Roberto Morandotti (Professor and Group Leader in the Energy Materials Telecommunications Department of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) received his M.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Genova, Genova, Italy, in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K., in 1999. Since 2003, he is with INRS-EMT, Varennes, Canada. His current research interests include integrated optics for quantum and machine learning applications, as well as Terahertz science and applications. Roberto Morandotti is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (2016-2030), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, of the AAAS, of the IEEE, of the APS, of the Optica, of the SPIE, and an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellow (2011), a recipient of the NSERC Synergy (2019) and Brockhouse (2020) Awards, of the Prix Marie-Victorin (2022) and the Prix Urgel-Archambault (2023) of Quebec, of the Leadership in Research Award of the University of Quebec (2024), as well as of the IEEE Quantum Electronics Awards (2025), among others. He served as a Chair and Technical Committee Member for several Optica, IEEE, and SPIE-sponsored meetings. He was recognized as an exceptional Mentor by the Canadian Association for Graduate Students (2018) and by the INRS (2024).