Abstracts
Keynotes The future of optical communications is massively parallel – and non-quantum Peter Winzer (Nubis Communications) Over the past decade, high-speed communications
STREAM 1: Telecommunications Tuesday 14:00 -16:00
Session Chair: Mingming Tan, Research Fellow, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University
technologies have reached severe scalability limits, from short-reach electrical chip-to-chip interconnects to ultra-long-haul subsea optical fiber cables. While these scalability limits have different origins ranging from saturating high-speed
Numerical simulations and experimental assessments of ultra-wideband optical fibre communication systems Robert Killey, University College London
electronic bit rates, to systems approaching fiber Shannon capacities, to energy density/distribution limits, there seems to be only a single long-term viable solution that is common to economically overcome all these limits: massively integrated spatial parallelism using advanced (and inherently classical) electrical and optical communications. In reviewing the communications systems solution space, we will also discuss why currently over-hyped quantum technologies are not part of practical communications applications, neither for capacity nor for security. The Optical Network: A Foundation for the Intelligent Immersive Future David Neilson, Nokia Bell Labs
Extending the Capacity of Spatial Division Multiplexing Systems Ruben Luis, NICT
The promise of immersive reality, fueled by artificial intelligence and the proliferation of connected devices and machines, is driving a fundamental shift in network requirements. This keynote will explore how optical networks, the backbone of our digital infrastructure, are evolving to meet these
We will review recent advancements in ultra- high capacity systems using spatial division multiplexing beyond petabit per second data rates and estimate the foreseeable limits of these systems.
demands. We’ll delve into the transformative potential of technologies like Space Division Multiplexing (SDM) and Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) for boosting capacity and reducing latency. We’ll also discuss how network disaggregation, virtualization, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are reengineering the optical layer for a more dynamic and intelligent future, paving the way for a truly immersive and connected world.
Challenges in scaling a global network infrastructure Ligia Zorello, Meta
PANEL SESSION Tuesday 11:30 - 13:00
Impacts of AI/ML on future telecoms and data centre networks AI computing platforms are driving multiple new developments in telecoms systems, transceivers and photonic components to meet strongly increasing traffic demands, improve inter-connection architectures, and arrest environmentally damaging increases in data centre power requirements. Meantime, ML offers potentially transformational innovations in photonic systems design and engineering, network operations, monitoring and control. In this workshop, we will explore how the predicted massive growth in AI workloads and huge investments in AI compute power will impact on telecoms transmission systems and their underlying photonic components and sub-systems.
(Meta)
Moderator: Jose Pozo (Optica)
Pedro Freira (Ofcom)
Julian Watson (Omdia)
Michael Hochberg (Cambridge University Centre for Geopolitics)
Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay
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