Bruno Wacogne is a CNRS Research Director at the FEMTO-ST Institute (UMR CNRS 6174) where he is leading the transversal axis Biom’@x concerning Sciences and Technologies for a Translational Medicine. He is also the technological coordinator of the Clinical Investigation Center of Besançon University hospital (INSERM CIC1431) where he is leading the Microsystems and Biological Qualification team. His research interests are micro technologies, optics, translational research, biological qualification and immune-combined medical devices. He is the author or co-author of nearly 200 communications and 10 patents

Micro technologies, optics, translational research, biological qualification and immune-combined medical devices

Dr. Andrei Ivanov is a Head of the Department of Optical Physics and Modern Natural Science at the ITMO University. He received his degree as a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 2007. Dr. Ivanov’s main fields of interest are nano-photonics, nonlinear optics, and laser cooling of solids. His current research activities focus on multiphoton transitions in the bulk and on the surface of the semiconductors of different dimensions; pre-breakdown generation of free carriers in the insulators and semiconductors caused by the ultra-short pulse laser radiation; photon avalanche effect in the semiconductors and heterostructures, and dynamical Stark effect. His research at the ITMO University has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. He is the member of the D. S. Rozhdestvensky Optical Society and the Optical Society of America (OSA).

nano-photonics, nonlinear optics, and laser cooling of solids

Naturalized US citizen (since 1985). Goal oriented, highly motivated and creative performer with proven leadership, administrative and coaching ability, extensive project and financial management experience, team player attitude, strong analytical and planning skills, effective communications (written and verbal) and presentation skills, as well as excellent organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities. Possesses thorough and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in materials, mechanical, electrical, optical, information, telecommunication, reliability and related areas of engineering, of new and emerging technologies, and a clear vision for the most promising directions in the development of applied science and engineering. Works exceptionally well in dynamic and rapidly changing environments, under pressure and in short time frames. Performs effectively across multiple organizations, companies and departments, with specialists from various disciplines and fields, and with people of different mentalities, origins, and cultural backgrounds. Good public speaker and a quick learner. Exhibits strong interest in, and possesses good knowledge of, foreign cultures, values, attitudes, and customs. Always willing to learn new things and has exceptional receptiveness to, and quick grasp of, new approaches and ideas. Has a sociable disposition and gets along well with peers, supervisors, and subordinates. Bi-lingual: English and Russian. Fluent in Ukrainian.

Photonics, Fiber Optics and Mechanics of Optical Fibers

Günter Nimtz has completed his PhD in the year 1969 from Vienna University. He is the Professor of Physics and a consultant of several Companies. He has published more than 200 papers in reputed journals and owns some patents. He was member of the supervisory board of an organic electronic materials company.

Quantum optics, Virtual particles, Photonics for information

I am a CNRS Senior Researcher at the FEMTO-ST research institute in Besançon in France and I am leading the nonlinear photonics group since 2010. I am supervising both theoretical and experimental studies of fundamental nonlinear effects that occur in optical fibers and other tiny optical waveguides (photonic crystal fibers, optical micro and nanofibers, and resonators), with the aim of investigating potential applications to ultrafast signal processing, fiber-based telecommunications, fiber lasers and optical fiber sensors. I have broad expertise in nonlinear fiber optics and related fields and I made scientific achievements in the fields of broadband fiber-based parametric amplification, pulsed and cw-pumped supercontinuum generation, high-power Raman fiber lasers, passive mode-locking of fiber lasers through dissipative four-wave mixing, and Brillouin light scattering in specialty fibers, for which I have been awarded with the Fabry-Gramont Prize from the French Optical Society. I co-authored more than 100 publications in leading scientific journals and as many conference papers I have also been the principle investigator and co-investigator of several projects funded by national and european agencies and industrial partners (Europe H2020-MSCA-ITN, French research minister, ACI and ANR, LABEX Action, Europe Interreg Program, FEDER, Franche-Comté Region, University of Franche-Comté, PRES, CEA, Alcatel-Lucent). I am working closely with a number of industrial and academic collaborators in France and abroad (ULB Bruxelles, EPFL, Lausanne, McGill University, Montreal, University of Auckland, NZ, Max Planck Institute, Erlangen, Germany, Tampere University, University of Maryland, USA,..)

• Investigation of optomechanical interactions and Brillouin scattering in optical nanofibers and microstructured fibers • Development of supercontinuum fiber sources from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared band, • Design and development of broadband fiber optical parametric amplifiers at 1.5 µm and 1 µm, • Design and development of ultrafast fiber lasers using novel nonlinear mode-locking techniques,

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. His recent research interests are in high power semiconductor lasers, tunable sources, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, and hybrid organic-inorganic components for heterogeneous integration. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research programs in the field of optics and photonics.

Field of optics and photonics

Anna Orlova is Professor of the Department of Optical Physics and Modern Natural Science at the ITMO University, Head of international research lab “Magnetically controlled nanosystems for theranostics of oncological and cardiovascular diseases”. Prof. Orlova successfully combines lecture activity with development and research of hybrid nanosystems for theranostics and sensing based on colloidal quantum semiconductor nanocrystals, magnetic nanoparticles, graphene, titanium dioxide nanocrystals, and organic molecules. She graduated with honors from the Engineering Physics Faculty of LITMO Institute (St. Petersburg) in 1997, and then received the scientific degrees of Candidate of Technical Sciences in 2003 and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 2016 from the same institution (now ITMO University). Since 1997 to 2006 she was junior researcher at Vavilov Optical Institute, then returned to her Alma Mater and developed there from research associate to professor (2017).

The research interests of Prof. Orlova’s group are spectroscopy and photophysics of hybrid nanosystems for theranostics and sensing based on semiconductor quantum nanocrystals, magnetic nanoparticles, graphene, titanium dioxide nanocrystals and organic molecules

Ottorino Veneri graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Naples 'Federico II' in 1996. By the same University in March 2000 he has been awarded his PhD in Electrical Engineering. From 1999 to 2001 he had a research grant provided by the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Naples 'Federico II'. Since 2002 he works as a researcher with the Istituto Motori of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy in Naples. In recent years he has also become Full Professor at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. His main fields of interest are the electric drives for transportation systems, electric energy converters, electric energy storage systems, power sources with hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture. He is co-author of 2 book published by Springer, 2 chapters of books and more than 60 papers published in International Journals and in proceedings of conferences. He is reviewer of various International Journals that publish material in the area of energy and power conversion, and technical reviewer of Italian Research and Development Projects. He is director of operative units at Istituto Motori within more than 10 Research National and International Projects.

Energy storage systems, hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture.

Dr. Jing Bai is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. Dr. Bai’s current research activities focus on nano-photonics, nano-photovoltaics, nonlinear optics, and nanoscale biomedical devices. Her research at UMD has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Whiteside Institute for Clinical Research, the MN Drive Initiatives, and the Graduate School of University of Minnesota. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the American Physics Society (APS).

Dr. Bai’s current research activities focus on nano-photonics, nano-photovoltaics, nonlinear optics, and nanoscale biomedical devices.

Ling received the BSc degree in general physics and the MSc degree in solid state physics from Beijing Normal University, China. She moved to the UK in 1992 and received the PhD degree at the Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, UK, for research on electronic noise in superconducting devices in 1995. Since then she has worked at NPL. She has published more than 100 papers in refereed journals and two book chapters. Ling is also a visiting professor at Imperial College and a member of the Superconductivity Committee of the Institute of Physics. She is leading work on applications of nanoscience, superconducting electronics and microwave technology for precision measurements, aimed at single particle measurements and metrology with Nano SQUIDs and nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) resonators. She is also working on low dimensional carbon, including carbon nanotubes and graphene transport measurements.

Quantum Detection,Applications of Nano science, Superconducting electronics. Microwave technology for precision measurements

Thomas Bäck is full professor of computer science at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University,The Netherlands, since 2004. His research interests are in the areas of evolutionary computation and related heuristic search and optimization methods, and in algorithm configuration and predictive analytics – with a strong emphasis on industrial applications. In combinatorial optimization, he is also working on exploring the potential of quantum annealing for solving such problems. In his work with industrial partners in the industry 4.0 domain, he collaborates with companies such as, e.g., BMW, Daimler, Honda, Tata Steel, and KLM. Thomas Bäck has more than 300 publications and authored a book on evolutionary algorithms, (Evolutionary Algorithms: Theory and Practice). He is co-editor of the Handbook of Evolutionary Computation and the Handbook of Natural Computing, and co-author of the book Contemporary Evolution Strategies (Springer, 2013). He is editorial board member of a number of journals and has served as program chair for major conferences in evolutionary computation. He received the best dissertation award from the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) in 1995 and is an elected fellow of the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation for his contributions to the field. In 2015, he received the IEEE Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award for his contributions in synthesizing evolutionary computation.

Evolutionary computation and related heuristic search and optimization methods, and in algorithm configuration and predictive analytics – with a strong emphasis on industrial applications

Claudio Verzegnassi did his diploma in Diploma di Maturità at Liceo Classico F. Petrarca, Trieste, Italy in the year 1959. Also he gained his university degree in Theoretical physics, at University of Trieste in 1964. He started his working career in the year 1965, from University of Trieste, dept. of Theoretical Physics as a professor. Recently, he is working as a researcher at University of Udine, Polytechnic of Engineering and Architecture.

Theoretical Physics

Jamal Berakdar is a theoretical physicist with research interests in various aspects of electronic many-body systems with emphasis on time and spin-dependent processes. After the undergraduate years at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg in Germany, he took a PhD in theoretical Physics in 1994 from the University of Freiburg followed by a postdoctoral period at the Royal Holloway College, University of London. From 1995-1997 he spent a research stay on a Humboldt fellowship at the Australian National University, Canberra, and from 1997-2006 he was a staff scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany. From 2006- present he has been a full professor of theoretical physics at the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany.

Quantum and classical many body systems, Quantum information, Optics and magnetism

Dmitry Maximovitch Gitman had done his PhD and Doctor in Sciences in Physics and Mathematics. At present he is Chief Researcher at I.E. Tamm Theory Division of P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia. He is a Senior Professor at Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has published more than 300 articles in International Physical Journals and he published 8 books. At present, his research interest focuses on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory, particularly on Quantum Electrodynamics.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory

Yoshihisa Yamamoto received his B.S. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Tokyo in 1973, 1975 and 1978, respectively. He is a Program Manager for Impulsive Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of Cabinet Office of Government of Japan. He is currently a Professor (emeritus) of Stanford University and National Institute of Informatics, and NTT R&D fellow. His research interest has been in quantum optics and quantum information processing, especially quantum neural network and coherent Ising machine.

Quantum Optics, Quantum Information

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 31 book chapters, and 18 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008). And IBM teacher of excellence 2013, and the 2016 Jan Czochralski Award. She is editor , associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Pioneer in the area of III-V compound semiconductors and optoelectronic devices from the deep ultraviolet to the far infrared spectral bands, including in particular InP and GaAs based semiconductors and devices, which were at the heart of the optical fiber telecommunication revolution of the late 20th Century and the rise of the information age.

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His recent research interests are in high power semiconductor lasers, tunable sources, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, and hybrid organic-inorganic components for heterogeneous integration. He has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, international conference proceedings and invited talks. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. He is also the co-founder of TPhotonics Inc. During August 2014 –Aug. 2017 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate, promoting and managing translational research programs in the field of optics and photonics.

Mahmoud Fallahi’s research is in the field of high power semiconductor lasers, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, hybrid organic-inorganic components, heterogeneous integration.

Apollonov V.V. is the leading specialist in the area of basic principles of creation and development of high power laser systems and high power laser radiation interaction with matter. He has made an outstanding input into creation and development of new branches of science - physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, creation of high power continuous wave, pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, high intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, high power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, medical applications for UV lasers. Recent results of his investigations related to the laser diode arrays phase-locking, mechanisms of shock waves merging for a rockets launch by high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser light, super long conductive channel based on the electrical breakdown in a dust plasma produced by mechanism of ablation, high repetition rate optical pulsating discharge applications, space debris elimination by laser, scalable mono-module disk laser and high power laser applications in the Arctic are under very intensive implementation in our country and abroad. He is the author of 1923 research publications (19 books, 546 presentations and 148 patents, 954 articles, inf. from Research Gate). Apollonov V.V. is a high profile scientist and well known around all over the world, for more than 49 years of his international scientific activity, he has participated and organized more than 60 international conferences, symposiums and workshops, prepared 32 candidates and doctors of physics and mathematics. For the last 5 years his scientific group has fulfilled more than 60 R and D contracts with customers from Japan, UK, Germany, France, China, Korea, Singapore and USA. He is the General Director of “Energomashtechnika” Ltd. Apollonov V.V. is the member of European and American Physical Society, SPIE, AIAA, American Society for QE and the member of specialized scientific council of Russia. He is a full member of Russian Academy of Natural Science and Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of the Presidium RANS. He is the laureate of State Prize of USSR (1982) and of Russia (2001).

Physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, Investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, Creation of high power continuous wave, Pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, High intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, High power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, Medical applications for UV lasers

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures, pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics, detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures, and photovoltaics

Professor Devki N. Talwar, is a Distinguished University Professor in the Physics Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), USA and conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used in various electronics and opto-electronics applications. He has been with IUP for almost thirty years, and is the author of more than 135 refereed journal articles, four book chapters and more than 80 international conference presentations. He served as an Organizer in nine International Conferences organized by Materials Research Society, USA; Singapore; 5th World Congress on Materials Science and Engineering – Spain; Optics 2016; Mesoscopic Condensed Matter Physics, and Condensed Matter Physics -USA. He was invited as Honorary Guest member in Science Conclave with Nobel Laureates at IIIT-Allahabad from 2009-2014 and delivered Keynote addresses at Moscow Institute of Science and Technology and many other international conferences. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells, and superlattices. He is recognized by the international community as a prolific researcher.

Defect characterizations in III-V, II-VI and III-N semiconductors by optical spectroscopy (infrared, Raman and Photoluminescence). Lattice dynamics study of bulk and low dimensional structured materials, Band structure calculations of III-V semiconductors and superlattices.

Dr. Douglas R McCarter, Dhc, is the Technical Integrator of McCarter Machine & Technology Inc. , founded in 1981. McCarter’s patented and proprietary silicon processes achievements were documented by published technical papers and over 50 oral presentations. In turn, McCarter has won many awards, mentioned in Forbes.com, Kiplinger Letter, Entrepenuer.com, Nasa Tech Briefs, Missile Defense Briefs Open and Classified, and recognized as the current world expert in precision silicon components. McCarter has served as member of editorial staff of Advanced Optical Technology, in Munich Germany since 2012. In 2016, Dr. Babin, Congressman District 37 and leader of Nasa Committee endorsed McCarter’s development of McCarter Silicon Space Systems. In addition to over 3000 hours of Technical Schools, McCarter has been directly mentored by the late Frank Anthony, Bell Labs and past 10 years Roger Paquin Perk & Elmer retired Materials Expert.

Inventor of processes to enable the use of Silicon in Optics and Opto-mechanical structures. McCarter’s Silicon Components are Modular, Scalable and Producible. In particular, McCarter has developed a glass frit bonding process for building meter class systems for ground, flight or space missions.

Tang Xiahui is a professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is presently the vice-director of the National Engineering Research Center for Laser Processing and he is the executive member of the council of Hubei mechanical engineering society and laser processing committee of the Chinese Optical Society, the vice-chairman of Laser Institute of Hubei Province, the editor of “Laser Technology” and “Applied Laser”. His interested areas are high power CO2 gas Laser, high power laser processing systems integration, welding, brazing, cutting and surface engineering. He published more than 60 papers in the domestic and foreign academic journals, more than 20 papers were SCI, EI, ISTP included and Obtained 5 Chinese invention patents. He received Hubei Science and Technology Progress Award in 2004 and Ministry of Education, National Science and Technology Progress Award nominations in 2005. He has finished the MOST National “Fifteen” Scientific Technological Research Plan, “Eleventh Five” major scientific and technological support plan, Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education, Hubei Province “Eleventh Five-Year” key scientific and technological and NSFC, respectively. Further, he undertook nearly 60 enterprises of science and technology projects.

high power CO2 gas Laser, high power laser processing systems integration, welding, brazing, cutting and surface engineering

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University Portland, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) . Dr. Suhir has authored about 400 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering (he is the third Russian American, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award); and 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products.

Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering; Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers; Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing; Thermal Stress Analysis, Embedded Systems; “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Interaction;

Mohamed Atef received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering, electronics and communications from Assiut University, Egypt, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. From 2006 to 2007, he was a researcher at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Department of Microelectronics, working on the improvement of quantum dot optical properties. He received his PhD in 2010 from Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering, and then worked as a post-doctoral researcher until the end of 2012. Mohamed Atef is currently an Associate Professor at Assiut University, Egypt. He has been visiting the School of Microelectronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2015. His research interests are in the areas of optoelectronic integrated circuits, optical transceivers, and biomedical circuits and system. He is an author of two Springer books, "Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers: Integrated Optical Receiver Technology" and "Optoelectronic Circuits in Nanometer CMOS Technology". Furthermore, he is an author and co-author of more than 70 scientific publications. Since 2012, he has been a senior member of IEEE.

Professional Experience: - Jan. 2016 up to now: Associate Prof. at Department of Electrical Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt. - September 2015 up to September 2017: Visiting BiCASL Lab, School of Microelectronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. - September 2016 up to September 2017: Adjunct teaching position, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI). - December 2010 to 2015: Assistant Prof. at Department of Electrical Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt. - 2011 up to 2012: Post-Doctoral researcher at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering. - 2006 to 2007: Researcher in Microelectronic Dept. CTU University, Prague. - 2005 to 2006: Senior teaching assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. - 2001 to 2005: Teaching assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. - 2001:2002: Engineer at a project to increase the telephone capacity of the of Telecom Egypt, Matarya branch, Cairo as a military service. - 2000 to 2001: Engineer at EL-Ahlya company for repairing electronics devices, Sohag, Egypt. Funded Projects: - Project Manager: Design and Implementation of PV Power Station for Terrestrial Applications Including LEDBased Roadways Lighting with Smart Control System, Supporting of Excellence Students Projects (SESP) , 2015. - Project Coordinator: Establishing EDUTronics Labs in Assiut University, Information Technology Institute (ITI), 2015. - Researcher: Developing optical receivers for future optical network project (FUTON) in 40nm CMOS technology (TU Wien + Lantiq), 2011-2012. - Researcher: Developing fully integrated optical receivers for POF communication in 0.6um BiCMOS technology (TU Wien + A3PICS), 2007-2010. - Researcher: Study and improving the optical characteristics of Quantum Dots (CVUT University), 2006.

Mohammad Fassihi is both a Novelist and Physicist.Is author of the roman “I wish to make you happy” and the book “Confined Quantum Field Theory”.Was burn in 1946 in Iran. 1965 Attend Engineering faculty of Tehran’s university.1971 Moved to Sweden for more adventure and studying physics and mathematics.Activity in elementary particle physics;1981 Joint the elementary particle physics group at Chalmers University of technology and did some work in BRST quantization.Activity in experimental physics;1985-1994 worked with the surface physics group at the same university.My work was mainly on the kinetics reactions on the Platinum surface. During this time contributed to some publication like;(A theoretical and experimental study of catalytic ignition in the hydrogen-oxygen reaction on platinum. M FASSIHI, VP ZHDANOV, M RINNEMO, KE KECK, B KASEMO , Hydrogen self-ignition ,M. Fassihi and B. Kasemo, Chem. Phys. Lett. ...).But the main result about Kinetic Oscillation was never published. The reason was that I moved to the mathematical department.

To understand Optics-photonics, the key is to understand in the best way the dynamics of electrons and photons. And Confined Quantum Field Theory is the best theoretical instrument. Confined Quantum Field Theory is a new approach in physics. It solves both fundamental and applied problems in physics Concerning Optics-Photonics It gives a simple and transparent picture of the interaction between electrons and photons. Thanks to its definition of the quantum state as a connected bounded manifold, it provides explicit size and position for electrons and photons. The question of the size of electron and photon become more and more important in all aspects of solid state physics. No one can ignore the question of size in nanotechnology. One can also experience that films lose or changes the property of superconductivity due to the size of its thickness.

Dr. Deepak L. Waikar (Managing Partner, EduEnergy Consultants, Singapore and Visiting Senior Consultants Tacstra Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore) has been involved in education, training, research & management fields for almost three decades. He has been Associated with the premier institutions & academies in India and Singapore and overseas universities from Australia and UK in Singapore. He has authored/co-authored book chapters, research articles and policy papers on power, energy, management & education related topics. He has served on various committees in professional bodies such as Chairman of IEEE, Power Engineering Chapter, Singapore. He is a recipient of IEEE-PES Outstanding Power Engineers' Award 2003 and SP Green Buddy Award 2004. Dr. Waikar has been a member of Board of Examiners of Singapore Certified Energy Manager’s programme.

He has delivered invited keynote, plenary & panel session presentations on electric power, energy, education, management & leadership related topics at the international conferences, seminars and forums in North America, Australia-New Zealand, Europe & Asia. He is a Fellow of the International Energy Foundation, Senior Member of IEEE USA and a Life Member of the Institution of Engineers, India with Ph.D. from National University of Singapore, M.S. from University of Saskatchewan, Canada, M.Tech. from Banaras Hindu University, India & Adv. PD Cert. in University Teaching (University of Newcastle, Australia). He obtained PG-DBM & B.E. from Nagpur University, and Marathwada University in India, respectively. His interests include Sustainable Energy Leadership, Rethinking Teaching, Learning & Academic Leadership, Re-inventing & Transforming Higher Education, SMART Model for Talent & Leadership Development, Innovative Project Design & Management, Smart & Micro Grid, cricket & chess. (e-mail: dlwaikar@gmail.com). https://vimeo.com/80198696

URL: http://www.math.uvic.ca/faculty/harimsri/ Honorary Professor, The Institute for Basic Research, Palm Harbor, Florida, U.S.A. Honorary Advisory Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China Honorary Professor, Istituto per la Ricerca di Base, Monteroduni, Molise, Italy Honorary Professor, La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela Honorary Chair Professor, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China Honorary Professor, "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, Alba Iulia, Romania Honorary Chair Professor, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Chartered Mathematician (U.K.) Honorary Foreign Member, The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts Fellow, The Royal Astronomical Society (London, U.K.) Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences of India Fellow, The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (U.K.) Honorary Fellow, The Vijnana Parishad (Science Academy) of India Fellow, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (U.S.A.) Honorary Academician and Corresponding Member (Foreign Fellow), La Academia Canaria de Ciencias (Spain) Foreign Fellow, Forum d'Analystes (India) Honorary Academician and Foreign Member, The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) Fellow, The International Academy of Physical Sciences Honorary Member (Foreign Fellow), The EU Academy of Sciences Honorary Academician and Corresponding Member (Foreign Fellow), The Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain Distinguished Fellow, International Engineering and Technology Institute (Hong Kong) Honorary Member, The Research Board of Advisors, American Biographical Institute (U.S.A.) President, International Engineering and Technology Institute (Hong Kong) Past President, The Jangjeon Mathematical Society (Hapcheon [Kyungshang], Republic of Korea) Past Vice-President, The Calcutta Mathematical Society (Kolkata, India) Chartered Scientist (U.K.) Editor-in-Chief, Honorary Editor, Advisory Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board Member of a number of international scientific research journals Referee and Editorial Consultant for several Asian, European, and American Journals and Publishers Recipient of numerous Honors, Awards, Prizes, and Grants [including (among the latest) the NSERC 25-Year Award in Canada and the Nishiwaki Prize in Japan in the calendar year 2004, the Honorary Doctor of Science degree awarded by Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan in the calendar year 2006, and the Honorary Doctor of Science degree awarded by the "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia in Romania in the calendar year 2007] Listed in the Second Place among Canada's Top Researchers in the discipline of Mathematics and Statistics in Terms of Productivity and Impact Based Upon a Measure of Citations to Their Published Works (The Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 27, 2012, Page B7 et seq.)

• Real and Complex Analysis • Fractional Calculus and Its Applications (especially in Physical, Chemical, Engineering and Statistical Sciences) • Integral Equations and Transforms • Higher Transcendental Functions and Their Applications (especially in Physical,Chemical, Engineering and Statistical Sciences) • q-Series and q-Polynomials • Analytic Number Theory • Analytic and Geometric Inequalities • Probability and Statistics • Inventory Modelling and Optimization

Ephraim Suhir is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE) and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored about 400+ publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including the 1996 Bell Labs Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award and the 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering. He is the third Russian American, after Stephen Timoshenko and Igor Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award.

Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems Thin Film Mechanics and Physics Shock and Vibration Analyses Shock and Vibration Testing Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering Embedded Systems Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM) Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations Aerospace Human Psychology

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 31 book chapters, and 18 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008). And IBM teacher of excellence 2013, and the 2016 Jan Czochralski Award. She is editor , associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Pioneer in the area of III-V compound semiconductors and optoelectronic devices from the deep ultraviolet to the far infrared spectral bands, including in particular InP and GaAs based semiconductors and devices, which were at the heart of the optical fiber telecommunication revolution of the late 20th Century and the rise of the information age.

Dr. Douglas R McCarter, Dhc, is the Technical Integrator of McCarter Machine & Technology Inc. , founded in 1981. McCarter’s patented and proprietary silicon processes achievements were documented by published technical papers and over 50 oral presentations. In turn, McCarter has won many awards, mentioned in Forbes.com, Kiplinger Letter, Entrepenuer.com, Nasa Tech Briefs, Missile Defense Briefs Open and Classified, and recognized as the current world expert in precision silicon components. McCarter has served as member of editorial staff of Advanced Optical Technology, in Munich Germany since 2012. In 2016, Dr. Babin, Congressman District 37 and leader of Nasa Committee endorsed McCarter’s development of McCarter Silicon Space Systems. In addition to over 3000 hours of Technical Schools, McCarter has been directly mentored by the late Frank Anthony, Bell Labs and past 10 years Roger Paquin Perk & Elmer retired Materials Expert.

Inventor of processes to enable the use of Silicon in Optics and Opto-mechanical structures. McCarter’s Silicon Components are Modular, Scalable and Producible. In particular, McCarter has developed a glass frit bonding process for building meter class systems for ground, flight or space missions.

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures, pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics, detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures, and photovoltaics

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research in the field of optics and photonics.

Mahmoud Fallahi’s research is in the field of high power semiconductor lasers, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, hybrid organic-inorganic components, heterogeneous integration.

Ching Eng Jason PNG completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Surrey University and MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua. He is the director of Electronics & Photonics Department, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) A*STAR, a premier organization. He published more than 90 papers in reputed journals, conferences, books, and book chapters. He is President and Founding Chair for URSI Singapore Committee, SPIE Photonics West Committee member, and also serves as topic editor for Frontiers in Physics and Taylor CRC Press. Funded by INSEAD, Singapore Government and investors, Jason started up A*STAR’s first silicon photonics spin-off company Optic2connect offering end-to-end solutions for telecoms and datacenters.

Quantum photonics, silicon photonics, dielectric nanoantennas, radio frequency electromagnetic interference and compatability (EMI/EMC), wireless charging

Dr. Selim Shahriar completed his PhD at the age of 27 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Professor in the Department of EECS and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University (NU). He is the Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Photonic Technologies, and the Director of the Solid and Photonics Division within EECS. He is a council member for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. He has published 173 papers in reputed journals, and has served as an Associate Editor for Optical Engineering. For his contributions to the detection of gravitational waves, he was a co-recipient of the 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and the Gruber Prize in Cosmology.

Optical Communication, Quantum Information Processing, Atomic Interferometry, Atomic Clock, Slow and Fast Light, Holographic and Polarimetric Image Processing, Spin Squeezing

Prof. Tang Xiahui has completed his PhD at the age of 37 years from Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST) and now work as a professor and doctoral supervisor in School of Optical and Electronic Information, HUST. He is the vice director of National Engineering Research Center for Laser Processing. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals.

Laser Technology

Chaohong Lee got his PhD degree from Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. From 2003 to 2009, he worked as a guest scientist in Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and then a Research Fellow in Australian National University. Since December 2009, he works as a full professor in Sun Yat-Sen University. He has published more than 50 papers in high-impact international academic journals, including one in Rev. Mod. Phys., seven in Phys. Rev. Lett. and 23 in Phys. Rev. A/B/E.

many-body quantum physics (macroscopic quantum phenomena, quantum correlations and quantum phase transitions etc), quantum dynamics (nonlinear matter-waves, Kibble-Zurek mechanism and quantum walks etc) and quantum technology theory (quantum metrology and quantum simulation etc).

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) . Dr. Suhir has authored about 400 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering (he is the third Russian American, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award); and 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products.

Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering; Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers; Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing; Thermal Stress Analysis, Embedded Systems; “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Interaction;

Professor Blanche received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 1999 in the field of non-linear optics and holography. He then held a post-doctoral position at the University of Arizona where he developed new refreshable holographic recording materials called photorefractive polymers. Back in Belgium, he co-founded a company manufacturing large volume phase gratings for the optics industry, astronomers, and space applications. Professor Blanche returned to the University of Arizona in 2005 where he is currently an Associate Research Professor.

Diffraction optics, 3D display, non-linear and photonic materials.

Professor Devki N. Talwar, is a Distinguished University Professor in the Physics Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), USA and conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used in various electronics and opto-electronics applications. He has been with IUP for almost thirty years, and is the author of more than 135 refereed journal articles, four book chapters and more than 80 international conference presentations. He served as an Organizer in nine International Conferences organized by Materials Research Society, USA; Singapore; 5th World Congress on Materials Science and Engineering – Spain; Optics 2016; Mesoscopic Condensed Matter Physics, and Condensed Matter Physics -USA. He was invited as Honorary Guest member in Science Conclave with Nobel Laureates at IIIT-Allahabad from 2009-2014 and delivered Keynote addresses at Moscow Institute of Science and Technology and many other international conferences. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells, and superlattices. He is recognized by the international community as a prolific researcher.

Defect characterizations in III-V, II-VI and III-N semiconductors by optical spectroscopy (infrared, Raman and Photoluminescence). Lattice dynamics study of bulk and low dimensional structured materials, Band structure calculations of III-V semiconductors and superlattices.

Yifu Zhu received his PhD degree from University of Virginia in 1987 and did postdoctoral studies at University or Oregon. He is a professor of physics at Florida International University. He has published over 100 papers in refereed journals.

Quantum optics and nonlinear optics

Shien-Kuei (Peter) Liaw received double PhD degrees from National Chiao-Tung University in photonics engineering and from National Taiwan University in mechanical engineering, respectively. He joined the Chunghua Telecommunication, Taiwan, in 1993. Since then, he has been working on optical communication and fiber based technologies. Prof. Liaw joined the department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in 2000. He has ever been director of the Optoelectronics Research Center and the Technology Transfer Center, NTUST. He was a visiting researcher at Bellcore (now Telcordia), USA for six months in 1996 and a visiting Professor at University of Oxford, UK for three months in 2011. He owned six U.S. patents, and authored or coauthored for 250 journal articles and international conference presentations. He earned many national honors such as Outstanding Professor of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering in 2015; the winner of The 7th Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award in 2009; the best project award of National Science and Technology Program for Telecommunication in 2006; the outstanding Youth Award of The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering; and the outstanding Youth Academic Award of the Optical Engineering Society of the Republic of China. He has been actively contributing for numerous conferences as technical program chair, international advisory committee, session chair and invited speaker. He serves as an Associate Editor for Fiber and Integrated Optics. Currently, Dr. Liaw is a senior member of IEEE, OSA and SPIE. Currently, Dr. Liaw is a distinguished Professor of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Vice President of the Optical Society (OSA) Taiwan Chapter and Secretary-General of Taiwan Photonic Society.

Optical sensing, optical communication, fiber optics devices and reliability testing.

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers, delivered keynote or invited speeches in international conferences more than 90 times. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

Thermal science in manufacturing and materials processing, Interactions between laser and surfaces ,Plasma physics, Controlling of surface patterns and porosity Phase change across interfaces

Ottorino Veneri graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Naples 'Federico II' in 1996. By the same University in March 2000 he has been awarded his PhD in Electrical Engineering. From 1999 to 2001 he had a research grant provided by the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Naples 'Federico II'. Since 2002 he works as a researcher with the Istituto Motori of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy in Naples. In recent years he has also become Full Professor at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. His main fields of interest are the electric drives for transportation systems, electric energy converters, electric energy storage systems, power sources with hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture. He is co-author of 2 book published by Springer, 2 chapters of books and more than 60 papers published in International Journals and in proceedings of conferences. He is reviewer of various International Journals that publish material in the area of energy and power conversion, and technical reviewer of Italian Research and Development Projects. He is director of operative units at Istituto Motori within more than 10 Research National and International Projects.

Energy storage systems, hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture.

Belyakov V.A. (Belyakov Vladimir Alekseevich), physics researcher; born Leningrad USSR 17-02-1937.Gradueted from Moscow Engeeniring Istitute in 1961; Postgraduate student of I.V.Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute 1961 – 64; Head of Laboratory in All-Union Physics-Technical and Radio – Technical Institute 1964 – 82 and in Surface and Vacuum Research Centre, Moscow 1982 – 95; Since 1995 Senior Researcher in L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics; Since 1982 Partr-time Professor in Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology; Short term Visiting professor of some Universities: Leuven (Belgium), Tokyo (Japan), Paris Sud (France), Glasgow Thrathclyde (Scotland) etc. Author of the following monographs: Optics of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, 1982, Optics of Chiral Liquid Crystals, 1989; Diffraction Optics of Complex Structured Periodic Media , 1988, 1992; "Optics of Photonic Crystals", Publishing House of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 2013 (Textbook, in Russian) Candidate of Science 1965; Doctor of Science, 1974, Professor 1980; Honors:Grants of Russion Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Soros Grants, INTAS Grants; Member of Rassian Academy of Natural Sciences, Member of Rassian Academy of Metrology, Member of International Liquid and Liquid Crystal Society of CIS (mem. Governing bd. 1982).

His research interests range from the theory of solid state nuclear physics to the interaction of radiation with matter.

Dr. Koji Sugioka is a Unit Leader of RIKEN-SIOM Joint Research Unit at RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics. He concurrently serves as a guest professor both at Kyoto University and Tokyo Denki University. He is currently a member of the board of directors of LIA and JLPS, and the SPIE, OSA and IAPLE Fellow.

Academic research and development of practical applications in the area of applying laser materials processing to microfabrication, nanotechnology and biotechnology

Victor Victorovich Apollonovis the leading specialist in the area of basic principles of creation and development of high power laser systems and high power laser radiation interaction with matter. He has made an outstanding input into creation and development of new branches of science - physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, creation of high power continuous wave, pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, high intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, high power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, medical applications for UV lasers. He is the author of more than 1160 publications, 14books, 350 presentations and 144 patents. (from Research Gate). He is a high profile scientist and well known around all over the world, for more than 40 years of his international scientific activity, he has participated and organized more than 56 international conferences, symposiums and workshops, prepared more than 32 candidates and doctors of physics and mathematics. He is the General Director of “Energomashtechnika” Ltd. He is the member of European and American Physical Society, SPIE, AIAA, American Society for QE and the member of specialized scientific council of Russia. He is a full member of Russian Academy of Natural Science and Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of the Presidium RANS. He is the laureate of State Prize of USSR (1982) and of Russia (2002).

Physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, Investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, Creation of high power continuous wave, Pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, High intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, High power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, Medical applications for UV lasers

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics,Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures,detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures and photovoltaics.

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 230 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy) and Editor-in-Chiff of Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Science PG, USA).

Current research interests include various aspects of solid state physics, crystallooptics, photonics; more particularly - theoretical study of the effects of disorder in quasi-two-dimensional nanofilms and layered structures caused by the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic excitations, light-matter coupling in composite nanostructures.

Teresa Monteiro is an Associated Professor with Habilitation at the Physics Department of University of Aveiro and a Full Member of i3N - Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication.In this research field she has published more than 200 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals of the speciality and participated in dozens of international conferences, both as oral and poster contributions. She supervised and co-supervised 22 post-graduate and 18 graduate students’ dissertations. She has also participated in several jury Academic Degrees (in Portugal and abroad). In the last 20 years she participated in more than 20 national and international research projects.

Optical characterization of wide band gap materials (undoped and intentionally doped with different elements, lanthanides and transition metal ions), including nitrides and oxides from bulk to low dimensional structures.

Arkady Major received his BSc in engineering physics from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in 1997 and MSc in laser physics and nonlinear optics from Vilnius University in 1999, both in Lithuania. In 2002 he got the PhD in laser physics from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. After this Dr. Major was as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto (2002 – 2007) where he worked on various nonlinear optical spectroscopy and laser microscopy projects. Dr. Major joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba in 2007 where he is now an Associate Professor.

Major’s current research interests are in the development of diode-pumped ultrashort pulse solid-state lasers for biomedical applications. In particular, his efforts are focused on development of advanced laser sources and optical laser technologies for multiphoton imaging and spectroscopy of biological and other systems.

Xiushan Zhu received his Ph.D degree in optical sciences from the University of Arizona in 2008, specializing in fiber lasers and fiber devices. After three years working as a postdoctoral research associate, he became an Assistant Research Professor at the College of Optical Sciences of the University of Arizona in 2011 where he is currently an Associate Research Professor. His research interests include fiber optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers, solid-state lasers, and nonlinear optics. He is also a Senior Optical Scientist at NP Photonics focusing on the research and development of advanced glass and fiber lasers. He has published over 35 articles in refereed journals and has been awarded two patents. He is a member of the OSA and SPIE. He is serving as an Assistant Editor for Journal of Optical Society of America B

Xiushan Zhu research interests include fiber optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers, solid-state lasers, and nonlinear optics.

Professor Hesselink’s received numerous awards from scientific and professional societies, including Fullbright scholarship, Stheeman Price, DARPA award, NSIC award, Fellow of the OSA Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ultra-high density optical data storage, optical communication components and optical interconnects, optical information systems, nano-optics, digital image processing, Internet controlled instrumentation (CyberLab), expert witness numerous patent cases, consultant to industry, US Airforce Scientific Advisory Board, Hubble Space Telescope Committee, Astronaut Memorial Co-designer.

Ottorino Veneri graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Naples 'Federico II' in 1996. By the same University in March 2000 he has been awarded his PhD in Electrical Engineering. From 1999 to 2001 he had a research grant provided by the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Naples 'Federico II'. Since 2002 he works as a researcher with the Istituto Motori of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy in Naples. In recent years he has also become Full Professor at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. His main fields of interest are the electric drives for transportation systems, electric energy converters, electric energy storage systems, power sources with hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture. He is co-author of 2 book published by Springer, 2 chapters of books and more than 60 papers published in International Journals and in proceedings of conferences. He is reviewer of various International Journals that publish material in the area of energy and power conversion, and technical reviewer of Italian Research and Development Projects. He is director of operative units at Istituto Motori within more than 10 Research National and International Projects.

Energy storage systems, hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid propulsion architecture.

Naturalized US citizen (since 1985). Goal oriented, highly motivated and creative performer with proven leadership, administrative and coaching ability, extensive project and financial management experience, team player attitude, strong analytical and planning skills, effective communications (written and verbal) and presentation skills, as well as excellent organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities. Possesses thorough and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in materials, mechanical, electrical, optical, information, telecommunication, reliability and related areas of engineering, of new and emerging technologies, and a clear vision for the most promising directions in the development of applied science and engineering. Works exceptionally well in dynamic and rapidly changing environments, under pressure and in short time frames. Performs effectively across multiple organizations, companies and departments, with specialists from various disciplines and fields, and with people of different mentalities, origins, and cultural backgrounds. Good public speaker and a quick learner. Exhibits strong interest in, and possesses good knowledge of, foreign cultures, values, attitudes, and customs. Always willing to learn new things and has exceptional receptiveness to, and quick grasp of, new approaches and ideas. Has a sociable disposition and gets along well with peers, supervisors, and subordinates. Bi-lingual: English and Russian. Fluent in Ukrainian.

Photonics, Fiber Optics and Mechanics of Optical Fibers

Prof. Yoshihisa Yamamoto is working at E.L. Ginzton Laboratory of Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA and National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan. His group is primarily concerned with studying quantum dynamics of spin and exciton in semiconductor nanoscale systems. His experimental project combines ultrafast optical spectroscopy with semiconductor microcavities with artificial atoms (quantum dots or impurities) at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Main focus of his current effort is physical implementation of quantum information processing systems.

i) Optically controlled semiconductor spin qubits for quantum information processing ii) Dynamic condensation of exciton-polaritons for quantum computation and simulation

Co-Founder and Chairmen of Board of Directors, OCT Medical Imaging

Biomedical Engineering

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. His recent research interests are in high power semiconductor lasers, tunable sources, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, and hybrid organic-inorganic components for heterogeneous integration. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research programs in the field of optics and photonics.

Field of optics and photonics

He is graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Post graduated student in I.V.Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute. His Fields of activities are Theory of Fermi-liquid, in particular applied to the nuclear properties any many. His Honors are Grants of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Soros Grants, INTAS Grants; Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Member of Russian Academy of Metrology, Member of Liquid Crystal Society of CIS (mem. Governing bd. 1982); Member of Interrnational Liquid Crystal Society, Avocation: skiing, cross-country skiing, Mountain climbing. He has many publications into his account

Liquid Crystal, Nanophysics and Microelectronics, Optical defect modes

Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 25 reviews and book chapters, about 271 journal papers, more than 597 Conference presentations, and 109 patents and patent applications including 25 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012.

Flat Panel Technology

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Solid State Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 230 scientific publications. He is a member of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy). as well as Editor-in-Chiff of Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Science PG, USA) and Group Leader of International project in the framework of the European program FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES № 612600 "LIMACONA" (2013-2016): "Light-Matter Coupling in Composite Nano-Structures"

Light-matter coupling in imperfect lattice of coupled microcavities containing quantum dots

Guozhen Shen received his Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2003. From 2004 to 2009, he worked in Hanyang University in Korea, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, and University of Southern California in US. Currently, he is a professor in Wuhan National Laboratory Optoelectronics (WNLO) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). Dr. Shen has published more than 150 papers in international referred journals with a publication H-index of 35. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Catalysis Express, Executive Editor of Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Asian Associate Editor of Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, Assistant Editor of Nanoscale Research Letters and Editorial Board Member of more than ten international journals

Designing inorganic semiconductor nanostructures for flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices; printed electronics; nanostructures for energy applications

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 31 book chapters, and 18 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008). And IBM teacher of excellence 2013, and the 2016 Jan Czochralski Award. She is editor , associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Pioneer in the area of III-V compound semiconductors and optoelectronic devices from the deep ultraviolet to the far infrared spectral bands, including in particular InP and GaAs based semiconductors and devices, which were at the heart of the optical fiber telecommunication revolution of the late 20th Century and the rise of the information age.

Prof. Vladislav E. Bougrov, Director of School of Photonics, Head of Chair of Light Technologies and Optoelectronics at the ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, a leading Russian University in the filed of Photonics, Photonics Materials, and Quantum Informatics; 42 years old; Master degree in optoelectronics from Department of Optoelectronics chaired by Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Zhores Alferov, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"; Ph.D. in 1999 and D.Sc. in 2013 in physics from Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; holder of the prize of the Government of Russian Federation in science and engineering; highly qualified in material physics and engineering of semiconductor optoelectronics devices; author of more than 60 papers in reputed journals, inventor in more than 100 patent applications, including more than 30 granted patents; extensive experience with dynamic management of growing international start-up companies, founder of Optogan.

III-nitride based semiconductor heterostructures, ultrahigh performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs), development of novel MOCVD growth technique, advanced laser device structures, bulk materials growth: gallium nitride and gallium oxide.

Dr. Douglas R McCarter, Dhc, is the Technical Integrator of McCarter Machine & Technology Inc. , founded in 1981. McCarter’s patented and proprietary silicon processes achievements were documented by published technical papers and over 50 oral presentations. In turn, McCarter has won many awards, mentioned in Forbes.com, Kiplinger Letter, Entrepenuer.com, Nasa Tech Briefs, Missile Defense Briefs Open and Classified, and recognized as the current world expert in precision silicon components. McCarter has served as member of editorial staff of Advanced Optical Technology, in Munich Germany since 2012. In 2016, Dr. Babin, Congressman District 37 and leader of Nasa Funding, endorsed McCarter and staffers are working directly with backing of the development of McCarter Silicon Space Systems. In addition to over 3000 hours of Technical Schools, McCarter has been directly mentored by the late Frank Anthony, Bell Labs and past 10 years Roger Paquin Perk & Elmer retired Materials Expert.

Inventor of processes to enable the use of Silicon in Optics and Opto-mechanical structures. McCarter’s Silicon Components are Modular, Scalable and Producible. In particular, McCarter has developed a glass frit bonding process for building meter class systems for ground, flight or space missions.

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures, pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics, detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures, and photovoltaics.

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research in the field of optics and photonics.

He has over 28 years of active research in the field of photonic components, integrated optics and heterogeneous integration. His recent research interests are in high power semiconductor lasers, tunable sources, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, and hybrid organic-inorganic components for heterogeneous integration.

Devki N. Talwar conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used in various electronics and opto-electronics applications. He has been with IUP for almost twenty nine years, and is the author of more than 130 refereed journal articles, three book chapters, and review articles. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells, and superlattices. He is recognized by the international community as a prolific researcher.

Electronic, Vibrational and Optical properties of Nano-structured Semiconductor materials and Superlattices

Ortwin Hess is a theoretical physicist in condensed matter quantum optics. He currently holds the Leverhulme Chair in the Blackett Laboratory (Department of Physics) at Imperial College London. He heads a team of researchers working on light-matter interaction in quantum nano-photonics, plasmonics and metamaterials, semiconductor nano-photonics and nano-laser dynamics and is Co-Director of Imperial’s Centre for Plasmonics & Metamaterials. He obtained the PhD degree from the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) in 1993, while spending extended time (1990 – 1992) in Edinburgh (UK). After a post-doc at the University of Marburg (Germany) he obtained his Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the University of Stuttgart in 1997. He was Visiting Professor at Stanford University (1997/98) and at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (1999/2000). Before moving to Imperial College in January 2011 he was from 2003 to 2010 Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter and Optical Physics at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK).

• quantum nano-photonics (nanoplasmonics, plasmonic nano-lasers, quantum plasmonics) • optical, electronic and phononic metamaterials, • ultrafast semiconductor nano-photonics and nano-laser dynamics.

Shien-Kuei Liaw received double doctorates in photonics engineering from National Chiao-Tung University in 1999, and in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University in 2014, respectively. He joined the Chunghua Telecommunication, Taiwan, in 1993. Since then, he has been working on optics communication and fiber based devices. He joined the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology since 2000 and served as the directors of Optoelectronic Center and Technology Transfer Center, respectively. Currently, he is a distinguished Professor at the same university and Taipei Chapter Chair of the IEEE Photonic Society. He was an academic visitor of University of Oxford, Nanyang Technological University, Tsing Hua University and Bellcore (now Telcordia). He has been awarded about 37 patents and has published 240 journal articles and international conference presentations. His research interests are in optical sensing, optical communication and reliability testing. He is a senior member of IEEE, OSA and SPIE.

optical sensing, optical communication and reliability testing

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

1.Thermal science in manufacturing and materials processing 2.Interactions between laser and surfaces 3.Plasma physics 4.Controlling of surface patterns and porosity Phase change across interfaces

Huikai Xie is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Florida. He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees all in electrical engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Carnegie Mellon University, respectively. Before he joined the University of Florida in 2002, he worked at Tsinghua University (1992-1996), Bosch Corporation (2001), and Akustica Inc. (2002). His research interests include MEMS/NEMS, integrated inertial sensors, microactuators, optical MEMS, biophotonics, optical microendoscopy, microspectrometers, and micro-LiDAR. He has published over 250 technical papers and holds 30 US patents. He has served on the technical program committees of various international conferences including IEEE Transducers, IEEE Optical MEMS, and IEEE Sensors, and the editorial boards of several international journals. He is a senior member of IEEE and OSA

Optical MEMS, optical imaging, microspectrometers, micro-LiDAR

Dr. Jingsi Li is currently working as a Scientific R&D Manager in Integrated Photonics Chip Design Team at Lumentum. Lumentum is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Dr. Li has completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on design, fabrication, and characterization of integrated distributed feedback laser arrays for wavelength division multiplexing systems.

Optical Communications, Photonic Integrated Circuits

Kimberley Hall completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 2002, followed by postdoctoral studies at the University of Iowa. Since 2004, Hall has been a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University and holds a Canada Research Chair in Ultrafast Science. At Dalhousie University, Dr. Hall directs a research group focused on ultrafast spectroscopy and quantum control in semiconductor materials.

Electron spin coherence and relaxation, Quantum information, Photonic and spintronics devices, Magnetic semiconductors, Ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors, nanostructures.

Y. Fainman received M. Sc and Ph. D degrees from Technion, Israel in 1979 and 1983, respectively. Currently he is a Cymer Professor of Advanced Optical Technologies and Distinguished Professor in ECE at UCSD. He is directing research of the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics group at UCSD and made significant contributions to near field optical phenomena, nanophotonics and plasmonics, and non-conventional imaging. The research applications target information technologies and biomedical sensing. He contributed over 250 manuscripts in peer review journals and over 450 conference presentations and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of OSA, IEEE, and SPIE, and a recipient of the Miriam and Aharon Gutvirt Prize, Lady Davis Fellowship, Brown Award, Gabor Award and Emmett N. Leith Medal.

Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics

Luís António Dias Carlos got his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Évora, Portugal, in 1995 working on photoluminescence of polymer electrolytes incorporating lanthanide salts. Currently, he is Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Aveiro and vice-director of the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (Portugal). He is member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. His current research interests include luminescent nanothermometers, luminescent solar concentrators, organic-inorganic hybrids for green photonics (solid-state lighting and integrated optics), and luminescent/magnetic nanoparticles, as new probes for multimodal imaging. He has published around 370 papers and 6 patents, which have received ca. 10,500 citations (Hirsch’ index h of 53), and co-guest editor of a RSC book on Nanoscale Thermometry (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology series) and special issues of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2010) and of the Journal of Luminescence (2015).

Luminescent nanothermometry Applications of organic-inorganic hybrids in luminescent solar concentrators, solid-state lighting, and integrated optics Light emission of organic-inorganic hybrids, silicates, nanocrystals and metal organic frameworks Crystal-field, local coordination and energy transfer in lanthanide-based compounds Luminescent, magnetic and luminescent/magnetic nanoparticles as new probes for multimodal imaging Self-assembly and emergence of complexity in organic/inorganic hybrids

Junpeng Guo earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined Rockwell International Science Center in Thousand Oaks, California as a Research Scientist after receiving his Ph.D. and later moved to Sandia National Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff. Since 2005, he has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Optics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Guo has worked in many areas of optics, including ultrafast fiber laser, semiconductor lasers, RF/Photonics, photonics crystals, waveguide optics, micro-ring resonators and sensors. He fabricated the first high resolution micropolarizer array device, which enabled the industrial development of 3D TV displays. Currently, Dr. Guo’s research is nanostructure plasmonics, photonics, metamaterials, and spectrometer sensors. He received Alan Berman Research Publication Award in 2012 and was the sole recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Research Award of the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2016. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor of Photonics Research.

Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, and Sensors

Prof. Manuel Hegelich, an experimental laser physicist, very successfully joint with his group the exploration of the laser interaction with ultra-thin foils (produced at MAP). We are observing very dense laser-induced ion beams, the breakout of dense electron bunches and the production of high harmonics at different lasers, exploring this new coherent physics. The ultrashort dense secondary beams promise to have new properties in nonlinear interactions.

Interaction of ultra-intense electromagnetic fields with matter; high-energy density physics; laser-particle acceleration

Prof. Minvydas Ragulskis received his Ph.D. (Doctor of Sciences) degree at Kaunas University of Technology. In 2008 he has been a professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. In 2012 he has elected as Member of Lithuanian Academy of Science, in 2013 he received award from Official Expert at the Committee of National Science Awards. In 2015 he is Invited as Expert for Horizon 2020 projects (European Commission)

Optics has traditionally been an important research area for our Group. Our field in optics could be shortly described as modelling of optical effects in virtual computational environments. The utilization of three basic components – numerical models of elastic dynamically interacting bodies, a physical model describing interference effects occurring whenever optical whole field fringe based experimental techniques are used to investigate these bodies, and the construction of digital graphical representations helps to mimic realistic optical processes taking place in those systems. And not only – such tools help to interpret complex optical phenomena and help to develop new measurement techniques. We managed to propose several new measurement techniques and improvements of existing measurement techniques – time average photoelasticity; time average stochastic moire; time average geometric super moire; the generalization of Abel transform for vibrating tubes; corrections of classical formulas describing time average projection moire and time average geometric moire. The range of investigated systems is quite wide: from MEMS up to fluids, membranes, or bodies with fractal surface geometry. Investigations of optical phenomena originated new numerical cryptographic methods and initiated the development of specialized numerical techniques.

Dennis Matthews, Ph.D., is the Director Emeritus of the NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Director of the UC Davis Ecosystem for Biophotonics Innovation and Site Director of the Center for Biophotonics Sensors and Systems. He is also a Professor Emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Neurological Surgery and a member of the Biomedical Engineering, Applied Sciences and Clinical Sciences Graduate Groups. He is a previous Program Leader and Division Leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is the co-founder and Chief Scientist at the Tahoe institute for Rural Healthcare Research, the founder of the University of California Biophotonics Alliance and the Biophotonics4Life Worldwide Consortium. He is also the sole proprietor of LifeLight Resources LLC, a biophotonics-based consulting company. He has recently become the Chief Technical Officer in a startup company called Cardiac Motion LLC. While he is credited for inventing and developing x-ray wavelength lasers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Matthews' continuing interest is in the translation and commercialization of new physical science and engineering technologies for grand challenges in medicine and the life sciences. His current interests are in developing optical, RF and x-ray technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Society of Photo and Industrial Engineers and the Optical Society of America. He has more than 280 publications and >30 patents and is the co-editor of the Journal of Biophotonics. Dr. Matthews is credited for raising more than $180M in grant funds in his career, helping create 12 startup companies and in directing R&D programs as large as $50M/yr.

Biophotonics Science and Technology,and Neurological Surgery

Dr. Prem Vaishnava has received his Ph.D. from Jodhpur University (India) in Condensed Matter Physics and post doctoral research experience from Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Expertise in the synthesis, characterization, and application of nano-structured, superconducting and magnetic materials, LEED and Auger electron characterization of thin films, Low and High Tc superconductors, Magnetic Characterization using SQUID, Materials Characterization, Mossbauer spectroscopy, Nanotechnology: Applications in Medicine, Occupational and consumer product safety management and engineering, Optical characterization of electronic materials, Scanning Electron Microscopy , X-ray diffraction, and Transmission Electron microscopy. Vaishnava also collaborates with colleagues in the Department of Physics at Wayne State University.

Expertise in the synthesis, characterization, and application of nano-structured, superconducting and magnetic materials.

Sergei A. Kozlov, Doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, dean of the faculty of photonics and optoinformatics, a renowned expert in nonlinear optics and laser physics of ultrashort pulses. In 1982 he graduated with honors from the Department of Quantum Electronics Engineering Physics Faculty LITMO. 1982-1985 years. - Graduate student of quantum electronics. He received degrees as Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1986), associate professor in the Department of Physics (1992), Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1997), a professor in the department of Photonics and optoinformatics. He works in Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies Engineer, assistant, Associate professor, Professor, Department of Physics. Dean of the Faculty of photonics and optoinformatics, supervisor of the department of Photonics and optoinformatics, head of the International Institute of Photonics and optoinformatics. He was awarded the Medal of A. Lebedeva, the medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg". He is Chairman of the Dissertation Council D 212.227.02 and also the winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize for Science and Technology.

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Professor Yasar Onel is tenured faculty at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. He got his Ph.D. from London University in 1975. He was worked at the Queen Mary University, London, UK, Neuchatel and Geneva Universities in Switzerland before joining the University of Texas at Austin for two years. He moved to Iowa in 1988. He is an experimental High Energy physicist who has expertise in building particle physics detectors. He is also an expert on photodetectors and calibration systems used in large scale experiments. He has worked on several experiments at Fermilab, USA and CERN, Switzerland. He is currently funded by the US Department of Energy and also previously from NSF and NATO. He has more than 800 publications in peer reviewed journals and was an editor of two books and has 4 patent applications. He is a James Van Allen Natural Sciences Fellow and APS Fellow.

Experimental elementary particle physics and nuclear physics

Prior to joining UCF in 2001, Dr. Wu was with Hughes Research Laboratories (Malibu, California) where the first laser was invented. He received his Ph.D. in Laser Physics from University of Southern California (Los Angeles), and BS in Physics from National Taiwan University (Taipei). His research at UCF focuses in five areas: 1. Advanced displays, including quantum dots and sunlight readable LCDs and OLEDs, 2. Wearable displays including augmented reality and virtual reality, 3. Adaptive lenses, 4. Spatial light modulators, and 5. Biosensors. Dr. Wu is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2012) and one of the first six inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame (2014). He is the recipient of 2014 OSA Esther Hoffman Beller medal, 2011 SID Slottow-Owaki prize, 2010 OSA Joseph Fraunhofer award, 2008 SPIE G. G. Stokes award and 2008 SID Jan Rajchman prize. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, OSA, SID, and SPIE. From 2004 to 2008, he was the founding chief editor of the IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology. Dr. Wu has co-authored 7 books, over 480 journal papers, and obtained 83 U.S. patents. Several of his patents have been implemented in display and photonic devices.

liquid-crystal research, adaptive optics, laser-beam steering, biophotonics, and new photonic materials.

Emlyn Hughes is a Professor of Physics and the Director of the K1 Project, Center for Nuclear Studies, at Columbia University. His research has spanned the fields of atomic, nuclear and particle physics, and he is presently focused on searches for new particles and new interactions using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He joined the Columbia faculty in 2006. He was previously a Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, where he was a recipient of the 1999 Feynman Teaching Award. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1987.

His research has spanned the fields of atomic, nuclear and particle physics, and he is presently focused on searches for new particles and new interactions using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Prof. Dr. Walter Schirmacher is the senior scientist and extraordinary professor at University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. He is working as Senior Research Fellow at Institut f¨ur Physik, Universit¨at Innsbruck Scientific collaboration with Prof. Th. Franosch on magnetotransport in disordered systems, since Since Oct 2014. He was Nomination as an extraordinary Professor in June 2006. Since Nov. 2008 to March 2009 he appointed as temporatily chair of theoretical physics in place of Prof. K. Binder at Univ. Mainz. His main areas of research are quantum theory of mesoscopic semiconductor structures and quantum chaos, a Mode-coupling description of the lattice dynamics of strongly anharmonic crystals, Fractals and critical phenomena, many-body theory and glass relaxation, Hopping Transport and tunneling in Semiconductors, and the field theoretical description of vibrations in disordered solids. His has 115 Number of scientific publications by Apr 2015.

His main areas of research are quantum theory of mesoscopic semiconductor structures and quantum chaos, a Mode-coupling description of the lattice dynamics of strongly anharmonic crystals, Fractals and critical phenomena, many-body theory and glass relaxation, Hopping Transport and tunneling in Semiconductors, and the field theoretical description of vibrations in disordered solids.

Dr. Jing Bai is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. Dr. Bai’s current research activities focus on nano-photonics, nano-photovoltaics, nonlinear optics, and nanoscale biomedical devices. Her research at UMD has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Whiteside Institute for Clinical Research, the MN Drive Initiatives, and the Graduate School of University of Minnesota. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the American Physics Society (APS).

Dr. Bai’s current research activities focus on nano-photonics, nano-photovoltaics, nonlinear optics, and nanoscale biomedical devices.

Joop Schoonman (1943) is since 1984 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He received his master's degree in Solid State Chemistry at the Utrecht University in 1967. He completed in 1971 his Ph.D. Thesis cum laude on the topic "Electrical Conduction and Polarization of Lead Bromide" under supervision of Professor Van Santen. He was in 1974 postdoc at Stanford University. His main research interests are gas phase deposition of nanostructured materials for innovative solar cells, rechargeable Li-ion batteries, solid oxide fuel cells, and chemical gas sensors. Moreover, the production and storage of hydrogen using nano-structured materials has his interest. His research at Utrecht and Delft has led to over 550 publications and he is co-editor of 11 books/proceedings and co-editor of several international Journals. He was in the period 2002-2006 scientific director of the Delft Institute for Sustainable Energy. He performed a couple of administrative positions and has been Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Materials Science for four years. After his dean’ office period he has been visiting professor at MIT. He is an honorary professor in chemistry (1996) and received an honorary doctor's degree (2000) at the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, is honorary professor of Physics at the Warsaw University of Technology (2006), Poland, and received an honorary doctor's degree (2006) at the Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania. He was appointed in the period 2000-2006 also at Leiden University and is since 2004 visiting professor at Stanford University. He received several awards, among which the most prestigious one, received in 2001, The Royal Shell Award for Sustainable Development and Energy. In 2006 he was elected the first Dutch Master in Materials, i.e., the greatest material’s scientist in The Netherlands since 80 years. He retired June 1st, 2008 and was still responsible for eight PhD students for which he received a special appointment at the Department ChemE. Since his retirement he is consulting professor at Stanford University and visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology and has been visiting professor at the ETH in Zürich and will be visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

His main research interests are gas phase deposition of nanostructured materials for innovative solar cells, rechargeable Li-ion batteries, solid oxide fuel cells, and chemical gas sensors. Moreover, the production and storage of hydrogen using nano-structured materials.

Dr. Michael Giersig is Professor at Freie University Berlin, Dept. of Physics and at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materiallien und Energie GmbH, Institute of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Conversion; Berlin. He have recieved his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Freie University Berlin, Germany. He was Awarded with the Lee Hsun Research Award on Materials Science by the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013. He is also the Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is Co- Inventor of 10 patents and Co-Founder of two companies. Dr. Giersig has published over 258 internationally refereed publications covering physics, chemistry, materials science, biochemistry, medicine, nanotechnology and engineering, and his work has been cited 18051 times quoted in the ISI Index (without self-citations) at an average of over “71,4” citations per publication He was Organizer of the session “2 Decades of Self-assembeled adv. Mater.” at PACIFICHEM 2015, USA. His research expertise includes the topics: Synthesis and production of novel metallic, magnetic and semiconductors nanoparticles by: wet chemistry and physical methods, Nanostructures for applications in life sciences: Cell Manipulation, Tissue Engineering, Diagnostics/ Therapy, Creation/Growth of nanostructures based on carbon (MWCNT, graphene), Nanostructures for applications in electronics: Solar cells, Photonics, Memory and Detection devices, Sophisticated characterization methods: HRTEM, ELSS; EDX, SEM, AFM, MAFM, SNOM, UPS, XPS, SQUID, UVW, Raman, and Image analysis:3D reconstruction and theoretical modelling the specific properties of nanostructures

His research expertise includes the topics: Synthesis and production of novel metallic, magnetic and semiconductors nanoparticles by: wet chemistry and physical methods, Nanostructures for applications in life sciences: Cell Manipulation, Tissue Engineering, Diagnostics/ Therapy, Creation/Growth of nanostructures based on carbon (MWCNT, graphene), Nanostructures for applications in electronics: Solar cells, Photonics, Memory and Detection devices, Sophisticated characterization methods: HRTEM, ELSS; EDX, SEM, AFM, MAFM, SNOM, UPS, XPS, SQUID, UVW, Raman, and Image analysis:3D reconstruction and theoretical modelling the specific properties of nanostructures.

Dr. Xudong XIAO is presently working as Professor of Physics in Department of Physics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He have received his Ph. D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in December, 1992. His research interests are new generation of solar cells, fabrication of Cu(InGa)Se2 thin film solar cells, STM study of metal and semiconductor surfaces, STM manipulation of nanostructures, STM and NSOM study of nanotubes, nanowires, metal nanoclusters and surface diffusion by STM. He have published over 100 scientific papers which have been cited over 3200 times. He have served as members of organizing committee for over 15 National and International Conferences and he is the member of American Physical Society & board standing member of Chinese Vacuum Society and Chinese Energy Society.

generation of solar cells, fabrication of Cu(InGa)Se2 thin film solar cells, STM study of metal and semiconductor surfaces, STM manipulation of nanostructures, STM and NSOM study of nanotubes, nanowires, metal nanoclusters and surface diffusion by STM

Prof. Zubairy's research interests include quantum optics and laser physics. He has been interested in quantum optical applications to quantum computing and quantum informatics. He has also been interested in quantum state measurement of the radiation field and sub-wavelength atom localization. His other interests include coherent atomic effects and quantum thermodynamics. He is the co-author of two books, one on Quantum Optics and the other on Quantum Computing Devices.Prof. Zubairy received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1978 working under the supervision of Prof. Emil Wolf. He held research and teaching appointments at the Optical Sciences Center of the University of Arizona and the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of New Mexico before joining the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 1984. He served as Professor of Electronics and the founding Chairman of the Department of Electronics at the Quaid-i-Azam University. In 2000 he joined Texas A and M University where he is presently a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics.He has received many honors including the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize, the Outstanding Physicist Award from the Organization of Islamic Countries, the Abdus Salam Prize in Physics, the International Khwarizmi Award from the President of Iran, the Orders of Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz from the President of Pakistan, and the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in International Research. He is an elected member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society

Prof. Zubairy's research interests include quantum optics and laser physics. He has been interested in quantum optical applications to quantum computing and quantum informatics. He has also been interested in quantum state measurement of the radiation field and sub-wavelength atom localization. His other interests include coherent atomic effects and quantum thermodynamics

Xinhua Peng received her Ph.D. degree in atomic and molecular physics from Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in July 2003. After that, she arrived at the University of Dortmund, Germany, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Since 2008, she is professor at University of Science and Technology of China. She was awarded National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. She has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.

Implementation of ideas and concepts of quantum computation and quantum simulation using nuclear magnetic resonance and develop quantum control methods of spin systems,Understanding basic problems of quantum mechanics by means of quantum information processing techniques,Development and application of methods of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance by atomic magnetometer.

Prof. Arup Neogi has published more than 180 SCI papers, total citations are more than two thousand times and the highest paper even reaches 100 times; He has obtained 2 American invention patents in the field of quantum information processing. Prof. Arup Neogi has been the chair of Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences since 2006 and invited for presentation including "laser induced photon scattering synergistic effect" in University of Tokyo, "nano semiconductor materials for nonlinear optical devices in the application of biological USA" in Japan Women's University and "nano optoelectronic biological image processing technology" in Argonne National Laboratory. Due to numerous academic achivements in corresponding scientific field, he was elected as a member of the French Association of optoelectronic materials in 2001 . Prof. Arup Neogi is now the reviewer of first-class journals including Nature Photonics, Journal of Institute of physics, the Institute of physics USA. He has obtained Japan's University of Tokyo Scholar Award, MRS global GOE in molecular electronics Trophy award and others. In addition, he has undertaken America NIH funding, American National Science Foundation (NSF) and projects of American Department of Defense (DOD) in last five years, his research works have been highly reported by American, Europe and other international medias as well.

III-V Semiconductor Heterostructures, Nitride Optoelectronics, Plasmonic Nanomaterials

SHI Baosen is a professor of physics in University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his PhD from USTC in 1998. After that, he joined the Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics as a lecturer, and the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of Chinese Academy Sciences as an associate professor in 2001, a full professor in 2008. Between April 2001 and November 2004, he worked at the NEC Tsukuba Laboratories of Japan as a JST researcher. In 2015, he was supported by China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists. He has co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal papers. His main interests include quantum information based on atomic ensemble, nonlinear frequency transfer using resonant cavity, interface between atomic system and photonic system and atomic optics.

atomic ensemble, nonlinear frequency transfer using resonant cavity, interface between atomic system and photonic system and atomic optics

Dr.Xiaoke Yi received Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2004. She joined the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the University of Sydney as a research fellow in 2003, a lecturer in 2006 and a Senior Lecturer in 2010. Starting from 2011, she is a QEII fellow and a senior lecturer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the University of Sydney. Her main research interests include photonic signal processing, microwave photonics, biophotonics and phased-array antennas. She worked as Senior lecturer in University of Sydney during the period (2010 – 2012) and as Associate Professor also in the University of Sydney.

Photonics and Optical Science