AI MEETINGS

We organize weekly AI meetings (KUIS AI Talks) both on zoom and in person. We hold these events every Tuesday from 13:00 to 14:00 unless otherwise noted. We have guests from various universities and industries all over the world. Also, our graduate students present their progress some weeks. If you want to join us in these meetings, please email us at ai-info@ku.edu.tr for the zoom info. 

May 30, 2024

Uğur Teğin, Koç University

Optics for AI: Photonic Neural Networks and Optical Computing

All of the information in the world is natively analog. Optical computing, a branch of analog computing, uses photons rather than traditional electronic signals to perform computing operations. Propagation of photons through optical elements performs computation intrinsically by offering fundamental operations like Fourier transform, matrix multiplication, and convolution. Thus, optical computing has a rich history closely following the evolution of neural networks and AI. In this talk, I will present the field of photonic neural networks and our efforts to provide scalable, energy-efficient nonlinear optical computing frameworks for machine learning studies.