US-UAE International Symposium and Workshop on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies, Dubai, UAE November 3-5, 2007

0734183本奖项支持将于2007年11月3-5日在阿联酋迪拜举行的美国-阿拉伯联合酋长国(阿联酋)高容量光纤网络和使能技术(HONET)研讨会和研讨会。美国的组织者是夏洛特北卡罗来纳大学物理和光学科学系的牙生·拉贾博士。外国组织者是迪拜IT管家E-Services的Manshad Satti博士和阿联酋大学信息科学学院院长Rafic Makki博士。来自巴基斯坦的与会者将由巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡Comsats大学信息技术中心Junaid Zaidi博士协调。会议将汇集学术界和业界的专业人士，就主题领域进行讨论，重点是一个新兴的主题：高速互联网、安全和创业。这些会议很好地结合了促进下一代互联网技术和应用的主题。在此之前，联合组织者已经成功地组织了光通信研讨会(www.honet.uncc.edu)。计划中的活动将与“IT创新2007”(一年一度的地区性会议)相配合。智力价值：国际合作对于促进对未来互联网创新的研究至关重要。这项活动是对NSF目前为未来互联网和下一代高速通信网络所做的GENI努力的补充。该项目将这一地区的发展扩大到中东、南亚和邻近地区。Honet 2007也与Coronet(DARPA计划)和Glif(欧洲联盟)很好地结合在一起。课程将涵盖：光互联网-光/无线和卫星通信-城域/接入网络-流量工程和疏导-PON/FTTH(光互联网)-网络安全和可靠性-网格计算/多代理系统-高速互联网和创业-新兴应用、试验台、现场试验-使能技术-传感器网络技术和应用-FTTH/全体会议(学术界、工业界和政府)-光网络的最新进展-网格计算研讨会和光纤研讨会。研讨会将为前沿研发和新兴应用提供建立国际联系和强有力合作的机会，并将成为探索美国商业领域国际机遇的启动平台。更广泛的影响：在新兴的光纤和高速网络和安全技术方面加强合作将有助于改善和增强下一代互联网基础设施。向更高比特率和访问速度的演变将促进教育机构增加研究和开发，并将数字图书馆用于大众教育。该项目还将简化和加快国家和国际专业人员以及中东和南亚专业人员之间的合作。此外，可扩展的高速网络基础设施的影响将促进在广泛领域增加跨学科研究，从而提高美国和全球研究生教育的效率。先进的光网络和使能技术的成果可以应用于高速互联网，用于研究、教育和医疗应用。该项目将确定和调整商业部门在新兴电信和IT市场探索和扩张的机会，促进和改善与对美国长期利益至关重要的地区的商业和技术互动，促进尖端研究和创新，并促进科学研究和教育方面的国际合作。研讨会将讨论对能够整合先进网络和使光互联网的光子技术成为可能的科学家和工程师的培训。来访的美国科学家将获得对国际研究活动的看法。研讨会/研讨会的会议记录将通过美国科学学会的期刊广泛发表。

0734183 RajaThis award supports a U.S.-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Symposium and Workshop on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), to be held November 3-5, 2007 in Dubai, UAE. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Yasin Raja, Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The foreign organizers are Dr. Manshad Satti, IT Butler E-Services in Dubai, and Dr. Rafic Makki, Dean of the College of Information Sciences at the UAE University. Participation from Pakistan will be coordinated by Dr. Junaid Zaidi, Center for Information Technology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting will bring together, academic and industry professionals for discussions on the thematic areas, with the focus on an emerging theme "High-speed Internet, Security, and Entrepreneurship". The sessions tie well into the theme which contributes to the next generation Internet technologies and applications. The co-organizers have successfully organized optical communications symposia prior to this one (www.honet.uncc.edu). The planned event will be collocated with 'Innovations in IT 2007' (an annual regional conference).Intellectual merit: International collaboration is essential to stimulate research on future Internet innovations. This activity complements NSF's current GENI effort for future internet and next generation high-speed communication networks. The project expands the developments in this area to the Middle East, South Asia and neighboring regions. HONET 2007 also aligns well with CORONET (DARPA program), and GLIF (European Consortium). Sessions will cover: Optical Internet- Optical/Wireless and Satellite Communication- Metro/Access Networks- Traffic Engineering and Grooming- PON/FTTH (Optical Internet)- Network Security and Reliability- Grid Computing/Multi-Agent Systems- High-speed Internet and Entrepreneurship- Emerging Applications, Testbeds, Field Trials- Enabling Technologies- Sensor Networks Technologies & Applications- FTTH/Plenary Sessions (Academia, Industry and Government)- Recent Advances in Optical Networks- Grid-computing Workshop and Fiber-Optics Workshop. The workshop will provide opportunity to establish international linkage and strong collaborations for cutting-edge R&D and emerging applications, and will serve as launching platform for exploring international opportunities for US commercial sector. Broader impacts: Increased collaboration in emerging optical and high-speed networking and security technologies will contribute toward improving and enhancing the next generation of Internet infrastructure. The evolution to higher bit-rates and access-speeds will foster increased research and development at educational institutions and use of digital libraries for mass education. The project will also streamline and accelerate collaborations among national and international professionals as well as the Middle Eastern and South Asian professionals. Moreover, the impact of a scalable high-speed networking infrastructure will foster an increased inter-disciplinary research in a wide range of fields, thereby improving the effectiveness of graduate education in the U.S. and globally. The results of advanced optical networks and enabling technologies can be applied to high-speed internet for research, education, and healthcare applications. The project will identify and align the opportunities for commercial sector to explore, and expand in emergent telecom and IT markets, foster and improve business and technology interactions with a region that is of key importance to long-term US interests, foster cutting-edge research and innovations, and promote international cooperation for scientific research and education. The symposium will address the training of scientists and engineers who are capable of integrating advanced networking and enabling photonic technologies for the optical Internet. Visiting US scientists will gain a perspective on international research activities. Proceedings from the symposium/workshop will be widely published through U.S. scientific societies' journals.