Research Seminar

 

Title

Optical technologies for microwave photonics and future communications

 

Speaker: Professor Hongwei Chen

Tsinghua University, China

 

Time: 2:15 PM, 6 September, 2011 (Tuesday)

Place: G19/20,

           Earl Mountbatten Building, Heriot Watt University

 

Abstract

In this talk, I will give introduction of research activities on microwave photonics and high speed optical communication system in our group at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. I'll introduce our recent research results on the optical technologies for various applications.

 

Short bio.

Hongwei Chen received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is an associate professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University.

His research interests include radio-over-fiber techniques, high-speed optical communications and optical packet switching networks. He is first author and co-author of over 40 technical. He has taken part in a number of national scientific research projects, including high-tech “863” projects and NSFC research projects.

He received 2004 Asia-Pacific Optical Communication Conference Best Student Paper Award. He was awarded first-class outstanding PhD graduate student and best PhD thesis of Tsinghua University in 2006. He also received the Science and Technology Awards of Beijing (Grade III) in 2007. He has served in 2005, 2007, 2008 the Asia-Pacific Optical Communication Conference (APOC) and the 2007 Pacific Rim Conference on optical and laser (CLEO-PR) Technical Committees.

 

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

URL: www.eps.hw.ac.uk/~xw66