Tutorial Speakers

SC1 – Novel Fibres, Fibre Devices & Amplifiers

• Siddharth Ramachandran

  Boston University, USA

  Spatially, vectorially and topologically complex light in fibers: Implications & Applications

SC2 – Photonic Devices & Technologies

• Goran Z. Mashanovich

  University of Southampton, UK

  Silicon and germanium mid-IR devices and circuits

SC3 – Photonic Integrated Circuits, Assemblies & Packaging

• Toshihiko Baba

  Yokohama National University, Japan

  FMCW LiDAR incorporating slow light grating beam scanners

SC4 – Techniques for Digitally Enhancing Optical Communication

• Christian Häger

  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

  End-to-end learning of optical communication systems: A beginner's guide

SC5 – Theory of Optical Communications

• Joseph M. Kahn

  Stanford University, USA

  Modal Multiplexing and Atmospheric Turbulence Mitigation in Free-Space Optical Communications
  Joseph M. Kahn, Stanford University, USA
  Aniceto Belmonte, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
  

SC6 – Optical Transmission Systems

• Elizabeth Rivera Hartling

  Meta, USA

  Subsea Open Cables Designs, challenges and an outlook for the future

SC7 – Core & Metro Networks

• Qunbi Zhuge

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

  AI-driven digital twin for optical networks

SC8 – Access, Indoor & Short-Reach for Data Centres and Mobile Networks

• Mark Filer

  Google, USA

  The Role of Standardization, Interoperability, and Open Ecosystems in Hyperscale Data Centers

SC9 – Photonics for RF & Free-Space Optics Applications

• Christoph Marquardt

  Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany & Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

  Satellite-based quantum key distribution

SC10 – Architecture, Control & Management of Optical Networks

• Manos Varvarigos

  National Technical University of Athens, Greece

  Resource Orchestration in Support of Edge Computing in Optical Networks

CLEO^®/Europe Focus Meeting

• Michal Lipson

  Columbia University, USA

  The state of the art and challenges of silicon photonics today