Workshop “Photonics in AI: Challenges and Applications”

We are excited to co-organise the workshop “Photonics in AI: Challenges and Applications”, co-located with OECC 2026, together with our EU–ROK partner project NEHIL, on 🗓 Sunday, June 28, 2026, in 📍 Busan, South Korea.

Key topics of this workshop include:

📌 Technology enablers

• Emerging photonic device technologies for neuromorphic architectures
• MEMS and phase-change devices for reconfigurable photonic systems
• Heterogeneous integration of InP with Silicon Photonics platforms
• Novel materials: Barium Titanate (BTO), SiOC, MoS₂, and graphene-based modulators and detectors
• Advances in on-chip photonic interconnects

📌 Architectures and applications

• Architectures and applications
• Photonic implementations of spiking neural networks and analog optical computing
• Optical neural network accelerators for AI inference and training
• Photonic LIDAR and signal processing systems leveraging neuromorphic architectures
• Cross-layer optimization and co-design between algorithms, hardware, and photonic circuits

We look forward to engaging discussions and strengthening international collaboration at the intersection of photonics and AI!