The Optical Networks Group were awarded several prestigious research grants and fellowships this year – full details below.
Modelling of ultra-wide band transmission
Funder: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship
Recipient: Dr Anastasiia Vasylchenkova
Summary: Anastasiia will advance models of fibre propagation over very large bandwidths, and apply the results to the development of next generation of optical communication systems.
More info: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship awarded to Dr Anastasiia Vasylchenkova
Massive spatial parallelism in optical fibres for expanding Internet capacity
Funder: UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Recipient: Dr Filipe Ferreira (UCL)
Summary: Filipe will put together a multidisciplinary team to develop a new photonic processor that merges photonic integrated circuits and machine learning so that large-scale spatial parallelism can be achieved within every optical fibre.
More info: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship awarded to Filipe M. Ferreira
Advanced Signal Generation and Detection System for Next-generation Ultra-wideband Communication Networks
Funder: EPSRC Strategic Equipment
Recipient: Professor Polina Bayvel
Summary: This project will create an advanced, world leading signal generation and detection test-bed for advanced communications systems research.
Space division multiplexed optical networks: When, where and how
Funder: EPSRC & BT
Recipient: Dr Georgios Zervas
Summary: This project will use space division multiplexing (SDM) technologies in metropolitan and core networks in order to solve the internet capacity crunch.
Optics for Distributed Learning
Funder: Microsoft
Recipient: Dr Georgios Zervas
Summary: This project will develop large scale distributed learning computing systems, using new topologies, partitioning and scheduling strategies over optical networks.
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