This very focused workshop aims at bringing together key players in the field to discuss the recent advances in the field of :

• optical computing
• computational imaging
• optical information processing,
• future challenges and opportunities.

It aims at connecting the communities of optics, physics, mathematics and computer science, in an open atmosphere, with long time for lectures and extended discussions, favoring the exchange of ideas and emergence of possible collaborations.

• Alexander Gaeta (Columbia)
• Alexander Jesacher (Medical U. Innsbruck)
• Guillaume Maire (Institut Fresnel)
• Christophe Moser (EPFL)
• David Miller (Stanford)
• Demetri Psaltis (EPFL)
• Florent Krzakala  (ENS Paris)
• Jason Fleischer (Princeton)
• Kelvin Wagner (U.Colorado Boulder)
• Michal Lipson (Columbia)
• Monika Ritsch-Marte (Medical U. Innsbruck)
• Ori Katz (Hebrew University)
• Riccardo Sapienza (Imperial College)
• Shaya Fainman (U.C. San Diego)

Beyond the invited talks, there is a limited number of slots for Contributed posters, preferentially  for  PhD and Postdoctoral researcher. Accomodation in shared room will be provided at the Villa for students and postdocs (on a first come first serve basis). participation to the conference with lodging on your own is of course also possible. 

Deadline for abstract submission  : April 16th.

Registration costs: 

• full registration single room *invited only* (conference fees, lodging 3 nights in single room,  meals) : 600 euros
• full registration shared room (conference fees, lodging 3 nights in double or triple room,  meals) : 500 euros
• registration without lodging (conference fees, meals) : 300 euros
• accompanying persons (meals) : 125 euros 

Registration is open (once your abstract has been accepted)

The Villa Finaly is situated on the heights above Florence, in beautiful Tuscany, Italy. The villa belongs to the "chancellerie des universités de Paris" which devotes it to organize scientific conference and events. The conference as well as most meals will be taken as the villa, which also counts several rooms to host most of the participants to the conference. Additional participants can easily find accomodation in the numerous hotels of downtown florence, and easily reach the villa by bus.

see the official website of the Villa Finaly

Sylvain Gigan - Professor Sorbonne Université Paris  

webpage 

email: sylvain.gigan@lkb.ens.fr

Rafael Piestun - Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

webpage

email : piestun@colorado.edu