OECC/PSC 2025

Organizers: Ryan Michael Hamerly (NTT Research), Mitsumasa Nakajima (NTT Corporation), Nathan Youngblood (University of Pittsburgh)

Rapid advancement of machine learning technologies raised critical issues regarding the energy consumption for computations, which motivated various researches on alternative analog computing hardware. Photonic computing, with its unique advantages such as ultra-wide bandwidth and space/wavelength parallelism, offers a promising avenue for dramatically improving computational efficiency. Furthermore, recent breakthroughs in nanophotonics and optoelectronic integration suggest the possibility of large-scale integration of photonic computing engines. This symposium will explore the current state of optical computing integration, algorithms, and applications, discussing both its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its future prospects.