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SUMMARY:Colloquium Series -  Invited Seminar by James CLEGG
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DESCRIPTION:"Analog Optical Computing at Microsoft Research UK: Improving 
 Efficiency in the AI Era" \nby James CLEGG  \n(Principal Optical Scientis
 t at Microsoft Research Lab – Cambridge\, UK)\nA B S T R A C T: The expo
 nential growth of artificial intelligence workloads has intensified the de
 mand for energy-efficient and high-speed computing solutions. Analog optic
 al computing offers a promising alternative to conventional digital archit
 ectures by leveraging the inherent parallelism and speed of light for matr
 ix operations and signal processing. In this work\, we present recent adva
 nces at Microsoft Research UK in analog optical computing\, focusing on sy
 stem architectures\, precision control\, and integration with existing AI 
 frameworks. Our results demonstrate significant improvements in computatio
 nal efficiency and power reduction for large-scale neural network inferenc
 e\, highlighting the potential of optical accelerators to complement digit
 al processors in the AI era.\n \n\n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1667483
 /
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1667483/
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