Short Courses by Topic
Category 1. Optical Network Applications and Services
Category 2. Network Technologies and Applications
Category 3. FTTx Technologies, Deployment, and Applications
Category 5. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
Category 6. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors, and Performance Monitors
Category 7. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering, and Interconnects
Category 8. Optoelectronic Devices
Category 9. Digital Transmission Systems
Category 10. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
Category 11. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
Category 12. Core Networks
Category 13. Access Networks
Category 14. Optical Interconnection Networks for Datacom and Computercom
Category TBD
Category 1. Optical Network Applications and Services
SC102 WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems
Neal S. Bergano; TE SubCom, USA
SC171 Introduction to Optical Control Plane Concepts, Technologies and Practices
Greg Bernstein; Grotto Networking, USA
SC176 Metro Network: The Transition to Ethernet
Loudon Blair; Ciena Corp., USA
Sold Out SC203 100 Gb/s and Beyond Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA
SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets
Ori Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA
New time!
SC261 ROADM Technologies and Network Applications
Thomas Strasser; Nistica Inc., USA
SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Microsoft, USA
SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC328 New Developments in Optical Transport Networking (OTN)
Stephen Trowbridge; Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC356 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies and Applications
Osamu Ishida; NTT Electronics, Japan
SC371 Multi-layer Control Plane Technologies - Managing Hybrid Networks
Lou Berger¹, Wes Doonan²; ¹Labn Consulting, USA, ²Adva Optical, USA
New Course! SC386 The Evolution of Network Architecture Towards Cloud-centric Applications
Loukas Paraschis; Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
New Course! SC389 Network Optimization
Dominic Schupke; Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
New Course! SC401 Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow
Saurav Das; Big Switch Networks, USA
Category 1 Invited Speakers | Category 1 Tutorial Speakers | Category 1 Workshops and Panels
Category 2. Network Technologies and Applications
Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos ², Tony Nicholson3; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, 3Connected Fibers, USA
SC176 Metro Network: The Transition to Ethernet
Loudon Blair; Ciena Corp., USA
SC185 Hands-on Polishing, Inspection and Testing of Connectors
Jerry Renville¹, Steve Baldo², Neal Wagman³; ¹Light Brigade Inc., USA, ²Seikoh Giken Co. Ltd., USA, ³Norland Products, USA
Sold Out SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA
Sold Out SC203 100 Gb/s and Beyond Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA
SC210 Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements
Danny Peterson¹, Tasshi Dennis², Brian Teipen³, Christine Tremblay4; ¹Verizon Business, USA, ²NIST, USA, ³ADVA Optical Networking, USA, 4Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Univ. du Quebec, Canada
SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Microsoft, USA
SC266 Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Information
Richard Hughes¹, Thomas Chapuran²; ¹Los Alamos Natl. Lab, USA, ²Applied Communication Sciences, USA
SC291 Hands-on Fiber Optics for Engineers Designing for Military, Aerospace, Shipboard and Industrial Harsh Environmental Applications
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA
SC312 Parametric Optical Processing and Systems
Stojan Radic; UCSD, USA
SC314 Hands-on Fiber Characterization for the Engineering of Long Haul and Metro Deployments
Daniel Peterson¹, Christine Tremblay²; ¹Verizon, USA, ²École de technologie supérieure, Université. du Québec, Canada
SC347 Reliability and Qualification of Fiber-Optic Components
David Maack; Corning, USA
SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly1, Chris Heisler¹, Loïc Cherel2, Mike Hughes3, Tom Mitcheltree3, Jim Frazer4, Jill Christie4; 1OptoTest Corp., USA, 2Data-Pixel SAS, France, 3USConec Ltd., USA, 4Domaille Engineering, USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC387 Network Securities
David Dumas; Verizon Communications, Inc., USA
New Course! SC388 Wireless Backhaul
Stu Benington; Tellabs, Inc, USA
New Course! SC401 Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow
Saurav Das; Big Switch Networks, USA
Category 2 Invited Speakers | Category 2 Tutorial Speakers | Category 2 Workshops and Panels
Category 3. FTTx Technologies, Deployment, and Applications
Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos ², Tony Nicholson3; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, 3Connected Fibers, USA
SC114 Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies
Frank J. Effenberger; Futurewei Technologies, USA
Sold Out SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA
SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets
Ori Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA
New time!
SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Microsoft, USA
SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA
SC347 Reliability and Qualification of Fiber-Optic Components
David Maack; Corning, USA
Category 3 Invited Speakers | Category 3 Tutorial Speakers | Category 3 Workshops and Panels
Category 5. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effect
SC208 Optical Fiber Design for Telecommunications and Specialty Applications
David J. DiGiovanni; OFS Labs, USA
SC210 Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements
Danny Peterson¹, Tasshi Dennis², Brian Teipen³, Christine Tremblay4; ¹Verizon Business, USA, ²NIST, USA, ³ADVA Optical Networking, USA, 4Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Univ. du Quebec, Canada
SC288 Fundamentals of Polarization, PDL, and PMD
Nick Frigo; US Naval Academy, USA
SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser; PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA
SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly1, Chris Heisler¹, Loïc Cherel2, Mike Hughes3, Tom Mitcheltree3, Jim Frazer4, Jill Christie4; 1OptoTest Corp., USA, 2Data-Pixel SAS, France, 3USConec Ltd., USA, 4Domaille Engineering, USA
SC373 Specialty Fiber Splicing and Interconnection
Andrew Yablon; Interfiber Analysis, USA
Category 5 Invited Speakers | Category 5 Tutorial Speakers | Category 5 Workshops and Panels
Category 6. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors, and Performance Monitors
SC208 Optical Fiber Design for Telecommunications and Specialty Applications
David J. DiGiovanni; OFS Labs, USA
SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
Category 6 Invited Speakers | Category 6 Tutorial Speakers | Category 6 Workshops and Panels
Category 7. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering, and Interconnects
SC265 Passive Optical Components and Filtering Technologies
Bruce Nyman¹, Christi Madsen²; ¹TE SubCom, USA, ²Texas A&M Univ., USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
Category 7 Invited Speakers | Category 7 Tutorial Speakers | Category 7 Workshops and Panels
Category 8. Optoelectronic Devices
SC177 High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators
John Bowers; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Thomas Huser; Univ. of Bielefeld, Germany, Univ. of California at Davis, USA
SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser; PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA
SC325 Highly Integrated Monolithic Photonic Integrated Circuits
Chris Doerr; Acacia Communications, USA
Category 8 Invited Speakers | Category 8 Tutorial Speakers | Category 8 Workshops and Panels
Category 9. Digital Transmission Systems
SC102 WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems
Neal S. Bergano; TE SubCom, USA
Sold Out SC203 100 Gb/s and Beyond Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA
SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser; PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA
SC314 Hands-on Fiber Characterization for the Engineering of Long Haul and Metro Deployments
Daniel Peterson¹, Christine Tremblay²; ¹Verizon, USA, ²École de technologie supérieure, Université. du Québec, Canada
SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC369 Test and Measurement of Complex Modulated Optical Signals
Bernd Nebendahl, Oliver Funke; Agilent Technologies, Germany
SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, Kerry Hinton; Univ. Melbourne, Australia
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC390 Introduction to Forward Error Correction
Frank Kschischang; University of Toronto, Canada
Companion to SC391
New Course! SC391 FEC Technology and Applications in Optical Communications
Takashi Mizuochi, Yoshikuni Miyata; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
Companion to SC390
Sold Out New Course! SC392 Coherent Optical Systems 1
Maurice O'Sullivan; Ciena, Canada
Companion to SC393
Sold Out New Course! SC393 Coherent Optical Systems 2
Maurice O'Sullivan; Ciena, Canada
Companion to SC392
Category 9 Invited Speakers | Category 9 Tutorial Speakers | Category 9 Workshops and Panels
Category 10. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos ², Tony Nicholson3; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, 3Connected Fibers, USA
SC105 Modulation Formats and Receiver Concepts for Optical Transmission Systems
Peter Winzer, Chandrasekhar Sethumadhavan, Xiang Liu; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC205 Integrated Electronic Circuits and Signal Processing for Fiber Optics
Y. K. Chens, Noriaki Kaneda; Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent, USA
SC239 Short-Reach Optical Interconnects
Steve Joiner; Finisar, USA
SC259 Electronic and Optical Impairment Mitigation
Chris Fludger¹, Seb Savory²; ¹CoreOptics GmbH, Germany, ²Univ. College London, United Kingdom
SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser; PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA
SC341 OFDM for Optical Communications
Sander L. Jansen¹, Dirk van den Borne²; ¹ADVA Optical Networking, USA ²Juniper Networks, Germany
SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly1, Chris Heisler¹, Loïc Cherel2, Mike Hughes3, Tom Mitcheltree3, Jim Frazer4, Jill Christie4; 1OptoTest Corp., USA, 2Data-Pixel SAS, France, 3USConec Ltd., USA, 4Domaille Engineering, USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC395 Hands On: Basic Modeling and Design of Coherent Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
Erich Gottwald, Harald Rohde; Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
All attendees must bring their own laptop, with Matlab installed, in order to participate in this course.
Category 10 Invited Speakers | Category 10 Tutorial Speakers | Category 10 Workshops and Panels
Category 11. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
SC160 Microwave Photonics
Keith Williams; Naval Research Lab, USA
SC217 Hybrid Fiber Radio: The Application of Photonic Links in Wireless Communications
Dalma Novak; Pharad, LLC, USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
Category 11 Invited Speakers | Category 11 Tutorial Speakers | Category 11 Workshops and Panels
Category 12. Core Networks
SC171 Introduction to Optical Control Plane Concepts, Technologies and Practices
Greg Bernstein; Grotto Networking, USA
SC216 An Introduction to Optical Network Design and Planning
Jane M. Simmons; Monarch Network Architects, USA
SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets
Ori Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA
New time!
SC261 ROADM Technologies and Network Applications
Thomas Strasser; Nistica Inc., USA
SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Microsoft, USA
SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC328 New Developments in Optical Transport Networking (OTN)
Stephen Trowbridge; Alcatel-Lucent, USA
SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, Kerry Hinton; Univ. Melbourne, Australia
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC386 The Evolution of Network Architecture Towards Cloud-centric Applications
Loukas Paraschis; Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
New Course! SC389 Network Optimization
Dominic Schupke; Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
New Course! SC401 Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow
Saurav Das; Big Switch Networks, USA
Category 12 Invited Speakers | Category 12 Tutorial Speakers | Category 12 Workshops and Panels
Category 13. Access Networks
SC114 Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies
Frank J. Effenberger; Futurewei Technologies, USA
SC217 Hybrid Fiber Radio: The Application of Photonic Links in Wireless Communications
Dalma Novak; Pharad, LLC, USA
SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Microsoft, USA
SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA
SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, Kerry Hinton; Univ. Melbourne, Australia
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC387 Network Securities
David Dumas; Verizon Communications, Inc., USA
Category 13 Invited Speakers | Category 13 Tutorial Speakers | Category 13 Workshops and Panels
Category 14. Optical Interconnection Networks for Datacom and Computercom
Sold Out SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA
SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA
SC291 Hands-on Fiber Optics for Engineers Designing for Military, Aerospace, Shipboard and Industrial Harsh Environmental Applications
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA
SC356 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies and Applications
Osamu Ishida; NTT Electronics, Japan
SC357 Computercom Interconnects: Circuits and Equalization Methods for Short Reach Power-Efficient Optical and Electrical Links
Alexander Rylyakov; IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
SC358 Data Center Cabling: Transitioning from Copper to Fiber
Lisa Huff; DataCenterStocks.com, USA, Discerning Analytics, LLC, USA
SC359 Datacenter Networking 101
Cedric Lam, Hong Liu; Google, USA
SC371 Multi-layer Control Plane Technologies - Managing Hybrid Networks
Lou Berger¹, Wes Doonan²; ¹Labn Consulting, USA, ²Adva Optical, USA
SC374 Cloud Computing and Dynamic Networks
George H. Clapp¹, Douglas M. Freimuth²; ¹AT&T Labs, USA, ²IBM Research, USA
SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA
New Course! SC385 Fundamentals of Super Computing
Kamesh Madduri; Pennsylvania State Univ., USA
New Course! SC386 The Evolution of Network Architecture Towards Cloud-centric Applications
Loukas Paraschis; Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
New Course! SC401 Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow
Saurav Das; Big Switch Networks, USA
Category 14 Invited Speakers | Category 14 Tutorial Speakers | Category 14 Workshops and Panels