Short Courses

General Information

Short Courses cover a broad range of topic areas at a variety of educational levels. The courses are taught by highly regarded industry experts on a number of subjects.

Short Courses are an excellent opportunity to learn about new products, cutting-edge technology and vital information at the forefront of communications. Whether you choose a course designed for beginners or for more advanced instruction, the small size of each class gives you an excellent opportunity for personalized instruction. Short Courses are also an opportunity to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and to meet one of the key requirements to maintaining your PE license.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure used to quantify continuing education and training activities. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) were created as a way to document noncredit work in specifically developed activities for adult learners in a variety of disciplines. One CEU is defined as "10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.

Registration

Register for a Short Course and you also receive free admission to:

• OFC/NFOEC Exhibition
• Plenary Session
• Workshops
• Market Watch
• Service Provider Summit
• Exhibit Floor Activities

Free Short Course Offer for Student Members

After the pre-registration deadline (February 6, 2012), student members of sponsoring organizations may register for free for select Short Courses not yet at capacity. Many Short Courses are in high demand—the b

est way to ensure admittance is to pre-register for the course before it reaches capacity. On-site registration is not guaranteed. Free student registration will not be available for hands-on courses, full-day courses, or courses that are filled before the pre-registration deadline.

To achieve the full value of attending a Short Course, students who take advantage of the free course offer are strongly encouraged to pre-purchase Short Course Notes for $15 at the time that they register for the course. Short Course Notes are a valuable take-home benefit of attending a course, and these notes will be available only to attendees of the course. (Paid attendees receive one copy of the notes.)

Register early to guarantee a space in a Short Course!

Visit the registration page after February 6 to sign up for a free Short Course and purchase the corresponding course notes. (If you are already registered for OFC/NFOEC, you will need to update your registration to select from the available Short Courses.)
 

Attendee Testimonials

"I think is one of the best short courses of OFC, this is the second time that I took it and it has a lot of new things. Neal Bergano is an excellent instructor, extremely articulate breaks down difficult comcepts to understandablematters."
Attendee of SC102 WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems instructed by Neal S. Bergano

"Extremely clear and engaging presentation, from a knowledgeable presenter."
Attendee of SC114 Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies instructed by Frank Effenberger

"Dr. Willner presented very complex topics in a very clear way. He is a gifted and knowledgeable presenter."
Attendee of SC141 Combating and Monitoring Data-Degrading Effects in Non-Static WDM Systems instructed by Alan Willner.

"John Bowers is a great teacher! I enjoyed the course and highly recommend it."
Attendee of SC177 High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators instructed by John Bowers.

"This is the best short course I attended in a few years. It's absolutely helpful for beginners."
Attendee of SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner instructed by Dennis Horwitz

"The instructor was eloquent and knowledgeable in network planning. Enough time was given for questions - Network demo example at the end of the course was also very helpful. Excellent course!!!"
Attendee of SC216 An Introduction to Optical Network Design and Planning instructed by Jane Simmons

"Thank you very much for a great course!"
Attendee of SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets instructed by Ori Gerstel

"Excellent course. Presenter was excellent. The course was very well put together and delivered to wider audiences with diverse expertise."
Attendee of SC261 ROADM Technologies and Network Applications instructed by Thomas Strasser

"This is a very important course for beginners. The instructor is very skilled and has well organized presentation slides."
Attendee of SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM instructed by Gerd Keiser

"Really excellent course. Both an optics refresher/primer as well as modeling 101. Very glad I attended."
Attendee of SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems instructed by René Jean Essiambre

"This is a very good course. I can recommend it to everybody who is interested in 40/100G ethernet technologies."
Attendee of SC356 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies and Applications instructed by Ishida Osamu

"Lisa did an excellent job of covering the basics as well as emerging trends in datameters. The case studies at the end brought home the considerations extremely well!"
Attendee of SC358 Data Center Cabling: Transitioning from Copper to Fiber instructed by Lisa Huff