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This is early-stage basic research on whether nanophotonic structures can offload part of the visual inference work that AI models now run on power-hungry digital processors. The project is explicitly exploratory: it will map the physical limits of light-based computing and co-design optics with algorithms before any optimization for real-world use. For AI readers, the main point is that the applications named, such as autonomous driving and biomedical imaging, are speculative, not demonstrated.
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Cornell leads $7. 5 million project to explore computing with light

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Cornell University is leading a $7.5 million research project to test whether light can perform some of the image-processing work now done by electronic computers. The federally supported effort aims to establish the scientific foundations for hybrid optical-electronic systems, Cornell announced. Francesco Monticone, an associate professor in…

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