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SUMMARY:A sneak peek with light into opaque materials
DTSTART:20190826T140000
DTEND:20190826T150000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Sylvain Gigan\nInstitute of Microengineering - Disti
 nguished Lecture (Bonus Lecture)\n\nAbstract: Complex heterogeneous materi
 als\, that scatter light in a highly complex way\, present a huge challeng
 e for imaging (think of seeing inside or through milk or in biological tis
 sues). They are also a very interesting playground to study fundamental qu
 estions in wave physics. Very recently\, we have shown that random light p
 ropagation in complex media can be leveraged for computational tasks. I wi
 ll illustrate this concept through various examples\, ranging from brain i
 maging to  optical computing (both classical and quantum). \n\nBio: Sylv
 ain Gigan is Professor of Physics at Sorbonne Université in Paris\, and g
 roup leader in Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel\, at Ecole Normale Supérieure 
 (ENS\, Paris). His research interests range from fundamental investigation
 s of light propagation in complex media\, biomedical imaging\, sensing\, s
 ignal processing\,  to quantum optics and quantum information in complex 
 media. He is also the cofounder of a spin-off:  LightOn (www.lighton.io) 
 aiming at performing optical computing for machine learning and Big Data.
  \n\nThis lecture is part of the IMT Distinguished Lecture Series. The le
 cture is considered as a bonus lecture for the class MICRO-626 (usual atte
 ndance requirement does not apply\, but participation is highly encouraged
 ). 
LOCATION:BM 5202 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202
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