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Prof. Leslie Rusch was recently interviewed by Radio-Canada on the topic of "A promising technological breakthrough in Quebec City for faster and greener AI." Listen to the interview here:   https://lnkd.in/enRfF_mQ

Amir Omidi s uccessfully defended his PhD thesis on "End-to-end optimization of optical fiber links using machine learning techniques" under co-supervision of Prof. Leslie Rusch and Prof. Ming Zeng

Mohammad Hossein Alishahi successfully defended his PhD thesis on "RIS-Empowered Transmission Techniques for Next-Generation Communication Systems" under co-supervision of Prof. Ming Zeng and Prof. Paul Fortier

Congratulations to the team: Alireza Geravand, Zibo Zheng, Farshid Shateri, Simon Levasseur, Prof. Leslie Rusch, and Prof. Wei Shi   https://lnkd.in/ecPH9EZK .

On May 27, the first edition of the ULaval Research, Creation and Innovation Excellence Awards was held at the Québec Convention Center. Prof. Wei Shi and Raphael Dubé-Demers receive the Innovation Award

Saber Jalilpiran successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Optimization of Erbium-Doped Fibers for Amplification in the Extended L-Band" under co-supervision of Prof. Sophie LaRochelle and Prof. Younès Messaddeq

Abdolkhalegh Mohammadi successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Traveling-wave Silicon Photonic Modulators for Ultra-capacity Coherent Optical Transmission Systems" under co-supervision of Prof. Wei Shi and Prof. Leslie Rusch

At the end of January 2025, Optica’s Board of Directors elected 121 new members from 27 countries to the Society’s 2025 Fellow Class. Fellows are selected on the basis of several factors, including their outstanding contributions to research, business, teaching, engineering and service to Optica and the community.  Among the Fellows is Wei Shi, professor at Université Laval and member of the COPL.  Prof. Shi is recognized for his outstanding contributions to silicon photonic