Activity Day at UAB – Quantum Structured Light

Agenda:

9h – 9:30
Welcome coffee
9:30 – 10:30
Tutorial 1: Introduction to quantum structured light and intelligent quantum imaging
10:30 – 11h
Coffee break
11h – 12h
Flash talks
12h – 13h
Tutorial 2: High-dimensional quantum communication
13h – 14h
Lunch break
14h – 15h
Tutorial 3: Topology in light
15h – 16h
Flash talks

Tutorials content:
1. Topics will include fundamentals of quantum optics, structured light generation and detection, quantum imaging, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in imaging, quantum imaging modalities and progress in the field.
2. Topics will include fundamentals of Laguerre-Gaussian modes, and how to use them to increase a quantum channel’s capacity and robustness to noise.
3. Topics will include fundamentals of topology, robustness arguments for optical topology and quantum topology.

Please note that the order and content of the tutorials may change from one to another, so we advise you to attend all activities on the 24th.

BIO:
Andrew has at various times in his career found himself as teacher, janitor, secretary, receptionist, web-master, systems engineer, sales rep, manager, director, and sometimes a scientist. Andrew is presently a Distinguished Professor within the School of Physics at the U. Witwatersrand (South Africa) where leads a laboratory for Structured Light. Andrew is active in promoting photonics in Africa, a founding member of the Photonics Initiative of South Africa and Director of South Africa’s Quantum Technology Initiative. He is a Fellow of SPIE, Optica, the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), and an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He holds an A-rating by the South African NRF, 4 honorary professorships, is editor-in-chief of the IoP’s Journal of Optics and sits on the editorial board of five other international journals. Andrew has won several awards, including the NSTF national award for his contributions to photonics in South Africa (2015), the Georg Forster prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for outstanding contributions to photonics (2020), the SAIP Gold Medal (2020), the highest award for physics in South Africa, making him the youngest winner to date, the Sang Soo Lee award (2022) from Optica and the Korean Optical Society and the TWAS Prize for Physics (2024). Andrew spends his time having fun with the taxpayers’ money, exploring structured light in lasers as well as classical and quantum optics.

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