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Bell
Labs Research China and Chinese Academy of Science Jointly Held
a Distinguished Lecture
2001-1-16
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Labs Research China and Chinese Academy of Science jointly held a
distinguished lecture in Beijing on January 16. Dr. William F. Brinkman
gave a talk of "Technology Pillars for Future Networks". Dr. William
F. Brinkman is Executive Vice President of Bell Labs Research, Lucent
Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ. His responsibilities include the direction
of all research of Bell Laborataries to enable the advancement of
the technology underlying Lucent Technologies' products. William Brinkman
is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy
of Arts and Science. He has served on a number of national committees,
including chairmanship of the National Academy of Science Physics
Survey and their Solid-State Sciences Committee. He served on the
Council of the National Academy of Science. He was recently elected
to become President of the American Physical Society.
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Dr.Bill
Brinkman(right),Executive Vice President of Bell Labs Research,
together with Dr.David Lee(left), Vice President of Bell Labs Research
China,and Mr. Yang Boling,Vice President of Chinese Academy Science;
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his talk, he elaborated that networking was built on six technical
pillars, including Integrated Circuits, Photonics, Displays, Storage,
Wireless and Software. A summary of where each of these technologies
stands was given along with some ideas of what new technology advancement
could be expected in each. For details about Dr. Brinkman's lecture,
please click
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Yang Bailing, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Science, and Dr.
David Lee, Vice President of Bell Labs Research, co-chaired this lecture,
which attracted an audience of more than 200 people, including some
experts and professors in optical communications and graduate students
in related fields. They heartily welcomed this rare opportunity to
interact with world-class scientists face to face.
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Dr.Bill
Brinkman,Executive Vice President of Bell Labs Research, giving
a lecture at Chinese Academy of Science
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Bell Labs China and Asia
Pacific has maintained a close collaborative relationship with China's
top universities and institutes, established joint labs with these
universities. Bell Labs Research China initiated Bell Labs Distinguished
Lecture Series since its launch in March, 2000. World-class scientists
were invited to deliver lectures in China. This lecture series provides
the opportunity for Chinese researchers and students to get familiar
with the latest trends in the frontier of science and technology.
Meanwhile, the visit of China and the communication also help the
well-known scientists know better of China. So far, Bell Labs Research
China has held lectures in Tsinghua University, Peking University,
Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan
University and Zhe Jiang University. The invited speakers are Dr.
Tingye Li, pioneer of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and
a member of the US National Academy of Engineering; Dr. David Lee,
Vice President of Bell Labs Research; Dr. Rodney Alferness, Chief
Technical Officer of Lucent's Optical Networking Group; Dr. Dennis
Ritchie, co-inventor of UNIX operating system and C language, a
member of the US National Academy of Engineering; Dr. Alfred V Aho,
Vice President of Bell Labs Research, a member of the US National
Academy of Engineering; Dr. Alfred Y. Cho, Director of Semiconductor
Research, Bell Labs, winner of U.S. National Medal of Science.
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