2025 IEEE Workshop on Photonics Automation with Python
2025 IEEE Workshop on Photonics Automation with Python featuring a three‑day intensive summer‑school track.
Overview: This four‑day workshop is designed for students and early‑career researchers who want to automate photonics experiments with Python. Participants will learn to control optical components, design end‑to‑end measurement architectures, and convert raw data into clear visualisations. The program follows the entire automation pipeline—from hardware drivers to data analysis—combining theory with hands‑on implementation.
Beyond skills training, the workshop functions as an interactive forum where students and researchers can present emerging results, debate new methods, and exchange pre‑publication ideas. Keynote talks, industry showcases, live lab demonstrations, and structured coding sessions round out an intensive, collaborative learning experience.
Program structure:
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Day 1 → Symposium (peer‑reviewed talks and poster session)
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Days 2–4 → Guided hands-on sessions
Why Enroll?
Python is rapidly becoming the control language of modern optics labs. In this four‑day intensive workshop you will learn to:
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Drive photonic hardware – integrate lasers, shutters, motorized stages, spectrometers, and cameras through easy‑to‑read Python scripts.
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Automate measurements – create end‑to‑end workflows that align optics, trigger acquisitions, capture metadata, and stream results in real time.
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Process & visualize data – turn raw traces and images into publication‑ready insights using NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib.
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Adopt best practices – version‑control experiments, document procedures, and build reusable code modules that scale with your research.
Target Participants for the symposium: The symposium welcomes students, early-career researchers, and established scientists, as well as others with a professional interest in experimental automation. Attendees may choose to participate as observers, contribute an oral presentation or poster, or engage in both activities.
Target Audience for the hands-on sessions: This program is tailored for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as early-career researchers with a basic knowledge of Python who are looking to apply programming skills to photonics research and experimental automation.
Detailed program information and all workshop materials will be posted at
https://asrc-photonics.github.io/2025-python-for-photonics/ -- bookmark the link and check back for updates.
How to Join:
Day 1 Symposium (open to all)
– Free registration. Specify whether you would like to participate only in Day 1 Symposium or also in the Days 2-4 Hands-On Sessions.
– Optional abstract (limit to 1 page including figures) for a peer‑reviewed 15‑min talk or poster; acceptance decisions emailed in June. Send your abstracts to viktoriia.rutckaia47@gc.cuny.edu.
Days 2-4 Hands‑On Sessions (limited seats)
– Prepare a motivation statement (up to one page) with your registration. Send it to viktoriia.rutckaia47@gc.cuny.edu.
– Seats awarded by the committee; submitting a Day 1 abstract boosts your chances.
Apply by 15 June 2025; acceptance results within two weeks.
Organizing Committee: Dr. Viktoriia Rutckaia – General Chair, Dr. Diana Strickland – Program Chair, Dr. Prachi Thureja – Operations Chair
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- Start time: 07 Jul 2025 01:00 PM UTC
- End time: 10 Jul 2025 09:00 PM UTC
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- 85 St. Nicholas Terrace
- New York, New York
- United States NY 10031
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- Co-sponsored by Advanced Science Research Center - the Graduate Center - City University of New York
- Starts 12 May 2025 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 10 July 2025 09:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge