IAMS Upcoming Activities 原分所學術演講活動
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截止日期:2026-08-26

1. Sinica  Academician Lecture
中研院2026年「第34屆新科院士演講」系列活動

Title Understanding, Controlling, and Learning from Quantum Systems
Speaker Prof. Cheng Chin
University of Chicago
金政教授 芝加哥大學
Time 10:30 AM, July 10 (Friday), 2026
Venue Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, IAMS
本所浦大邦紀念講堂(臺大校園內)
Contact Dr. Hsiang-Hua Jen 任祥華博士

2.IAMS Lecture
中研院原分所演講公告

Title Bridging Quantum Photonics and Intelligence: Toward Next-Generation Quantum Technology
Speaker Prof. Bo-Han Wu
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Time 10:30 AM, July 13 (Monday), 2026
Venue C. T. Chang Memorial Hall (NTU Campus), IAMS
本所張昭鼎紀念講堂(臺大校園內)
Contact Dr. Ying-Cheng Chen
Abstract Quantum technologies are transforming the fields of sensing, communication, and computing by harnessing uniquely quantum resources such as coherence, entanglement, and squeezing. Among the various physical platforms, photonics provides a promising pathway toward integrating these capabilities within a scalable and deployable architecture. In this talk, I will provide an overview of continuous-variable quantum photonics and its applications across quantum sensing, communication, and computing, highlighting recent advances toward scalable quantum photonic systems, including our work on integrated squeezed-light generation and large-scale photonic quantum information processing. I will then discuss the emerging role of artificial intelligence in quantum technologies, where machine learning can assist in the design, control, optimization, and characterization of increasingly complex quantum systems. As an example, I will present the Microring Perceptron (MiRP), a photonic machine-learning architecture that combines analog optical processing with data-driven inference. Finally, I will discuss future opportunities at the intersection of quantum photonics and artificial intelligence, where the co-design of hardware and algorithms may enable a new generation of intelligent quantum technologies.

3.IAMS Lecture
中研院原分所演講公告

Title Building a novel quantum light-matter interface with cold atoms coupled to a nanophotonic circuit
Speaker Prof. Chen-Lung Hung
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University,
Time 11:00 AM, July 14 (Tuesday), 2026
Venue C. T. Chang Memorial Hall (NTU Campus), IAMS
本所張昭鼎紀念講堂(臺大校園內)
Contact Dr. Ming-Shien Chang
Abstract Interfacing cold atoms with nanophotonic circuits offers a promising route toward scalable quantum technologies, from quantum nonlinear optics to quantum networking, by leveraging the indistinguishability of neutral atoms and the scalability of photonic circuits. Cold atom-integrated nanophotonic circuits can particularly build up quantum phase coherence to greatly enhance the fidelity of photon storage in an unprecedented way. Densely packed atoms that are collectively coupled via multiple photonic modes (or channels) could exhibit dissimilar emission dynamics into these modes depending on their configuration and how they are excited. One striking example is “selective radiance” in subwavelength-spaced atom arrays [1], where a collective excitation couples superradiantly to a phase- matched photonic channel while being strongly suppressed in coupling to all other modes due to phase- mismatch and subradiance. In this talk, I will discuss the challenges we have overcome in recent years to achieve efficient loading, laser cooling, and trapping of many cold atoms, for the first time, on a nanophotonic microring resonator [2,3], and a recent demonstration of near-deterministic single atom loading on a microring [4]. I will discuss our combined experimental [5] and theoretical [6] investigations of the collective emission dynamics of a dense atomic ensemble interacting simultaneously with a resonator mode of the microring and with free-space radiative modes. Our results show that, when controllably driven by the resonator to different collective states, the trapped atoms can superradiantly couple to the resonator, while exhibiting either subradiant or superradiant signatures in free-space emission. I will discuss the implication of these effects for optimizing collective light-matter interfaces and the prospects of further using ordered atom array on our platform for select quantum applications.
 
References
[1] Asenjo-Garcia et al, Phys. Rev. X 7, 031024 (2017).
[2] Xinchao Zhou et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 103601 (2023).
[3] Xinchao Zhou et al, Phys. Rev. X 14, 031004 (2024).
[4] Xinchao Zhou et al, arXiv:2606.07800 (2026).
[5] Xinchao Zhou et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 113601 (2025).
[6] Deepak Suresh et al, Phys. Rev. A 112, 043717 (2025).

4.IAMS Lecture
中研院原分所演講公告

Title Playing with Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials: Water Clustering in MOFs and in Atmospheric Aerosols
Speaker Kaito Takahashi
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thailand
Time 2:30 PM, July 15 (Wednesday), 2026
Venue Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, IAMS
本所浦大邦紀念講堂(臺大校園內)
Contact Dr. Jer-Lai Kuo

5.IAMS Lecture
中研院原分所演講公告

Title Neural Computations Underlying Polarization Vision in Cephalopods
Speaker Dr. Tomoyuki Mano
Computational Neuroethology Unit , Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Time 11:00 AM, August 26 (Wednesday), 2026
Venue C. T. Chang Memorial Hall (NTU Campus), IAMS
本所張昭鼎紀念講堂(臺大校園內)
Contact Dr. Chia-Lung Hsieh
Abstract
Underwater environments prominently feature a dimension of light invisible to our own eyes, polarization. Cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish and squid) detect polarization with both high sensitivity and resolution, skillfully utilizing it for complex behaviors such as hunting and communication. However, the neural mechanisms for encoding patterns of light polarization remain poorly understood. Using the bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), we developed a new head- fixation method to perform two photon calcium imaging in awake squid, providing the first in vivo recordings of the cephalopod visual system at cellular resolution. In the optic lobe cortex, the brain region receiving input from retinal photoreceptors, we identified distinct neuron classes defined by spatiotemporal tuning and light intensity vs polarization specificity, including (i) integrators of polarized photoreceptor inputs, (ii) neurons selective for a single polarization orientation, and (iii) neurons that subtract orthogonal polarization signals—together suggesting notable parallels with color coding in the vertebrate retina. Neuropixels recordings from downstream visual brain regions revealed evidence for hierarchical processing: receptive fields expanded with depth, and intensity and polarization signals were integrated with progressively greater complexity. Collectively, our study provides new insights into the neural computations underlying cephalopods’ specialized underwater vision and the convergent evolution of visual systems.