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Workshop I: “What photonic technology will play the leading role
in the upcoming cloud era?”
Date and Time: 4th July, 2011 13:30-17:00 (coffee break 15:00-15:30)
Organizers: Dr. Naoya Wada, NICT,
Dr. Toshikazu Sakano, NTT
Prof. Yusuke Hirota, Osaka Univ.
Sponsor: Technically co-sponsored by Technical Committee on Photonic Network, Communications Society,the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), in Japan.
Scope:

Web services with the prefix, “Cloud,” have emerged and attracted people’s attention over the last few years. Datacenters offer the computing power and the storage space for such services. They combine huge numbers of servers, storage and network devices, and so form large-scale computer networks. IT companies who want to play in this emerging market are rushing to construct mega-datacenters. This trend is driving huge demand for large-scale but warehouse-wide photonic networks. At the same time, the advent of mega-datacenters is sure to put a lot of pressure on telecom carriers to upgrade their network to accommodate the dramatic expansion in traffic. Under these circumstances, optoelectronics and communication technologies are expected to play a crucial role.

The objective of this workshop is to reveal the network requirements of cloud services, ranging from chip-level interconnection networks to inter/intra-datacenter networks, and to explore the crucial photonic network/device technologies that can meet the requirements.

This workshop is comprised of two parts: Part I and II. In Part I, network/device requirements for the cloud infrastructure are discussed. Candidates for photonic network solutions and device technologies are discussed in Part II. The workshop participants will obtain new hints and directions to guide their research and business activities toward the exciting cloud arena.

Part I: Network requirements for the cloud
Chair: Dr. Naoya Wada; NICT, Japan

I-1. “Optical Technologies - what are datacenter operators looking for?”
　　Dr. Cedric F. Lam; Google, USA

I-2. “Photonic network technologies for the cloud era, ”
　　Prof. Ken-ichi Sato, Nagoya Univ., Japan

I-3. “Expectation of photonic network technologies from a carrier's perspective”
　　Dr. Toshikazu Sakano, NTT, Japan
Coffee Break 15:00-15:30

Part II: Photonic device/network technologies for the cloud
Chair: Prof. Yusuke Hirota; Osaka Univ., Japan

II-1. “Challenges in optical networks and potential solutions for new green networks.”
　　Dr. Dominique Chiaroni; Alcatel-lucent, France

II-2. “Optical interconnects based on silicon optical bench.”
　　Prof. Mount-Learn Wu, National Central Univ., Taiwan

II-3. “Data Distribution Platforms over Optical Networks,”
　　Prof. Hideki Tode, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan

   
Workshop II: “Recent Progress in Optical Communication Technologies -Innovations towards the Exabit-era”
Date and Time: 4th July, 2011 13:30-17:00 (coffee break 14:55-15:30)
Sponsor: Technically cosponsored by IEICE-CS Technical Committee on Extremely Advanced Transmission (EXAT)
Organizers: Dr. Kazuhide Nakajima, NTT
Dr. Itsuro Morita, KDDI
Scope:

Considering a recent rapid growth of the traffic in communication systems, the fiber capacity of backbone systems must be increased furthermore from several Tbit/s to Pbit/s range, which raises the network throughput to Ebit/s. With current technologies, however, the fundamental capacity limits are rapidly being approached. In order to break these barriers, some innovations are indispensable. It is the aim of this workshop to give an overview on recent progress in various approaches using advanced fiber, amplification and modulation technologies and exchange ideas for future optical communication systems realized with innovative technologies. The workshop consists of eight invited talks by eminent researchers from across the world.

Part I
Chair: Dr. Kazuhide Nakajima; NTT, Japan

I. Fiber
　 I-1. “SM-Multi-Core Fiber”
　 　　K. Saito; Hokkaido Univ., Japan

　I-2. “MM-Multi-Core Fiber”
　　　David Mazzarese; OFS, USA

II. Device, Component
　 II-1. “Octave-Spanning Widely-Tunable Fiber Sources with a High Pulse Energy”
　 　　Chi-Kuang Sun ; National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan

　II-2. “Ultra-Broadband Optical Amplifie”
　　　H. Masuda; Shimane Univ., Japan

Coffee Break 14:55-15:30

Part II
Chair: Dr. Itsuro Morita, KDDI R&D Laboratories

I. Transmission Technology
　 I-1. “Multi-carrier Superchannel Transmission”
　　　X. Liu; Alcatel-Lucent Bell Lab., USA

　I-2. “Mode-Division-Multiplexing Transmission”
　　　W. Shieh; Univ. of Merborne, Australia

II. Future System
　 II-1. “High-Capacity Optical Transport Network aided by Digital Signal Processing”
　 　　Y. Miyamoto; NTT, Japan

　II-2. “Next-generation access networks - A practical Version”
　　　Y. Chung; KAIST, Korea

 
 
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