2023 Tutorial Speakers

D1: Advanced Prototyping, Packaging and Integration
Jon Aday, Amkor Technology, USA
Tradeoffs in the Paths Forward for Advanced Packaging in Photonics
D2: Passive Components
Tomoyuki Akiyama, Fujitsu Limited, Japan
Tutorial on Silicon Photonics Applications
Arnan Mitchell, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Thin Film Lithium Niobate Integrated Circuits - A Tutorial Introduction and Overview
D4: Fibers and Propagation Physics
Joel Villatoro, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain
Optical Sensing with Specialty Fibers
D5: Fiber Devices, Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, and Nonlinear Waveguides
Toshihiko Baba, Yokohama National University, Japan
Solid State LIDAR

S1: Datacom Subsystems and Systems
Stephen Ralph, Georgia Tech, USA
Machine Learning Methods for Integrated Photonics
S2: Transmission Subsystems
Frank Kschischang, University of Toronto, Canada
Complexity-Optimized FEC for Optical Communications
Seb Savory, University of Cambridge, UK
Digital Twins and Measurement Informed Physical Layer Models
S3: Transmission Systems
Valey Kamalov, Google LLC, USA
Methods for Geophysical Sensing on Submarine Cables
Paolo Serena, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy
Modeling of Nonlinear Distortion In Space-Division Multiplexing
S4: Optical Processing, Microwave and Fiber-sensing
Alwyn Seeds, University College London, UK
THz Technologies for Optical Communications
S5: Free-space (FSO), Ranging (LIDAR), and Radio-over-fiber (RoF)
Antonella Bogoni, CNIT, Italy
Space-Grade Analogue and Digital Photonics for Satellite Communications
Nathan Gomes, University College London, UK
Towards Mobile Fronthaul for 6G Networks

N1: Advances in Development of Systems, Networks and Services
Georg Mohs, SubCom, USA
High-Capacity Subsea Cables: Past, Present and Future
N2: Optical Networking for Data Center and Computing Applications
Ken-ichi Sato, National Institute of AIST, Japan
Optical Switching will Innovate Intra Data Center Networks
N3: Architectures and Software-Defined Control for Metro and Core Networks
Vincent Chan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Optical Satellite Networks
N4: Optical Access Networks for Fixed and Mobile Services
Alexandre Graell i Amat, Chalmers University, Sweden
FEC and Equalization Implementation Options for 50Gb/s PON and beyond: A Reality Check
Weisheng Hu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
100G and beyond for PON and Short Reach Optical Networks

SCQ: Quantum Devices, Systems and Networking
Galan Moody, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Quantum Interconnects
Jianwei Wang, Peking University, China
On-Chip Engineering Entanglement for Photonic Quantum Computing