University
Pei Zhong, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and
Biomedical Engineering,
Duke University