Special
Joint Seminar
IEEE Sweden Electron Devices Chapter and Kondenserade
Materiens Fysik -KTH
The Society of the Future
The Mega
Trends of the 21st Century and their Implications on the Global
Research Community
Dr. Waguih S. Ishak
Director Photonics & Electronics Research
Laboratory
Agilent Laboratories,
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Tid: Fredag den 20 Maj 2005 kl 15:00 (precis) - 17.00
Plats: Osquarsbacke 14, entrepl.,
E3, KTH
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ABSTRACT
We
are approaching a very interesting era in which Digital Consumer Electronics
and Life Sciences will drive a lot of the high technology research and
products. Both waves will have major impacts on our society and will create an
environment in which people’s lives will be prolonged and improved and
they will be able to communicate better with each other.
Photonics
and Electronics will have major impacts on both waves: Digital Electronics and
Biosciences. The integration of Photonics and Electronics, with the utilization
of micromechanics, will allow us to develop sophisticated systems never
achievable before. Examples are Lab-on-a-chip, instrument-on-a-chip,
communication circuits, terabit optical interconnects, to name a few. We
see tremendous possibilities for the “Communicator of the Future,”
the “Home of the Future,” the “Car of the Future,” the “Lab of the Future,” and the
“Office of the Future.”
The
talk will cover the Mega Trends in demographics, environment, security and
safety, health care, and the convergence of computers, communications &
consumers. In addition, the impact of these trends on the research communities
around the world will be discussed in details.
Bio:
In 1987, Waguih became
the manager of the Photonics Technology Department, of the Instruments &
Photonics Laboratory which is responsible for R&D programs in fiber optics,
integrated optics, optoelectronics, micro optics, and optical interconnects for
applications in measurements, communications (datacom
and telecom), and computer interconnects. The department was responsible for
generating a new business for HP in lightwave Test
& Measurements such as lightwave component and
spectrum analyzers, tunable laser sources, frequency and time-domain reflectometers, and polarization analyzers. The department
was also responsible for starting new R&D programs in the areas of vertical
cavity surface emitting lasers, high-speed parallel optical interconnects
(POLO), optical measurements for process monitoring and control, and electronic
digital films for photography and memory applications.
In 1995, Waguih was
promoted to Director of the Communications & Optics Research Laboratory
(CORL). Waguih lead his team to work on R&D
programs in the areas of Photonics (Fiber optics, integrated optics,
optoelectronics, and micro optics) and Integrated Electronics. The emphasis was
on fiber-optic communications, wireless communications and the use of optics
and electronics in novel applications in communications, computations and
measurements. Many products came out from the research work such as the Optical
Mouse, the Photonic Switch and the Parallel Optical Interconnects Modules.
Waguih is currently the Director of the Photonics &
Electronics Research Lab at Agilent Labs (Agilent was spun off HP in 1999) and is responsible for the
R&D programs in Photonics, High Speed Electronics, Sensors, Semiconductor
Test, Wireless Communications and Consumer Electronics.
Waguih has written about 40 journal and conference
papers, four chapters in the “Handbook of Electronic Instruments.” He is named an inventor in seven patents.
Contact persons:
Alex Grishin 08-790 4176
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