ONTC Meeting Pre-ICC 2022 Awardees

• • 2021 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Lena Wosinska, in Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
    “For pioneering research in optical networks, particularly on architectural, techno-economic, and survivability aspects of optical access and core networks.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2021 Awardees

• • 2020 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Chunming Qiao, State University of New York, Buffalo
    “For Pioneering Research on Optical Burst Switching (OBS).”
  • 2020 ONTC Malathi Veeraraghavan Service Award: Dr. Jane Simmons, Monarch Networks, USA.
    “For Championing the Optical Networking Field.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2019 Awardees

• • 2019 ONTC Service Award: Prof. George Rouskas, North Carolina State University “For Outstanding Service to Optical Network Community.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2018 Awardees

• • 2018 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Piet Demeester, Ghent University
    “For Contributions to Resilience in Optical Communication Networks.”
  • 2018 ONTC Service Award: Prof. Admela Jukan, Technische Universitat Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
    “For Outstanding Service to Optical Network Community.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2017 Awardees

• • 2017 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Ken-ichi Sato, Nagoya University
    “For Contributions to Photonic Systems and Transport Networks.”
  • 2017 ONTC Service Award: Dr. Dominic Schupke, Airbus Group
    “For Key Efforts in Industry Outreach.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2016 Awardees

• • 2016 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University

    

    “for contributions to grooming and multipoint communication in optical networks.”

• 2016 ONTC Service Award: Prof. Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa
  

   

  “for founding the Optical Networking Technical Committee.”

ONTC Meeting @ Globecom 2015 Awardees

• • 2015 ONTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Prof. Biswanath Mukherjee, UC Davis

    

    “for pioneering work on shaping the optical networking area.”
• 2015 ONTC Service Award: Prof. Vincent Chan, MIT
  

   

  “for invaluable efforts to broaden participation in ONTC and increase ONTC visibility.”
   

Current  Awards Subcommittee

Chair
Elaine Wong, University of Melbourne

Members:

•   Admela Jukan, Technische Universität Braunschweig
•   Biswanath Mukherjee, UC Davis/Soochow University, PR China
•   Piet Demeester, Ghent University (UGent)
•   Ken-ichi Sato, Nagoya University
•   George Rouskas, NCSU