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New
MIT Center for Integrated Photonic Systems (CIPS) Launched
New center to provide leadership
and direction for photonics R&D
For Immediate Release
MONDAY, 12 April 2004
Contact: William Smith, Assistant
Director for Finance and Sponsor
Relations
Phone: +1.617.253.5621
Email: whs@mit.edu
CAMBRIDGE, MA. 04.12.2004
MIT researchers from
a wide range of MIT departments, laboratories,
and centers have joined together to form the new Center
for Integrated Photonic Systems (CIPS).
The Center, directed by Professor Rajeev
J. Ram of RLE, is focused on three goals.
First, CIPS seeks to provide leadership and direction
for research and development in photonics. A core
activity of CIPS is the development of a long-range
vision for research and the development of integrated
photonic devices and systems. CIPS will host forums
and facilitate working groups with industrial consortium
members to identify and discuss technology and
roadmapping issues.
Second, CIPS will work too foster an Institute-wide
community of researchers in the field of integrated
photonics and systems. CIPS will leverage MIT’s
strengths by unifying the photonics researchers
in many departments and laboratories to focus on
technology developments in photonics.
Finally, CIPS will integrate member companies
into the MIT photonics community. CIPS will host
annual meetings and seminars in photonics. For
CIPS member companies, focused visits to the Institute
for individual companies will be organized with
faculty and graduate students. In addition, CIPS
will hold forums geared towards the creation of
campus-industry teams to pursue large-scale research
programs. Member companies have the opportunity
to guide the research of CIPS faculty and students
through the Working Groups (WGs) and individual
graduate student awards.
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