Program Schedule of InCEPTT 2024

Day 1, DECEMBER 01, 2024 (Industry Day)

• 9.30 – 10.30 AM

Inauguration followed by Welcome Note by the Conference Chairs Inauguration of the Exhibition

• 10.30 – 11.00 AM

Networking Morning Coffee

• 11.00 – 11.45 AM: Plenary Talk 1 to be introduced by Kaushik Sengupta

‘Innovative Technologies to Explore the Universe’, Goutam Chattopadhyay, NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA

• 11.45 – 12.45 PM: Industry Talks to be introduced by Bala Pesala
• 11.45 – 12.15 PM: Johannes Koeth, Advanced Photonics Gerbrunn GmbH, Germany
• 12.15 – 12.45 PM: Johannes Kunsch, Laser Components GmbH, Germany

• 1.00 – 2.30 PM

Networking Lunch

• 2.30 – 4.30 PM: Academia-Industry-Research Interface in India to be introduced by Aparajita Bandyopadhyay
• 2.30 – 3.00 PM: Rajendra Singh, DEAL, Dehradun, India; ‘Sub-TeraHead Embedded Microwave Communication Links for Military Communication’
• 3.00 – 3.30 PM: Urbi Kundu, DIA-CoE, IIT Delhi, India; ‘Terahertz Technology- attempting exploitation in Imaging Spectroscopy and Communication at DRDO Industry Academia Center of Excellence IIT Delhi (DIA-CoE IITD)’.
• 3.30 – 4.00 PM: Awakash Dixit, DIA-CoE, IIT Delhi, India; ‘Development of advanced quantum key distribution technologies through DIA-CoE IIT Delhi’.
• 4.00 – 4.30 PM: Special Industry Keynote
  Mohmedsaeed Mombasawala, Keysight India, “Envision future of
  Wireless Communications with trail blazing 6G and AI”.

• 4.30 – 5.00 PM

Evening Coffee

• 5.00 – 6.30 PM: Panel Discussion 1

Topic – ‘Translating Patents and Papers to Commercial Enterprises –
Challenges in India and worldwide’; moderated by Bala Pesala and
Kaushik Sengupta
Panelists: Goutam Chattopadhyay (JPL, NASA), Hartmut Roskos (Goethe Uni Frankfurt), MH Rahaman (DIA-CoE-IIT Delhi), Johannes Kunsch (Laser Components GmbH), Lukasz Sterczewski (Uni of Wroclaw), Clara Saraceno (Ruhr Uni Bochum), Atasi Pal (CSIR-CGCRI Kolkata), Mohmedsaeed Mombasawala (Keysight India)

• 7.00 – 9.00 PM

Networking Welcome Dinner

Day 2, DECEMBER 02, 2024

• 9.30 – 1.00 PM: Session I – “Radio Frequency to mmW: The New Paradigm”; Chair: Hartmut Roskos
• 9.30 – 10.15 AM: Plenary Talk 2
  ‘AI enabled Radio frequency and Terahertz Chip Design and New Design Space Discovery’, Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, USA
• 10.15 – 10.35 AM: Yudai Matsumura, Tokushima University, Japan;
  ‘THz-to-Optical Carrier Conversion for Photonic THz Detection in 100-GHz wireless communication’.

• 10.35 – 11.00 AM
  Networking Morning Coffee
• 11.00 – 11.45 AM: Plenary Talk 3
  ‘Near-field terahertz networking’, Daniel Mittleman, Brown University, USA
• 11.45 – 12.30 PM: Plenary Talk 4
  ‘Revolutionizing Metamaterial Design: From Deep Learning to Large Language Models’, Willie Padilla, Duke University, USA

• 1.00 – 2.30 PM
  Networking Lunch
• 2.30 – 4.30 PM: Session II – “Enablers of GHz, mmW, THz and IR domains,” Chair: Daniel Mittleman
  
• 2.30 – 3.00 PM: Invited Talk 1Alvydas Lisauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania; ‘Silicon-based terahertz detectors and emitters’.
• 3.00 – 3.30 PM: Invited Talk 2Lukasz Sterczewski, University of Wroclaw, Poland; ‘Broadband high-dynamic-range THz spectroscopy with organic nonlinear crystals’.
• 3.30 – 4.00 PM: Invited Talk 3Clara Saraceno, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany; ‘High power laser-driven Terahertz sources’.
• 4.00 – 4.20 PM: Atasi Pal, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata, India; ‘Few Cycle Er-doped All-Fiber Laser for Broadband THz Generation: Numerical Model’.

• 4.30 – 5.00 PM
  Evening Networking over Coffee

• 5.00 – 6.00 PM: Interactive theme discussion led by Prof. Willie Padilla
  Advent of AI/ML: how to keep up with the ‘SHIFT’

• 6.00 – 7.00 PM: Informal Networking 1
  ‘Show us what you got’: Ice-breaking talent show for all

• 7.00 – 9.00 PM
  Networking Gala Dinner

Day 3, DECEMBER 03, 2024

• 9.30 – 1.00 PM: Session III – “Applications”; Chair: Goutam Chattopadhyay
• 9.30 – 10.15 AM: Plenary Talk 5
  ‘Towards Real-Time THz Holographic Imaging: Emergent Opportunities by Hardware Developments and Deep Learning’, Hartmut Roskos, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
• 10.15 – 10.45 PM: Invited Talk 4 Kosuke Murate, Nagoya University, Japan; ‘Single-shot Terahertz Spectroscopy Based on Terahertz Parametric Generator and Detector’.

• 10.45 – 11.10 AM
  Networking Morning Coffee
• 11.10 – 11.30 AM: Sota Mine, Nagoya University, Japan; ‘One-Shot Detection of Broadband Terahertz Waves in the Frequency Domain’.
• 11.30 – 11.50 AM: Jakub Mnich, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland; ‘Incoherent Ultra-Broadband Fourier Spectroscopy with a Room-Temperature Pyroelectric Detector’.
• 11.50 AM – 12.10 PM: Jaspreet Kaur, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India; ‘Comparative Analysis of Gain and Noise from Five-Stage to Single-Stage EDFA Amplifiers by Varying the Fiber Lengths’
• 12.10 – 12.55 PM: Plenary Talk 6
  ‘Recent Progress in Terahertz Sensing and Imaging’, Chiko Otani, Riken, Japan

• 1.00 – 2.30 PM
  Networking Lunch

• 2.30 – 4.30 PM: Joint Poster Session

1. Puspita Chanda – ‘Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy and Imaging Study of Environmental Impact on Marble’
2. Dheeraj Kumar – ‘Laser-Pumped Phosphor-Converted Visible Illumination for Solid-State Lighting Applications’
3. Awakash Dixit – ‘Indigenous development of various quantum communication technology elements through DIA-CoE IIT Delhi’
4. Uzair Aalam – ‘Diameter Dependent Temporal Dispersion in Terahertz Waveguides’
5. Mayuri Kashyap – ‘Advancing Detection Through Fusion of Multimodal Images’
6. Shelja Sharma – ‘Optical Study of 3Dimensional Au Nanodendrite’
7. Kodai Yamaji – ‘Stable soliton microcomb generated by adhesivebonding of Si3N4 micro-ring resonator to a high-NA optical fiber’
8.Rajendra Gupta – ‘D-Band Wireless Communication’
9.Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj – ‘Residual Stresses during Micro Milling of Terahertz Waveguides’
10. Akitoshi Niidome – ‘Intensity Probing inside Crystals of Terahertz Parametric Oscillator’

• 4.30 – 5.00 PM
  Evening Networking over Coffee

• 5.00 – 6.30 PM: Informal Networking 2
  Tell us something interesting about yourself without ‘sliding’ (strictly NO
  ppt) and without siding with science (Geared for students and post
  doctoral researchers; but everyone is encouraged to join)

• 6.30 – 8.30 PM
  Concluding Dinner

Day 4, DECEMBER 04, 2024

• 8.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Workshop conducted by Keysight ‘QUANTUM
  KARYASHALA’, coffee will be served in-between

• 12.00 – 12.30 PM
  Prize Distribution and Group Photo

• 12.30 – 1.00 PM
  Closing Remarks by Aparajita Bandyopadhyay and wrap-up

• 1.00 PM onwards
  Closing Lunch