Student Support for the 2010 Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting July 25-28, in Monterey, VA

2010年光子学交换专题会议将于2010年7月25日至28日在加利福尼亚州蒙特雷的蒙特雷广场酒店举行，会议的目的是在一个小组中与该领域的领导者讨论快速发展的技术。学术价值：会议将聚集该领域的关键领导者，展示交换光子学的最新进展，并将讨论光网络、计算和互联网基础设施的未来发展和应用。会议讨论将通过汇集来自不同影响学科的研究人员来推进光子开关研究的前沿，以定义和回答他们未来几十年的新兴需求。更广泛的影响：自1987年以来，交换光子学专题会议一直是解决该技术的首要会议，吸引了学术界，工业界和政府机构的杰出研究人员。它每三年在美国、亚洲和欧洲之间轮流举办，提供了一个国际论坛，有利于在确定新方向方面进行直接对话、传播和讨论。本次会议在定义日益增长的互联网流量需求以及减少功耗和设备占用空间所需的研究方面发挥了重要作用。这次美国光学学会专题会议将有助于培训参加会议的学生，并将通过会议技术摘要传播这些主题。

ObjectiveThe objective of the 2010 Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting, to be held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, California, on July 25-28, 2010, is to discuss the rapidly evolving technology, in a small group, with leaders in the field. Intellectual merit:The conference will assemble the key leaders in the field to present recent advances in Photonics in Switching and will discuss future developments and applications in optical networking, computing and Internet infrastructures. The meeting discussions will advance the leading edge of Photonic Switching research by bringing together researchers from the different impacted disciplines, to define and answer their emerging needs of the next decades.Broader impact:The Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting has been the premier meeting addressing the technology since 1987 and attracts bright researchers in academia, industry and government agencies. By rotating its venue between the US, Asia and Europe on a three year cycle it offers an international forum conducive to direct dialog, dissemination and discussions in identifying novel directions. This meeting has been instrumental in defining the research required by the growing demands in internet traffic and for reduction in power consumption and device footprint.This Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America will contribute to the training of participating students and the topics will be disseminated through the Conference Technical Digest.