ECOC 2023: Preview of TRANSNET Contributions

The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) is Europe's leading conference on Optical Communications, and one of the most prestigious and long-standing events in the field worldwide.

The annual conference will take place in the historic and vibrant city of Glasgow, from 01 October to 05 October 2023, where countless prolific names in science and engineering bearing a connection to Scotland including electromagnetics and optics pioneer James Clerk Maxwell and David Brewster. The five-day event will showcase the latest cutting-edge developments in optical communication, as well as an exciting social programme that will allow delegates to network and share ideas while also experiencing the best of Scottish culture.

This year, our Director Professor Bayvel CBE FREng FRS will be delivering a plenary talk in the memory of Professor John E Midwinter, a pioneer of optical fibre communications who also happens to be one of the founders of ECOC.

To find out how the rest of our team will be contributing to this historic event, please see the programme below.

Plenary Talks

M.A.8 Opening Remarks & Plenary Session: Prof Polina Bayvel, Colin Lees & Vinton G. Cerf
Title: Optical networks – seeing through the cloud
Speaker: Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FREng FRS
Date: Monday, 02 October 2023
Time: 09:45-10:15 (GMT+1)
Location: Clyde Auditorium

Presentations

M.B.5 Advanced PON Technologies
Paper: Simplified Coherent Receivers for Passive Optical Networks
Presenter: Istvan Bence Kovacs
Date: Monday, 02 October 2023
Time: 15:30-16:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Dochart - First Floor

Tu.A.2 Monitoring and Link Parameter Estimation
Paper: Experimental Investigation of Physics- and ML-based QoT Estimation for WDM Systems
Presenter: Md Saifuddin Faruk
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 08:30-08:45 (GMT+1)
Location: Alsh

Tu.A.2 Monitoring and Link Parameter Estimation
Paper: Dynamic Channel Modelling for Multimode Fibre Links in All Linear Coupling Regimes
Presenter: Rekha Yadav
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 09:30-09:45 (GMT+1)
Location: Alsh

Tu.A.3 Nonlinear Processes and Raman Amplification
Paper: Experimental comparison of E-band Raman amplifier and BDFA performance over 50 km SSMF using 30-Gbaud DP-16-QAM
Presenter: Dr Aleksandr Donodin
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 09:45-10:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Boisdale - Ground Floor

Tu.C.7 Transmission Systems and Sensing
Paper: Experimental Comparison of Probabilistic and Geometric Shaping in Transmission
Presenter: Dr Eric Sillekens
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 16:15-16:30 (GMT+1)
Location: M2-M4 - First Floor

We.A.5 Network Planning & Optimisation
Paper: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Infrastructure as a Service over Flexible Optical Networks
Presenter: Michael Doherty
Date: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Time: 09:30-09:45 (GMT+1)
Location: Dochart - First Floor

We.A.5 Network Planning & Optimisation
Paper: Evolving Optical Core Networks: Understanding the Impact of Topology Redesign using Space and Wavelength Domains on Network Throughput
Presenter: Robin Matzner
Date: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Time: 09:45-10:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Dochart - First Floor

We.C.2 Modeling of Non-linear & Wide-band Transmission
Paper: Launch Power Optimisation for Ultrawideband Transmission: Achievable Throughput Improvement under Practical Constraints
Presenter: Dr Anastasiia Vasylchenkova, now with Springer Nature
Date: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Time: 14:30-14:45 (GMT+1)
Location: Alsh - Ground Floor

Th.A.3 Machine Learning based Equalization
Paper: Low-Complexity Efficient Neural Network Optical Channel Equalizers: Training, Inference, and Hardware Synthesis [INVITED PAPER]
Presenter: Dr Pedro J. Freire, now with Ofcom
Date: Thursday, 05 October 2023
Time: 08:30-09:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Boisdale - Ground Floor

Poster Sessions

Poster Session and Get Together Drinks
Paper: A Modulation-Format Dependent Closed-form Expression for the Gaussian Noise Model in the Presence of Raman Amplification
Presenter: Henrique Buglia
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 17:00-20:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Hall 5

Poster Session and Get Together Drinks
Paper: Multi-Task Learning to Enhance Generazability of Neural Network Equalizers in Coherent Optical Systems
Presenter: Sasipim Srivallapanondh
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 17:00-20:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Hall 5

Poster Session and Get Together Drinks
Paper: On the Noise Scaling of Parametric Frequency Combs
Presenter: Yijia Cai
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 17:00-20:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Hall 5

Poster Session and Get Together Drinks
Paper: Fiber-Optic Communications Based on Finite-Genus Solutions to the NLS with a Convolutional Neural Network Receiver
Presenter: Stepan Bogdanov
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 17:00-20:00 (GMT+1)
Location: Hall 5

Demos

D4 • Exhibition & Demo Showcase
Paper: Real-Time Demonstration of Optical Communication System Performance Using HpCom Numerical Simulator
Presenter: Egor Sedov
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 10:30-12:00 (GMT+1)

D7 • Exhibition & Demo Showcase
Paper: Compact E-band Bismuth-Doped Fibre Amplifier for Multi-Band Networks
Presenter: Dr Aleksandr Donodin
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 10:30-12:00 (GMT+1)

Workshops

Su.A.6 - Frequency Comb for Optical Communications – Hype or Hope?
Speaker: Ronit Sohanpal
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 10:00-12:30 (GMT+1)
Location: M1 - First Floor

Su.A.3 - Stimulated Raman Scattering － Will it Benefit or Harm High-Capacity Transmission?
Speaker: Mingming Tan
Date: Sunday, 01 October 2023
Time: 10:00-12:30 (GMT+1)
Location: M1 - First Floor

Special Session

Lessons Learned from Innovative Women Mentors in Photonics & Optics
Panel Speaker: Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FREng FRS
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Time: 11:30-13:00 (GMT+1)

Further information about ECOC 2023 can be found on their website here.

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