Awards

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

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