FIP Seminar: Computational 3D microscopy with scattering samples

Computational imaging involves the joint design of imaging system hardware and software, optimizing across the entire pipeline from acquisition to reconstruction. Computers can replace bulky and expensive optics by solving computational inverse problems, or images can be reconstructed from scattered light. This talk will describe new microscopes that use computational imaging to enable 3D measurements using simple hardware that is easily adoptable and advanced image reconstruction algorithms based on large-scale optimization and learning.

Laura Waller the Charles A. Desoer Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley, and affiliated with the UCB/UCSF Bioengineering Graduate Group and Applied Sciences & Technology program. She received B.S., M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2004, 2005 and 2010, and was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer of Physics at Princeton University from 2010-2012. She is a Packard Fellow for Science & Engineering, Moore Foundation Data-driven Investigator, Bakar Fellow, OSA Fellow, AIMBE Fellow and Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. She has recieved the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, Agilent Early Career Profeessor Award (Finalist), OSA Adolph Lomb Medal, Ted Van Duzer Endowed Professorship, NSF CAREER Award and the SPIE Early Career Achievement Award.