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Sarah Sharif

Sarah Sharif

Sarah Sharif.

Assistant Professor

About

Prof. Sharif is an assistant professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as affiliate faculty of the Center for Quantum Research and Technology and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) with a minor in Physics, as well as three master’s degrees in physics and Materials Science, and ECE. With over a decade of experience in both industrial and academic settings, including her membership at LIGO at NASA, she has made significant contributions to the field of optical and quantum optical devices and systems through numerous publications. Dr. Sharif actively serves the academic community as IEEE, senior Member, the Chair of IEEE Young Professionals in Region 5 and the Optica, Quantum Optical Science and Technology Group. She also serves as a topical editor for Applied Optics and as a reviewer for several journals and conferences, including IEEE IPC, and IEEE RAPID.

Research Interests

  • Integrated Photonic Circuit Design
  • Hardware Neuromorphic Photonic
  • Photonic Neuromorphic AI Accelerators
  • Nanophotonics Structures
  • Increase light matter interaction based on 2D materials
  • Computational Analysis
  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Optimization and Data-Driven Inverse Design Techniques
  • Hybrid Quantum Machine Learning
  • Quantum Optics
  • Quantum Engineering