Bell Labs Distinguished Lecture Series

Headquartered in US, Bell Labs was established on 1 January 1925 based on the research facilities of the former AT&T and Western Electric, and is now the R&D arm of Lucent Technologies. In the past years, Bell Labs has made a vast variety of innovations including transistors, information theory, Unix OS and C programming language. One could say the every advance of the human beings has been more or less related with Bell Labs.

Since Bell Labs Research China was established in March 2000, some distinguished scientists of Bell Labs have been invited by BLRC to give lectures in the key universities and research institutes throughout China.

New Services and Applications on Emerging Converged Networks

Date: 2006-2-27

Place: Southeast University

Lecturer: Dr. Sid Ahuja

Subject: New Services and Applications on Emerging Converged Networks

Abstract:

Bell Labs Research China and Southeast University jointly held a distinguished lecture in Nanjing on Feb. 27, 2006. Dr. Sid Ahuja delivered a talk of "New Services and Applications on Emerging Converged Networks".

New Applications for the Converged World

Date: 2004-11-18

Place: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Lecturer: Dr. Wim Sweldens

Subject: New Services and Applications on Emerging Converged Networks

Abstract:

Bell Labs Research China and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications jointly held a distinguished lecture on Nov. 18, 2004. Dr. Wim Sweldens delivered a talk of "New Applications for the Converged World".

Topics included the next generation networks, IMS (IP multimedia Subsystem) technologies and some new applications on it. Some recent innovations of Bell Labs Research have also been covered.

Date: 2004-4-23

Place: Peking University

Lecturer: Dr. Wim Sweldens

Subject: Security of IP networks

Abstract:

With the explosive growth of the Internet, secure IP networking has become ever more important. Recently we have seen various ways in which the Internet is being abused. Examples are denial of service (DOS) attacks, spam, and viruses. Part of the problem is that when the Internet was designed 25 years ago, nobody could forsee the growth and security was not one of the prime design parameters. For example, basic authentication is missing on most layers of the network stack. One can trivially forge packet source addresses, e-mail source addresses or web site names. Also, recent DOS attackes have shown that the current perimiter defense firewall model is insufficient.

We present a security model called "pervasive crypto" which will bring strong authentication and encryption to all layers of the network. It involves ideas such as secure email, secure dns, secure storage, caller-ID for packets, and in-network DOS defense. For each of these, we only describe the desired endstate, but also discuss non-disruptive methodologies for reaching it.

Bell Labs Innovations Changing the Way We Live

Date: 2004-3-25

Place: Tsinghua University

Lecturer: Dr. William T. O'Shea

Subject: Bell Labs Innovations Changing the Way We Live

Abstract:

Bell Labs Research China, Lucent China and Tsinghua University jointly held a distinguished lecture on Mar. 25, 2004. Dr. William T. O'Shea delivered a talk of "Bell Labs Innovations Changing the Way We Live".

Topics included the current and future communication networks, the key technologies that drive networking and applicaitons. Some recent innovations of Bell Labs have also been covered.

Date: 2001-6-26

Place: Tsinghua University

Lecturer: Dr. Zhang Lixia

Subject: Network Architecture Revisited: the case for datagrams

Abstract:

Over the last decade the Internet has gone through an explosive growth. The original Internet architecture design, which uses datagrams as the basic building block, has demonstrated a great success. Is this coincidental or consequential? How much has the original architecture evolved over the years, and how much might it change over the next decade? As a step towards a clearer view of the crystal ball in this talk I will revisit some basic issues about what is datagrams and why datagrams and discuss some of the architectural research challenges ahead of us.

Date: 2001-4-23

Place: Chinese Academy of Science

Lecturer: Dr. Cherry Murry

Subject: " Advancing the Future of Communications" - Physical Sciences Research at Bell Labs

Abstract:

We live in an era of astounding technological transformation - the Information Revolution - that is as profound as the two great technological revolutions of the past - the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. All around us are now-familiar technologies whose very existence would have seemed extraordinary just a generation ago, such as cellular telephones, the optical fiber telecommunications backbone, the Internet and the World Wide Web. These would have not been possible without progress in condensed matter physics research and underlying materials science. Communications technology arises from innovation based on solid technical foundations created by decades of research in the underlying basic physical sciences, much done at Bell Labs over its 75 year history. This research is still vitally important today for continued increases in the functionality and decreases in the cost of communications systems. I will talk about research in the physical sciences at Bell Labs today that is aiming towards two important goals: all optical broadband networking and the mobile broadband Internet.

Date: 2001-1-16

Place: Chinese Academy of Science

Lecturer: Dr. William F. Brinkman

Subject: Technology Pillars for Future Networks

Abstract:

Bell 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".

Date: 2000-12-11

Place: Tsinghua University

Lecturer: Alastair M. Glass

Subject: Optical Networking in the 21st Century

Abstract:

The explosive demand for bandwidth for data networking applications continues to drive photonics technologies toward ever-increasing capacity in the backbone fiber network and toward flexible optical networking. Already Tb/s (per fiber) transmission systems have been announced, and it can be expected that in the next several years we will begin to be limited by the 50 THz transmission window of silica optical fiber...

Date: 2000-10-20

Place: Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing

Lecturer: Dr. Tingye Li

Subject: A Mainstay of the Information Society

Abstract:

Research on optical-fiber transmission technologies began in the late 1960s. Progress was rapid and abundant, and by 1980 the first lightwave transmission system was installed for commercial application. Now, lightwave communications systems and networks are ubiquitously deployed worldwide for transmission, routing, distribution, and delivery of information, be it voice, video, data, Internet, or multimedia. Undersea optical fiber cables bridge continents; terrestrial fiber systems link cities and interconnect switching centers in metropolitan areas; fiber local access systems deliver broadband services to office buildings and private homes...

Date: 2000-10-19

Place: Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing

Lecturer: Dr. Tingye Li

Subject: Meeting the Demand of the Information Society

Abstract:

Optical fiber transmission, with its unmatched attributes of vast bandwidth, graceful growth, flexible architecture, high reliability, and cost-effective deployment for information transport and distribution, has revolutionized telecommunications. Indeed, lightwave communications has greatly hastened the coming of the information age...

Date: 2000-05-26

Place: Zhejiang University

Lecturer: Dr. David Lee

Subject: System Testing and Interoperability

Abstract:

We first discuss communication system conformance testing. We describe several fundamental problems, their complexity and solutions. We report industrial applications of the developed techniques...

David Lee in Shanghai Fudan University: System Testing and Interoperability - Theory and Applications

Date: 2000-05-23

Place: Shanghai Fudan University

Lecturer: Dr. David Lee

Subject: System Testing and Interoperability

Abstract:

We present our work on system interoperability testing. This work has been motivated by the need to test interoperability of systems carrying voice calls over the IP network. Voice over IP (VoIP) systems must be integrated and interoperate with the exiting Public Switched Telephone Network before they are widely adopted. Standards have been developed to address this problem, but unfortunately there is no guarantee that the integrated VoIP systems would interoperate properly even if the implementations are all compliant to standards. Interoperability testing has become indispensable...

Date: 2000-04-05

Place: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Title: Networking at the Speed of Light

Lecturer: Dr. Rodney C. Alferness

Rodney C. Alferness is Chief Technical Officer of Lucent's Optical Networking Group in Holmdel, New Jersey. He joined Bell Labs after receiving a Ph.D in physics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where his research concerned optical propagation in volume holograms. His early research at Bell Labs centered on novel waveguide electrooptical devices and circuits-including switchimodulators, polarization controllers, and tunable filters-and their applications in high-capacity lightwave transmission and switching systems. Later, as head of the Photonic Circuits and Photonic Networks Research departments, he engaged in research in photonic integrated circuits in InP, photonic switching systems, WDM cross connects, and optical networks. Moreover, he was an initiator of, as well as Lucent's program manager for, the Multiwavelength Optical Networking (MONET) project. Dr. Alferness has authored five book chapters and over 100 technical papers; he also holds more that 30 patents. A recent past president of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optic Society, he is currently editor-in-chief of the journal of Lightwave Technology.

Alfred V. Aho in Shanghai Jiaotong University

Date: 2000-03-28

Place: Shanghai Jiaotong University

Title: Reliable Software from Unreliable Programmers

Lecturer: Dr. Alfred V. Aho

In this talk we examine the progress that has been made in producing reliable software. Emphasis is placed on the new powerful conformance testing and model checking methods that have been developed for implementing reliable and interoperable telecommunications systems.

Dennis Ritchie in Shanghai Fudan University

Date: 2000-03-28

Place: Shanghai Fudan University

Lecturer: Dennis Ritchie

Subject: Themes of Operating Systems Research at Bell Labs

Abstract:

Over the years since 1969, the work in computer operating systems within Bell Labs research has shown a consistency of approach even as it has evolved. This talk will discuss the main ideas that that we have followed over the years, some of the historical development, and some of their current applications...

Date: 2000-03-24

Place: Peking University

Lecturer: Dennis Ritchie

Subject: Themes of Operating Systems Research at Bell Labs

Abstract:

Over the years since 1969, the work in computer operating systems within Bell Labs research has shown a consistency of approach even as it has evolved. This talk will discuss the main ideas that that we have followed over the years, some of the historical development, and some of their current applications...

Date: 2000-03-24

Place: Tsinghua University

Title: Reliable Software from Unreliable Programmers

Lecturer: Dr. Alfred V. Aho

In this talk we examine the progress that has been made in producing reliable software. Emphasis is placed on the new powerful conformance testing and model checking methods that have been developed for implementing reliable and interoperable telecommunications systems.

Date: 2000-03-23

Place: Chinese Academy of Science

Lecturer: Dr. Alfred Y. Cho

Subject: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) from Research to Production

Abstract:

Molecular beam epitaxy is a thin film process for the growth of single crystalline semiconductor, metal, and insulator materials. A unique feature of MBE is the ability to prepare layers with atomic precision. The film grows atomic layer by atomic layer. These thin layer structures form the basis of many high-performance semiconductor devices such as high-speed electronic circuits, lasers, and detectors. Most of the semiconductor lasers used in today's compact disc players are currently manufactured using MBE...

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