ICAIT 2024 Plenary Speakers
Prof. Jianquan Yao
Tianjin University, China
Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Speech Title: Discussion on the Technical Support Application of Terahertz Communication Technology in Low Altitude Economy
BIO: Yao Jianquan, a laser and optoelectronic scientist, was born on January 29, 1939 in Shanghai. He graduated from Tianjin University as a postgraduate student in 1965. Currently, he serves as a professor, doctoral supervisor, director of the degree committee, honorary dean, and director of the Institute of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics at Tianjin University. In 1997, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
From 1980 to 1982, Yao Jianquan was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and the University of California in the United States. He has been invited to give lectures and conduct collaborative research at universities in the United States such as Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, as well as in England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Over the years, he has been engaged in research on laser and nonlinear optical frequency conversion technology, completing dozens of national key scientific and technological projects. He proposed and developed the theoretical framework and methods for optimal phase matching calculation of biaxial crystals, which are known in the international academic community as the "Yao Technique" and the "Yao Method." Yao has made systematic and creative achievements in the field of laser and nonlinear optical frequency conversion, earning him a certain reputation internationally. In the past 20 years, his research in high-power all-solid-state lasers, period-polarization crystals – quasi-phase matching technology, terahertz technology, micro-nano optoelectronic device technology, and smart ocean technology has reached an international advanced level. His representative works include: "Nonlinear Optical Frequency Conversion and Laser Tuning Technology" (Science Press, 1995), "Strange Light—Laser" (Tsinghua University Press, 2000), "All-Solid-State Lasers and Nonlinear Optical Frequency Conversion Technology" (Science Press, 2007), "Optoelectronic Technology" (Higher Education Press, 2009), "Nonlinear Optics and Solid-State Laser, Advanced Concepts, Tuning-Fundamentals and Applications" (Springer, 2012), and "Chasing Light—The Scientific Exploration Road from Lasers to Terahertz" (Tianjin University Press, May 2021). He has supervised the training of 30 post-doctoral fellows, 180 doctoral students, and 260 master's students. He has been awarded the National Invention Second Prize, the National Education Commission and Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Second Prize (4 times), the First Prize of Military Scientific and Technological Progress, and the Special Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, among others. He has published over a thousand papers domestically and internationally.
Yao has also served as the Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of the Wuhan National Laboratory (preparatory), and Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of "Tunable Laser Technology" at Harbin Institute of Technology. He has held positions such as Vice Chairman of the Tianjin Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) for 2 terms, Chairman of the Tianjin Democratic Progressive Party Committee for 2 terms, Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC for 4 terms, and Vice Chairman of the Tianjin Association for Science and Technology for 2 terms. He currently holds positions such as Director of the China Optics Society, Deputy Director of the Laser Committee, President of the Tianjin Laser Society, President of the Tianjin Expert Association, and President of the Tianjin Overseas Scholars Association. He is recognized as a "National Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions," "Advanced Science and Technology Worker of National Universities," "Outstanding Science and Technology Worker in China," and "Special Model Worker of Tianjin," and he receives a special allowance from the State Council.
Prof. Xiaopeng Shao
Xidian University, China
Vice President of Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS
Speech Title: Future-proof Imaging: Computational Imaging
BIO: Xiaopeng Shao is a professor and the deputy Director of Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS. His main research interests include computational imaging technology, opto-electronic image processing and pattern recognition, and development and testing of opto-electronic instruments. He is currently an expert in a professional committee of a national ministry, an executive director of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering, a board member of the Chinese Optical Society, vice chairman of the Shaanxi Optical Society, etc. Prof. Shao serves his editor-in-chief of Adanced Imaging and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Ultrafast Science. He also serves as the editorial board of Optics and Precision Engineering, Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Acta Photonica Sinica, Journal of Applied Optics, Systems Engineering and Electronics, etc. He has published more than 200 papers and holds more than 80 invention patents.
