University-Industry Partnership for Enabling Advances in Telecommunications

9871977肖大学-产业伙伴关系推动电信进步摘要：通过与行业领先者朗讯技术公司正式建立研究和教育合作伙伴关系，阿肯色大学教职员工和学生在光电子领域的研究竞争力将得到提高。这一合作关系将解决当今电信面临的最紧迫的问题之一--目前长途光纤链路的低传输数据速率。阿肯色州-朗讯团队将并肩工作，专注于开发用于波分复用的关键光学元件，如光源、快速光开关、多路复用器/多路分解器、滤光器和分插环路。阿肯色大学的六名教职员工将在暑假和学期休息期间在朗讯技术公司花费大量时间进行研究，并根据需要全年进行较短的访问。同样，朗讯的四名科学家将花费大量时间在阿肯色大学进行研究工作，并通过课堂讲座和研讨会，为学生作为兼职教授的正规教育做出贡献。博士后任命者和研究生将在每个实验室花费大约一半的时间只从事一个项目，但利用每个实验室提供的不同技能、观点和设施。阿肯色州与朗讯的合作将为教师和学生提供机会：(1)致力于重大的工业研发问题；(2)发展对电信非常重要的新技术技能，其中许多技能是朗讯独有的；(3)参与研究生培训的新范式，从而带来更广泛的职业机会。

9871977 Xiao University-Industry Partnership for Enabling Advances in Telecommunications Abstract: The research competitiveness of University of Arkansas faculty and students in photonics-electronics will be enhanced by formally establishing both a research and education partnership with Lucent Technologies, the leader in the industry. The partnership will address one of the most pressing problems facing telecommunications today - the low transmission data rates of present, long-haul, fiber optics links. The Arkansas-Lucent team, working side-by- side, will focus on developing key optical elements, such as light sources, fast optical switches, multiplexer/demultiplexer, filters, and add/drop loops, for wavelength division multiplexing. Six faculty members at the University of Arkansas will spend blocks of time at Lucent Technologies on research during summers and semester breaks and shorter visits throughout the year as needed. Likewise, four scientists at Lucent will spend blocks of time at the University of Arkansas on research efforts and in contributing to the formal education of students as adjunct professors, via classroom lectures and seminars. Post-doctoral appointees and graduate students will spend approximately half their time at each laboratory working on only one project but taking advantage of the different skills, point-of-view, and facilities available at each laboratory. The Arkansas-Lucent partnership will provide faculty and students with the opportunity to: (1) work on significant industrial R&D problems; (2) develop new technical skills important to telecommunications, many of which are unique at Lucent; and (3) participate in a new paradigm in graduate training leading to broader career opportunities.