Yang Lin ☕️
Yang Lin

Postdoctoral Researcher

EPFL

About Me

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at AQUA Lab, EPFL. I am working on marrying single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) with artificial and spiking neural networks for biological and medical imaging.

Interests
  • Machine Learning
  • Intelligent Image Sensors
  • Computer Vision
  • Biomedical Imaging (e.g. FLIM)
  • Microscopy/Macroscopy
  • Single-photon avalanche diode
Education

  • Ph.D. in Computational and Quantitative Biology (2025)

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

  • B.Eng. in Automation (2020)

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

📚 My Research

I’m a postdoctoral researcher in the AQUA lab at EPFL. I am working on integrating neural networks near and within the SPAD sensors, especially recurrent neural networks and spiking neural networks.

I design the ASIC SPAD image sensors, FPGA-based neural processing units, software for control and visualization, and optical setup for biomedical imaging applications, esp. fluorescence lifetime imaging.

I am currently open to work opportunities as a researcher or engineer in Switzerland, with a starting date around Oct, 2026. 😃

Recent Publications
Yang Lin (2025). SPAD Image Sensors with Embedded Intelligence. EPFL Thesis.
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Audrey Eshun, Dominique Davenport, Brandon Demory, Shervin Kiannejad, Paul Mos, Yang Lin, Tiziana Bond, Michael C Rushford, Erin E Nuccio, Ty J Samo, Others (2025). 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope. Optica.
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Yang Lin, Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon (2025). Transporter: A 128$\times$4 SPAD Imager with On-chip Encoder for Spiking Neural Network-based Processing. International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW).
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Duncan P Ryan, Paul Moş, Yang Lin, Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, James H Werner (2025). Time-resolved detectors for quantum ghost imaging. The European Physical Journal Plus.
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Dominique Davenport, Audrey Eshun, Brandon Demory, Shervin Kiannejad, Paul Mos, Yang Lin, Edoardo Charbon, Tiziana Bond, Mike Rushford, Claudio Bruschini, Others (2025). 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope. Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology III.
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Recent & Upcoming Talks
SPAD Image Sensors with Embedded Intelligence
Real-time neural network-based fluorescence lifetime imaging with SPAD sensors
Contact

yang.lin@epfl.ch
+41 21 693 47 82
EPFL STI IMT AQUA
Rue de la Maladière 71b
Neuchâtel 2000
Switzerland

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