Demetri Psaltis
Demetri Psaltis | |
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| Born | 1953[1] |
| Nationality | Greek and American |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Caltech EPFL |
| Doctoral advisor | David Casasent |
Demetri Psaltis (Greek: Δημήτρης Ψάλτης) is a Greek-American electrical engineer who was the Dean of the School of Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne from 2007 to 2017.[2] Since 2024 he is a professor emeritus at EPFL.[1] He is one of the founders of the term and the field of optofluidics.[3] He is also well known for his past work in holography, especially with regards to optical computing, holographic data storage, and neural networks. He is an author of over 1100 publications, contributed more than 20 book chapters, invented more than 50 patents, and currently has a h-index of 105.
Education
[edit]Demetri Psaltis received his B.S. (1974), M.S. (1975), and Ph.D. (1977) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Academic career
[edit]From 1980 to 2007, he worked at Caltech as an Assistant Professor (1980–1985), Associate Professor (1985–1990), Full Professor (1990–1996), Executive Officer for Computation and Neural Systems (1992–1996), Director for the National Science Foundation Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering (1996–1999), Thomas G. Myers Professor (1996–2007) and Director for the DARPA Center for Optofluidic Integration (2004–2007). In 2007, he moved to Switzerland as a Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering at EPFL.
His past research had focused on optical computing,[4] holographic data storage,[5] neural networks,[6] optofluidics[7][8][9] and on nonlinear optics particularly in scattering media.[10]
His current research focuses on optical computing for neural networks[11] and imaging through optical fibers.[12]
Honors
[edit]- 2016 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize.[13]
- 2012 Emmett N. Leith Medal.[14]
- 2006 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award.[15]
- 2005 IEEE Fellow[16] for contributions to the application of holography to information processing.[17]
- 2003 Humboldt Prize for Senior U.S. Scientists.
- 2002 NASA Space Act Award.
- 1997 SPIE Fellow.[18]
- 1989 International Commission for Optics (ICO) Prize for contributions in Optical Information Processing.[19]
- OSA Fellow.
Lectures
[edit]- 1992 - Optical implementation of neural networks Lecture sponsored by the Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of California, San Diego. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. Digital Object Made Available by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
References
[edit]- ^ "Psaltis, Demetri (1953 )". Idref.fr. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ NEWS EPFL :: The new face of engineering
- ^ "Research on New Types of Optical Devices Modifies Optics".
- ^ Psaltis, D. (2002). "Coherent Optical Information Systems". Science. 298 (5597): 1359–1363. Bibcode:2002Sci...298.1359P. doi:10.1126/science.1078823. PMID 12434049. S2CID 16000569.
- ^ Psaltis, D.; Buse, K.; Adibi, A. (1998). "Non-volatile holographic storage in doubly doped lithium niobate crystals". Nature. 393 (6686): 665–668. Bibcode:1998Natur.393..665B. doi:10.1038/31429. S2CID 4426548.
- ^ Psaltis, D.; Brady, D.; Gu, X. G.; Lin, S. (1990). "Holography in artificial neural networks". Nature. 343 (6256): 325–330. Bibcode:1990Natur.343..325P. doi:10.1038/343325a0. PMID 2300184. S2CID 4337012.
- ^ Erickson, David; Sinton, David; Psaltis, Demetri (September 11, 2011). "Optofluidics for energy applications". Nature Photonics. 5 (10): 583–590. Bibcode:2011NaPho...5..583E. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.209. S2CID 46483818.
- ^ Cuennet, J. G.; Vasdekis, A. E.; De Sio, L.; Psaltis, D. (2011). "Optofluidic modulator based on peristaltic nematogen microflows". Nature Photonics. 5 (4): 234–238. Bibcode:2011NaPho...5..234C. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.18. S2CID 106400512.
- ^ Psaltis, D.; Quake, S. R.; Yang, C. (2006). "Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics". Nature. 442 (7101): 381–386. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..381P. doi:10.1038/nature05060. PMID 16871205. S2CID 1729058.
- ^ Yaqoob, Z.; Psaltis, D.; Feld, M. S.; Yang, C. (2008). "Optical phase conjugation for turbidity suppression in biological samples". Nature Photonics. 2 (2): 110–115. Bibcode:2008NaPho...2..110Y. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.297. PMC 2688902. PMID 19492016.
- ^ Wetzstein, Gordon; Ozcan, Aydogan; Gigan, Sylvain; Fan, Shanhui; Englund, Dirk; Soljačić, Marin; Denz, Cornelia; Miller, David A. B.; Psaltis, Demetri (December 2020). "Inference in artificial intelligence with deep optics and photonics". Nature. 588 (7836): 39–47. Bibcode:2020Natur.588...39W. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2973-6. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 33268862.
- ^ "Optica Publishing Group". opg.optica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "The Optical Society Presents 19 Prestigious Awards for 2016 | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ EMMETT N. LEITH MEDAL Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ "Dennis Gabor Award - SPIE". spie.org.
- ^ "IEEE - Fellows - P". IEEE. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "IEEE Fellows 2005 | IEEE Communications Society".
- ^ "SPIE Fellows". SPIE. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "ICO Prizes and Awards". ICO. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Personal page of Demetri Psaltis on the EPFL website
- Optics Laboratory
- Demetri Psaltis publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Greek electrical engineers
- American electrical engineers
- Fellows of the IEEE
- Fellows of SPIE
- Carnegie Mellon University alumni
- Optical engineers
- Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- American people of Greek descent
- American university and college faculty deans