[IEICE-CS eNews<2008-02>] Call for Papers: International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2008

January 29, 2008

[Call for Papers]
International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2008 (PS2008)

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4-7 August 2008
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
http://www.ps2008.org
    Organized by IEICE Communication Society
    Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE LEOS & IEICE Electronic Society
    In cooperation with OSA & Japan Society of Applied Physics (AP)

*** Submission Deadline: 9 March 2008 ***
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You are cordially invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts to 
International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2008 iPS2008), 
to be held in Sapporo in August 2008, one of the most popular tourist 
town in Japan in its best season.
Please visit and bookmark; http://www.ps2008.org

Conference Date: 4-7 August 2008
Place: Hokkaido University, Kita 8, Nishi 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Papers Submission
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Prospective authors are requested to submit an extended abstract
(A4 2page) in English with your contact information.
Detailed submission process will appear shortly on the conference web page.
http://www.ps2008.org/

Important Dates
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*Abstract due: 9 March 2008 *
Notification of acceptance: May 2008
Conference date: 4-7 August 2008

Conference Scope
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Optical Switching Technologies
   * Optical Switches and Routing Devices
   * All-Optical Flip-Flops, Buffers, Memories
   * All-Optical Wavelength Converter/ Regenerator
   * Optical MEMS Switch, ROADM, WSS
   * Tunable Lasers and Filters
   * Silicon Photonic Switching Technologies
   * Comparison between All-Optical, Electrical, and Hybrid Technologies

Optical Subsystems and Systems
   * All-Optical Signal Processing
   * Optical Label Recognition and Processing
   * Optical Packet/Burst Switching Routers
   * Optical CDMA/TDMA Technologies
   * Optical Interconnection
   * Field Trial Transmission

Optical Networking
   * Rapidly Reconfigurable Networks
   * OPS/OBS Networks
   * End-to-End Network Performance and Monitoring
   * Optical Network Control and Management
   * Next Generation GMPLS, ASON, and MPLS
   * IP-over-Optical Architectures
   * Optical Access Networks
   * Data Server and Computing Networks



PS2008 Contact Office 
c/o ILCC Co., Ltd. 
Phone: +81-3-5562-3661 
FAX:   +81-3-5562-3666 
Email: ps2008@ilcc.com 
http://www.ps2008.org