SEMINARIOS DE DOCTORADO 2005-2006


Doctorado en Ingeniería Informática y de Telecomunicación
Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Escuela Politécnica Superior                        

18 de Abril de 2006, 11:00

Salón de Grados, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

New Research Issues in Optical Networks

Chunming Qiao

State University of New York, Buffalo

     
UNISYS    Contribuye a la financiación de este seminario
     

Abstract

While fiber-optic technologies have been traditionally deployed in backbone networks, they are also finding niche applications in the access domain (e.g., in the form of Passive Optical Networks or PONs). Meanwhile, RF-based wireless technologies have already changed the way we communicate, and yet the demands for higher bandwidth, longer reach and better interoperability remain strong. In this talk, I will briefly outline a vision for an integrated system using both optics and wireless technologies. Such an integrated system can use free-space optics (or optical wireless) to transparently carry RF signals and thereby effectively extending the reach of the RF links and facilitating interoperability among wireless devices. Integrating optics and wireless technologies can also support the convergence of fixed (e.g. IP-based ) networks and mobile (e.g., cellular or ad hoc) networks, thereby potentially cutting down a significant amount of capital and operating costs. I will also outline roles of and research issues related to Optical Burst Switching (OBS) as a core technology for an integrated network.

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Chunming  Qiao

Professor Chunming Qiao directs the Lab for Advanced Network Design, Evaluation and Research ( LANDER at University at Buffalo (SUNY), which conducts cutting-edge research related to optical networks, wireless and mobile networks, and recently, Internet traffic engineering. Dr. Qiao pioneered research on next generation Optical Internet, and in particular, optical burst switching (OBS) in 1997, which has become an active research area being pursued by many R&D groups in both industry and academia world-wide. Several major conferences in the field (e.g., ICC, Infocom, Opticomm, OFC) had dedicated sessions on OBS. In addition, about two hundreds papers on OBS have been published in these conferences as well as several major journals/magazines (e.g., IEEE JSAC, IEEE Communications Magazine and IEEE Networks Magazine). Dr. Qiao's work on integrated cellular and ad hoc relaying (or iCAR) systems, started in 1999, is also the harbinger of today's push towards convergence between cellular and wireless LAN technologies. The work on iCAR has been featured in magazines such as Businessweek and Wireless Europe, and at international web sites such as CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corp) and New Scientists (UK), in addition to local media such as The Buffalo News and UB Reporter.
Dr. Qiao have published almost 70 papers in leading technical journals such as ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks (WINET), IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technology (JLT), IEEE J. Selected Area in Communications (JSAC), IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking (ToN), IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Trans. on Computers, and IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems. In addition, he has published over 120 technical papers in refereed conferences (including Infocom and ICNP). One of his papers received the IEEE ComSoc's Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2005 (see photos) and another (co-authored by his student) received the Best Student Paper award from Opticomm'00. Dr. Qiao has contributed to 7 book chapters, and given a couple of keynote speeches, a few tutorials as well as more than a dozen invited talks at places such as Georgia Tech, MIT Lincoln Lab, University of Michigan, Alcatel, Intel, Telcordia and Sprint Advanced Technology Lab.
Dr. Qiao has served as a chair or co-chair for about a dozen technical symposiums, conferences and workshops on optical networks since 1997. He has also served as a technical program vice-chair, session chair and committee member for many more conferences and workshops since 1994. He has spoken as a panelist and led a discussion group at an NSF workshop, and participated in a couple of NSF and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) workshops (whose attendance is by invitation only). Dr. Qiao is the founding chair of the SPIE Technical Group on Optical Networks (TGON), and vice chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking (TCGN). He is currently an Area Editor responsible for launching IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc)'s new IEEE Optical Communications (previously served as an Editor-at-Large for IEEE ComSoc). He is also an editor of the IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking (ToN), Journal on High-Speed Networks (JHSN), and SPIE/Kluwer Optical Networks Magazine. In the past, He has served as the lead guest-editor of an IEEE JSAC issue, and a co-guest-editor for two other upcoming IEEE JSAC issues, two issues of Optical Networks Magazine, and one issue of MONET.
Dr. Qiao's research has been sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Alcatel Corporate Research Center, Nokia Research Center, Nortel Networks, Telcordia (formerly known as Bellcore), and Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan). His share of the research funding is at least 1.25 millions. At UB, Dr. Qiao has taught several undergraduate courses to sophomores and seniors, as well as introductory and advanced graduate courses, most of which have above average enrollments. He has served on several school-wide and departmental committees. He has graduated many PhD and MS students.
Dr. Qiao received the Andrew-Mellon Distinguished doctoral fellowship award from University of Pittsburgh. Prior to that, he entered University of Science and Technology (USTC) of China at age 15, and earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from one of the only two 5-year BS programs in China at that time.