International Symposium on Comprehensive understanding of scattering and fluctuated fields and science of clairvoyance

Message:

Optics and related imaging technologies have played an indispensable role in the advancement of natural sciences including astronomy and biology. However, a critical problem remains: The real-world fields where light propagates generally bear dynamic refractive index inhomogeneity. When light goes through such fields, the light is disturbed by scattering and fluctuation. These optical disturbances strongly degrade images of celestial bodies obtained by ground-based telescope and of biological molecules and structures inside living organisms obtained by microscopes. This problem also exists in the fields of technologies utilizing light, including telecommunication engineering. Optical disturbances significantly reduce the efficiency of optical wireless communication. Nevertheless, optical scattering and fluctuation are not only villains, but are beneficial for understanding the dynamic 3D field itself without labeling. To overcome and further utilize the optical disturbances, we must comprehensively understand optical scattering and fluctuation in dynamic 3D fields, and establish novel strategies and techniques. Here we start new symposium series entitled “Observation through the Scattering”, aiming at achieving above goals by further activating tight interdisciplinary collaborations between optics, mathematics, information science, astronomy, biology, and communication engineering. In this symposium, we invited leading researchers working on optical scattering and fluctuation as speakers, and hope the participation of researchers from various scientific fields and active discussions which will lead to stimulate new interdisciplinary collaborations.

Organizers:

Osamu Matoba, Kobe University, Japan

Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Eriko Watanabe, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Jun Tanida, Osaka University, Japan

Yutaka Hayano, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan

Yasuhiro Kamei, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

Yosuke Tamada, Utsunomiya University, Japan

Host:

Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Area (A) “Comprehensive understanding of scattering and fluctuated fields and science of clairvoyance”

Support:

Center of Optical Scattering Image Science, Kobe University

The Optronics Co., Ltd.

Photodynamism Research Group, Optical Society of Japan

Biological Optics Team, CORE, Utsunomiya University

Contact:

Symposium secretariat

sanran_secretariat [at] group.kobe-u.ac.jp