Invited Talks

  • October 2008: Invited Talk "Reliable Architectures for Next-Generation Broadband Access Networks (RANGBAN)", presented at APOC (Asia Pacific Optical Conference), October 26-30, 2008, Hangzhou, China.
  • Invited Paper: "Optical Networks -- The Road Ahead," presented at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC'07), Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2007.
  • Invited Paper: "Architecture, Control, and Management of Optical Switching Networks,"presented at the IEEE LEOS Photonics in Switching Conference, San Francisco, August 21, 2007.
  • "Creating New Services and Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in Telecom Networks,"presented at the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2007), Turtle Bay Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 13, 2007.
  • "Implications of Emerging Optical Technologies on Future Internet,"presented at the International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC-06), Kolkata, India, December 18, 2006.
  • "Implications of Emerging Optical Technologies on Future Internet,"presented at the Third TIDIA Workshop, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 17, 2006.
  • "Creating New Services and Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in Telecom Networks,"presented at the Third Workshop on Optimization of Optical Networks (OON), Concordia University, Canada, April 27, 2006.
  • "Implications of Emerging Optical Technologies on Future Internet,"presented at the NSF FIND Informational Meeting, December 5, 2005.
  • "Optical Networking: Its Inter-Disciplinary Nature and New Research Challenges,"presented at the Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series North Carolina State University, October 31, 2005.
  • "Fiber Networks (Maps) Around the World and A Proposal for Africa,"presented at the Third Workshop on Open Access, Maputo Mozambique, May 10, 2005.
  • "Traffic Grooming (Multiplexing) and Inverse Multiplexing Problems in Telecom Networks (Data/Ethernet over SDH/SONET over WDM),"presented at the Second Workshop on Optimization of Optical Networks (OON), University of Montreal, Canada, April 15, 2005.
  • Invited Tutorial: "Resilient Mesh Networks,"presented at the International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDC), Kolkata, India, December 27, 2004.
  • "Designing Survivable Networks (Protection and Restoration),"presented at the IEEE OPTICOS Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 12, 2004.
  • Invited Paper: "Impairment-Aware Routing in Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks,"presented at the 2004 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, November 10, 2004.
  • "Resilient (Mesh) Networks," presented at the Distinguished Panel on "Hot Topics in Networking", Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), March 12, 2004.
  • Invited Paper: "Traffic Grooming in Mesh Optical Networks,"presented at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'04), Los Angeles, CA, February 26, 2004.
  • "Resilient (Mesh) Networks," presented at the The Girvan Technology Showcase, Girvan Institute, Santa Clara, April 22, 2004.
  • "Traffic Grooming in Optical WDM Networks," presented at the IEEE OPTICOS Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica, August 12, 2003.
  • "R&D Priorities and Challenges for Optical Networking," presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '02), Miami, FL, October 16, 2002.
  • "Optical Networking: The Shifting Research Paradigms," presented at the Conference on Optical Internet (COIN), Cheju Island, Korea, July 22, 2002.
  • "Computer Security Research and Education at UC Davis," presented at the Presidents' Retreat on Critical Infrastructure Protection, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 14, 1999.
  • "Future High-Performance WDM Networks," presented at the IBC Conference on Optical Networking: Next Generation Network Planning, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 19, 1999.
  • "Optical WDM Networks: Challenges for the 21st Century," presented at the Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 28, 1998.
  • "Twentyfirst-Century Photonics: Future High-Performance WDM Networks," presented at the WDM Forum, London, England, June 25, 1998.