ADVISORY/Calient Networks to Speak at OFC 2003.News Editors/Assignment Desks/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Sunday-Wednesday (March 23-28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Calient Networks, a leading global provider of intelligent all-optical switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. and software, has been invited to speak at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference ) conference and exhibit, http://www.ofcconference.com/splash.cfm at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. in Atlanta, Georgia from March 23-28, 2003. Dr. John Bowers, Calient Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, and Professor and Director of the Multidisciplinary Optical Switching Technology Center, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Santa Barbara; and Dr. Dan Blumenthal, Calient Director of Advanced Network Technologies and Co-founder, and Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara will be participating in several short courses, workshops and sessions.
When: Sunday, March 23, 8:30 - 11:30am
Monday, March 24, 8:30 - 11:30am
What: Short Course: SC 103, Fast Reconfigurable WDM Optical
Networks
This course provides an overview of fast reconfigurable
WDM optical networks, optical protocols, functional
building blocks and component technology. Emphasis will be
placed on architectures and techniques that support
reconfigurability, fast routing and optical packet
switching.
Where: Room C201
Who: Dr. Dan Blumenthal
When: Monday, March 24, 1:30 - 4:30pm
What: Short Course: Session SC 177, High-speed Semiconductor
Lasers and Modulators
This course reviews the basics concepts of optical
modulators, with emphasis on electroabsorption modulators.
The fundamental physics and design of modulators will be
reviewed.
Where: Room 302
Who: Dr. John Bowers
When: Monday, March 24, 1:30 - 4:30pm
What: Workshop: Need for Optical Performance Monitoring
This workshop will evaluate what level of optical
performance monitoring is valued in today's networks and
which advances in optical networking will drive higher
levels of OPM.
Where: Room B312-B313A
Who: Dr. Dan Blumenthal
When: Wednesday, March 26, 3 - 5pm
What: Market Watch: Business and Technology Series, Tunability in
the Network
This session will discuss the commercial related issues to
tunability and dynamic reconfiguration in optical
transport networks, applications and advantages of
tunability and issues related to deploying tunability.
Topics include dynamic wavelength management, dynamic
reconfiguration in all-optical networks, and wavelength
tunability.
Where: Room C307
Who: Dr. Dan Blumenthal and Dr. John Bowers
About Calient Networks Calient Networks is a leading provider of intelligent all-optical switching systems and GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) In a WDM optical networking system, it is the ability to route a data transmission based on the wavelength of light that carries it. networking software that help service providers reduce the cost of scaling their optical network infrastructure. Calient's DiamondWave(TM) switching system and GMPLS-powered networking innovations provide a seamless migration path that is non-disruptive to legacy operations, highly cost-effective, and an enabler to revenue-generating optical services. Calient is shipping its DiamondWave systems in configurations ranging from 32x32 to 256x256 to carrier networks worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Additional engineering and manufacturing operations are located in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. , while MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. operations are located in Ithaca, New York
For other places or objects named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). . For additional information about Calient, visit www.calient.net. Calient Networks, the Calient Networks logo, and DiamondWave are trademarks of Calient Networks, Inc. |
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