wiredInUSA April 2019

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Subsea summer school

The OSA Foundation (OSAF), established by the Optical Society (OSA) in 2002, has announced its inaugural subsea optical fiber communications international summer school, to be held in Finland. The program, created by OSAF and Google, highlights the expanding field of subsea optical fiber communications for early stage researchers, engineers and PhD or Master’s degree students. Attendees will go through a comprehensive process to build a modern global communication network, with a focus on submarine system design, submarine powering, cable technology, planning, marine operations and maintenance. “We want to encourage the best and brightest scientists and engineers to consider subsea communications as a

profession,” said Valey Kamalov, network engineer at Google and chair of the school program committee. Among other application materials, candidates are asked to submit two statements, of 250 words each, describing why they would like to attend the school, and how their current work relates to subsea optical fiber communications. The school program will include speakers from a range of companies including Google, Facebook, Subcom, Alcatel Submarine Networks and NEC. The summer school is supported by SubOptic, the global trade association for the submarine cable community, with sponsors including Ciena and Nokia.

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