ICNCE 2026

Abstract: The demand for accurate perception of the physical world leads to a dramatic increase in sensory nodes. However, the transmission of massive and unstructured sensory data from sensors to computing units poses great challenges in terms of power‐efficiency, transmission bandwidth, data storage, time latency, and security. To efficiently process massive sensory data, it is crucial to achieve data compression and structuring at the sensory terminals. In‐sensor computing integrates perception, memory, and processing functions within sensors, enabling sensory terminals to perform data compression (reduce quantity) and data structuring (improve quality). We will overview the framework of bioinspired in-sensor intelligence for artificial vision. We will examine optoelectronic devices that can compress and structure multidimensional vision information, and demonstrate a few vision sensors for different scenarios, including visual adaptation, motion perception, event-driven vision sensors for spiking neural network, and in-sensor spectrometers.

Bio: Prof. Yang Chai is the Chair Professor of Semiconductor Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, an IEEE Fellow, an Optica Fellow, IOP Fellow, and AAIA Fellow. He is the Director of Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things, the Director of Joint Research Center of Microelectronics, and the Associate Dean of Faculty of Science (Research) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also the Chair of Semiconductor Nanotechnology Alliance, the Vice President of the Physical Society of Hong Kong, and an Associate Editor of ACS Nano. He is a receipt of the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs in Engineering and Technology for his work on “Breaking the Wall of Efficient Sensory AI Systems”, the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in the field of AI and Robotics, The Croucher Senior Fellowship, The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award, and NSFC Distinguished Scholar. His current research interest mainly focuses on emerging electronic devices. He is the founder of SenseMind.