Executive Forums

Monday, 7 December 2015
10:30 - 12:15, Room: Sapphire OP

EF1: When Will 5G Be Real?

5G is coming. Of that there is no doubt. But when? Korea Telecom claims 2018, NTT DoCoMo claims 2020. Other entities have different estimates. This panel tries to remove the rhetoric and grandstanding by specifying a few concrete milestones: first large scale carrier trials, 1ms latency within 5km radius and 1Gbps average user throughput. Given these criteria, when will 5G really happen?
 
Moderator
  • Chen Chang, Founder & CEO, BeeCube/NI, USA.
Dr. Chang is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at BEEcube Inc, acquired by National Instruments in February 2015. Dr. Chang is an expert in compute intensive aspects of 5G wireless technology. He is regularly consulted by companies to provide guidance for their advanced, high performance wireless architectures. He was the Chief Architect of the Berkeley Emulation Engine (BEE) project at the University of California in Berkeley, leading the design and implementation of three generations of FPGA-based emulation and computing systems, as well as a unified FPGA/ASIC design environment using high-level descriptions. Dr. Chang holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Invited Guest Speakers
  • Satish Dhanasekaran, VP/GM Mobile Broadband Operation, Keysight
  • Peter Gammel, CTO, Skyworks
  • Geng Wu, Fellow and Chief Wireless Technologist, Intel
  • Byung K. Yi, CTO & Head of InterDigital Labs, Interdigital
  • Dr. Peiying Zhu, Fellow and Senior Director of Huawei Research, Huawei
Satish Dhanasekaran is General Manager of Mobile Broadband Operation in Keysight Technologies. Satish started in Agilent Technologies in 2006 as a Wireless Applications Engineer. Since then he has held several leadership roles as Technical Architect, Business development manager for Keysight’s Wireless Business for the America’s Region.  In his current role Satish manages technology development and marketing of test products to the wireless industry. Before joining Agilent in 2006 as a Wireless Applications Engineer, he worked at Motorola designing and leading development of RF sections for first-generation smart phone devices.  Satish received his MS EE from Florida State University and is a die-hard fan of the Seminole football team. 

Peter L. Gammel is chief technology officer for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He joined the company in 2011 as part of Skyworks’ acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor. At SiGe, he served as chief technology officer and vice president of engineering.  Prior to this, he was vice president of engineering at Renaissance Wireless and chief technology officer at AdvanceNanotech and for Agere Systems’ Analog Products Business. He was also a distinguished member of technical staff at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs.
Gammel received a bachelor’s of science in physics and mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University.

Dr. Geng Wu is an Intel Fellow and chief technologist for wireless standards in the Platform Engineering Group at Intel Corporation. Wu leads Intel’s 5th-generation (5G) wireless standards development and ecosystem collaboration. He also heads Intel’s delegation to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Dr. Wu has more than 20 years of research and development experience in the wireless industry. He has contributed extensively to global 2G CDMA, 3G 1xRTT, UMTS, HSPA and 4G WiMAX, LTE radio interface and network architecture design and development. His current research interests include mobile computing and communication platforms, heterogeneous networks, channel modeling, next-generation air interface technologies, and cross-layer optimization for mobile services and applications. Before joining Intel, Dr. Wu served as director of wireless architecture and standards at Nortel Networks, where he was responsible for system performance, standards research, and technology development in 3GPP2, 3GPP, IEEE and WiMAX.

Byung K. Yi is InterDigital’s Executive Vice President, InterDigital Labs, and Chief Technology Officer. As head of InterDigital Labs, Dr. Yi is responsible for directing the development of advanced wireless and network technologies, the evolution of standards-based technologies and the company’s participation in wireless standards bodies.
Dr. Yi joined InterDigital in April 2014 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he had served as assistant division chief of engineering since 2012. Prior to his appointment at the FCC, Dr. Yi was at LG Electronics from 2000 to 2012, where as Senior Executive Vice President he headed the company’s North American R&D center. A former member of InterDigital’s Technology Advisory Council, Dr. Yi contributes more than 30 years of advanced wireless development experience.
Dr. Yi also contributes a strong history of industry leadership. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Telecommunications Industry Association and has served on the board of directors or steering committees of a number of professional organizations, including the Center for Wireless Communications, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 Technical Specification Group, and a number of others. He was awarded the prestigious CDG (CDMA Development Group) Industry Leadership award, been recognized by the National Engineer Week (NEW) Foundation, and inducted to the Hall of Fame by the School of Engineering and Applied Science of George Washington University.
Dr. Yi received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yonsei University (Korea), his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, and his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University.
Dr. Peiying Zhu will attend the Executive Forum and give speech on 5G field trial from Huawei.

Peiying Zhu is a Huawei Fellow and the Senior Director of Huawei Research. The focus of her research team is advanced wireless access technologies for LTE/LTE-A and beyond. She is currently leading 5G wireless system research in Huawei. Prior to joining Huawei in 2009, she was a Nortel Fellow and the Director of Advanced Wireless Access Technology in the Nortel Wireless Technology Lab. She led the team and pioneered researches and prototyping on MIMO-OFDM and Multi-hop relay. Many of technologies developed by the team have been adopted into WiMAX /LTE standards and 4G products. She has more than 100 granted patents in those areas. She was actively involved in IEEE 802.16 and LTE standard development, served IEEE 802.16j relay Task Group vice chair, various ad-hoc chairs, and IEEE 802.16 Working Group Secretary positions. She is currently a WiFi Alliance Board member and Treasurer.

Tuesday, 8 December 2015
14:00 - 15:45, Room: Sapphire OP

EF-2: Data center networking and cloud computing

With traffic continuing to grow due to mobile, video and cloud services, carriers face significant challenges on how to upgrade and re-architect their networks. In this panel, the executives will explore network architecture approaches, transport connectivity systems, various optical effects and the component trends that will enable the industry to achieve cost-effective, high flexible and high bandwidth data infrastructure and services.  

Moderators
  • Franklin Flint, CTO, TIA
  • Nikhil Jayaram, VP Data Center Group & CTO Network Platforms Group, Intel
Franklin Flint joined TIA in March 2015 as Chief Technology Officer, leading the technology, standards, and numbering activities in the association. He also creates thought leadership, technical strategy and industry insights. Franklin previously helped develop the telecommunications vertical strategy at Dell Inc., and has extensive experience in Enterprise, Data Center, Networking, Storage, and Server technologies after spending 20 years in the commercial sector working with the world’s largest enterprises to develop ICT strategies and solutions. He has had dozens of thought leadership pieces published, developed standards based solutions for multiple vertical markets, and created an extensive collection of speaking pieces focused on the future of the technology market. With an extensive history in developing global alliances, joint initiatives, ecosystems, and industry visions which improved the overall ICT community, Franklin delivers his industrious and unique skill set to the TIA.

Nikhil Jayaram is vice president and CTO for the Network Platforms Group in the Data Center Group at Intel Corporation. His responsibilities include setting technology, architecture and roadmap direction for the networking market and leading an architecture group to drive innovation in the segment. Jayaram helps with Intel's software-defined networking and network functions virtualization strategy and ensures Intel architecture and the company's broader portfolio of silicon, software and platform solutions enable this industry transformation. Before joining Intel, Jayaram served as vice president at Cisco, where he managed the Silicon Engineering Group. In this role, he led the development of silicon products and technology for use in switching, routing, server and cable market segments. Jayaram joined Cisco via the Procket Networks acquisition. In addition to network infrastructure, Jayaram has worked on processors, I/O, compression and graphics hardware. Jayaram began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation. He then worked at Apple before moving on to several startups. Jayaram has a bachelor's and master’s degrees in electrical engineering.

Invited Guest Speakers
  • Vinay Ravuri, VP Product Management, Data Center Group, Qualcomm
  • Steve Hart, CTO and Co-Founder, Viasat
  • Nikhil Jayaram, VP Data Center Group & CTO Network Platforms Group, Intel
  • Steve Yao, CEO, General Photonics
  • Mark Heimbuch, CTO, Source Photonics
Vinay Ravuri is Vice President of Product Management for data center group at Qualcomm. He pioneered ARM server initiative at Applied Micro and has over 15 years of experience from IBM, Bell-labs and Infinera. He has built communications system ranging from core routers, optical switches, to data center equipment. Vinay holds bachelors degree in EE from City University of New York and Masters in EE from Georgia Institute of Technology. Vinay holds over 10 patents in hardware, software and systems design.



Steven R. Hart is Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, and a co-founder of ViaSat Inc. As CTO, he provides technical direction across the company in areas of networking, architectures, software, and information security. He works with a diverse set of ViaSat business areas to drive innovation and strategic positioning, and supports business development activities, with technical support in product concept development, customer relations, and proposal activities. Mr. Hart is a co-founder ViaSat Inc. and has helped lead the company’s rapid growth from three people in 1986 to a global company of over 3,000 employees today. Mr. Hart has over 25 years of experience in design, development and engineering management for digital communications and networking equipment. He has provided leadership in many ViaSat product areas, helping it grow from individual “black-box” products to integrated network communication systems. He also led the development of new satellite networking algorithms and directed the creation of the ViaSat Information Security business. Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Hart was a staff engineer and manager at Linkabit, worked as a computer security analyst at the Merdan group on various projects for the National Security Agency and the Navy, and served the U.S. Air Force as an imagery intelligence specialist for four years. He has authored numerous technical papers in satellite networking and computer and communications security, and holds patents for inventions in these areas. Mr. Hart was named the 2004 Outstanding Executive by the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering for his dedication to ensuring the highest quality in education for its students through close ties with San Diego’s high tech industry. Mr. Hart holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an M.A. in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. X. Steve Yao is the founder and CEO of General Photonics Corporation in Chino, CA, a leading company for polarization and timing control and measurement for fiber optic telecommunications, sensor, and medical imaging industries.Dr. Yao has authored more than 70 referred journal publications and a book chapter in RF Photonic Technology in Optical Fiber Links detailing his break-through OEO research for generating 10GHz and higher frequency signals.  He holds more than 70 issued U.S. patents and 29 NASA’s innovation awards.  Four products based on his inventions have won different top innovation awards in the industry.  He also served as a member of the Technical Committee for OFC in 1998, 2000, and 2001. He was the organization committee member for the Microwave Photonics Conference in 2000 (MWP'2000).  Dr. Yao is a fellow of the Optical Society (OSA) and currently serves as a topical editor for Optics Letters. Dr. Yao worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1990 to 2000, concentrated on the research and development of microwave photonic devices and systems, where he invented the opto-electronic oscillator for generating the world cleanest 10 to 80 GHz RF signals.  He was responsible for the design and demonstration of the X-band fiber optic antenna remoting system for NASA’s Deep Space Network.  Prior to JPL, he was an optical engineer at ADC Fiber Optics from 1985 to 1987, responsible for developing the first generation of fiber optic WDM devices.  Dr. Yao received M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics from the University of Southern California in 1989 and in 1992 respectively.

Dr. Mark Heimbuch, has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2000 when he was part of the management team that took Luminent Inc. public as a spin out from MRV Communications. He continued as CTO of Source Photonics after the merger of Luminent and Fiberxon in 2007. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Director of Research and Development for the optoelectronic device facility at MRV. As CTO, Mark oversees the company’s technical roadmap, technology development, research and product development processes, and IP programs. He also leads Product Quality which includes reliability and qualification. Previously he had also served as FTTH development head for optical components such as PON ONUs and OLTs that helped enable the first fiber to the home volume deployments in the US. Prior to that, through his early work on uncooled WDM transceivers he helped define CWDM standardization in ITU. His recent focus has been on transceivers for the datacenter market such as the 100Gbps QSFP28 modules for 2-10Km, for which Source Photonics was the first optics vendor to support production volumes. His current focus is in the area of PAM4 modulation for next generation optical interconnects. He holds 12 Patents in the area of optical transceivers and devices. Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in the area of InP based Optoelectronic devices.

Monday, 7 December
18:30 - 20:45, Room: Sapphire CDGH 

Sponsored by IEEE Young Professionals and IF&E Dialogue with Industry Leaders

EF-3: How to build a successful career in communications? 

This is an important question on every communications engineer’s mind whether you are in industry, academia or in a startup. The answer to this complex question depends on a myriad of interesting factors which would be discussed in detail during this epic event. The event includes a panel discussion and interactive dialogue session where seasoned thought leaders from academia, industry and the startup community would share their experiences and advice the audience not only navigating the communications field but also on how to develop a thriving career. The interactive dialogue will feature audience interaction with our distinguished business leaders. This is an event you don’t want to miss.  

Session #1: IEEE Young Professionals: Advance Your Career to the Next Level

Panelists will provide insights about career paths and career growth drivers in academia, industry and startup community. In addition, given the diverse nature of the communications field, the panel would provide tips for building a truly global professional network while successfully navigating different cultures.

Moderator
  • Ken Stewart, Fellow & Chief Wireless Technologist, Intel
Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Stewart is Intel Fellow, Intel Platform Engineering Group. In this role he contributes to innovation in 5G, LTE, 802.11 systems and in wireless system-on-chip solutions, cellular and connectivity transceiver solutions, codecs, radio access offloading and routing, and location systems. Most recently, Dr. Stewart was Chief Technology Officer for TE Connectivity’s Wireless business unit. He led the development, delivery and deployment of conventional and CPRI-based advanced multi-wavelength digital distributed antenna systems (DDAS), including low- and high-power multi-band multi-carrier remote radio heads (RRH) for LTE, WCDMA/HSPA, CDMA and 802.11. He drove the implementation of TE’s first Gbps optical switching fabric for the flexible delivery of capacity within the network, TE’s first hybridized small cell and DDAS RAN implementation, and the integration of TE’s advanced DDAS systems with its rapid fiber deployment technology. Previously, Dr. Stewart was Vice President, Standards and Research at Motorola Mobile Devices, where he led the Standards and Research Lab which made contributions to the creation of 3GPP’s LTE specification, and previously the WCDMA HSDPA and HSUPA specifications. In this period he served as advisor to Motorola senior leadership on technical and strategic issues in radio access networks and multimedia. In his career at Motorola, Dr. Stewart designed and productized advanced wireless solutions for LTE, WCDMA and CDMA base stations and terminals, interference-suppressing MIMO receivers, WiFi offloading and traffic routing middleware and next-generation audio codecs. Dr. Stewart has served as Motorola Dan Noble Fellow and Motorola Science Advisory Board member and holds more than 80 issued patents. He is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde, where he is also Visiting Professor.

Invited Panelists
  • Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor, UCSD
  • Yan Hui, CEO/Co-founder, AirHop Communications
  • Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager, Communications Measurement Solutions, Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Pradeep K. Khosla became UC San Diego’s eighth Chancellor on August 1, 2012. As UC San Diego’s chief executive officer, he leads a campus with more than 30,000 students, six undergraduate colleges, five academic divisions, and five graduate and professional schools. UC San Diego is also home to the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the UC San Diego Health System. With annual revenues of $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2014, UC San Diego is an academic and research powerhouse, with faculty, researchers and staff attracting more than $1 billion in research funding a year. The campus is the third largest employer in San Diego County and one of 10 campuses in the world-renowned University of California system.
At UC San Diego, Khosla initiated and led a comprehensive, all-inclusive strategic planning process to unify the campus and define UC San Diego's future. The initiative resulted in a Strategic Plan that outlines five overarching goals, four grand research themes, and 13 strategies to fulfill our sharpened mission and vision as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university.
An internationally renowned electrical and computer engineer, Khosla previously served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He spent the majority of his career at Carnegie Mellon, rising through the ranks from his first position as Assistant Professor in 1986 to his appointment as Dean in 2004. From 1994 to 1996, he also served as a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Program Manager in the Software and Intelligent Systems Technology Office, Defense Sciences Office and Tactical Technology Office, where he managed advanced research and development programs.
Khosla is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Society for Engineering Education. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Association of Artificial Intelligence and the Indian Academy of Engineering. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science. Khosla is also the recipient of numerous awards for his leadership, teaching, and research, including the 2012 Light of India Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the George Westinghouse Award for contributions to improve engineering teaching. In 2012, he was named as one of the 50 most influential Indian-Americans by SiliconIndia.

Yan Hui, as co-founder, created AirHop Communications to be a pioneer in real-time self-organizing network (SON) solutions for dynamic resource optimization and QoS/QoE management of heterogeneous networks.  He has over 20 year of wireless communications technology experience with roles spanning technology research, product development, corporate strategy and operations, product marketing and business development. Prior to AirHop, Yan established and managed the 3G advanced R&D organization for Texas Instruments (TI), successfully developing core technology IP for 3G wireless systems. He also served as Chair for the TI wireless patent committee and drove the company's wireless standardization activities. Yan has also held various management and engineering positions at Nortel Networks and Dot Wireless. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Chair of ECE Department at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yan is an accomplished technologist with more than 30 patents granted or pending and a number of IEEE publications. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Tianjin University, China and a Master’s degree in EE from UW - Madison.

Mark Pierpoint is Vice President & General Manager of Keysight’s Communications Measurement Solutions division, which designs and produces RF and microwave sources, analyzers and transceivers as well as Reference Solutions for wireless, aerospace defense, and other applications.
Prior to his current responsibilities, Mark held multiple management positions in R&D, Manufacturing and Operations across various businesses within Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies in both the US and Europe. Mark is credited with paving the way for science to be applied more broadly in sales and marketing and as well as driving improved R&D productivity and leading change management and most recently has led Keysight’s Modular initiative.
Mark joined the company in 1987, when the Electronic Measurement business was still part of Hewlett-Packard, after receiving a PhD in Microwave Engineering and BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds in the UK.

Session #2: Dialogue with Industry Leaders on “Keys to a Successful Career in Communications”

This is an interactive dialogue featuring top-level executives in communications so it is a great opportunity for you to ask questions to these role models regarding career paths, technology directions and trends and importance of a global professional network. All executive forum and keynote speakers are invited to participate the dialogue in roundtable format, and is open to both technical and industry program participants. This is your chance to participate in cutting-edge discussions and unmatched peer-to-peer networking as you will hear real world solutions from various industry leaders that will help better manage career or business.

Moderator
  • Steve Hart, CTO and Co-Founder, Viasat
Steven R. Hart is Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, and a co-founder of ViaSat Inc. As CTO, he provides technical direction across the company in areas of networking, architectures, software, and information security. He works with a diverse set of ViaSat business areas to drive innovation and strategic positioning, and supports business development activities, with technical support in product concept development, customer relations, and proposal activities. Mr. Hart is a co-founder ViaSat Inc. and has helped lead the company’s rapid growth from three people in 1986 to a global company of over 3,000 employees today. Mr. Hart has over 25 years of experience in design, development and engineering management for digital communications and networking equipment. He has provided leadership in many ViaSat product areas, helping it grow from individual “black-box” products to integrated network communication systems. He also led the development of new satellite networking algorithms and directed the creation of the ViaSat Information Security business. Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Hart was a staff engineer and manager at Linkabit, worked as a computer security analyst at the Merdan group on various projects for the National Security Agency and the Navy, and served the U.S. Air Force as an imagery intelligence specialist for four years. He has authored numerous technical papers in satellite networking and computer and communications security, and holds patents for inventions in these areas. Mr. Hart was named the 2004 Outstanding Executive by the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering for his dedication to ensuring the highest quality in education for its students through close ties with San Diego’s high tech industry. Mr. Hart holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an M.A. in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.

Panelists
  • Peter Gammel, CTO, Skyworks
  • Chen Chang, Founder & CEO, BeeCube/NI, USA.
  • Geng Wu, Fellow and Chief Wireless Technologist, Intel
  • Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager, Communications Measurement Solutions, Keysight Technologies, Inc.
  • Vinay Ravuri, VP Product Management, Data Center Group, Qualcomm
  • Xiang Liu, Director, Optical Access Networks, Huawei
  • Byung K. Yi, CTO & Head of InterDigital Labs, Interdigital
Peter L. Gammel is chief technology officer for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He joined the company in 2011 as part of Skyworks’ acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor. At SiGe, he served as chief technology officer and vice president of engineering.
Prior to this, he was vice president of engineering at Renaissance Wireless and chief technology officer at AdvanceNanotech and for Agere Systems’ Analog Products Business.
He was also a distinguished member of technical staff at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs.



Dr. Chang is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at BEEcube Inc, acquired by National Instruments in February 2015. Dr. Chang is an expert in compute intensive aspects of 5G wireless technology. He is regularly consulted by companies to provide guidance for their advanced, high performance wireless architectures. He was the Chief Architect of the Berkeley Emulation Engine (BEE) project at the University of California in Berkeley, leading the design and implementation of three generations of FPGA-based emulation and computing systems, as well as a unified FPGA/ASIC design environment using high-level descriptions. Dr. Chang holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Geng Wu is an Intel Fellow and chief technologist for wireless standards in the Platform Engineering Group at Intel Corporation. Wu leads Intel’s 5th-generation (5G) wireless standards development and ecosystem collaboration. He also heads Intel’s delegation to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Dr. Wu has more than 20 years of research and development experience in the wireless industry. He has contributed extensively to global 2G CDMA, 3G 1xRTT, UMTS, HSPA and 4G WiMAX, LTE radio interface and network architecture design and development. His current research interests include mobile computing and communication platforms, heterogeneous networks, channel modeling, next-generation air interface technologies, and cross-layer optimization for mobile services and applications. Before joining Intel, Dr. Wu served as director of wireless architecture and standards at Nortel Networks, where he was responsible for system performance, standards research, and technology development in 3GPP2, 3GPP, IEEE and WiMAX.

Mark Pierpoint is Vice President & General Manager of Keysight’s Communications Measurement Solutions division, which designs and produces RF and microwave sources, analyzers and transceivers as well as Reference Solutions for wireless, aerospace defense, and other applications.
Prior to his current responsibilities, Mark held multiple management positions in R&D, Manufacturing and Operations across various businesses within Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies in both the US and Europe. Mark is credited with paving the way for science to be applied more broadly in sales and marketing and as well as driving improved R&D productivity and leading change management and most recently has led Keysight’s Modular initiative.
Mark joined the company in 1987, when the Electronic Measurement business was still part of Hewlett-Packard, after receiving a PhD in Microwave Engineering and BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds in the UK.

Vinay Ravuri is Vice President of Product Management for data center group at Qualcomm. He pioneered ARM server initiative at Applied Micro and has over 15 years of experience from IBM, Bell-labs and Infinera. He has built communications system ranging from core routers, optical switches, to data center equipment. Vinay holds bachelors degree in EE from City University of New York and Masters in EE from Georgia Institute of Technology. Vinay holds over 10 patents in hardware, software and systems design.



Xiang Liu received the Ph.D. degree in applied physics from Cornell University in 2000. He is currently Director of the Optical Access Networks Department at Futurewei Technologies, Huawei R&D USA, focusing on next-generation optical access technologies. Prior to this, Dr. Liu had been a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, New Jersey, working on high-speed optical transport technologies such as 100G/400G/1T coherent transmission. He has authored/coauthored more than 300 journal and conference papers, and holds over 60 US patents. He is a Fellow of the OSA and is serving as a Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of OFC’16.

Byung K. Yi is InterDigital’s Executive Vice President, InterDigital Labs, and Chief Technology Officer. As head of InterDigital Labs, Dr. Yi is responsible for directing the development of advanced wireless and network technologies, the evolution of standards-based technologies and the company’s participation in wireless standards bodies.
Dr. Yi joined InterDigital in April 2014 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he had served as assistant division chief of engineering since 2012. Prior to his appointment at the FCC, Dr. Yi was at LG Electronics from 2000 to 2012, where as Senior Executive Vice President he headed the company’s North American R&D center. A former member of InterDigital’s Technology Advisory Council, Dr. Yi contributes more than 30 years of advanced wireless development experience.
Dr. Yi also contributes a strong history of industry leadership. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Telecommunications Industry Association and has served on the board of directors or steering committees of a number of professional organizations, including the Center for Wireless Communications, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 Technical Specification Group, and a number of others. He was awarded the prestigious CDG (CDMA Development Group) Industry Leadership award, been recognized by the National Engineer Week (NEW) Foundation, and inducted to the Hall of Fame by the School of Engineering and Applied Science of George Washington University.
Dr. Yi received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yonsei University (Korea), his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, and his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University.