Conference: (March 4-6, 1991) "The Optical Computing TopicalMeeting"

这笔赠款用于支助即将举行的一次会议（1991年3月4日至6日）。光计算专题会议将包括邀请论文、口头论文和海报论文，内容涉及与光计算相关的材料、器件、架构和算法研究领域。研究课题包括：用于计算的光互连和总线；光学和光子计算系统、架构、模型和算法，数字或模拟；混合光学/电子处理器；光学“神经”处理器，包括光学联想存储器；光学记忆;光学实现的大规模并行架构；空间光调制器及其他光学计算用装置；计算中潜在应用的非线性光学现象；非线性光学、电光和光电元件；上述组件和处理器的应用领域；与光学计算机的能力和局限性有关的基本物理和计算特性。

This grant is for support of a conference to be held (March 4-6, 1991). The Optical Computing Topical Meeting will consist of invited papers and both oral and poster contributed papers in the areas of research in materials, devices, architectures and algorithms relevant to optical computing. Research topics include: Optical interconnections and buses for computing; Optical and photonic computing systems, architectures, models and algorithms, digital or analog; Hybrid optical/electronic processors; Optical "neural" processors, including optical associative memories; Optical memory; Massively parallel architectures for optical implementation; Spatial light modulators and other devices for optical computing; Nonlinear optical phenomena of potential use in computing; Nonlinear optical, electro-optical, and opto- electronic components; Areas of application of the above components and processors; and Fundamental physical and computational properties relating to the capabilities and limitations of optical computers.