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Industrial Advisory Board members will overview the Research and Innovation Strategy of the Centre of Photonics and Computational
Imaging (CPCI), will give input and feedback on the strategy, and will give advice
on the implementation of the strategy to the ERA Chair team. Member will monitor the
progress of the formation of CPCI and give feedback on the process to the ERA Chair at least once per year.
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Prof. Heli Valtna Co-founder and the CEO of deep tech startup LightCode Photonics, Estonia, Europe |
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Heli Valtna, Ph.D., is a co-founder and the CEO of deep tech startup LightCode Photonics. Valtna holds a Ph.D. in Physics, specializing in wave optics, from the University of Tartu, Estonia, and completed postdoctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany. In 2017 she was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Cultural Foundation of the President of Estonia, and she is a member of The Estonian Young Academy of Sciences. LightCode changes the way a robot looks at you by delivering the world's first Software Defined 3D Camera for service robots to automate mobility-related tasks on the ground, at sea, in the air, and space. LightCode uses an innovative approach for acquiring 3D images based on decades of research in optics and light detection. They package LiDAR performance into an economical and compact 3D camera. This is a breakthrough technology for mobility.
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Dr. Tatsuki Tahara Senior Researcher, RRI, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan |
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Tatsuki Tahara received his B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees in electronics and information science from the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2007, 2009, and 2013, respectively. He was a research fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2011 to 2013, an assistant professor with the Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, from 2013 to 2018, and a special appointment associated professor with the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan, from 2018 to 2019, and a researcher with Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan, from 2016 to 2020. He has published a roadmap article of incoherent digital holography (IDH) with famous inventors of IDH in 2022 (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00340-022-07911-x). He is currently a senior researcher with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). His research interests include incoherent digital holography and multidimensional imaging with digital holography.
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Dr. Scott Arockia Singh Chairman and Managing Director in Dr. Scott's Laser Piles, Fistula Laparoscopic Center & Consultant Laparoscopic in Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital, India |
Dr. Scott Arockia Singh is the Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Scott's Laser Piles, Fistula Laparoscopic Center and Consultant Laparoscopic in Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a well-experienced General and Laparoscopic Surgeon. He has a thriving practice of over 20+ years and over 5000 surgeries to his credit. He graduated as the best outgoing student from Stanley Medical College, Madras, in 1997. He won MS Gold Medal from Madras Medical College in 2001. He holds a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He practiced under Dr. Muralidharan and Dr. Durai Raj, a Professor of Surgery, at Madras Medical College. He is a Professor of Surgery at the National Board of Examination, New Delhi. His area of expertise is Laser Piles Surgery, Laser Hemorrhoidoplasty, Laser Fissure Surgery, Laser Fistula Surgery, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Appendicectomy, Hernia Repair, and Hysterectomy. He has several publications in national and international journals. He has contributed to well-researched papers at various conferences across the globe. He is also actively invited to scientific meetings, sessions, conferences, and worldwide seminars as a guest speaker to talk about Laparoscopic procedures. He is a Life Member of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the Association of Surgeons of India, the Indian Medical Association, and the Association of Colorectal Surgeons of India.
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