Ni Chen

Honorary Associate Professor

Chow Yei Ching Building, Room 513

Education

• Ph.D., OEQE Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Advisor: Prof. Byoungho Lee.
• M.E., OIP Lab, Computer and Communication Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Advisors: Prof. Nam Kim and Prof. Jae-Hyeung Park.
• B.E., Computer Software Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai).

Publications

1. Weiwei Cai, Yiru Zhang, Enbo Yang, Zesheng Chen, Zhiying Song, Ni Chen*, Lei Jin*, Zongyin Yang*, Zhipei Sun*, Tawfique Hasan*, "Light field detection in the age of artificial intelligence," Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering () sep., 2026. In press
2. Yunping Zhang, Ni Chen, Yanmin Zhu, Jingyan Chen, Chutian Wang, Tianjiao Zeng, Edmund Y. Lam, "Advanced Deep Learning for Digital Holography: A review," Progress in Quantum Electronics 109 : 100638, sep., 2026.
3. Ni Chen, David J. Brady*, "Physical sampling of computational photography," Reports on Progress in Physics 89 (7) : 076401, jul., 2026.
4. Chutian Wang, Shuo Zhu, Ni Chen, Jingqian Wu, Shuo Li, Yuxing Li, Yanmin Zhu, Rongzhou Chen, Yunping Zhang, Edmund Y. Lam, "Neuromorphic High-Throughput Imaging via Transport-Induced Differential Sensing," 2026 Preprint
5. Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, "Uncertainty-Aware Computational Imaging," In 31st OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC2026), Busan, Korea, jun. 2026.
6. Ni Chen, "Differentiable Imaging," In Light Conference 2026 , Changchun, China, jun. 2026.
7. Ni Chen, "Differentiable Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Imaging," In 3rd International Conference on Optoelectronic Integration, Fuyang, China, may. 2026.
8. Xin Yuan, David Brady, Enrique Tajahuerce, Jinli Suo, Jinyang Liang, Liang Gao, Ni Chen, "Emerging coding methods for computational imaging: a new era of visual perception," Advanced Imaging 3 (2) : A00000, 3.4., 2026. Special Issue: Emerging Coding Method for Computational Imaging
9. Xiao Li, Zhenbo Ren*, Ping Su, Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, Ju Tang, Jianglei Di, Jianlin Zhao, "Snapshot Virtual Refocusing and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction for Microscopy with Sequential Learning," Advanced Imaging 3 (2) : A00007, 3.4., 2026.
10. Yuqing Cao, Shuo Zhu, Rongzhou Chen, Jingyan Chen, Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, "Rapid tracking through strongly scattering media with physics-informed neuromorphic speckle analysis," 2026
11. Ju Tang, Zhenbo Ren, Kaiqing Wang, Jiazhen Dou, Jianglei Di, Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, Jianlin Zhao, "Few-shot reference-guided learning for image deconvolution of optical microscopy," 2026
12. Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, "Embracing uncertainties in computational imaging," In SPIE Photonics Asia Conference 13719: Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications XV, Beijing, China, oct. 2025.
13. David J. Brady, Ni Chen, "Ptychographic Wavefront Cameras," In SPIE Photonics Asia Conference 13719: Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications XV, Beijing, China, oct. 2025. Invited Talk
14. Chutian Wang, Shuo Zhu, Jingqian Wu, Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, "Differentiable Event-based Holography," In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI), Seattle, USA, aug. 2025.
15. Ni Chen^†*, Yang Wu^†, Chao Tan, Liangcai Cao, Jun Wang, Edmund Y. Lam*, "Uncertainty-Aware Fourier Ptychography," Light: Science & Applications 14 (236) jul., 2025.
16. Ni Chen*, David J. Brady, Edmund Y. Lam, "Differentiable Imaging: Progress, Challenges, and Outlook," Advanced Devices & Instrumentation 7 (0117) : 34, jul., 2025.
17. Hong-Chao Liu, Wen Chen, Ni Chen, Shuyuan Xiao, "Computational imaging and its applications," Journal of Optics 27 (6) : 060201, may., 2025. Guest Editor of Journal of Optics focus issue on Computational imaging and its applications
18. Ni Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, "Differentiable pixel-super-resolution lensless imaging," Optics Letters 50 (5) : 1180–1183, jan., 2025.
19. Jiabao Wang, Yang Wu, Jun Wang, Ni Chen*, "Align-free multi-plane phase retrieval," Optics and Laser Technology 181 (2025) : 111784, jan., 2025.
20. Ni Chen, Yanmin Zhu, "Differentiable Imaging: Bridging Physics and Computing," In SPIE Photonics West Conference 13375: AI and Optical Data Sciences VI, San Francisco, USA, jan. 2025.