OFC 2026 announcement

We’re thrilled to announce that ΗΑΕΤΑΕ team will be participating in OFC 2026 next week in Los Angeles, California, USA, contributing two papers and one poster.


1️⃣ Paper: Photonic Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks Utilizing SOA-Based SPM Broadening and Filtering Learnable Activations

Presenting Author: Themistoklis Chrysostomidis

All Authors: Stefanos Kovaios, Themistoklis Chrysostomidis, Dimitrios Spanos, Apostolos Tsakyridis, Miltiadis Moralis-Pegios, Nikolaos Passalis, Charis Mesaritakis, Adonis Bogris, Anastasios Tefas, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Nikos Pleros.

Session: Photonic AI Computing (W3C.3)

📅 March 18, 2026 🕝 2:45–3:00 PM (PDT) 📍 Room 408A



2️⃣ Paper: Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) using Photonic Neural Network-assisted Quantization

Presenting Author: Antonios Prapas

All Authors: Antonios Prapas, Georgios Tsamis, Apostolos Tsakyridis, Miltiadis Moralis-Pegios, David Lazovsky, Nikos Pleros.

Session: Photonic AI Computing (W3C)

📅 March 18, 2026 🕝 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM (PDT)📍 Location: Room 408A



3️⃣ Poster: Photonic Deep Learning Using In-Situ Optical Backpropagation for Training Photonic Linear Neural Layers

Presenting Author: Odysseas Asimopoulos

All Authors: Odysseas Asimopoulos, Stefanos Kovaios, Apostolos Tsakyridis, Miltiadis Moralis-Pegios, Loukia Avramelou, Nikolaos Passalis, Anastasios Tefas, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Nikos Pleros.

Session: Poster Session II (Th2A)

📅 March 19, 2026 🕝 10:30 AM 📍 Petree Hall C