MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Intelligent Optical Networking

Dr. Richard Barry
Chief Technical Officer, Sycamore Networks

Tuesday, February 15, 2000
4:00 PM (reception following)
Room 35-225
LIDS Colloquium

Abstract

After briefly reviewing the technological and market forces which have influenced the public network infrastructure optical core architecture, we will present an overview of intelligent optical networking. We will focus on architectural aspects, as well as the key optical and electrical technologies. We will end with speculation about the future growth of the optical core.

Biography:

Richard A. Barry is co-founder and chief technical officer of Sycamore Networks, Inc., where he is responsible for network and product architecture. Prior to co-founding Sycamore Networks, Dr. Barry was working on optical network architectures for the Advanced Networks Group (formerly know as the Optical Communications Technology Group) at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. Previously, Dr. Barry was an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Barry is currently the chairman of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Architecture Working Group. He is also the author of over 40 technical publications and a former editor at IEEE Network Magazine.

Dr. Barry received his B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).