Hongwei Chen
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- Name (Simplified Chinese):Hongwei Chen
- Name (English):Hongwei Chen
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- Education Level:Postgraduate (Doctoral)
- Business Address:罗姆楼3-101
- Degree:Doctoral degree
- Professional Title:Professor
- Status:Employed
- Alma Mater:清华大学
- Teacher College:DZGCX

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Hongwei Chen is currently senior member of IEEE and OPTICA. His current research interests include opto-electronic signal processing, photonic intelligence, silicon photonics and microwave photonics. Hongwei Chen has won the gold prize of national invention exhibition in 2017, the first prize of technological invention of Optical Engineering Society in 2019. His scientific achievements have been reported by media including MIT Technology Review, SPIE newsroom, EurekAlerk, China Science Daily, ScienceNet, etc. He is a reviewer for top-rank Nature/IEEE/OSA/SPIE journals and was invited to serve as a technical committee member in high-level international conferences including OFC/CLEO/Photonics West/MWP. Hongwei Chen has published over 100 papers on top-level journals, including Nature Communications, Science Advances, Nature Nanotechnology, Light Science&Applications. He holds more than 20 Chinese patents. He is working in close collaboration with internationally renowned universities and research institutions including UCLA, UCSB, Tokyo University, Japan NICT Institute, UK Heriot-Watt University, University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Fu T, Zhang J, Sun R, et al. Optical neural networks: progress and challenges[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2024, 13(1): 263.
Liu W, Huang Y, Sun R, et al. Ultra-compact multi-task processor based on in-memory optical computing[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14(1): 134. (Back Cover)
Shi W, Huang Z, Huang H, et al. LOEN: Lensless opto-electronic neural network empowered machine vision[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2022, 11(1): 121.
Huang Z, Shi W, Wu S, et al. Pre-sensor computing with compact multilayer optical neural network[J]. Science Advances, 2024, 10(30): eado8516.
Huang Z, Chen H. An optical imager that can compute[J]. Nature Nanotechnology, 2024, 19(4): 422-423.
Huang Y, Liu W, Sun R, et al. Diffraction‐Driven Parallel Convolution Processing with Integrated Photonics[J]. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2025, 19(4): 2400972.
Huang Z, Wang C, Zhang C, et al. Brain-like training of a pre-sensor optical neural network with a backpropagation-free algorithm[J]. Photonics Research, 2025, 13(4): 915-923.
He Y, Liang Y, Huang H, et al. Predictive pixel-wise optical encoding: towards single-shot high dynamic range moving object recognition[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(11): 2524-2538.
Shi W, Jiang X, Huang Z, et al. Lensless opto-electronic neural network with quantum dot nonlinear activation[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 682-690.
Huang Y, Fu T, Huang H, et al. Sophisticated deep learning with on-chip optical diffractive tensor processing[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(6): 1125-1138.
Teng J, Hu C, Huang H, et al. Single-shot 3D tracking based on polarization multiplexed Fourier-phase camera[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(10): 1924-1930.
Hu C, Huang H, Chen M, et al. FourierCam: a camera for video spectrum acquisition in a single shot[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(5): 701-713.
Du Z, Xiang C, Fu T, et al. Silicon nitride chirped spiral Bragg grating with large group delay[J]. APL Photonics, 2020, 5(10). (Editor’s Pick)
Liang Y, Huang H, He Y, et al. Pixel-wise exposure control for single-shot HDR imaging: A joint optimization approach[J]. APL Photonics, 2024, 9(6). (Featured Article)
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