Time: 26 May 10.00-11.30
Venue: POLIMA Common Room , University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Registration: No registration needed. Everybody is welcome!
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Presenter: Dr. Lu Fang
Abstract
Vision, as a symphony of physics and intelligence, encompasses two interconnected dimensions: sensing and perception. Visual sensing, grounded in physical optics, harnesses computational intelligence to enhance light capture. Visual perception, driven by intelligence, is now empowered by physics to interpret visual data with greater efficiency. This talk begins with light field meta-imaging achieving aberration-corrected sensing, demonstrating how computational intelligence enhances visual sensing. It then explores photonic neural networks, illustrating how physical optics advances visual perception. Together, these innovations tend to dissolve the boundaries between sensing and perception, paving the way for a neuromorphic paradigm of ‘Senception’ with broad implications for embodied intelligence, smart cities, and autonomous systems.
About Dr. Lu Fang
Dr. Lu FANG is is a Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on cross-disciplinary studies in computational optics and visual intelligence. Dr. Fang published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, including Science, Nature, Nature Photonics etc. She received the NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar Fund, The Xplorer Prize, ICBS Frontiers of Science Award, and the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Dr. Fang serves as an Associate Editor for Optica, and as the General Chair for IEEE MMSP 2025.