佐藤健一教授 (Ken-ichi Sato)

プロフィール (佐藤 健一教授)

佐藤健一教授

1976年東京大学工学部電子工学科卒、1978年同大学院工学研究科電子工学専門課程修士課程終了。
日本電信電話公社横須賀電気通信研究所入所。
1985年 British Telecom Research Laboratories 交換研究員、1999年NTT未来ねっと研究所フォトニックトランスポートネットワーク研究部部長、 2004年NTT R&D フェロー、2004年 4月 名古屋大学大学院教授(電子情報システム専攻)、現在に至る。
IEEE フェロー、電子情報通信学会フェロー、工学博士。

研究歴

1978年 - 1985年 NTT伝送システム研究所基幹伝送研究部

光ファイバ伝送系雑音特性の解析、光ファイバアナログ画像伝送システム、CATV分配システム、光加入者系伝送システム等の研究。 世界で初めて半導体レーザを用いた多モード光ファイバによる長距離アナログ画像伝送に成功。

1985年 - 1992年 NTT伝送システム研究所伝送処理研究部

ATMをベースとするブロードバンドネットワークの研究。バーチャルパス(VP: Virtual Path)の概念を1987年に提案。 1990年に世界標準となる。ATM伝達レイヤ構造、 ATMネットワークアーキテクチャ、ネットワークリソースマネージメント、ネットワーク可変制御、 ネットワークリストレーション技術(VPセルフヒーリン グ技術)、ATM網QoS設計、ATM網トラヒックコントロール、等の研究。

1992年 - 1999年 伝送システム研究所/光ネットワークシステム研究所

1992年に世界に先駆け波長(可変)パスの概念を提案。フォトニックトランスポートネットワークに関し、アーキテクチャ、ネットワーク設計(波 長パス収容設計アルゴリズム)、 ハードウエアシステム(光クロスコネクト/ADM システム等)、ネットワークオペレーション、IP オーバーフォトニックネットワーク、次世代マルチメディアトランスポートネットワーク、等の研究に従事。

1999年 - 2004年 未来ねっと研究所 フォトニックトランスポートネットワーク研究部

フォトニックトランスポートネットワークの研究開発並びに研究マネージメントに従事。特にフォトニックIPルータの研究開発を推進。2001年に世界初の超大容量フォトニックMPLSルータの試作に成功。 GMPLSプロトコル、次世代バーストトランスポートネットワークの研究開発に従事。

2004年 - 現在 名古屋大学

次世代IPネットワーク、フォトニックネットワーク、ネットワークアーキテクチャ、トラフィックエンジニアリング,大規模フォトニックノード、フォトニック機能デバイス、フォトニックバーストネットワーク、次世代通信プロトコル等の研究開発。

表彰

外部表彰
  1. 1984年 電子情報通信学会学術奨励賞
    多モード光ファイバ伝送系の雑音特性に及ぼすLD発振スペクトル特性の影響に関する研究
  2. 1990年5月 電子情報通信学会論文賞
    バーチャルパスの概念を用いた広帯域統合伝達網の構成の研究
  3. 1999年 1月 IEEE Fellow Award
    Citation: For contributions to the architecture and technologies of Asynchronous Transfer Mode networks and photonic networks.
  4. 2000年 5月 平成11年度電子情報通信学会業績賞
    フォトニックトランスポートネットワークの先駆的研究
  5. 2002年 4月 平成14年度文部科学大臣賞(研究功績者)
    フォトニックトランスポートネットワークの研究
  6. 2003年 7月 電子情報通信学会フェロー
    ATM伝達網並びにフォトニックネットワーク技術の開拓
  7. 2005年 9月 電子情報通信学会通信ソサイエティ功労顕彰
  8. 2007年 9月 電子情報通信学会通信ソサイエティ論文賞(Best Tutorial Paper Award), for the paper, Recent Developments in and Challenges of Photonic Networking Technologies
  9. 2007年 9月 電子情報通信学会通信ソサイエティ論文賞(Best Tutorial Paper Award), for the paper, Prospects and challenges of multi-layer optical networks
  10. 2009年 2月 ONDM 2009 (The 13th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling - ONDM 2009) Best Paper Award, , for the paper, New dynamic network design and provisioning algorithms for broadband connection services considering fairness
  11. 2012年5月 電子情報通信学会功績賞
  12. 2013年6月 CLEO-PR & OECC/PS 2013, The 10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, and The 18th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/Photonics in Switching 2013, Best Paper Award, to the paper “Performance evaluation of large-scale OXC architectures that utilize intra-node routing restriction.”
  13. 2014年4月 紫綬褒章
  14. 2016年3月 IEEE 6th International Conference on Photonics (ICP 2016), Best Paper Award, to the paper, “Low-Loss and Large-Scale Optical Switch Utilizing Asymmetric-Port-Count Cyclic AWGs.”
  15. 2016年7月 OECC/PS 2016 (The 21st OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2016) Best Paper Award, to the paper, “Demonstration of 1,440x1,440 fast optical circuit switch for datacenter networking.”
  16. 2017年7月, IEEE Communications Society, Optical Networking Technology Committee, 2017 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, For contributions to Photonic Systems and Transport Networks
社内表彰
  1. 1989年 NTT 伝送システム研究所所長表彰
  2. 1991年 NTT伝送システム研究所所長表彰
  3. 1991年 NTT 研究開発技術本部長表彰
    ATMリンクシステムの実証「バーチャルパスの概念の提案と実現」の功績
  4. 1992年 NTT 伝送システム研究所所長表彰
  5. 1995年 NTT 社長表彰
    ATMリンクシステムの実用化の功績
  6. 1999年 NTT特許実施補償2級表彰
    光伝送路の障害探索方式発明の功績
  7. 2004年 NTT R&Gフェロー
    光伝送路の障害探索方式発明の功績

著書

  1. K. Sato and K. Asatani, "Fiber optic analog video transmission using semiconductor laser diodes," in Japan Annual Reviews in Electronics, Computers & Telecommunications ---- Optical Devices & Fibers 1982-------, Tokyo: Ohm Publishing Co., 1982, pp. 351-368
  2. 広帯域 ISDN とATM技術;電子情報通信学会編、(分担執筆)、平成7年2月, (ISBN 4-88552-127-0)。
  3. K. Sato, Advances in Transport Network Technologies: Photonic networks, ATM, and SDH, Artech House, Norwood, 1996, (ISBN 0-89006-851-8 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0-89006-851-8 end_of_the_skype_highlighting).
  4. Multimedia Communication Networks: Technologies and Services, Chapter 6: Trunk Transport Network Architectures and Technologies for Multimedia Services, Artech House, 1998 (ISBN 0-89006-936-0 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0-89006-936-0 end_of_the_skype_highlighting).
  5. レーザの科学;山中千代衛編著、(分担執筆)、丸善、1997, (ISBN 4-621-04371-4).
  6. 光情報通信技術ハンドブック、(分担執筆;III 光通信システム 4.3 光波ネットワーク技術)コロナ社、東京、2003年 6月 (ISBN: 4-339-00754-4).
  7. 光通信工学;羽鳥、青山監修、小林編著(分担執筆;Chapter 7: 将来の方式構成)、コロナ社、東京、1997, (ISBN 4-339-01144-4).
  8. エンサイクロペディア 電子情報通信ハンドブック、電子情報通信学会編、(専門幹事、分担執筆)、オーム社、東京、1998年11月 (ISBN: 4-274-03514-X).
  9. 光通信技術ハンドブック、三木、須藤編、(分担執筆)、オプトロニクス社、東京、2002年1月 (ISBN: 4-900474-91-6).
  10. 広帯域光ネットワーキング技術 ―フォトニックネットワーク―、佐藤編著、電子情報通信学会、コロナ社、東京、2003年3月 (ISBN: 4-88552-193-9).
  11. WDM Technologies: Optical Networks, Edited by K. Dutta, N. K. Dutta and M. Fujiwara, A volume in the Optics and Photonics Series, Chapter 3: Optical Path Cross-Connect, Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA, ISBN: 0-12-225263-2.
  12. 光技術総合事典、分担執筆;フォトニックネットワーク、オプトロニクス社、東京、2004年12月 (ISBN: 4-902312-08-5).
  13. 光科学研究の最前線、分担執筆;IV 2-2 フォトニックネットワーク、強光子場科学研究懇談会発行、2005年8月(ISBN: 4-902590-01-8).
  14. 情報システムのための情報技術辞典、情報システムと情報技術事典編集委員会編、分担執筆、培風館、2006年6月(ISBN: 4-563-01560-1).
  15. 光科学研究の最前線、分担執筆;V-2. フォトニックネットワーク、強光子場科学研究懇談会発行、2009年12月(ISBN: 978-4-902590-13-5).
  16. 情報ネットワーク、(新インターユニバーシティシリーズ)、編著、オーム社、2011 (ISBN: 978-4-274-21120-1)
  17. 情報ネットワーク科学入門(情報ネットワーク科学シリーズ第1巻),第7章,情報ネットワークとエネルギー,電子情報通信学会監修,村田正幸,成瀬誠編著,コロナ社,2015年(ISBN: 978-4-339-02801-0).
  18. Elastic Optical Networks, Architectures, Technologies, and Control, (Co-author, Chapter 6; Node Architectures for Elastic and Flexible Optical Networks), Editors: Victor Lopez and Velasco Luis, Springer International Publishing, 2016, (ISBN 978-3-319-30173-0).

国際誌編集委員

  1. 1988 - 1998, a member of the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Communication Systems, published by Wiley
  2. 1990, a guest co-editor of the special issue of the IEEE J-SAC on "Applications of RF and Microwave Subcarriers to Optical Fiber Transmission", vol. 8, No. 7, September 1990 (Edited by W. I. Way, R. Olshansky and K. Sato)
  3. 1994, a guest co-editor of the special issue of the IEEE J-SAC on "Integrity of Public Telecommunication Networks", vol. 12, No. 1, January 1994 (Edited by T-H. Wu, J. C. McDonald, T. P. Flanagan, and K. Sato)
  4. 1998, a co-guest editor of the special issue of the IEEE J-SAC on "High-Capacity Optical Transport Networks", vol. 16, No. 7, September 1998 (Edited by Adel Saleh, Alan Hill and K. Sato)
  5. 1999-2003, a member of the Editorial Board of the Optical Networks Magazine, published by SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engineering).
  6. 2000, a co-guest editor of the special issue of the IEEE JLT on " Optical Transport Networks", vol. 18, No. 12, 2000 (Edited by G. K. Chang, K. Sato and D. Hunter)
  7. 2000, a member of Editorial Committee of the special issue of the IEICE, on “Advanced Internetworking based on Photonic Network Technologies,” vol. E83-B, No. 10, October 2000.
  8. 2003-2006, a member of Editorial Committee of the IEICE Electronics Express.
  9. 2004.2?2009, An Associate Co-editor of the IEEE J-SAC, OCN (Optical Communications and Networking Series).
  10. 2004, Guest editor-in-chief, Special Section on the Next Generation Photonic Network Technologies, IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E88-B, No. 10, October 2005.
  11. 2006, Guest editor, Special Section on the Future Topics on Latest Trends in Optical Networks, IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E90-B, No. 8, August 2007.
  12. 2009, Guest associate editor, Special Section on Advanced Information and Communication Technologies and Services in Conjunction with Main Topics of APCC/COIN 2008, IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E92-B, No. 10, October 2009.
  13. 2009-present, An Associate Editor of the IEEE and OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN).
  14. 2012, a co-guest editor of the special issue of the IEEE J-SAC on "Next-Generation Spectrum-Efficient Optical Transport Networks ", vol. 31, No. 1, January 2013 (Edited by GangxiangShen, William Shieh, ChunmingQiao, Ken-ichi Sato, Jennifer Yates, and Eric Wong).
  15. 2015, a co-guest editor of the IEEE Journal of Lightwave technology, OFC/NFOEC 2014 Special Issue, vol. 33, No. 3, February 2015 (Edited by Yun Chung, Chris Doerr, Ed Murphy, Vishnu Shukura, Ken-ichi Sato, and Kathty Tse).
  16. 2016, a co-guest editor of the IEEE Journal of Lightwave technology, Special Issue on the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2016, vol. 35, No. 3, February 2017 (Edited by K. H. Tse, X. Liu, M. Birk, D. J. Richardson, K. -i. Sato, and C. R. Doerr).

国際会議・ワークショップ(オーガナイザ、プログラム委員会委員)

(1990年以降)
  1. 1990, GLOBECOM '90 Session Organizer: Session 120; Transport Network Reliability Enhancement
  2. 1993, Co-organizer of the OFC/IOOC '93 Workshop of "Theory and Modeling of Lightwave Networks"
  3. 1995, Co-organizer of the First IEEE ComSoc ICC '95 Workshop on WDM Optical Network Management and Control
  4. 1996, Co-organizer of the Second IEEE ComSoc ICC '96 Workshop on WDM Network Management and Control
  5. 1997, Co-organizer of the Third IEEE ComSoc ICC '97 Workshop on WDM Network Management and Control
  6. 1997, IEEE LEOS 1997 Summer Topical Meetings Program Committee Member
  7. 1997, APCC '97 Technical Program Committee Member
  8. 1998, OECC '98, Third Optoelectronics and Communications Conference, Program Committee Member
  9. 1997, Globecom '97 Session Chair: Session 16; Optical Networks
  10. 1998, Co-organizer of the OFC '98 Workshop of "Optical Networking: Do the Network Operators need it?"
  11. 1998, Co-organizer of the Fourth IEEE ComSoc ICC '98 Workshop on WDM Network Management and Control
  12. 1998, Co-organizer of the OECC '98 (Third Optoelectronics and Communications Conference) Workshop on Impact of Photonic Networks on Multimedia Networking
  13. 1998, OECC '98 (Third Optoelectronics and Communications Conference) Session Chair: Session 15D1; Towards the Photonic Networks; Today and Future.
  14. 1999, Member of the OFC/IOOC '99 Technical Program Committee; Networks, Switching and Access Subcommittee
  15. 1999, 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Switching Systems, BSS '99 Technical Program Committee Member
  16. 2000, IEEE ComSoc Workshop on IP-oriented Operations & Management IPON 2000, International Advisory Committee Member (Poland, Sept. 18-20, 2000).
  17. 2000, IEICE Fifth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference OECC 2000, International Advisory Committee Member (Makuhari, Japan, July 11-14, 2000)
  18. 2000, IEEE Globecom 2000 Symposium on Future Photonic Network Technologies, Architectures and Protocols, Technical Program Committee Member (San Francisco, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2000)
  19. 2000, Member of the ECOC 2000 Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 4; Networks and Switching
  20. 2000, Globecom 2000 -Photonic Network Technologies Architectures & Protocol Symposium-,Session P-3 WDM Network Protocols, Organizer, IEEE Globecom 2000, 27 November-1 December, San Francisco.
  21. 2001, Member of the OFC 2001 Technical Program Committee; Transmission Systems Subcommittee
  22. 2001, OHAN/FSAN 2001, International Workshop on Optical Hybrid Access Networks/Full Service Access Networks 2001, Local Advisory Committee Member, April 4-6, 2001, Yokohama, Japan.
  23. 2001, Member of the ECOC 2001 Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 4; Networks and Switching
  24. 2002, Member of the OFC 2002 Technical Program Committee; Transmission Systems Subcommittee
  25. 2002, ICC 2002 Symposium on Optical Networking, Technical Program Committee Member, New York, April 28-May 2, 2002
  26. 2002, Member of the Technical Program Committee of the High Speed Networks Symposium, IEEE Globecom 2002.
  27. 2002, Conference Co-Chair, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking, Part of SPIE's ITCom 2002- International Symposium and Exhibit on the Convergence of Information technology and Communications, 5-7 August, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts.
  28. 2002, Member of the ECOC 2002 Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 4; Networks and Switching
  29. 2002, Member of the Program Committee of IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, All-Optical Networks: Existing and emerging architectures and applications, July 15-17, 2002.
  30. 2002, Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2002 IEEE Workshop on IP Operation & Management (IPOM 2002), Dallas, Texas, October 29-31, 2002.
  31. 2002, Member of the Program Committee of the 15th IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, November 10-14, 2002.
  32. 2003, Co-chair of the Optical Networks Committee for the 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/PR 2003), Taipei, Taiwan, July 22-26, 2003.
  33. 2003, ECOC 2003 Advisory Board Member and Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Networks and Network Applications.
  34. 2003, Executive Organizer of SPIE's ITCom 2003, and Conference Co-Chair, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking II, Part of SPIE's ITCom 2003, 7-11 September, 2003, Orlando, Florida.
  35. 2003, Member of the International Advisory Committee of APOC 2003 (3rd Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conference), Wuhan, China, Nov. 2 - 6, 2003.
  36. 2003, Member of the Program Committee of the 16th IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Tuscon, Arizona, October 26-30, 2003.
  37. 2004, Vice-General Chair, OECC/COIN 2004, Yokohama, Japan, July 12-16, 2004.
  38. 2004, Member of the Program Committee of the 17th IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, November 7-11, 2004.
  39. 2004, Organizing Committee Member of SPIE's ITCom 2004, and Conference Co-Chair, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking III (IT202), 25-28 October, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  40. 2004, ECOC 2004, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Networks and Network Applications, Stockholm, September 5-9, 2004.
  41. 2004, Member of the International Advisory Committee of APOC 2004 (Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference), Beijing, China, Nov. 7 - 11, 2004.
  42. 2004, OECC/COIN 2004, Session 14B1, Session Chair, Yokohama, Japan, July 12-16, 2004.
  43. 2005, COIN 2005 (The Fourth International Conference on Optical Internet), Member of the International Organizing Committee, 29 May - 2 June 2005, Chongqing, China.
  44. 2005, OECC 2005, Member of the Program Committee, and co-chair of the Technical Program Committee Sub-committee 1 (Optical Networks and Applications), Seoul July 5-8, 2005.
  45. 2005, APOC 2005 (Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference) International Advisory Committee Member and Co-chair of Sub-committee 4, Shanghai, China, Nov. 7 - 10, 2005.
  46. 2005, Conference Co-Chair, OpticsEast, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking IV (IT202), October 23-26, 2005, Boston, (Conference Chair; Ken-ichi Sato, Werner Weiershausen, Achyut K. Dutta, and Benjamin B. Dingle).
  47. 2005, ECOC 2005 Advisory Board Member and Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Networks and Network Applications, Birmingham, September 25-28, 2005.
  48. 2005, LEOS Annual Meeting, Member of the Technical Program Committee, ONS(Optical Networks and Systems) Subcommittee, October 23-27, 2005, Sydney.
  49. 2006, APOC 2006 (Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference), Co-chair of Sub-committee 4, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 3 - 7, 2006.
  50. 2006, COIN-NGNCON 2006 (The Joint International Conference on Optical Internet and Next Generation Network), Technical Committee Co-Chair, 2-6 June 2006, Jeju, Korea.
  51. 2006, OpticsEast, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking V (IT302), Co-chair, October 1-4 2006, Boston, USA.
  52. 2006, OpticsEast, Broadband Access Communication Technologies (IT305), Member of the Technical Program Committee, October 1-4 2006, Boston, USA.
  53. 2006, ECOC 2006, Member of the International Advisory Committee and Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 4; Backbone and Metro Core Networks, Cannes, September 24-28, 2006.
  54. 2006, LEOS Annual Meeting, Member of the Technical Program Committee, ONS (Optical Networks and Systems) Subcommittee, October 29-November 2, 2006, Montreal, Canada.
  55. 2007, CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007, Co-Chair of Technical Sub-committee, Optical Communications, Networks, and Interconnects, August 26-31, 2007, Korea.
  56. 2007, OpticsEast, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking VI (IT402), Co-chair, September 9-12 2007, Boston, USA.
  57. 2007, Photonics in Switching, Member of the Technical Program Committee, August 19-22 2007, San Francisco, USA.
  58. 2007, International Workshop on GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks, GOBS 2007, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Athens, Greece, June 19-25, 2007.
  59. 2007, ECOC 2007, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Berlin, September 16-20, 2007.
  60. 2007, APOC 2007 (Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference), Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 3; Optical Transmissions, Switching and Sub-Systems, Wuhan, China, November 5 - 9, 2007.
  61. 2008, ICNS 2008, The Fourth International Conference on Networking and Services, Member of the International Program Committee, March 16-21, 2008, Gosier, Guadeloupe.
  62. 2008, ICC'08 Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Member of the technical program committee, 19-23 May, 2008, Beijing China.
  63. 2008, COIN 2008, Technical Program Committee Chair, Akihabara, Tokyo, November 14-16, 2008.
  64. 2008, APOC 2008 (Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference), Member of the International Advisory Committee, and Co-chair of Subcommittee 4; Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, Hangzhou, China, November 26 - 30, 2008.
  65. 2008, ECOC 2008, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Brussels, September 21-25, 2008.
  66. 2008, Photonics in Switching, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Sapporo, Japan, August 4-7, 2008.
  67. 2009, Photonics West 2009, Broadband Access Communication Technologies III (OE126), Member of the Technical Program Committee, January 24-29, 2009, San Jose, USA.
  68. 2009, CLEO/PR 2009 (The 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics), Co-chair of the Technical Program Subcommittee; Optical Communications and Networking, Aug. 30 - Sep. 3, 2009, Shanghai.
  69. 2009, ICC 2009, Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Member of the technical program committee, 14-18 June, 2009, Dresden, Germany.
  70. 2009, ECOC 2009, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Vienna, Austria, September 20-24, 2009.
  71. 2009, COIN 2009, The 8th International Conference on the Optical Internet, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, Chengdu, China, November 14-16, 2009.
  72. 2009, ACP2009 (Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition), Member of the International Advisory Committee, and Co-chair of Subcommittee 4; Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, Shanghai, China, November 2 - 6, 2009.
  73. 2010, Broadband Access Communication Technologies IV, Part of the SPIE Photonics West, Member of the Program Committee, January 23-28, 2010, San Francisco, USA.
  74. 2010, ONDM 2010 (Optical Network Design and Modeling 2010), International Collaboration Co-chairs, Japan, 2010.
  75. 2010, ECOC 2010, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Torino, Italy, September 19-23, 2010.
  76. 2010, ECOC 2010, Symposium co-organizer, S3 Optical Networking for Future Broadband Internet Services, September 22, 2010, Torino, Italy.
  77. 2010, ICC 2010, Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Member of the technical program committee, 23-27 May, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
  78. 2009-present, DRCN (Design of Reliable Communication Networks) Steering Committee Member
  79. 2011, Broadband Access Communication Technologies V, SPIE OPTO 2011 (SPIE Photonic West), 22-27 January 2011, San Francisco, Member of the Program Committee.
  80. 2011, Workshop on Green Optical Communications (GOC) at the 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2011), Member of the technical committee, June 26-30, 2011, Stockholm.
  81. 2011, Pacific Rim CLEO meeting, Member of the Optical Communications and Networking sub-committee, 29 August - 1 September 2011, Sydney, Australia.
  82. 2011, ECOC 2011, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Geneva, Switzerland, September 18-22, 2011.
  83. 2011, ACP2011 (Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition), Member of the Technical Program committee, Subcommittee 4; Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, Shanghai, China, November 14 - 16, 2011.
  84. 2011, ACP2011 (Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition), Member of the Technical Progaram committee, Subcommittee 4; Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, Shanghai, China, November 14 - 16, 2011.
  85. 2012, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VI, OE128, SPIE OPTO 2012 (SPIE Photonic West), 21-26January 2012, San Francisco, Member of the Program Committee.
  86. 2012, OFC/NFOEC 2012, Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee Chair, Category 12 Core Networks, Los Angels, March 4-8, 2012.
  87. 2012, ECOC 2012, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Backbone and Core Networks, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 16-20, 2012.
  88. 2012, ACP2012 (Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition), Member of the Technical Program committee, Subcommittee 4; Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, Guangzhou, China, November 7 - 10, 2012.
  89. 2013, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VII, OE127, SPIE International Symposium, SPIE OPTO 2013 (SPIE Photonics West), 2-7February 2013, San Francisco, Member of the Program Committee.
  90. 2013, ECOC 2013, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Subcommittee 5; Optical Transport and Large Scale Data Networks, London, September 22-26, 2013.
  91. 2014, OFC/NFOEC 2014, Technical Program Co-Chair, San Francisco, March 9-13, 2014.
  92. 2014 the OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Steering Committee Member, Melborn, July 6-10, 2014.
  93. 2014, Steering Committee Member, 10th International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN, 2014, Ghent, 31 March - 3 April 2014.
  94. 2014, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VIII, OE128, SPIE International Symposium, SPIE OPTO 2014 (SPIE Photonics West), 1-6 February 2014, San Francisco, Member of the Program Committee.
  95. 2014, Member of the Technical Program Committee, The 18th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2014), Stockholm, Sweden, May 19-22, 2014.
  96. 2015, Broadband Access Communication Technologies IV, SPIE Photonics West OPTO OE131, Member of the Program Committee , 7-12 February 2015, San Francisco.
  97. 2015, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, Datacenter Network Workshop, 17th International Conferences on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) 2015, July 5-9, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.
  98. 2015, Steering Committee and Publicity Co-Chair of 11th International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN, 2015, Kansas City, March 25-25, 2015.
  99. 2016, Broadband Access Communication Technologies X (OE131), SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2016, Member of the Program Committee, 13-18 February 2016, San Francisco.
  100. 2016, Steering Committee and Publicity Co-Chair of 12th International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN, 2016, Paris, March 15-17, 2016.
  101. 2016, OFC 2016, General Chair, Anaheim, March 20-24, 2016.
  102. 2016, Member of the Technical Program Committee, 6th Workshop on Green Optical Communications (GOC), 18th International Conferences on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) 2016, July 10-14, 2016, Trento, Italy.
  103. 2017, Broadband Access Communication Technologies XI (OE131), SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2016, Member of the Program Committee, 28 January-2 February 2017, San Francisco.
  104. 2017, Steering Committee of 13rd International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN, 2017, Munic, March 8-10, 2017.
  105. 2018, Broadband Access Communication Technologies XII (OE131), SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2018, Member of the Program Committee, 27 January-1 February 2018, San Francisco.
  106. 2019, Broadband Access Communication Technologies XIII (OE131), SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2019, Member of the Program Committee, February 2-7, 2019, San Francisco.
  107. 2019, Member of Technical Advisory Panel for 24th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing 2019(OECC/PSC2019), Fukuoka, July 7-11, 2019.