Real-time Photonic Measurements, Data Management, and Processing VIII

Real-time photonic measurement of fast non-repetitive events is arguably the most challenging problem in the fields of instrumentation and measurement. The challenge is performing fast continuous single-shot measurements for applications ranging from sensing, spectroscopy, and imaging. Some of the example applications include the study of optical rogue waves, detection of rare cancer cells in blood, industrial inspection and machine vision. Notwithstanding the sensitivity and speed limitations of single-shot real-time measurements, such instruments also create a big data problem. Owing to their high measurement rate, they produce a firehose of data that overwhelms even the most advanced computers. This necessitates innovations in data management and in-inline processing techniques.

The aim of this conference is to create a forum for presentation of the latest developments in real-time photonic instruments, data management and real-time processing, and to create a forum for exchange of ideas in this new and exciting field of photonic instrumentation. This conference intends to cover the following, and related topics:

• real-time optical imaging and spectroscopy
• real-time process photonic monitoring
• ultrafast optical signal characterization
• real-time photonic data processing systems
• computationally efficient algorithms
• photonic data compression
• photonic techniques for big data visualization and analytics
• single-photon detection and imaging from vis to NIR.