Poster Presenter Biographies
Akanksha Ahuja Akanksha Ahuja, an EPSRC-ICASE PhD student and Anita Borg Scholar(Google Women in Computer Science) at the University of Cambridge excels in machine learning, focusing on geometric and graph modelling techniques applicable across various scientific fields. Collaborating with the Department of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and
Dini Pratiwi Dini Pratiwi is a PhD student at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT), Aston University. Her research focused on All-Raman amplification for ultrawideband optical network. She received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in Indonesia. She was granted an EMJMD scholarship to pursue master's degree in Photonic
British Telecommunications, her research aims to automate optical network design and enhance data transmission across the UK's national fibre infrastructure, making it more resilient, efficient and cost-effective.
Integrated Circuits, Sensors and Networks (PIXNET) at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Italy, Osaka University, and Aston University in 2019-2021.
Hasan Awad Hasan Awad is a Telecommunications Engineer and physicist, He hold dual master’s degrees in Engineering and Quantum Physics & Photonics from France and Lebanon. His professional journey includes a significant tenure at Polytechnique de Paris, France, where he engaged in cutting- edge research and development. This experience
Chee Hing Tan Prof. C. H. Tan obtained his BEng and PhD in Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE), The University Of Sheffield (TUOS) in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He was a Research Associate in 2001-03, appointed as a Lecturer in 2003 and has been a Professor in Optoelectronic Sensors since
contributed to his five years of industrial experience in optical fiber networks. Hasan is currently pursuing his PhD within the Optical Communications (OptCom) Research Group, at Politecnico di Torino, Italy’s first and oldest engineering school, with a robust legacy dating back to 1859. Hasan is focusing on the early detection of earthquakes by leveraging polarization alterations along existing traffic-carrying optical fibers analyzed by Artificial Intelligent Models. His PhD research employs terrestrial Optical Fiber Networks in an innovative and novel smart grid sensing approach. Tianyuan Kong Tianyuan Kong received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Siegen, Germany, in 2020, and his master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2023. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Optoelectronics and Information Engineering at Kiel University, Germany. His research focuses on short-reach data center DSP and FEC.
Jan 2014. He has taken a number of leadership roles within TUOS, including the Director of Research for EEE, the Deputy Director of Research&Innovations for the Faculty of Engineering and the Head of Department for EEE (2019-2024). His research includes advanced modelling of avalanche process, high quantum efficiency single photon avalanche diodes, APDs with lowest excess noise and APDs with very weak temperature dependence of breakdown voltage. He has led various research projects from the Innovate UK, Engineering, and Physical Science Research Council and EU. Some of the technologies he developed have been transferred to industry via several knowledge transfer projects to design infrared photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes. He has published more than 100 journal papers and has delivered several invited talks in international conferences. He has carried out editorial roles for Optics Express, IET Optoelectronics and MRS Advances. In 2020 he co-founded a spin-out, Phlux Technology Limited, to commercialise a key breakthrough in low noise avalanche photodiodes. He was a Director of Phlux Technology Limited until 2022.
Victor Virag I’m Victor Virag, with a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Surrey and an MSc in Quantum Technologies from UCL. My research focuses on the intersection of quantum computing and optical networking, with an emphasis on simulations and software development. For my MSc project, I worked on
Sarah Massad Sarah is currently pursuing her doctoral
studies within the Photonics Research Group at Ghent University and imec. She is an early stage researcher in the Marie-Curie project PostDigital, which explores non-digital computing alternatives. Her research is focused on leveraging photonic-based machine learning for
optimizing routing and wavelength allocation in optical networks using QUBO formulations and quantum annealing. Currently, I’m researching entangled bit fidelity in optical switches and distributed quantum computing systems.
telecommunications applications.
Guy Nurse Guy is the UK based contact for Diamond SA, the inventor of the world-famous E-2000® connector. Diamond have a well established history in the development, manufacture and assembly of high precision fibre optic interconnects. Their patented Active Core Alignment process produces very low insertion loss, well suited to demanding
applications such as quantum technologies and telecommunications. With nearly 30 years experience of the UK optics and photonics market, Guy has worked for several UK based manufacturing and distribution organisations. He obtained his B.Sc in Physics from the University of Manchester and has published papers from a period of research at Hull University.
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