Scope

The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers from the academic and the industry worlds for an exchange on the future of optical networks. The presentations will focus on the theory and application of optimization and simulation tools to the design and management of optical networks, in particular the linking of optical network resources to data traffic patterns in order to answer efficiently to network growth and service provisioning.

Location

Université de Montréal

Pavillon André-Aisensdadt

2920 Chemin de la Tour

Montréal (Québec) H3T 1J4

Room 6254 and Salon Maurice Labbé

See the map of the Université de Montréal campus for details on the location of the Pavillon André Aisensdadt (building #15).

Accommodations

Accommodations are possible at a few minutes walk from the conference site. In particular, for those who will be staying at the Royal Terrace hotel, the hotel is located on Côte-des-Neiges, somewhere between the two access points of the Côte-des-Neiges subway station, see the above link to a map of the Université de Montréal. For other accommodations, see the list of accommodation suggestions. [Accommodation list].

Main Speakers

Michel Bélanger, NORTEL

Network cost Impact of Solutions for Mitigating Optical Impairments: 
Comparison of Methods, Techniques, and Practical Deployment Constraints

André Girard,  EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., Québec, Canada

FTTH PON – The Next Big Thing in Telecom [abstract] [pdf]

Wayne D. Grover, TRLabs and the University of Alberta

p-Cycles: Ring Speed with Mesh Efficiency and Extensions into Dynamic Provisioning and Node Recovery

Arie Koster, Konrad Zuse Zentrum für Informationstechnik, Berlin, Scientific Computing - Optimization

Survivable Optical Network Design by Mathematical Optimization [abstract] [pdf]

Hussein Mouftah, Canada Research Chair Professor in Optical Networks, School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa,

Tools for the Design of All-Optical Networks [abstract] [pdf]

Biswanath Mukherjee, Department of Computer Science, University of California

Traffic Grooming (Multiplexing) and Inverse Multiplexing Problems in Telecom Networks [abstract] [pdf]

Topics

Network management, network design, survivability and reliability, protection and restoration, routing and scheduling, revenue management, IP over WDM, quality of service.

Call for Papers

In addition of the tutorial conferences, we welcome submissions on the research topics of the workshop. Authors interested by presenting their research results should contact one of the workshop organizers and send an abstract.

Program [Final program] [List of abstracts]

The goal of the OON scientific program is to encourage discussions of the latest information and results in the field of the optimization of fiber optic networks and related technologies. We seek presentations from industry as well as from academia.

Registration Fees

The registration fees are 50$ (20$ for the graduate students, free for undergraduate students) and include the lunch during the two days of the workshop. To register, please complete the following form [pdf] and return it by fax at 514 - 343 7249.

Organizers

Brigitte Jaumard, CRC Chair - Optimization of Communication Networks                 Université de Montréal                                                                Department of Computer Science and Operations Research jaumard@iro.umontreal.ca.

Alain Houle Université de Sherbrooke Department of Electrical and Computer and Engineering alain.houle@usherbrooke.ca http://www.gel.usherb.ca/houle/index_e.html