Peter Winzer
Organisation: Nubis Communications Role: Founder & CTO Based in: New Providence, NJ, USA
Peter Winzer, CTO of start-up Nubis Communications, predicts one unavoidable development across optical communications: ‘massive integrated spatial parallelism’. ‘We need to embrace massive fibre bundles as our friend,’ said Winzer. ‘In short-reach transceivers, we are no
longer talking about a single fibre pair, we are talking about eight. Soon we will be talking about 16 and 32. In the design of advanced ML/AI engines, we are no longer talking about a single chip with electrical I/O interfaces, we are talking about multi-chiplet processors. Soon we will be talking about
Verena Wippo
Organisation: Laser Zentrum Hannover Role: Head of Composites Group
Verena Wippo studied mechanical engineering at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, graduating in 2010 with a focus on machines, systems and automation in production engineering and mechanisms and robotics. Since 2011, she has worked in the Composite Group at the Laser Zentrum Hannover in Germany, going on to become head of the group in 2019. Wippo’s main field of activity resides
in the laser welding, drilling and cutting of unreinforced and fibre-reinforced thermoplastics, particularly for manufacture and repair in the aerospace industry. In
Based in: Hannover, Germany Education: Dipl. Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover
recent years, Wippo and her colleagues have strived to automate and optimise such processes using the latest advances in process monitoring systems coupled with self-developed analysis and control programs, enabling them to process and analyse the large amounts of sensor data produced within these applications. She has co-authored approximately 35 journal articles, 40 conference papers, and for the past two years has been the general chair at the Laser Institute of America’s International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics ICALEO.
Chris Yates
Organisation: European Machine Vision Association
Role: President
The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA)’s ambitious mission to amplify the voice of the industry remains as robust as ever, with a welcome return to live member events this past year. Its much-admired current president,
Chris Yates, has juggled a challenging brief in recent years, with a particular focus on supporting the development of new companies, broadening the scope of sensor technologies within the EMVA and driving the wider awareness of industry initiatives. He has achieved this during volatile world events, including difficult supply-chain
Based in: Edinburgh, UK Education: PhD Physical Chemistry, Imperial College London
issues and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yates is also a director at Vision Ventures – a company with a strong track record of building business deals to drive growth and innovation. His work on designing ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon micro-displays helped get him noticed, along with the founding of the Scottish industrial 3D time- of-flight imaging specialist Odos, which was acquired by Rockwell Automation in 2017. The sector is lucky to have such a passionate and respected advocate.
Education: PhD in Communications Engineering, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
co-packaged optical I/O chiplets. In long-haul transport, we are no longer talking about a single wavelength interface, we are talking about superchannels of many wavelengths to carry the interface rate of a logical router port. Soon we will be talking about an entire long- haul fibre’s worth of capacity as a logical channel, and wavelength switching will be replaced by space switching. ‘In order to make all of the above happen
at low power and low cost, massive array integration is needed.’ Winzer plans to attend OFC in San Diego and ECOC in Glasgow.
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