Dr N. Wada of NICT, Japan visited HWU

Dr Naoya Wada of NICT, Japan visited Heriot Watt University on 27^th ~31^st May, 2010.

Dr Wada delivered a seminar on: Photonic Technologies for New Generation Network

Dr Wada delivered a seminar in OCPN

Dr Wada visited Heriot Watt University

Research Seminar

Titles

Photonic Technologies for New Generation Network

Speaker: Dr Naoya Wada

NICT, Tokyo, Japan

Time: 10.15~11.15 am, 28/June (Friday)

Place: G19/20,

Earl Mountbatten Building,

Heriot Watt University

Abstract,

Dr Wada will introduce the photonic network research activities of NICT.

Short bio.

Naoya Wada received the B.E., M.E., and Dr. Eng. Degrees in electronics from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, in 1991, 1993, and 1996, respectively. In 1996, he joined the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Tokyo, Japan. He is currently the Group Leader of Photonic Network Group of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan.

His current research interests are in the area of photonic networks and optical communication technologies, such as optical packet switching (OPS) network, optical processing, and optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) system. He has published more than 75 papers in refereed journals and more than 220 papers in refereed international conferences.

Dr. Wada received the 1999 Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE), and the 2005 Young Researcher Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

http://www2.nict.go.jp/w/w112/member/wada.htm .

All are welcome!

For information, please Contact:

Dr. Xu Wang,

EECE Department

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Email: x.wang@hw.ac.uk

Tel: +44-131-451-3775

Fax: +44-131-451-4155