Current Issue — October 2022

October 2022

by Dominic Siriani

October 2022

Happy October, everyone! In the Northeast US, the beautiful autumn weather has begun, which also means we’ve entered the season of many exciting conferences, including this year’s in-person IEEE Photonics Conference in Vancouver in mid-November! This is the penultimate issue of the print version of the ...

President's Column

October 2022

by René-Jean Essiambre

October 2022

I am starting my column on my way back from the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) that was held in Basel, Switzerland on September 18-22. The atmosphere was great as many researchers rekindled after years of not seeing each other in-person. A few remarked ...

Industry Engagement

Life at a Photonics Startup
Learning and Development: An Organizational Structure to Manage and Develop Your Skills as a Young Professional

by Matthew T. Posner

October 2022

“If you want to be leading the world, you have to be learning,” states David Perring, Director of Research, Fosway Group as part of the recently published LinkedIn Learning report on “The Transformation of L&D”. Learning and Development (L&D) is defined by the Association for Talent ...

Photonics Worldwide

This Is My Lab — October 2022

by Amol Delmade

October 2022

In this edition of the “Photonics Worldwide – This is my Lab” column, we would like to introduce you to Benjamin Crockett and Sameer Ahmad Mir from Canada and India, respectively. Benjamin works on optical signal processing and has provided a modern reinterpretation of the ...

News

Thomas M. Coughlin Is 2023 IEEE President-Elect

by Photonics Society News

October 2022

The Life Fellow is a former IEEE-USA president and Region 6 director IEEE Life Fellow Thomas M. Coughlin has been elected as the 2023 IEEE president-elect. He is set to begin serving as president on 1 January 2024. Coughlin, who was nominated by the IEEE Board of ...

Membership

Iluminando el Futuro: Sharing Ambassadors’ Experiences

by Karen Reyes, STEM Outreach Ambassador

October 2022

My name is Karen Reyes, for about 10 years I have been carrying out outreach activities. This has helped me to develop different skills such as public speaking, improvisation, capturing the attention of the attendees, and transferring knowledge. Outreach has undoubtedly had an impact on ...

Publications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

by IEEE Photonics Society Publications Staff

October 2022

In preparation of its 40th anniversary in 2023, JLT announces the switch of all its prestigious award-winning papers to fully open access (OA) Effective immediately, all past, current, and future JLT Best Paper Award winners will be open access (OA) and available to all without any ...

Publications

IEEE Photonics Journal

by Gabriella Cincotti Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Photonics Journal

October 2022

Twelve Junior Editors added to the Society’s open access journal The IEEE Photonics Journal (PJ) is the IEEE Photonics Society’s premier open access, online-only rapid publication archival journal of top-quality research at the forefront of optics and photonics. Contributions addressing issues ranging from fundamental understanding to ...

Publications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

by IEEE Photonics Society Publications Staff

October 2022

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL) adds three new Senior Editors to its Editorial Board IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL) is pleased to welcome three new Senior Editors to its Editorial Board. Joining Editor-in-Chief Boon S. Ooi, Senior Editors Andrew W. Poon and Hoon Kim, and the ...

IEEE Photonics Society

President
René-Jean Essiambre
Bell Labs, Nokia, USA
email: rene.essiambre@nokia-bell-labs.com

Past President
Carmen Menoni
Colorado State University, USA
Email: c.menoni@ieee.org

Secretary-Treasurer
Dan M. Marom
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Email: danmarom@mail.huji.ac.il

Board of Governors
G. Bosco
Y. Chembo
T. Clark
L. Galdino
A. Helmy
R. Horng
A. Kasukawa
M. Mashanovitch
L. Oxenlowe
R. Ryf
M. Sander
E. Wong

Vice Presidents
Conferences—Zetian Mi
Membership & Regional Activities—Fatima Garcia-Gunning
Publications—Seb Savory
Professional & Technical Development—Anna Peacock

Newsletter Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Dominic Siriani
Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
Email: dsiriani@ieee.org

Associate Editor of North America
Alex Yasha Yi
University of Michigan, USA
Email: yashayi@umich.edu

Associate Editor of Central, Latin and South America
Juan A. Hernandez Cordero
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Email: jhcordero@iim.unam.mx

Associate Editor of Asia & Pacific
Nicholas H. L. Wong
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Email: n.hl.wong@ieee.org

Associate Editor of Southern Europe
Ivana Gasulla
ITEAM Research Institute
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Email: ivgames@iteam.upv.es

AVP of Communications
Senta L. Jantzen
ASMIL
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Email: s.jantzen@ieee.org

Publicity Editor
Naznin Akter
INSYST Integrated Nanosystems Research Lab
Florida International University, USA

Publicity Editor
Amol Delmade
Dublin City University, Ireland
amoldelmade007@gmail,com

Regular Contributors
Christopher R. Doerr
Doerr Consulting, LLC, USA
Email: cdoerr@doerrconsult.com

Daniel Renner
Freedom Photonics, USA
Email: drenner@freedomphotonics.com

Akhil Kallepalli
University of Glasgow, UK
Email: akhilkallepalli@ieee.org

Patryk Urban
Wave General, Poland
Email: patryk.j.urban@ieee.org

Ryan Aguinaldo
Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
Email: Ryan.Aguinaldo@ngc.com

Staff Editor
Lisa Sandt
IEEE Photonics Society
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