Optical Computing

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Optical Computing Storage A physicists
adventure !
Leo Irakliotis Associate Chair Department of
Computer Science University of Chicago Miami
Physics Alumnus
Abstract Optical computing emerged as a
promising framework for information processing
in the 1980s and 1990s. The discovery of more
exotic frameworks, most notably quantum
computing, signaled the decline of optical
computing but interest in optical data storage
remained strong. This talk will review the basic
techniques for volumetric optical storage, their
applications in applied computing, and the
lessons learned from the failures of optical
computing and the successes of optical storage.
Brief Bio Leo Irakliotis earned an MS degree in
Physics from Miami University and a PhD in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from Colorado
State University. In 1996 he joined MCI
Telecommunications (prior to the merger with
WorldCom) as a senior researcher. In 1998 he
joined the faculty at the University of Chicago
where he is currently the associate chairman of
the Department of Computer Science.

• Wed. Oct. 5th