ADVISORY/PhotonEx CTO to Speak at the IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (July 31) MAYNARD, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2001 PhotonEx Corp.(TM), an emerging leader in 40 Gbps and faster smart photonic systems for nationwide networks, today announced its participation in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e , Inc. (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. ) Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS LEOS Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE) LEOS Low Earth Orbiting Satellite ) Summer Topical Meetings held at the Copper Mountain Resort July 30 - August 1 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. On Tuesday, July 31, PhotonEx co-founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Dr. Katherine Hall will discuss "High-Speed, High-Capacity, Long Haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. Terrestrial Networking."
WHO: Dr. Katherine Hall, co-founder and CTO, PhotonEx
WHAT: IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
WHERE: Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain Colorado
WHEN: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 at 4:30pm
A renowned scientist in fiber optic technology, Dr. Hall leads the architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. and optical system development of PhotonEx' Ultrafast Dynamic Core(TM) architecture. Dr. Hall previously held several technology leadership positions at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, where she demonstrated the world record for the fastest optical logic and the world's first 100 Gbps LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network technology, implementing all optical switching, buffering and clocking technology. Dr. Hall holds eight patents in high-speed optics and has published over 50 articles and 40 conference publications. The Summer Topical Meeting Series is sponsored, organized and managed by the IEEE LEOS to facilitate information exchange between various technical communities using or affected by rapidly growing areas of technology. For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/leos/LEOSCONF/SUM/ sumtop01.htm. About PhotonEx Corporation Founded in September 1999, PhotonEx Corp. (www.photonex.com) is an emerging leader in 40 Gbps and faster network-wide smart photonic systems that support the service providers' goal of increased revenue and fiscal efficiency. Headquartered in Maynard, MA, PhotonEx has a team of over 190 employees who bring the expertise in optics and RF innovation, data networking, carrier-class product development, and service provider deployment experience, all of which are essential to build the next generation services-responsive core. Privately-held, PhotonEx received $88 million in first- and second-round equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. from venture and strategic investors, including Oak Investment Partners, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Essex Investment Management, the Photonics Fund, and Intel Capital. Note: PhotonEx is a trademark of PhotonEx Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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