12th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO’2023)
The First Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) in 2012. We did not hope that the conference would live that long and leave such a trace on science and technology in the Region and Worldwide. Today, we can no doubt say that MECO and the International
Conferences on Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things (CPSIoT) have become the most prestigious events in their fields, even formally classified among the TOP conferences in Computer Sciences.
MECO and CPSIoT have always been organized in Montenegro, an amazing small Mediterranean country with pleasant people. This year, MECO will take place for its twelfth time, from June 6th to June 10th, 2023, in Budva, the pearl of the Mediterranean, one of the oldest settlements across the Adriatic coast, with documented references dating back to the 5th century BC, with golden beaches, refreshing sea breeze, and delicious Mediterranean cuisine.
This year's Programme is very rich. Despite the strict evaluation criteria, over 128 articles deserved to be selected. They are coming from about 50 countries, represented by about 200 institutions. This year, we are especially happy to see the increased participation of our colleagues from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Therefore, MECO has no borders. At least half of the papers belong to young researchers who recognize MECO and CPSIoT as their chance, not only because of the quality but also because of our mission that young researchers, especially those from developing countries, should be able to publish their papers in high-quality but low-cost publications so as to permanently foster their academic and professional growth. In addition to numerous papers, four outstanding keynotes, project dissemination, company exhibitions, round tables, demo sessions, etc, will reinforce our events.
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- Slovensa Obala
- Budva, Serbia & Montenegro
- Serbia & Montenegro 85310
- Building: Hotel Budva
- Starts 06 June 2023 06:00 AM UTC
- Ends 07 June 2023 08:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Zeev Zalevsky of Faculty of Engineering and the Nanotechnology Institute, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel
Fiber-based Photonic-FPGA Architecture and In- Fiber Computing
Hardware implementation of artificial neural networks facilitates real-time parallel processing of massive data
sets. Optical neural networks offer low-volume 3D connectivity together with large bandwidth and minimal heat
production in contrast to electronic implementation. In this presentation we will present a conceptual design for in-fiber
optical neural network, i.e. a fiber-based realization of a photonic-FPGA. Neurons and synapses are realized in two ways:
first as individual silica cores in a multi-core fiber and then within a multi-mode fiber.
In the first realization optical signals are transferred transversely between cores by means of optical coupling. Pump
driven amplification in erbium-doped cores mimics synaptic interactions. Simulations and experimental validation show
classification and learning capabilities. Therefore, devices similar to our proposed multi-core fiber could potentially serve
as building blocks for future large-scale small-volume optical artificial neural networks.
In the second type of realization we propose the design of an optical artificial neural network-based imaging system
that has the ability to self-study image signals from an incoherent light source in different colors. Our design consists of a
multi-mode fiber realizing a stochastic neural network. We show that the signals, transmitted through the multi-mode
fiber, can be used for image identification purposes and can also be reconstructed using artificial neural networks with a
low number of nodes.
Biography:
Zeev Zalevsky received his B.Sc. and direct Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Zeev is currently a full Professor in the faculty of engineering in Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His major fields of research are optical super resolution, biomedical optics, nanophotonics and fiber-based processing and sensing architectures. Zeev has published more than 480 peer review papers and about 300 conference proceeding papers. He is a fellow of many large scientific societies such as SPIE, OSA,
EOS, IOP, IET, IS&T and more. He is also a fellow of the American National Academy of Inventors (NAI). For his work he received many national and international prizes such as the Krill prize, ICO prize, SAOT prize, Juludan prize, Taubelnblatt prize, young investigator prize in
nanotechnology, the International Wearable Technologies (WT) Innovation World Cup 2012 Prize, Image Engineering Innovation Award, NANOSMAT prize, SPIE startup challenge prize, SPIE prism award, IAAM Scientist Medal Award, International Photonic Award, Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional award, The Asian Advanced Materials Award and more. Besides his academic research activity, Zeev is also very active in trying to convert his inventions into practical and applicable approaches by commercializing them into start-up companies that develop products out of those inventions. Zeev was and is involved in technologically leading more than 10 startup companies.