[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] Colloquium Oct. 16: Ultra-High-Speed Photonics Networks in Chile for Supporting Astronomy and Mining

You are cordially invited to next week's IIC Colloquium: Ultra-High-Speed Photonics in Chile: Networks for Supporting Astronomy and Mining October 16, 2009, 3:00 pm Room 119, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street Eduardo Vera, Executive Manager, Innovation and Development, Center for Mathematical Modeling, School of Engineering and Science, University of Chile (Note that we are moving to Friday to accommodate our speaker's international travel schedule.) Abstract Ultra-high-capacity photonics networks are a type of advanced communication platform seldom found outside the experimental laboratories of the high-end information and communication technology (ICT) industry. However, as a result of the successful photonics trial performed throughout 2005 by the joint collaboration of Codelco-Chile (the world’s largest copper producer) and NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), in 2006 the two companies established MICOMO (Mining Information, COmmunication and MOnitoring), a joint venture company that aims to adap and develop advanced ICT for the mining market using ultra-high speed photonics networks. Micomo’s full implementation of photonics in Codelco-Chile’s corporate network is having a broad impact, enabling the development of intelligent mining. Furthermore, the geographical proximity of Chile’s northern copper mining cluster to world-frontier astronomy facilities allows us to envision technology synergy in the development of advanced ICT applications for both astronomy and mining. The lecture will review and discuss the progress of these developments. Bio Eduardo Vera has extensive experience in academic and industrial applied research in information and communication technologies, working in the USA, Japan and Chile. In 1983, he joined the technical staff of Philips Laboratories in Briarcliff, NY, working on power integrated circuits for lighting applications. In 1990, he joined the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Laboratories in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, where he worked on the modeling and simulation of power semiconductor devices for advanced communication systems. Since his return to Chile in 1995, he has been director of the AccessNova Program, a collaborative effort of NTT and the University of Chile focused on the development of high-speed network applications. This project has nurtured an extensive research collaboration network between the two countries. Since 2003 he has been a technical consultant to Codelco-Chile's R&D Division and NTT R&D Headquarters, supporting Codelco's partnership with NTT for the establishment of a joint venture company, MICOMO (Mining Information, Communication and Monitoring), to adapt and apply advanced information and communication technologies to the mining market. Vera received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in physics from the University of Chile and his Ph.D. in physics from Brown University in 1974, 1976 and 1982, respectively. In the past decade, he has been a frequent visitor at NTT Laboratories in Musashino, Tokyo, and a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo in 2005 and 2006. At present he is executive manager for innovation and development at the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) and he holds a joint appointment as adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Chile. --------------- For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium