Calvin Cheng PhD of Lumotive

From autonomous vehicles to smart infrastructure, the future of intelligent systems depends on sensors that can adapt, learn, and perceive with precision. Lumotive is pioneering this transformation with light-control metasurface (LCM) technology, a revolutionary solid-state beam-steering approach that replaces mechanical LiDAR with fully programmable, software-defined optics.

In this talk, Dr. Calvin Cheng, Director of Applications and Customer Success at Lumotive, will explore how LCM-based LiDAR systems enable dynamic scanning, on-device intelligence, and efficient 3D perception across diverse applications. Through live demonstrations and system-level insights, he will illustrate how Lumotive’s innovations are redefining the boundaries of perception and autonomy and how collaboration between academia and industry can accelerate the next generation of intelligent sensing systems.

Biography:

Calvin Cheng is Director of Applications & Customer Success at Lumotive, a leading company in LiDAR and light-control metasurface technologies. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and technology leader with extensive experience in guiding advanced materials and photonics innovations from early research to global commercialization. As co-founder and former CTO/COO of Edgehog Advanced Technologies, he commercialized and established semiconductor manufacturing capacity for solar and optics products. 

Dr. Cheng holds a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Toronto, a MSc in Chemistry and Optics, and a BASc in Biomedical Engineering. With core expertise in the intersection of science, engineering, and business, he is committed to advancing deep-technology commercialization and supporting the development of future innovators.

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