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OECC/COIN2004 Workshop１: Optical Packet and Burst Switching July12,2004 in Pacifico Yokohama,Yokohama,Kanagawa,JAPAN Organizer: Mike O'Mahony (Univ. of Essex, UK) Dan Blumenthal (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.) Ken-ichi Kitayama (Osaka Univ., Japan) Speaker: Nicholas Nicholson (DG Information Society, European Commission) Minho Kang (Information and Communications University, Korea) Yoshiaki Takeuchi (MPHPT, Japan) Dan Blumenthal (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.) Chunming Qiao (Sate University of New York, Buffalo, U.S.A.) Shlomo Ovadia (Intel Corporation, U.S.A.) Gee-Kung Chang (Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.) Lars Dittmann (Technical University of Denmark) Didier Colle (Ghent University - IMEC, Belgium) Dimitrios Klonidis (University of Essex, UK) Akio Sahara (NTT, Japan) Naoya Wada (NICT, Japan) Jian Wu (Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecom., China)

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PIF won the Official Commendation from the Minister of MPHPT.

PIF won the Official Commendation from the Minister of MPHPT. June 2, 2003 PIF won the Official Commendation from the Minister of MPHPT (Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications) for the 53rd Radio Day on 'the Association for Telecommunication Promotion Month' in 2003. Reasons for Selection: In the field of ultra-high-speed photonic networks, PIF has carried out following activities: - Establishing a framework for promotion through cooperation among industry, education, and research entities. - Formulating a Research and Development roadmap. - Promoting international collaboration and cooperation with overseas entities.

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Research Activities

IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)     NS (Network System)-PIF Joint Symposium January 29-30, 2004 Title: The latest move in photonic network - Industry-academic-government joint project and the challenge for future tasks - by Professor Kenichi Kitayama, Vice-Chairperson of PIF 　　　 Special Lecture Professor Thomas A. DeFanti, Univ. Illinois at Chicago December 17, 2003 Title: TransLight and The Global Integrated Lambda Facility Plan IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)     PN (Photonic Network) Photonic Network Workshop 2003 October 27-28, 2003 Activities of Photonic Internet Forum by Matsushima Vice-Chairperson of Planning Committee, PIF Research Activity in 2003 - Research Delegation to China January 12-17, 2003 PIF visited the following organizations and exchanged information. Beijing:   - Science and Technology Communication of Telecommunications, MII   - China Mobile Communications Association   - China Academy of Telecommunications Research, MII   - China Telecom   - Tsinghua University   - Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Wuhan:   - Wuhan Research Institute of R&D   - Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co. PIF's visiting Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has been reported on the BUPT homepage.[link (Chinese)] Report on Technical investigation about recent research and development of ultra-high-speed photonic network Published as the book entitled 'Photonic Network Revolution'. Technical visit for the investigation of the test beds in North America May 29-June 7, 2001 Canada: CA*net4 U.S.A.: STARTAP, Super net, vBNS

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Information Exchanges

Japan - China International Symposium on Photonic Networks     -Toward a Platform for the Ubiquitous Information Society- June 10, 2004 Title: Greetings by Song Zhiyuan, Chairman, Science and Technology Communication of Telecommunications, Ministry of Information Industry Title: Recent activities of Photonic Internet Forum by Ken-ichi Kitayama, Vice-chairperson, Photonic Internet Forum Title: Photonic Network Technology as a Key Toward Establishing the Ubiquitous Network Society -Strategy of the Japanese Government- by Tatsuo Kito, Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Title: The Characteristics of Service and Technology of China's Telecommunications Networks Entering New Stage by Wu Hequan, Professor, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering Title: Photonic Technologies in NTT’s Vision for a New Optical Generation. by Kazuyoshi Tateishi, Vice President, Executive Director, Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT Title: Current status and future prospective of China Telecom's optical networks by Wei Leping, CTO, China Telecom Corporation Title: Telecom and Photonics : Research Activities in China by Lin Jintong, Professor, President, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Title: Future of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development - R&D strategy of NICT toward Information Network Society - by Tadashi Shiomi, Vice President, Member of the Board National Institute of Information and Communications Technology（NICT） IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) NS (Network System) Technical Report February 17-18, 2003 Theme: (Photonic) IP Network Technology, Optical Node Technology, WDM Technology, General Lecture by Professor Kenichi Kitayama, Vice-Chairperson of PIF Title: Activities of Photonic Internet Forum, CRL Keihanna Open Laboratories, and Report on Research Delegation to China. IEEE Tokyo Section - PIF Joint Lecture by Professor Thomas A. DeFanti, Univ. Illinois at Chicago December 5, 2002 Title: StarLight: A Platform for e-Science The 4th PNI (Photonic - Network based Internet) - PIF Joint Symposium October 23-24, 2003 Theme: Photonic IP Network for the Happiness of Human Being       In total, 19 lectures were given.

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Dissemination and Enlightenment Activities

2003 Series of tutorials for young Japanese researchers  　 First Session October 7, 2003 Theme: Basics of ultra-high-speed photonic networks and photonic networks form the perspective of carriers Seven lectures were given. Second Session November 11, 2003 Theme: Leading-edge technologies of ultra-high-speed photonic networks and device technologies Seven lectures were given. Third Session December 11, 2003 Theme: Applications for photonic networks, trend in photonic market, and trend in international standardization of ultra-high-speed photonic networks and future direction of Info-Communications Seven lectures were given. Lecture at the 2003 general meeting June 3, 2003 Title: Research Delegation to China and CRL Keihanna Open Laboratories by Professor Kenichi Kitayama, Vice-Chairperson of PIF Title: Activities toward de facto standard on photnic network　   -Photonic Internet Lab. - by Professor Naoaki Yamanaka, Vice-chairperson of Planning Committee, PIF Optical Network Technology Workshop (hosted by NEDO) February 28, 2003 Title: Shine again, photonic road. : A role of PIF by Professor Tomonori Aoyama, Chairperson of PIF Title: Abstracts on contract researches about photonics sponsored by TAO (Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan) by Professor Kenichi Kitayama, Vice-Chairperson of PIF 2002 Series of tutorials for young Japanese researchers First Session October 30, 2002 Theme: Basics of ultra-high-speed photonic networks Five lectures were given. Second Session November 26, 2002 Theme: Leading-edge technologies of ultra-high-speed photonic networks and device technologies Five lectures were given. Third Session January 7, 2003 Theme: Trend in international standardization of ultra-high-speed photonic networks and future direction of Info-Communications Six lectures were given. Lecture at the 2002 general meeting June 26, 2002 Theme: Optical Internet in Korea By Dr. Kyung Pyo JUN Chairperson of Korea Optical Internet Forum (KOIF) Executive Director, IT R&D Project Division, ETRI General Lecture January 25, 2002 Report on Technical investigation about recent research and development of ultra-high-speed photonic network International Symposium January 11, 2002 Theme: The future direction of ultra-high-speed photonic network Seven lectures were given.