June 2016
AIO 2016: Focus on Dr. Garrett Cole, Crystalline Mirror Solutions LLC, US
What do you think people will learn from your talk as a take-home lesson?
I aim to give an overview of...
Added: 29 June 2016
Light Beyond the Lab: Putting Your Research Skills to Work
This is the second in a series of blog posts I’m writing throughout 2016 in my role as OSA Ambassador. In case you missed my last post, you can find it here.
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Added: 29 June 2016
A New Force of Awakening
At May 30th, Doctor Yue Yang from Jupiter Networks, United States arrived at Harbin Institute of Technology and presented to the HIT OSA Student Chapter and the national key laboratory of tunable laser a great report about his research direction: High-speed optical systems and networking functions using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing. Dr. Yue got his bachelor degree and master degree...
Added: 29 June 2016
Putting Your PhD to Work
The OSA Ambassador program
I’m excited to volunteer in the inaugural year of the OSA Ambassador program. Our goal is to further the professional development skills of our student and Young Professional members.
‘Putting your PhD to work’...
Added: 21 June 2016
The Cities of Lights: A Century of Optics in LEDs, NEON and Light
Think about the world’s greatest travel destinations – London. Dubai. New York City. Tokyo. Now picture them dark. Would any of these places be the same without light? The Optical Society (OSA), a global association of scientists and engineers who make lasers, sensors, cameras, LED, virtual reality and many other technologies possible, is celebrating its 100th birthday. One of...
Added: 20 June 2016
Machines Can Learn Ethics and Other Predictions for AI
Futurist Ray Kurzweil and Nobel laureate Steven Chu discuss artificial intelligence and accelerating technology at The Optical Society’s “Light the Future” program at CLEO.
Added: 17 June 2016
Curious Minds Learn About Optics and Photonics
SUSTC OSA Student Chapter organized interactive lectures about optics for little kids in Jinxiu Elementary School (11 May), SUSTC Experimental 2nd Elementary School (18 May) and Qianhai Harbor Elementary School (20 May). In these three interactive lectures, 16...
Added: 16 June 2016
Discussing the Future
Photonics in 2048 workshop was organized on 13 May 2016 in Copenhagen successfully. The workshop was held under the supervision of DTU Fotonik Innovation agent Monika Luniewska Jensen...
Added: 16 June 2016
Touring Labs
On Thursday, May 19th 2016, the Tel-Aviv University OSA student chapter conducted a one and a half hour event starting with tours in two optical labs followed by a social gathering, the second in a series called “OptiBEER”. The event included snacks, beer and hot drinks...
Added: 14 June 2016
AIO 2016: Focus on Dr. Torsten Frosch, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
Dr. Torsten Frosch, who was recently awarded the Bunsen-Kirchhoff award for Analytical Spectroscopy, will talk about Raman Spectroscopic Gas Sensing at AIO 2016. In the following interview, AIO Young Professional, Sogol Borjian, asks Dr Frosch about his work and his upcoming talk at AIO 2016.
Added: 10 June 2016