1. A. Alù, “Nonreciprocal Photonics,” Frontiers in Optics: the 102 nd OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit/Laser Science Conference, Washington, DC, September 16-20, 2018, (invited talk). 2. A. Alù, “Slow Light and Nonreciprocity in Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2018, Espoo, Finland, August 27-September 1, 2018, ( invited talk ). 3. J. Vuckovic, 15th international conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics and Related Techniques (NFO-15), University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France, August 26-31st, 2018, ( plenary talk) . 4. A. Alù, “Nonlocal Metasurfaces for Analog Computing and Quantum Photonics,” 15 th International Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics and Related Techniques (NFO’15), August 26-31, 2018, ( invited talk ). 5. A. Alù, “Wave Propagation in Time-Modulated Metamaterials,” IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics In Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, August 22-24, 2018, ( invited talk ). 6. A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Photonics,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 19-23, 2018, ( keynote talk ). 7. X. Li, J. Shi, L. Sun, M. H. Lin, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, Y. H. Lee, S. Gwo, C. Y Wang, A. Krasnok, C. K. Shih, and A. Alù, “Routing Eexcitons in Atomically Thin Semiconductors Using Plamonic Films and Metasurfaces,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 19-23, 2018, ( invited talk ). 8. A. Krasnok, Y. Radi, and A. Alù, “Coherent Virtual Absoprtion in Optical Materials,” SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Portland, OR, July 9-13, 2018, ( invited talk ). 9. A. Kord, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Broadband Non-Reciprocity in Spatio- Temporally Modulated Metamaterials,” SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Portland, OR, July 9-13, 2018, ( invited talk ). 10. Y. Radi, and A. Alù, “Multifunctional Metagratings,” 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Boston, MA, July 8-13, 2018, ( invited talk ). 11. N. Engheta, “Metastructures for Analog Computing and Informatics,” 11th International Conference on Nanophotonics, Wroclaw, Poland, July 2-July 5, 2018, ( plenary talk ). 12. D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring integrated photonic networks for communications, switching and processing,” OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2-5, 2018. 13. N. Engheta, “Metastructures for Analog Computing and Informatics,” 11th International Conference on Nanophotonics, Wroclaw, Poland, July 2-July 5, 2018, ( plenary talk ). 14. D. A. B. Miller, “Universal and self-configuring linear photonic circuits,” ePIXfab Silicon Photonics Summer School, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium June 11-15, 2018. 15. D. A. B. Miller, “Saving energy in information processing and communications using integrated photonics,” ePIXfab Silicon Photonics Summer School, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium June 11-15, 2018. 16. N. Engheta, “Extreme Platforms for Extreme Functionality,” 2018 Internal Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, PA, June 10-15, 2018, ( keynote talk ). 17. N. Engheta, “ Let Waves Do the Math ,” 20th Photonics North Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 5-7, 2018, ( plenary talk ). 18. D. A. B. Miller, “Arbitrary self-configuring linear transforms - optics that designs itself to do anything,” Workshop on “Optics for information processing in the 21th century,” Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy, May 24, 2018. 19. A. Alù, “Tailoring Light with Metamaterials and Plasmonics,” NSLS-II & CFN Joint User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Shirley, NY, May 21-23, 2018, ( plenary talk ). 20. A. Alù, “New Frontiers for Wave Manipulation Using Time-Modulated Metamaterials,” International Workshop Meta-Optics and Metamaterials, Daejeon, Korea, April 23-27, 2018, ( invited talk ). 21. A. Alù, “Topological Phenomena and Non-Reciprocity in Photonics, Mechanics and Opto-Mechanics,” the 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, Singapore, April 22-26, 2018, ( keynote talk ). 22. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Breaking Time-Reversal Symmetry with Nonlinear Nanophotonics,” SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, April 22-26, 2018, ( invited talk ). 23. D. A. B. Miller, “Arbitrary and self-configuring photonic circuits,” 9th Annual SU2P Symposium, 21st – 22nd May 2018, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. 24. D. A. B. Miller, “Reducing energy and increasing capacity – new directions for integrated optics in handling information,” International Day of Light Presentation, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, May 17, 2018. 25. A. Alù, “Tailoring Optical Wavefronts with Metasurfaces,” MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 2-6, 2018, ( tutorial talk ). 26. A. Alù, S. Mann, M. Tymchenko, and D. L. Sounas, “The Delay-Bandwidth Limit in Nanophotonics and Electrostatic Wave Propagation in Time-Modulated Lattices,” MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 2-6, 2018, ( invited talk ). 27. D. A. B. Miller, “ Optics that designs itself to do anything ,” Applied Physics Seminar, Harvard University, March 31, 2018. 28. D. L. Sounas, S. Mann, and A. Alù, “The Time-Bandwidth Limit in Optical Nanostructures and Its Relation to Nonreciprocity,” 2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Denver, CO, March 24-29, 2018, ( invited talk ). 29. R. Baets, “An exploration of on-chip waveguide based modalities for ultra-compact and low-cost Raman spectroscopy,” International Conference on Biomedical Photonics, France, (2018), ( invited talk ). 30. G. Roelkens, “Frontiers in III-V laser integration on silicon photonic integrated circuits, ” International Semiconductor Laser Conference, United States, (2018), ( invited talk ). 31. G. Roelkens, J. Zhang, A. De Groote, J. Juvert, N. Ye, S. Kumari, J. Goyvaerts, G. Muliuk, S. Uvin, G. Chen, B. Haq, B. Snyder, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, A. Trindade, “ Transfer printing for silicon photonics transceivers and interposers,” IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), United States, (2018), ( invited talk ). 32. D. L. Sounas, Y. Radi, and A. Alù, “Metagratings: A Novel Paradigm for Efficient Wavefront Control,” 2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Denver, CO, March 24-29, 2018, ( invited talk ). 33. J. Vuckovic, DATE (Design, Automation, Test and Embedded Systems) Conference Dresden, Germany, March 21, 2018, ( keynote talk ). 34. A. Alù, “New Frontiers for Wave Manipulation Using Time-Modulated Metamaterials,” Antenna Symposium at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 21, 2018, ( keynote talk ). 35. A. Alù, “From Cloaking to One-Way Mirrors: The Fascinating Physics of Metamaterials,” Open Readings 2018, 61 st International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 20-23, 2018, ( plenary talk ). 36. N. Engheta, “Can We Do Math and Solve Equations with Metamaterials?” in Nanophotonics 2018- The Next Frontiers, CUDOS, An ARC Center of Excellence, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, March 6-7, 2018, ( invited talk ). 37. Y. Radi, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Metagratings: Tailoring Light Over a Surface with Large Efficiency,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 27- February 1, 2018, ( invited talk ). 38. M. Junior Mencagli, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, B. Edwards, N. Engheta, “Wave Platforms for Solving Integral Equations in Spatial Domains,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 28-February 1, 2018, ( invited talk ). 39. D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring complex optics,” (Keynote invited paper) SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 30, 2018, Paper 10540-43. 40. A. Alù, “Topological Photonics, Slow Light and Non-Reciprocal Transport Based on Temporal Modulations,” the 48 th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, UT, January 7-12, 2018, ( invited talk ). 41. A. Alù, “Wavefront Transformation Using Metasurfaces,” Optimized, Arbitrary and Reconfigurable Optics Workshop, Stanford, CA, November 16-17, 2017, ( invited talk ). 42. D. A. B. Miller , “Arbitrary and self-configuring photonic circuits for sensing and processing,” IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 9, 2017. 43. D. A. B. Miller, “Saving energy in information processing and communications with optics,” ECE Department Distinguished Lecture, George Washington University, Nov. 1, 2017. 44. A. Alù, “Topological and Non-Reciprocal Photonics and Phononics,” Photonic Topological Insulators, Banff, Canada, September 10-15, 2017, ( invited talk ). 45. D. A. B. Miller, “Arbitrary and Reconfigurable Optics – New Opportunities for Integrated Photonics,” OSA Frontiers in Optics, Washington DC, Sept. 19, 2017. 46. D. A. B. Miller, “Novel integrated and self-configuring photonics for sensing, communications and processing,” University of Bristol, UK, Sept. 7, 2017. 47. D. A. B. Miller, “Arbitrary and reconfigurable optics,” Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, Sept. 4, 2017. 48. D. L. Sounas, H. Chalabi, and A. Alù, “Metasurfaces with Advanced Reflection and Transmission Properties Based on the Principle of Resonant Coupling,” the 32 nd International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium, Montreal, Canada, August 19-26, 2017, ( invited talk ). 49. A. Alù, D. L. Sounas, A. Krasnok, and F. Monticone, “Embedded Eigenstates and Coherent Virtual Absorption in Metamaterial Structures,” the 32 nd International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium, Montreal, Canada, August 19-26, 2017, ( invited talk ). 50. A. Alù, “Topological and Non-Reciprocal Photonics,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 6-10, 2017, ( keynote talk ). 51. A. Krasnok, F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Embedded Eigenstates and Virtual Absorption Using Metamaterials,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 6-10, 2017, ( invited talk ). 52. D. A. B. Miller, “Novel integrated and self-configuring photonic architectures for sensing, communications and processing,” OSA Topical Meeting on Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano-photonics, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27, 2017. 53. D. A. B. Miller, “Attojoule optoelectronics – saving more energy with optics,” IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting on Low Energy Integrated Nanophotonics, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 11, 2017, ( tutorial talk ). 54. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Electromagnetics in Time-Varying Systems,” the IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC- URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 9-14, 2017, ( tutorial talk ). 55. D. L. Sounas, Y. Radi, G. D’Aguanno, and A. Alù, “Reconfigurable and Time- Varying Metamaterials,” the IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 9-14, 2017, ( invited talk ). 56. D. A. B. Miller, “Attojoule optoelectronics – saving more energy with optics,” Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 25, 2017. 57. D. A. B. Miller, “Attojoule optoelectronics – saving more energy with optics,” IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 6, 2017, ( plenary talk ). 58. D. A. B. Miller, “Arbitrary and reconfigurable optics,” Caltech, May 25, 2017. 59. D. A. B. Miller, “Attojoule optoelectronics, silicon photonics, free-space optics, and the 10 fJ/bit interconnect,” OSA Optoelectronics Technical Group meeting, CLEO 2017, San Jose, CA, May 16, 2017. 60 . A. Alù, “ Balanced Gain and Loss and Parity-Time Symmetry in Metamaterials ,” CLEO 2017, San Jose, CA, May 14-19, 2017, (tutorial talk) . 61. A. Alù, “Beyond Passive and Linear Metasurfaces: Nonlinearity, Nonreciprocity and Gain,” The Rank Prize Funds Symposium on Electromagnetic Metasurfaces, Grasmere, United Kingdom, March 13-16, 2017, ( invited talk ). 62. D. A. B. Miller, “Optics to save energy in information processing and communications,” IEEE Photonics Society, Santa Clara Chapter, March 7, 2017. 63. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Wave Manipulation with Non-Linear Metasurfaces,” 2017 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Athens, Greece, March 1-3, 2017, ( invited talk ). 64. D. A. B. Miller, “ Optics to save energy in information processing and communications,” Optics and Electronics Seminar Series, Stanford University, February 13, 2017. 65. L. Quan, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Wave Propagation in Zero- Index Materials,” the 2017 SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 28- February 2, 2017, ( invited talk ). 66. D. A. B. Miller, “ Optics to save energy in information processing and communications,” Emerging Technologies Summit, Stanford University, January 10, 2017. 67. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Trapping Light in Plain Sight: Embedded Photonic Eigenstates Using Metamaterials,” 6th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NanoMeta), Seefeld, Austria, January 4-9, 2017, ( invited talk ). 68. A. Alù, “Designer Matter: Fascinating Interactions of Light and Sound with Metamaterials,” 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 2, 2016, ( plenary talk ). 69. A. Alù, “The Fascinating Optics of Plasmonics and Metamaterials,” 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 2, 2016, ( tutorial talk ). Year 4 70. Alù, “Polaritonic Metasurfaces for Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions,” 4th International Conference on Photonics and Optical Engineering (icPOE 2020), Xi’an, China, October 15-16, 2020, (invited talk). 71. Alù, “Broken Symmetries in Phononic and Mechanical Metamaterials,” Nanoscience Days, October 6-7, 2020, (plenary talk). 72. Alù, “TMD-Based Metasurfaces,” SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 23-27, 2020, (invited talk). 73. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal and Topological Photonics Based on Optical Pumping,” SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 23-27, 2020, (keynote talk). 74. Alù, “Hybrid Metasurfaces for Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions and Extreme Polariton Manipulation,” Nanophotonics of 2D Materials (N2D 2020), San Sebastian, Spain, July 13-16, 2020, (invited talk). 75. Alù, “Nanophotonic Engineering of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides,” ACS National Meeting & Expo, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26, 2020, (invited talk). 76. Alù, “Present and Future Trends in Electromagnetics and Metamaterials,” 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 15-20, 2020, (plenary talk). 77. Alù, “Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Modulations for Advanced Wave Control with Metasurfaces,” 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 15-20, 2020, (invited talk). 78. Alù, “Hybrid Metasurfaces for Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions and Extreme Polariton Manipulation,” Graphene For US, New York, NY, February 20-21, 2020, (keynote talk). 79. Alù, “TMD-Based Metasurfaces,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 1-6, 2020, (invited talk). 80. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Devices Based on Optical Pumping,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 1-6, 2020, (invited talk). 81. Alù, “Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” IPAM Workshop on Theory and Computation for 2D Models (TCM 2020), Los Angeles, CA, January 13-17, 2020, (invited talk). 82. Alù, “Quantum Metamaterials and Metasurfaces,” 50th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE 2020), Snowbird, UT, January 5-10, 2020, (invited talk). 8 3 . D. A. B. Miller, “ A new way of making, using and understanding optics ,” Annual Meeting of the International Max Planck Research School - Physics of Light on Oct. 21, 2020, Erlangen, Germany (virtual conference). Slides available through h  t  t  p  s  :  / /  w  w  w .  r  e  s  e  a  r  c  h  g  a  t  e  .  n  e  t  / p  u  b  l  i  c  a  t  i  o  n  /  3  4  4  7  8  9  9  1  8  _  A  _  n  e  w  _  w  a y  _  o  f  _  m  a  k  i  n  g  _  u  s  i  n  g  _  a  n  d  _  u  n  d erstanding_optics Talk video available through https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUULX14QByt1qJICxMKJT-oJ6R0lPd6MS 84. D. A. B. Miller, “Finding the right modes for communicating with optics,” OSA Frontiers in Optics, 14 – 17 September, 2020 (online meeting), Paper FM1D.1. Talk slides also available through https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30630.96324 Talk video also available at https://youtu.be/6PMOubyjvpk 85. D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring silicon photonics,” European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM), 7 – 11 September 2020 (online meeting), in TOM 1- Silicon Photonics and Guided- Wave Optics, Session 2https://www.europeanoptics.org/pages/events/eosam2020/program/schedule.html Talk slides also available through https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14307.58404 . Talk video also available at https://youtu.be/-qkGelIyPR8 86. D. A. B. Miller, “Photonics to save energy and increase density in information processing,” OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (virtual event), July 15, 2020, Paper PsW1F.2 Talk video also available at https://youtu.be/XUfd45590eA 87. D. A. B. Miller, “Saving energy and increasing density in information processing using photonics,” Optical Fibers Conference (OFC 20), San Diego, March 12, 2020, Paper Th1E.1 88. M. Milanizadeh, T. Jonuzi, P. Borga, F. Toso, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, D.A.B. Miller, A. Melloni, and F. Morichetti, “Control of programmable photonic integrated meshes for free-space optics applications,” OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (virtual event), July 14, 2020, Paper PsM2F.1 https://www.osapublishing.org/DirectPDFAccess/0FB20565-0C3D-F9E5- 5F0044C2EAF48F8A_so3409874.pdf?da=1&idso=3409874&uri=&seq=0&mobile=no 89. F. Morichetti, F. Toso, F. Zanetto, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, A. Melloni, and D. A. B. Miller "Dynamically controlling optical beams with programmable silicon photonic meshes (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11283, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIV, 1128310 (10 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550397 90. W. Bogaerts, X. Chen, I. Zand, M. Wang, H. Deng, L. Van Iseghem, A. Rahim, U. Khan, Tutorial: Programmable Integrated Photonics, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (invited), p.paper Tu4B-1 (3 pages) (2020). 91. R. Baets, Integrated photonics for future communication and sensing applications, International Conference on Future Technology and Disruptive Innovation (invited), China, (2020). 92. J. Zhang, C. Op de Beeck, B. Haq, J. Goyvaerts, S. Cuyvers, S. Kumari, G. Muliuk, A. Hermans, E. Gocolinska, B. Corbett, A. Jose Trindade, C. Bowers, J. Van Campenhout, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, G. Morthier, R. Baets, G. Roelkens, Micro-Transfer-Printing for III- V/Si PICs, (invited) Asian Communication and Photonics Conference, China (2020) 93. W. Bogaerts, X. Chen, M. Wang, I. Zand, H. Deng, L. Van Iseghem, A. Ribeiro, A. Diaz Tormo , U. Khan, Programmable Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits, IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (invited), Canada, p.ThD2.1 (2020) 94. W. Bogaerts, A. Rahim, X. Chen, L. Van Iseghem, H. Deng, M. Wang, I. Zand, A. Ribeiro, A. Diaz Tormo , U. Khan, Programmable Photonic Circuits: a flexible way of manipulating light on chips, Frontiers in Optics (invited), United States, (2020) 95. W. Bogaerts, Programmable Photonic Circuits, IC Industry Development Summit Forum (invited), China, (2020) 96. W. Bogaerts, P. Edinger, A.Y. Takabayashi, I. Zand, X. Chen, H. Sattari, P. Verheyen, M. Jezzini, G. Talli, S. Kumar, M. Garcia-Porcel, A. Ribeiro, G. Jo, N. Quack, K. Gylfason, F. Niklaus, U. Khan, Building Large-Scale Programmable Photonic Circuits Using Silicon Photonics MEMS, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress - Photonics in Switching and Computing (invited), Canada, p.PsTh1F.1 97. R. Baets, Applications of silicon photonics in life science and medicine, Proc. SPIE 11577, Emerging Applications in Silicon Photonics (invited) (2020). 98. R. Baets, Silicon photonics: heterogeneous integration and chiplet printing, PHOTON 2020 (invited), United Kingdom, (2020). 99. R. Baets, Silicon Photonics - An Academic Perspective, European Conference on Integrated Optics (invited), France, (2020). 100. D. Van Thourhout, Y. Shi, M. Baryshnikova, Y. De Koninck, M. Pantouvaki, J. van Campenhout, B. Kunert, GaAs nano-ridge lasers on silicon, SPIE Photonics West Conference (invited), 11284, United States, (2020) 101. W. Bogaerts, H. Sattari, P. Edinger, A. Takabayashi, I. Zand, X. Wang, A. Ribeiro, M. Jezzini, C. Errando-Herranz, G. Talli, C. Lerma Arce, S. Kumar, M. Garcia, P. Verheyen, B. Abasahl, F. Niklaus, N. Quack, K. Gylfason, P. O'Brien, U. Khan, MORPHIC: Programmable Photonic Circuits enabled by Silicon Photonic MEMS, SPIE Photonics West - OPTO (invited), 11285, United States, p.1128503 102. R. Baets, Past, present and future of open-access silicon photonics platforms, Proc. SPIE 11364, Integrated Photonics Platforms: Fundamental Research, Manufacturing and Applications (invited), p.paper 113641A (2020). 103. R. Baets, The profileration of heterogeneous integration approaches in silicon(nitride) integrated photonics, SPIE Photonics West Conference (invited), 11284, United States, (2020) 104. G. Roelkens, III-V/Si mid-infrared photonic integrated circuits and its applications, SPIE Photonics West Conference (invited), 11284, United States, p.paper 11284-46 (2020). 105. K. Van Gasse, G. Roelkens, Advanced Analog Transceivers Based on Silicon Photonics, 2019 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (invited), Canada, (2019). 106. W. Bogaerts, A. Ribeiro, M. Wang, L. Van Iseghem, H. Deng, I. Zand, X. Chen, U. Khan, Technologies for large-scale programmable photonic circuits, AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019 (invited), p.11200-55 (2019). 107. W. Bogaerts, D.A.B. Miller, J. Capmany, The New World of Programmable Photonics, IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (invited), United States, p.ME1.1 (2019) 108. R. Baets, Silicon photonics enabled Laser Doppler Vibrometry and its application in cardiovascular medicine, Optical Measurement Techniques for Systems and Structures (OPTIMESS) (invited), Belgium, (2019). 109. R. Baets, Medical device applications of silicon photonics, 4th IEEE International Conference on Biophotonics (invited), Taiwan, (2019). 110. R. Baets, Medical device applications of silicon and silicon nitride integrated photonics, SPIE Optics and Optoelectronics (invited), Czech Republic, (2019) 111. R. Baets, P. Dumon, W. Bogaerts, Hands-on: Introduction to Silicon Photonics Circuit Design, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (invited), SC454, United States, (2019). 112. G. Roelkens, J. Bauwelinck, J. Van Campenhout, III-V-on-silicon photonic transceivers, IEEE Photonics Conference (invited), United States, (2019) 113. K. Van Gasse, A. Abbasi, M. Shahin, J. Verbist, J. Van Kerrebrouck, G. Torfs, B. Moeneclaey, J. Bauwelinck, X. Yin, G. Roelkens, G. Morthier, Silicon photonic Radio-over-Fiber transceivers and microwave photonic up-converters, PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) (invited), Italy, p.2693 (2019). 114. G. Roelkens, J. Zhang, G. Muliuk, J. Goyvaerts, B. Haq, C. Op de Beeck, A. Liles, Z. Wang, S. Dhoore, S. Kumari, J. Juvert, J. Van Campenhout, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, B. Corbett, 115. III-V/Si PICs based on micro-transfer printing, Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2019) (invited), United States, p.paper W4E.6 (3 pages) (2019). 116. Alessandri, I. Asselberghs, S. Brems, C. Huyghebaert, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, M. Pantouvaki, Graphene-Based Optical Modulators for Next Generation Datacom, Solid State Devices and Materials (invited), Japan, (2019) 117. K. Alexander, J. George, G.F Feutmba, I. Luntadila Lufungula, K. Neyts, B. Kuyken, J. Beeckman, D. Van Thourhout, Nanophotonic PZT-on-SiN Pockels modulators, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XXI (SPIE Photonics West) (invited), 10922, United States, (2019). 1 1 8 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Photonic Mathematics,” the US-Middle-East Conference on Nanophotonics, the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY , November 4-6, 2019. 1 1 9 . (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Spatiotemporal Metaphotonics,” the International Symposium on Plasmonics and Nanophotonics (iSPN’2019), Kobe, Japan , November 11- 14, 2019. 1 2 0 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Photonic Mathematics with Metastructures and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs),” the 50th Winter Colloquium on Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) Conference, Snowbird, Utah , January 6-10, 2020. 1 2 1 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Optical Materials for Photonic Mathematics,” online presentation at the first Photonic Online Meetup (POM ), January 13, 2020. 1 2 2 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Wave-Matter Interaction in Four-Dimensioanl (4D) Metamaterials,” at the Conference on Theory and Computation of 2D Materials, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA , January 13-17, 2020. 1 2 3 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Photonic Methematics,” at the Symposium celebrating Harry Atwater’s 60 Birthday (Atwater@60), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, January 18, 2020. 1 2 4 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “Near-Zero-Index Photonics: An Overview,” at the SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA , February 5, 2020. 1 2 5 . (Keynote) N. Engheta, “Metamaterial-based Analog Computing,” at the SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 5, 2020. 1 2 6 . (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Metacomputing with Metastructures,” METANANO’20 online conference (originally planned to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it became online), September 14-18, 2020. 1 2 7 . (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Metastructures with Four Dimensions and High Degrees of Freedom,” Metamaterials’2020: 14th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, (online) New York, NY, USA , September 28-October 3, 2020. 1 2 8 . (Invited) N. Engheta, “ENZ Optics,” Metamaterials’2020: 14th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, (online) New York, NY, USA , September 28-October 3, 2020. 1 2 9 . Jelena Vuckovic, Quantum 2020, October 19-22 2020 [plenary] 1 3 0 . Jelena Vuckovic, “Optimized Photonics,” 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro‐Optics (CLEO Pac Rim), Sydney, Australia, Aug 2-6, 2020 [tutorial] 1 3 1 . Jelena Vuckovic, OSA Advanced Photonics Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 13-16, 2020 [plenary] 1 3 2 . Jelena Vuckovic, Conference on Defects in Solids for Quantum Technologies (DSQT2020), Stockholm, Sweden, June 8-12, 2020 [keynote] 1 3 3 . Jelena Vuckovic, Quantum Technologies conference at SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, March 29 - April 2 2020 [plenary] 1 3 4 . Jelena Vuckovic, Aspen Winter Conference on Quantum Information and Systems for Fundamental Physics, Aspen, CO, Feb. 17-22, 2020 [public lecture] 1 3 5 . Jelena Vuckovic, IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC2020), Vancouver, Canada 27 September - 1 October 2020 [Invited] 1 3 6 . Jelena Vuckovic, Frontiers in Optics/ Laser Science, Washington DC, September 13-17, 2020 [Invited] 1 3 7 . Dries Vercruysse, Jelena Vuckovic, IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID) Conference, Sandestin Beach, Florida, Aug. 10-12, 2020 [Invited] 1 3 8 . Guillermo Angeris, Rahul Trivedi, Logan Su, Stephen Boyd, Jelena Vuckovic, “Computational bounds of photonic devices,”, META2020, Warsaw, Poland, July 20-23, 2020 [Invited] 1 3 9 . Jelena Vuckovic, “Connecting and scaling semiconductor quantum photonic systems,” Photonics for Quantum (PfQ2), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), June 2020 [Invited] 1 4 0 . Jelena Vuckovic, “Quantum integrated photonics,” CLEO Science and Innovations, San Jose, CA, May 2020 [Invited] 1 4 1 . Jelena Vuckovic, “From inverse design to implementation of practical phtonics,” MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, April 13 -17, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 2 . Logan Su, Jelena Vuckovic, 2020 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, March 22-26, 2020, in Monterey, California, USA [Invited] 1 4 3 . Jelena Vuckovic, Special Symposium on Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST), Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2020), San Diego, CA, March 9- 10, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 4 . Rahul Trivedi, Jelena Vuckovic "Inverse design of large area metasurfaces", OSA Incubator on Flat optics 2020 [Invited] 1 4 5 . Jelena Vuckovic, APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 2-6, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 6 . Jelena Vuckovic, Aspen Winter Conference on Quantum Information and Systems for Fundamental Physics, Aspen, CO, Feb. 17-22, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 7 . Rahul Trivedi, Jelena Vuckovic, Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE), Snowbird, UT, Jan 5-10, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 8 . Dries Vercruysse, Jelena Vuckovic, 5th Summer School on Silicon Photonics, Ghent University Belgium, June 15-19, 2020 [Invited] 1 4 9 . Kiyoul Yang, OSA Laser Congress, Oct. 2020 [Invited] 1 5 0 . Jelena Vuckovic, Army Science Planning and Strategy Meetings (ASPSMs), Army Research Laboratory, Nov. 2020 [Invited] 1 5 1 . Jelena Vuckovic, Workshop on Machine Learning and Optical Systems, Boston Chapter of IEEE Photonics Society, Oct. 2020 [Invited] 1 5 2 . Jelena Vuckovic, IBM Quantum Summit, September 15-17, 2020 [Invited] 1 5 3 . Jelena Vuckovic, Virtual Workshop on Quantum-Enabling Laser Technologies (QELT), Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), September 2020 [Invited] 1 5 4 . Jelena Vuckovic, Optical Society of America Incubator Workshop on Flat Optics: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities, Washington DC, February 2020 [Invited] 1 5 5 . Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC) Workshop on Novel Optics & Photonics Materials for New and Existing High-Volume Applications, January 15, 2020 [Invited] 1 5 6 . Jelena Vuckovic, Quantum Foundry Workshop, U. Chicago and Argonne National Lab, Discovery Partners Institute, Jan 2020 [Invited] 157. S. Fan, Keynote Talk, "Exploring non-trivial topology in synthetic dimensions", Active Photonic Platforms XI, SPIE Annual Meeting, August 25, 2020 (presented online). 158. S. Fan, Plenary Talk, "Topology in Synthetic and Momentum Spaces", In MetaNano 2020, September 16, 2020 (presented online). 159. S. Fan, Keynote Talk, “Using Photonic Structures to Compute”, in the 2nd International Conference of Future Technology and Disruptive Innovation, October 26, 2020, Hangzhou, China (presented online). 160. S. Fan, “Opportunities of nanophotonics in optical neural networks”, Photonic Processing Workshop, Toyota Research Institute of North America, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 21, 2020. 161. S. Fan, “Nontrivial topology induced by dynamic modulations: from gauge potential to synthetic space”, OSA Webinar (hosted by the Integrated Optics Technical Group), February 11, 2020. (Presented online) 162. S. Fan, “Photonic neural network: training, nonlinearity, and recurrent systems”, Conference on Laser and Electroptics (CLEO), May 15, 2020 (presented online). 163. S. Fan, “Computing and imaging processing with photonic structures”, Department Colloquium, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, November 19, 2020 (presented online). P. Kim, Keynote Speaker, TNANO 2020 (Oct 6, 2020) Year 5 164. P. Kim, Keynote Speaker, Graphene Canada (Nov 16, 2020) 165. P. Kim, Keynote Speaker in Material Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston (Dec 1, 2020) 166. P. Kim, Distinguished Science Lecture, Hong Kong University (Feb 2021) 167. P. Kim, Invited Lecturer, Nanoscience Global Lecture (March 2021) 168. D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring silicon photonics systems and applications,” SPIE OPTO, Photonics West (online meeting), Silicon Photonics XVI, Proceedings Volume 11691, Silicon Photonics XVI; 116910F (2021), March 5, 2021. 169. D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring silicon photonic circuits,” Calgary Optics & Photonics Student Society, University of Calgary, Edmonton, Alberta (virtual seminar), March 24, 2021 170. D. A. B. Miller, "Getting to femtojoule optics – what physics and what technology?" Optical Fibers Conference (OFC) 2021 (a Virtual Conference), Symposium on Emerging Photonic Technologies and Architectures for Femtojoule per Bit Optical Networks, Paper Tu5A.3 (invited), June 8, 2021. 171. D. A. B. Miller, "How to Count Modes and Deduce Limits in Optics," 15th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, Metamaterials 2021, Special Session: Fundamental Performance Limits in Photonics, New York USA 20 - 25 September, 2021 (virtual meeting) 172. D. A. B. Miller, "Optical interconnects to chips - why and how," (Invited Tutorial) IEEE Photonics Conference, 18 - 21 October, 2021 (virtual conference) Paper WG4.1. 173. (Invited) N. Engheta, “Near-Zero-Index Media and Dispersion Engineering”, a tutorial talk at the 2020 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall/Spring 2020 (online), November 27-December 4, 2020. (Presented by N. Engheta). 174. (Invited) N. Engheta, “Metamaterial Computing Machines,” a tutorial talk at the 2020 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall/Spring 2020 (online), November 27-December 4, 2020. (Presented by N. Engheta). 175. (Keynote)N. Engheta, “Wave Interaction in Spatiotemporal Metastructures,” a keynote talk at the 2020 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall/Spring 2020 (online), November 27-December 4, 2020. (Presented by N. Engheta). 176. (Keynote) N. Engheta, “Metamaterials that Solve Equations,” a keynote talk at the 2020 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (online), December 9-11, 2020. (Presented by N. Engheta). 177. (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Extreme Metastructures,” a plenary talk at the 2020 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (online), Hong Kong, December 8-11, 2020. (Presented by N. Engheta). 178. (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Four-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Metamaterials,” a plenary talk at the 2021 URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting (online), January 4-9, 2021. (Presented by N. Engheta). 179. (Plenary) N. Engheta, “Nanophotonics as Computing Machines,” a plenary talk at the 2021 SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium (online), February 21-25, 2021. (Presented by N. Engheta). 180. (Keynote) N. Engheta, “Four-Dimensional (4D) Metamaterials for Structuring Fields and Waves,” a keynote talk at the 2021 Marina Forum on EMetamaterials Singapore (online), March 4-5, 2021. (Presented by N. Engheta). 181. (Keynote) N. Engheta, “Structuring Light with 4D Metamaterials,” a keynote talk at the 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (online), April 18-22, 2021. (Presented by N. Engheta). 182. (Plenary) N. Engheta, “4D Metastructures,” a plenary talk at the 2021 Waves in Time-Varying Media Workshop (online), April 28, 2021. (Presented by N. Engheta). 183. (Invited) N. Engheta, “Functional Four-Dimensional Metastructures” at the workshop on “Spatiotemporal Metastructures for Microwave Applications” at the 2021 International Microwave Symposium (IMS’21), (online), June 25, 2021. (presented virtually by N. Engheta) 184. (Invited) N. Engheta, “4D Metamaterials,” at the Summer School on “Wave Propagation and Control in Complex Media: From Order to Disorder,” Paris, France (online), June 28, 2021. (presented virtually by N. Engheta). 185. (Plenary) N. Engheta, “4D Structured Waves,” a plenary talk at the 2021 META’21: The 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Warsaw, Poland (online), July 20-23, 2021. (Presented virtually by N. Engheta). 186. (Invited) E. Nahvi, I. Liberal and N. Engheta, “Nonlinear Doping of Epsilon-Near-Zero Media,” an invited talk at the 2021 META’21: The 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Warsaw, Poland (online), July 20-23, 2021 (presented by N. Engheta). 187. (Invited) V. Pacheco-Pena and N. Engheta, “Engineering spatiotemporal metamaterials for 4D wave-mater interaction control,” 2021 URSI GASS (URSI General Assembly Scientific Symposium), August 28-Septemebr 4, 2021 (presented by N. Engheta). 188. (Invited) D. Tzarouchis, M. J. Mencagli, B. Edwards and N. Engheta, “Wave-based Analog Computation with Collections of Metadevices,” at the Metamaterials’2021 (The 15th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena), September 20-25, 2021 (presented by N. Engheta). 189. Jelena Vuckovic, Annual Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society DPG, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 27-Oct. 1st 2021 [plenary] 190. Jelena Vuckovic, Hybrid Photonic and Quantum Low-dimensional Materials Symposium, Sandia National Labs, September 21-23, 2021 [plenary] 191. Jelena Vuckovic, MetaNano 2021 [keynote] 192. Jelena Vuckovic, OSA Optical Imaging and Sensing, July 2021 [plenary] 193. Jelena Vuckovic, Photonics North, May 31st - June 2nd, 2021 [keynote] J 194. Jelena Vuckovic, Quantum Days, January 2021 [keynote] 195. Jelena Vuckovic, Photonics Online Meetup, January 2021 [tutorial] 196. Kiyoul Yang, Jelena Vuckovic, “Photonic integrated circuits with inverse design,” Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Nov 2021 [invited]. 197. Kiyoul Yang, “LiDAR-on-a-chip with automated photonic design,” Automotive LIDAR 2021, Sept 2021 [invited]. 198. Kiyoul Yang, “Photonic integrated circuits with inverse design: Particle accelerators, LiDAR, and optical interconnect,” Photonics North, June 2021 [invited]. 199. S. Fan, Plenary Talk, “Topology in the Frequency Synthetic Dimension”, in the Waves in Time- Varying Media Workshop Series, organized by Imperial College London. March 31, 2021 (presented online). 200. S. Fan, Plenary Talk, “Synthetic Dimension: Topological Physics and Optical Computing”, in the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, July 26, 2021 (presented online). 201. S. Fan, Keynote Talk, “Creating Non-Trivial Space-Time Correlation with Wavevector-Space Metasurface”, in the Symposium OP21N: Active Photonic Platforms XIII, SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, August 3, 2021 (presented online). 202. S. Fan, Keynote Talk, “Controlling electromagnetic and optical fields for energy applications”, Chinese Physical Society (CPS) – American Physical Society (APS) Joint Session on Energy and Sustainability, Beijing, China, October 23, 2021 (presented online). 203. S. Fan, Plenary Talk, “Explorations of topological photonics in synthetic dimensions”, Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Shanghai, China, October 24, 2021. (presented online). 204. A. Alù, July 23, 2021: “Polaritonic Metasurfaces”, METANANO School on Photonics of 2D Materials (webinar) 205. A. Alù, June 29, 2021:“Harnessing Broken Symmetries for Extreme Wave Phenomena” 206. Langevin summer school ‘Wave propagation and control in complex media’ (webinar) 207. A. Alù, June 2, 2021: “Polaritonic Metasurfaces”, University of California San Diego (webinar) 208. A. Alù, May 27, 2021: “Nonlocal Metasurfaces”, Applied Materials, Flat Optics Open Innovation Workshop (webinar) 209. A. Alù, May 13, 2021: “Dialogues on Metamaterials”, CLEO Workshop (webinar) 210. A. Alù, April 28, 2021: “Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries” Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory (webinar) 211. A. Alù, April 15, 2021: “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials” Distinguished Lecture, IEEE AP-MTT Bangalore Chapter (webinar) 212. A. Alù, Feb. 26, 2021: “Exotic Interactions with Light and Sound in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries”, National Engineers Week, Northeastern University (webinar) 213. A. Alù, Feb. 11, 2021: “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions Based on Metamaterials”, University of Pavia, Department of Physics (webinar) 214. A. Alù, Feb. 4, 2021: “Optical Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries”, New York City College of Technology, Department of Physics (webinar) 215. A. Alù, Jan. 19, 2021: “Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries”, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (webinar) 216. A. Alù, Dec. 16, 2020: “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries” ITMO University (webinar) 217. A. Alù, Nov. 17, 2020: “Optical Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries”, Tel Aviv University (webinar) 218. A. Alù, Nov. 6, 2020: “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries” University of Illinois at Chicago (webinar) 219. A. Alù, “Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” XXXIII General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), Roma, Italy, August 29 - September 5, 2021, (invited talk). 220. A. Alù, “Tailoring Nanoscale Light with Polaritonic Metasurfaces,” AAAFM-UCLA International Conference on Advances in Functional Materials, August 18-20, 2021, (plenary talk). 221. A. Alù, “Metamaterials Baked on Broken Symmetries,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M Nano), Xi’an, China, August 2-6, 2021, (keynote talk). 222. A. Alù, “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID), August 2-4, 2021, (plenary talk). 223. A. Alù, “Optical Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 1-5, 2021, (invited talk). 224. A. Alù, “Nonlocal Metasurfaces,” 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2021), Xi’an, China, July 23-26, 2021, (invited talk). 225. A. Alù, “Nonlocal Metasurfaces,” International Conference on Materials for Humanity (MH 21), July 6-9, 2021, (invited talk). 226. A. Alù, “Nonlocal Metasurfaces,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, March 6-11, 2021, (invited talk). 227. A. Alù, “Polaritonic Metasurfaces,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, March 6-11, 2021, (invited talk). 228. A. Alù, “Nanostructured Metasurfaces for Optical Wavefront Manipulation,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, March 6-11, 2021, (invited talk). 229. A. Alù, “Optical Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” Smart Nanomaterials (SNAIA 2020), Paris, France, December 8-11, 2020, (plenary talk). 230. A. Alù, “All-Dielectric Nonlocal Metasurfaces,” Smart Nanomaterials (SNAIA 2020), Paris, France, December 8-11, 2020, (invited talk). 231. A. Alù, “Extreme Wave Interactions in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries,” MRS Fall and Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, November 28-December 4, 2020, (plenary talk). 232. A. Alù, “Twisted Polaritonics,” MRS Fall and Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, November 28- December 4, 2020, (keynote talk). 233. A. Alù, “Exotic Light-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries,” MRS Fall and Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, November 28-December 4, 2020, (tutorial talk). 234. A. Alù, “Harnessing Broken Symmetries in Metamaterials for Sensing Applications,” Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO)Annual Symposium, Boston, MA, November 28-December 4, 2020, (keynote talk). 235. A. Alù, “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries,” International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Portland, OR, November 15-19, 2020, (plenary talk).