DOLORES project meeting at IMEC

The consortium met in IMEC (Ghent) to review the progress that have been made through the first year and align on the next objectives.

September 11, 2025

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13:00 – 13:20: Welcome to the meeting and overview of the DOLORES project
Beneficiaries, WPs, objectives and expected results. Deming Kong (DTU)
Work Progress and Plans for 2nd year
Partners that are not involved with first year’s work can present their research background and capabilities.
13:20 – 13:50 PIC design and matrix multiplication system.
Pierre Nay, Xiaojing Long, and Deming Kong (DTU)
13:50 – 14:20 Trimmable MRR and PIC design.
Bharat Pant, Callum Littlejohns, David Thomson, and Graham Reed
(SOTON)
14:45 – 15:15 Highly efficient integrated multi-wavelength light source.
Ali Uzun and Geert Morthier (UGent/IMEC)
15:15 – 15:45 ADC design and integration.
Ronald Janssen, Georgi Radulov, and Eugenio Cantatore (TU/e)
15:45 – 16:15 Chip packaging.
Sander Dorrestein and Jacqueline van Driel (TNO)
16:15 – 16:45 NN compression, performance evaluation and real-world tests.
Christina Lioma (KU)
16:45 – 17:15 Lab visit
19:00 Dinner

September 12, 2025

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09:00 – 09:40 Review of first active run, driving circuit design, and packaging.
Discussion facilitated by Deming Kong (DTU)
09:40 – 10:20 Plan for the second active run, integration of lasers and ADCs, and
packaging.
Discussion facilitated by Geert Morthier (UGent/IMEC)
10:40 – 11:00 Brief outlook for the final active run, integration of lasers and ADCs,
packaging, and applications.
Discussion facilitated by David Thomson (SOTON)
11:00 – 11:15 Group Photo
11:15 – 11:30 WP4: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation.
Michael Holbech and Deming Kong (DTU)
11:30 – 12:00 General discussion and conclusion
Follow-ups, meeting minutes, next project meeting, and 1st review meeting

Participants