Paper 14100-50
Paper 14100-50
PIC bootcamp: hands-on, industry-relevant training courses for PICs (Invited Paper)
16 April 2026 • 12:15 - 12:40 CEST | Boston/Salon 11 (Niveau/Level 1)
Abstract
This talk introduces the training opportunities offered through the PIC Bootcamp program. PIC Bootcamp brings together academic and industrial partners to provide accessible, hands-on training for participants at all levels of expertise. The modular structure of the training sessions covers the Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) ecosystem, including design, fabrication, and packaging. By combining academic knowledge with industry-relevant practices, PIC Bootcamp aims to equip participants with the practical skills needed in the rapidly growing PIC sector.
Presenter
Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Emre Kaplan is a Senior Enterprise Fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre and PDK Manager at CORNERSTONE, where he leads the development of open-source Process Design Kits (PDKs) and Assembly Design Kits (ADKs) for integrated photonics technology platforms offered by CORNERSTONE foundry services. He received his PhD in Integrated Photonics from the University of Ferrara, Italy. During his doctoral and postdoctoral research, he was a visiting researcher at European institutes in the Netherlands and France.