Speaker Biographies
Dr Vladimir Gordienko is a Research Fellow at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies. Vladimir is leading research on nonlinear fibre optic devices for optical communications such as fibre optic
Vasileios Karavias is a PhD student in Quantum Network Security at the University of Cambridge. He graduated with a BA and MSci in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2020. His main fields of interest are quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum network design and optimisation methods. His PhD focusses on the optimisation of quantum networks and investigating the Raza Khan is Semtech’s senior market manager for Wireless Products in Semtech’s Signal Integrity Products Group with over 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. In his current role, he oversees the strategy, product line development and market development for integrated circuit (IC) solutions for optical transport needs within the wireless market. This
parametric amplifiers, wavelength converters and optical phase conjugators. He has authored and co-authored around 40 papers and provided breakthroughs and novel concepts in areas of ultra- wide, Raman-assisted, polarisation insensitive, and phase-sensitive operation of fibre optical parametric amplifiers.
benefits of switching in quantum networks. This work is done in collaboration with BT.
Professor Harald Haas received the Ph.D. degree from The University of Edinburgh in 2001. He is a Distinguished Professor of Mobile Communications at The University of Strathclyde/Glasgow, Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh and the Director of the LiFi Research and Development Centre. Prof Haas set up and co-founded pureLiFi. He currently is their Chief Scientific Officer. His research
interests are in cellular communications, spatial modulation and optical wireless communications. He has co-authored more than 600 conference and journal papers and holds more than 40 patents. He has been listed as highly cited researcher by Clarivate/Web of Science since 2017. In 2016, he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Solid State Lighting Alliance. In 2019 he was recipient of IEEE Vehicular Society James Evans Avant Garde Award. In 2017 he received a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. In 2021, he received the Enginuity The Connect Places Innovation Award. In 2022 he received a Humboldt Research Award for his research achievements to date. Haas is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
includes the Tri-Edge™ 50G PAM4 product portfolio and ClearEdge® 25G product portfolio for the emerging 5G wireless market as well as the FiberEdge™ 10G product portfolio for the 4G wireless market. Mr. Khan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Western University and a double major Masters of Business Administration in Strategic Marketing and Management of Innovation and Technology (MINT) from McMaster University.
Maxim Kuschnerov joined Huawei in 2016 and is now leading the optical research laboratories in Munich and Jena, Germany focusing on the topics of optical access, data center networks, coherent optical transceivers, optical switching, quantum security as well as optical design for automotive subsystems incl. augmented reality head up displays and intelligent headlights. He has more
Wenxiu Hu received the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electronic engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. Her research interests cover signal processing, channel coding, optical wireless communication, physical layer Robert is the Chief Executive Officer at Aircision and has over 25 years of combined experience in scaling start-ups and bringing complex communications products to market across a global scale. From his early career at Nortel Networks and travelling extensively throughout the world, Robert found inspiration working closely with many innovators and customers which helped enormously Sander Jansen is VP and general manager for the Infrastructure Monitoring business unit at ADVA Optical in Munich. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, he has a proven track record with service providers worldwide in bringing new technologies to the market. Sander received his Ph.D. degree with highest honours in electronic engineering from Cenqin Jin received the B.E. degree and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Nanjing, China, in 2015 and from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2018, respectively. She is currently studying toward the Ph.D. degree at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Her research interests are in the area of nonlinear
than 15 years of experience in optical research, development and product management, having started his career at Siemens and then working for Nokia Siemens Networks and Coriant before joining Huawei. Carlos Lee is Director General at EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium, the largest photonics industry association in the world representing almost 800 members across 33 countries. As part of the EPIC mission, Carlos works closely with industrial photonic companies to ensure a vibrant and competitive ecosystem by maintaining a strong international network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. He brings with him a strong background in microelectronics which was acquired through several management positions held at the international association SEMI. He has been responsible in Europe for the SEMI International Standards program, managed technical and executive programs, and together with the advisory board advocated for a more competitive semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing industry. Carlos has a BBA in Finance and an MBA in Leadership & Change Management from United Business Institutes. He lives with his spouse and three children in Belgium.
security, and optical fibre communication.
in the development and advancement of novel photonics and wireless communication technologies which are in use today. As a strong believer in the advancement of new materials and novel processes, Robert believes this will facilitate high levels of integration and efficiencies towards a net zero solution. Robert has an MBA and has also held senior executive positions at EFFECT Photonics and Blu Wireless.
Dr Yiming Li has been working as a Marie S.-Curie Research Fellow (PI, grant No. 713694) at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT), leading the development of the new FSO communication lab. The project was focusing on the successive interference cancellation decoder for MIMO FSO systems. He also works as a research associate in an EPSRC-funded project (EP/T009047/1-PON-HD),
Eindhoven University of Technology.
which is focusing on wireless passive optical networks and corresponding optical amplifiers. The research outcomes have been published in Optics Letters (top-downloaded paper), European Conference on Optical Communication (Top-scored paper), and Journal of Lightwave Technology. Earlier as a joint PhD student, Dr Yiming Li received the PhD research project funding from the Chinese Ministry of Education and the University of Warwick. He was also awarded the Chinese National Prize from the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Tang, Lixin Prize for his excellent PhD performance.
optical fiber communication systems.
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