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1 Hossein Asghari, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor (full time) Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Senior Scientist (part time) Photonics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chair Los Angeles Chapter of IEEE Photonics Society Residency status: USA Green card holder Contact information: Address : 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA Cell: (310) Office: (310) Home page: masghari@lmu.edu Education and Research: Post-doctoral researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, Sep Aug v Fields of research: Photonic-assisted data convertors, Signal processing for Big Data, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Digital image and signal compression and processing, Pattern recognition. Ph.D. degree in Photonics from University of Québec-INRS, Montreal, Canada, v v v Thesis title: Proposal, design, demonstration and characterization of all-fiber enabling devices for ultrafast optical signal processing. Fields of study: Photonic signal processing, Optical communications, Optical computing, Optical signal characterization, Light propagation in periodic structures including fiber Bragg gratings. Ph.D. Thesis rated exceptional. M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, v Thesis title: Space-time codes in wireless optical CDMA communication systems. v Fields of study: Optical communications, Wireless communications, Space-time coding. v M.Sc. Thesis rated out of 20. B.Sc. degree in Electronics from Khaje Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, v Thesis title: Study of FM transmitter components and implementation of a 100 MHz FM transmitter for transmitting the heart sounds in hospitals.

2 v Fields of study: Electronic components, electrical circuits, microprocessors. v B.Sc. Thesis rated 20 out of 20. Professional experiences: Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Aug present. Research and development, Time Photonics Inc., Irvine, California, May 2014-present. Senior scientist, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Aug present. Post-doctoral researcher, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Sep Aug NSERC Post-doctoral fellow, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Sep Sep Chair of Los Angeles Chapter of IEEE Photonics Society, April 2015-presenet. Program committee member of the special track on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research in Computing Systems (STETIRCS), 13th International Conference on Information Technology- New Generations (ITNG 2016), Las Vegas, USA, April Program committee member of the Second International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA 2016), Lisbon, Portugal, February Co-organizer and program committee member of the conference on Real-time Measurements, Rogue Events, and Emerging Applications, SPIE Photonics West/OPTO 2016, San Francisco, USA, February Program committee member of the conference on Real-time optical bioinstrumentation and big data management, SPIE Photonics West/BIOS 2016, San Francisco, USA, February Technical program committee member of the International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks 2015 (ICOCN2015), Nanjing, China, July Organizer and general co-chair of the symposium on Information processing for Big Data, IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (IEEE GlobalSIP 2014), Atlanta, USA, December Organizer and co-chair of Annual Danish-Californian photonic workshop in connection with Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2015) supported by Danish Innovation Center from Denmark, Los Angeles, March Organizer and general co-chair of the sub-conference Real-time photonics measurements, data management and processing, SPIE Photonics Asia 2014, Beijing, China, October Organizer and general co-chair of the symposium on Real-time high-speed measurements for communication, biomedical, and industrial applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (35 th PIERS 2014), Guangzhou, China, August Technical program committee of the 2015 World Symposium on Computer Applications & Research, WSCAR 2015, Rome, Italy.

3 Technical program committee of the Second International Symposium on Computer Vision and the Internet, VisionNet 2015, Kochi, India. Technical program committee of the International Conference on Computer Vision & Image Analysis, ICCVIA 2015, Sousse, Tunisia. Technical program committee of the International conference on computer applications and aided diagnosis, ICCAAD 2014, Algiers, Algeria. Chairing the session Optical Sensing, SPIE Photonics Asia 2014, Beijing, China. Chairing two sessions at IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (13 th IEEE ISSPIT 2013), Athens, Greece. Elected as the president of the Journal Club, UCLA, 2012-present. Reviewer for Optical society of America (OSA) Student Chapter Excellence Awards, Board of directors of student association, University of Québec-INRS, Canada, Research assistant in optical signal processing laboratory at INRS, Montréal, Canada, Research assistant in optical networks research laboratory at Sharif University of technology, Tehran, Iran, Research assistant in center for electronic circuits at Khaje Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Research interests: Photonic/microwave signal processing, optics in biomedical applications (cancer cell detection, ultrafast microscopy, etc), optical telecommunications, photonic integrated circuits, silicon photonics, photonic assisted wideband data conversion, and real-time spectroscopy. Dealing with big data in real-time high-throughput instruments, image/video processing, transmission and compression, Gigapixel imaging, edge detection, time/space-bandwidth product compression, pattern recognition in big data analysis. Teaching experiences: Electrical Circuits, ELEC 210 (2 classes), 43 students, Instructor, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Fall Design Methodology (Senior Capstone Design Program), ELEC 400 (senior level course), 25 students, Instructor, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Fall Introduction to Engineering, ELEC 100 (freshman level course), 23 students, Instructor, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Fall Communications circuits Lab Instructor, Sharif University, 2005&2006. Electrical circuits Instructor, Tolooe Andishe institute, Tehran, Iran, Engineering Statistics and probability Instructor, Tolooe Andishe institute, Tehran, Iran, MATLAB programming Instructor, Khaje Nasir University, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

4 Switching systems (M.S. course) Teacher assistant, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, Digital signal processing (M.S. course) Teacher assistant, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, Communications circuits Teacher assistant, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, 2005&2006. Supervising experiences: Supervising 25 Undergraduate students for their senior projects, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Aug present. Haeri Park, PhD student in Electrical engineering at UCLA started in Farid Fayaz, PhD student in Electrical engineering at UCLA started in Haochen Yuan, PhD student in Electrical engineering at UCLA started in Hongbiao Gao, Guest PhD student in Electrical engineering at UCLA. Jiawen Feng, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at UCLA, Richie Nagi, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at UCLA, Fausto Rendon, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at UCLA, Ryan Baker, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at UCLA, Andrew Chan, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at UCLA, Emma Lazzeri, MS student in Electrical engineering at INRS defended in Francesco Fresi, MS student in Electrical engineering at INRS defended in Bertrand Hardy, Undergraduate student in Electrical engineering at INRS defended in Academic honors and awards: ü Recipient of UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (and 5,000 dollar prize), awarded annually to six post-doctoral researchers among 1,167 post-docs in all the departments to recognize their important contributions to UCLA's research mission, USA, May ü Best paper award for the work Image compression using the anamorphic transform at IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (IEEE ISSPIT 2013), Athens, Greece. ü Recognized by Optical Society of America (OSA) for significant contributions to the optical society as a reviewer, ü Recipient of award of excellence from the director general of University of Quebec-INRS (and 1,000 $ prize), the most prestigious prize from INRS awarded annually to one PhD graduate among all departments to recognize excellence of his academic records, Canada, ü Included in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Editions of Marquis Who's Who in America, which endeavors to profile the leaders of American society since 1899, USA, ü Listed as honorary scientific director of University of Quebec-INRS for high quality of scientific and research contributions in PhD thesis, Canada, 2011.

5 ü Awarded international exposure prize from University of Quebec-INRS for the contributions to the international reputation of INRS, Canada, ü Graduated from PhD degree with "exceptional" rated PhD thesis, Canada, ü Awarded NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) from Government of Canada (80,000$ for two years), Canada, ü Selected as a member of "Elite National Foundation" due to high-level contributions to science and technology and top academic records, Tehran ü Cited for state-of-the-art contributions in ultrafast optical signal characterization, in the international magazine Laser Focus World, USA, ü Awarded FQRNT Post-Doctoral Fellowship (le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies) from Québec Government (70,000$ for two years), Canada, ü Selected for prestigious international Banting Post-Doctoral Fellowship by University of Ottawa, Canada, ü Awarded 2008 FQRNT scholarship (le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies) from Québec government for whole PhD degree (45,300$ for two years), Canada, ü Receipt of 2009 IEEE Photonic society (IEEE/LEOS) student travel grant (1,600$), ü Chosen for passionate students at University of Quebec-INRS-EMT section for the magazine Planète INRS, Canada, ü Awarded Tuition Fee waiver for MS and PhD degrees for international students from INRS- EMT, Canada, 2006 and 2007 respectively. ü Chosen as a member of NODET (National Organization for Developing Exceptional Talents) according to entrance exam s grade for M.Sc. degree in Iran, ü 15 th Rank among more than 30,000 participants in the nationwide universities entrance exam for M.Sc. degree in Iran, ü 78 th Rank among more than 550,000 participants in the nationwide Azad university entrance exam for B.Sc. degree, Iran, Invited seminar talks: v Photonic real-time instruments, 14th IEEE/International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (IEEE/ICOCN 2015), Nanjing, China, v Anamorphic stretch transform for analog and digital compression of Big Data, SPIE Optics+Photonics 2014, San Diego, August v Time-frequency manipulation in real-time instruments, 33th PIERS 2014, keynote speaker, Guangzhou, August v Image compression using the anamorphic stretch transform, UCLA research forum, Los Angeles, March 2014.

6 v Photonic signal processing and its applications, IEEE Photonics Society seminar series, Los Angeles, May v Ultrafast optical signal processing, University of Laval, Quebec city, Canada, March v Ultrafast optical signal processing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, February v All-fiber enabling devices for ultrafast optical signal processing, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, October v All-fiber enabling devices for ultrafast optical signal processing, John Hopkins University, Baltimore USA, May Journal paper reviews: Nature. Nature Photonics. Nature Physics. Optics Express. Optics Letters. IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. IEEE Photonics Journal. Photonics Technology Letters. Journal of Optics & Laser Technology (Elsevier). International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Publications: Book: v M. H. Asghari, "Ultrafast optical signal processing: devices and techniques", Sponsored and published by Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Saarbrucken, Germany, ISBN: , Patents: 1. B. Jalali, and M. H. Asghari, Method for data compression and time-bandwidth product engineering, International PCT application submitted Dec. 2013, PCT/US13/77969, Supporting provisional applications No. 61/867,515; 61/867,519; 61/888,867, Dec B. Jalali, and M. H. Asghari, Generalized anamorphic stretch image compression, International PCT application submitted Dec. 2013, PCT/US13/73426, Supporting provisional applications No. 61/746,244; 61/839,444; 61/841,290, Dec

7 3. B. Jalali, and M. H. Asghari, Phase transform for object and shape detection in digital images, International PCT application submitted May. 2015, PCT/US15/29319, Supporting provisional applications No. 61/988,501; 62/034,283, April Articles in peer-reviewed international journals: 1. H. Gao, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Complete dispersive Fourier transform in near-field for real-time spectroscopy, submitted to IEEE Photonics Journal. 2. M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Edge detection in digital images using dispersive phase stretch, International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, Vol. 2015, Article ID , pp. 1-6 (2015). 3. H. Gao, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Experimental Demonstration of Time-Bandwidth Expansion using Anamorphic Stretch Transform, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 7, , pp. 1-10, (2015). 4. J. Chan, A. Mahjoubfar, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Reconstruction in time-bandwidth compression systems, Applied Physics Letters Journal, Vol. 105, (2014). 5. B. Jalali, J. Chan, and M. H. Asghari, Time bandwidth engineering, Inaugural issue of OSA s high-impact journal Optica, Vol. 1, pp (2014), INVITED. 6. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Discrete anamorphic transform for image compression, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 21, pp (2014). 7. P. Devore, B. Buckley, M. H. Asghari, D. Solli and B. Jalali, Coherent time-stretch transform for near-field spectroscopy, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, , pp. 1-7 (2014). 8. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Warped time lens in temporal imaging for optical real-time data compression, Springer publishing group, Chinese Science Bulletin journal, ISSN: , DOI: /s , pp. 1-6 (2014), INVITED. 9. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Experimental demonstration of optical real-time data compression, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, , pp. 1-4 (2014). 10. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Anamorphic transformation and its application to time-bandwidth compression, Applied Optics, Vol. 52, pp (2013). 11. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Stereopsis-inspired time-stretched amplified real-time spectrometer (STARS), IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 4, pp (2012), INVITED. 12. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Self-referenced temporal phase reconstruction from intensity measurements using causality arguments in linear optical filters, Optics Letters, Vol. 37, pp (2012). 13. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Photonic temporal integration of broadband intensity waveforms over long operation time windows, Optics Letters, Vol. 36, pp (2011). 14. R. Ashrafi, M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Ultrafast optical arbitrary-order differentiators based on apodized long period gratings, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 3, pp (2011). 15. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Photonic integrator-based optical memory unit, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 23, pp (2011), highlighted in Laser Focus World magazine 2010.

8 16. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, New design for photonic temporal integration with combined high processing speed and long operation time window, Optics Express, Vol. 19, pp (2011), highlighted in Laser Focus World magazine Y. Park, M. H. Asghari, R. Helsten, and J. Azaña, Implementation of broadband Microwave arbitrary-order time differential operators using a reconfigurable incoherent photonic processor, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 2, pp (2010). 18. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Complex-field measurement of ultrafast dynamic optical waveforms based on real-time spectral interferometry, Optics Express, Vol. 18, pp (2010), highlighted in Laser Focus World magazine M. H. Asghari, C. Wang, J. Yao, and J. Azaña, High-order passive photonic temporal integrators, Optics Letters, Vol. 35, pp (2010). 20. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, On the design of efficient and accurate arbitrary-order temporal optical integrators using fiber Bragg gratings, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 27, pp (2009). 21. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, All-optical Hilbert transformer based on a single phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating: design and analysis, Optics Letters, Vol. 34, pp (2009). 22. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Proposal and analysis of a reconfigurable pulse shaping technique based on multi-arm optical differentiators, Optics Communications, Vol. 281, Issue 18, 15, pp (2008). 23. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, All-optical high-order temporal integrators based on multiplephase-shifted Bragg gratings, Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 15, pp (2008). 24. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Proposal for arbitrary-order temporal integration of ultrafast optical signals using a single uniform-period fiber Bragg grating, Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 13, pp (2008). 25. Y. Park, M. H. Asghari, T.-J. Ahn, and J. Azaña, Transform-limited picosecond pulse shaping based on temporal coherence synthesization, Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 15, pp (2007). Articles in peer-reviewed international conferences: 26. M. H. Asghari, paul Trinh, and B. Jalali, Roguescope: Real-time high-throughput spectroscopy at 100 Million frames per second, SPIE Photonics West, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Events, and Emerging Applications Conference, Accepted, San Francisco, C. V. Ilioudis, C. Clemente, M. H. Asghari, B. Jalali, and J. Soraghan, Edge detection in SAR images using Dispersive Phase Stretch Transform, submitted to 2 nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing, London, A. Mahjoubfar, J. Chan, M. H. Asghari, B. Jalali, Sparsity and self-adaptivity in anamorphic stretch transform, 49th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), paper 1088, H. Park, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Dispersion engineering employing curved space mapping and chromo-modal excitation, paper: JTh2A.34, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2015).

9 30. H. Gao, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Experimental demonstration of anamorphic arbitrary waveform generation, paper: STh4F.3, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2015). 31. H. Gao, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Complete Dispersive Fourier Transform in near-field for single-shot spectroscopy, paper:w3i.2, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2015). 32. H. Gao, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Time-bandwidth engineering for arbitrary waveform generation, IEEE Global Signal and Information Processing Symposium (GlobalSIP 2014), paper: WsBD-P.8, Atlanta, December M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Physics-inspired image edge detection, IEEE Global Signal and Information Processing Symposium (GlobalSIP 2014), paper: WdBD-L.1, Atlanta, December M. H. Asghari, C. Clemente, B. Jalali, and J. Soraghan, Synthetic aperture radar image compression using discrete anamorphic stretch transform, IEEE Global Signal and Information Processing Symposium (GlobalSIP 2014), paper: WsBD-P.7, Atlanta, December J. Chan, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Performance of time bandwidth engineering systems, IEEE Photonic Conference (IPC 2014), paper: MG1.4, San Diego, October H. Yuan, M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Reducing the latency and improving the resolution of vector quantization with Anamorphic Stretch Transform, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (Asilomar 2014), paper: TA8a2-3, Monterey, CA, Nov M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Self-adaptive stretch in anamorphic image compression, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2014), paper: COM-P4.6, October 2014, Paris, France. 38. M. H. Asghari, J. Chan, and B. Jalali, Time-frequency manipulation in real-time instruments, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (35th PIERS 2014), Accepted, August 2014, Guangzhou, China, INVITED. 39. M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Big Data compression using anamorphic stretch transform, ASE International Conference on Big Data Science and Computing 2014, May 2014, Stanford, USA. 40. J. Zhang, M. H. Asghari, J. Yao, and B. Jalali, Time-bandwidth product expansion of microwave waveforms using Anamorphic Stretch Transform, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2014), paper: JTh2A.38, June 2014, San Jose, USA. 41. M. H. Asghari, and B. Jalali, Anamorphic temporal imaging using a warped time lens, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2014), paper: STu3E.3, June 2014, San Jose, USA. 42. B. Jalali, and M. H. Asghari, Anamorphic Stretch Transform for Analog and Digital Compression of Big Data, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization, SPIE Optics-Photonics 2014, paper: OP14O-63, August 2014, San Diego, USA, INVITED. 43. P. Devore, B. Buckley, M. H. Asghari, D. Solli and B. Jalali, Near-field and complex-field time stretch transform, SPIE Europe 2014, paper: , April 2014, Brussels, Belgium, INVITED. 44. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, "Demonstration of analog time-bandwidth compression using anamorphic stretch transform," Frontiers in Optics (FIO 2013), Paper: FW6A.2, Orlando, USA, POST-DEADLINE PAPER.

10 45. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, "Image compression using the feature-selective stretch transform," 13th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2013), Athens, Greece, won BEST PAPER AWARD. 46. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, "Anamorphic time stretch transform and its application to analog bandwidth compression," IEEE Global Signal and Information Processing Symposium (GlobalSIP 2013) paper: NSSIMb.PD.2, Austin, USA. 47. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, "Warped dispersive transform and its application to analog bandwidth compression," IEEE Photonic Conference (IPC 2013), paper TUG 1.1, Seattle, USA. 48. M. H. Asghari and B. Jalali, Stereopsis-inspired time-stretched amplified real-time spectrometer (STARS)," IEEE Photonic Conference (IPC 2012), paper WCC.2, San Francisco, USA. 49. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Self-reference temporal phase reconstruction based on causality arguments in linear optical filters," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2012), paper CTu2A.8, San J., USA. 50. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Proposal of a reconfigurable ultrafast optical pulse shaping technique using multi-arm optical differentiators, Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom 2011), paper SPWD4, Toronto, Canada. 51. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park and J. Azaña, Photonic temporal integration of broadband microwave waveforms over nanosecond time windows, Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom 2011), paper SPWD1, Toronto, Canada. 52. R. Ashrafi, M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Fully optimized long period fiber grating designs for ultrafast optical differentiation, Signal Processing in Photonic Communications(SPPCom 2011), Toronto, Canada. In this work I have supervised the PhD student Reza Ashrafi. 53. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Intensity integrator with combined high processing speed and long operation time window, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2011), paper CThI2, Baltimore, USA. 54. R. Ashrafi, M. H. Asghari, and J. Azaña, Optimized ultrafast optical arbitrary-order differentiators based on long-period gratings, IEEE-Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting 2010, paper ThU4, Denver, USA. In this work I have supervised the PhD student Reza Ashrafi. 55. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Single-shot complex-field characterization of ultrafast optical waveforms with MHz measurement update rates," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2010), paper JThE80, San J., USA. 56. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Demonstration of a photonic integrator-based loadable and erasable optical memory unit with picosecond switching times, European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2009), paper P1.18, Vienna, Austria. 57. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, Real-time spectral interferometry for single-shot complex-field linear characterization of sub-nanosecond long ultrafast optical signals, IEEE-Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting 2009, paper TuO2, Antalya, Turkey. 58. M. H. Asghari, C. Wang, J. Yao, and J. Azaña, Demonstration of FBG-based first and secondorder photonic temporal integrators with optimized energetic efficiencies, IEEE-Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting 2009, paper TuK3, Antalya, Turkey. 59. Y. Park, M. H. Asghari, and J. Azaña, Reconfigurable higher-order photonic intensity temporal

11 differentiator, IEEE-Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting 2009, paper ThO2, Antalya, Turkey. 60. M. H. Asghari, Y. Park, and J. Azaña, New concept for ultra-broadband photonic integrator with fundamentally unlimited operation time window, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2009), paper CMQ4, Baltimore, USA. 61. M. H. Asghari and J. Azaña, Single phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating as an all-optical Hilbert transformer, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2009), paper JWA57, San Diego, USA. 62. M. H. Asghari, J. Azaña, Multiple-Phase-Shifted Bragg Gratings as All-Optical High-Order Temporal Integrators, IEEE-Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting 2008, paper ME3, Newport Beach, USA. Press and media coverage: Doing Math with Light, article related to the work, Anamorphic Stretch Transform, in Optics and Photonic News (OPN) (Optical Society of America s flagship magazine), Dec Tinkering with Time Aids Data Compression and Transfer related to Anamorphic stretch transform for time bandwidth engineering, highlighted by Optical Society of America, July Efficient digitization related to work on the first experimental demonstration of optical realtime data compression, Research highlights in Nature Photonics, vol. 8, 423, June The Anamorphic Stretch Transform, Putting a squeeze on Big Data, Invited feature article on Big Data compression and cover story in Optics and Photonic News (OPN) (Optical Society of America s flagship magazine), Feb Work Warped time lens in temporal imaging for optical real-time data compression, Invited feature article on real-time instruments and cover story, Springer publishing group, Chinese Science Bulletin Journal, June Work Anamorphic transformation and its application to time-bandwidth compression, Announced by Optical Society of America as the third most downloaded paper in Applied Optics journal among all the papers published (since 1962), 2,200 hits in 3 months, Feb Warping compresses big data Feature article in Photonics Spectra Magazine, March Warping can compress Big Data, interview with California Aggie newspaper on the work, image compression using the anamorphic stretch transform, Jan Cover picture of Optical Society of America and Optics and Photonics News pages on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, Feb New data compression method reduces big-data bottleneck; outperforms, enhances JPEG, news coverage over more than 70 online news agencies, Since Dec Biography included in the 2013 and 2014 editions of Marquis Who's Who in America, which endeavors to profile the leaders of American society since 1899, USA, 2012&2013. Ultrafast pulse characterization: Optical complexity challenges pulse-measurement methods, Laser Focus World magazine, USA, Technology review in 2010: Scientists and engineers, a vital alliance, Laser Focus World magazine, USA, 2010.

12 Passionate student at INRS, magazine Planete INRS, Canada, 2009.