报告题目：Photonics for Smarter Oceans: Sensing,Communication,and Sustainability

报告人：Boon S. Ooi

主持人：张杰君

时间：2025年6月23日上午10:00-11:30

地点：学院楼B4栋2002报告厅

报告摘要: The ocean is vital to human survival, supplying natural resources, most of the planet’s oxygen, and supporting economic development through its vast reserves of minerals, oil, and gas. While often perceived as a silent world, the ocean is rich in natural sounds generated by marine life and geological activity. However, human activities—such as sonar use, pollution, shipping, and underwater vehicles—have increasingly disrupted the aquatic ecosystem. In this talk, I will present recent advances in underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) and the use of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) over existing subsea optical fiber infrastructure for integrated underwater sensing and communicatior for ocean environment monitoring. I will also discuss the integration of UWOC and DAS-DTS technologies for coral reef and marine ecosystem monitoring, which uncovers acoustic biodiversity and offers a scalable, real-time alternative to traditional hydrophone-based approaches. The future prospects of using UWOC and distributed fiber-optic sensing technologies to build intelligent, sustainable, and integrated ocean monitoring platforms will also be discussed.

报告人介绍：Boon S. Ooi is the Al-Khawarizmi Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST. Beginning in Fall 2025, he will be on leave from KAUST to join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as the Constellation Chair Professor in Future Chips. His research focuses on optoelectronic devices and systems for optical communications and sensing applications. He holds 46 issued U.S. patents and is the recipient of 2024 OSA Sang Soo Lee Award, the 2023 Khalifa International Award, and multiple best paper awards. He currently serves on the IEEE Fellow Committee, the APS Fellow Selection Committee, and chairs the IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Committee. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and an Editorial Board Member of Proceedings of the IEEE. Professor Ooi is a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and a Fellow of the IEEE, the American Physical Society (APS), OSA/Optica, SPIE, and the Institute of Physics (UK).