Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
Seminar Schedule
Fall Semester 2004
Date
Speaker/Topic
Friday, September 3
Dr. Mike Fiddy, Center Director
Optics Center Update
Friday, September 10
Dr. Ralph Teague, Staff Technical Adviser, General Dynamics ATP
"Chem-bio sensing" and
Steve Hallock, Program Manager, Advanced Programs, GDATP
"SAFETY Act (Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology)"

Thursday, September 16
Dr. Ali Adibi, Georgia Tech
"Dense integration of optical communications
functionalities using photonic crystals"

Joint meeting with IEEE and OSA local chapters
Friday, September 17
NO SEMINAR
Friday, September 24
PHYSICS FACULTY MEETING - NO SEMINAR
Friday, October 1
Dr. Chris Summers, Director
Phosphor Technology Center of Excellence, Georgia Tech
"Tunable Photonic Crystals"
Monday, October 4
Dr. Leo Esaki, Nobel Laureate
President, Shibaru Institute of Technology, Japan
"The Challenge in Science Frontiers, including my personal history -
How to Win a Nobel Prize"

Joint meeting with CRI and IEEE and OSA local chapters
Friday, October 8
Dr. Bob Plemmons, Reynolds Prof. Math and Computer Science
Wake Forest University
"Computational Imaging Systems for Iris Recognition"
Friday, October 15
Dr. Paul Franzon, NC State University
"Molecular Electronics"
Friday, October 22
NO SEMINAR
Friday, October 29
Dr. Qiuyi Ye
IBM Microelectronic Division
"Challenge of CMOS Technology in Nanometer Regime"
Thursday & Friday
November 4 & 5
Optics in the Southeast
Charlotte Hilton at University Place

See www.osa.org/opticssoutheast
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eric Mazur
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University
Saturday, November 6
Third Annual Optoelectronics Symposium
Charlotte Hilton at University Place

Invited speakers to date:
Dr. Fred Welsh, formerly of OIDA, "The Global Optoelectronics Market"

Dr. Steve Brueck, U. New Mexico, "Microprinting and Lithography"
Dr. Philip St. Russell, U. Bath (U.K.) "Holey optical fibers"
Dr. George Simonis, Branch Chief, Army Research Lab, "Microphotonics"

Friday, November 12
NO SEMINAR (IEEE LEOS Meeting)
Friday, November 19
PHYSICS FACULTY MEETING - NO SEMINAR
Friday, November 26
Thanksgiving Holiday - No Seminar
Friday, December 3
TBA