The NSERC CREATE Next Generation Optical Networks (NGON)
training program aims to provide a
dramatically enriched postgraduate
training experience in the area of next generation optical
networks. The primary aim of the program is to prepare trainees for the optical fiber communications
industry, an industry for which innovation is critically important. The trainees will develop the
technical and professional skills that are necessary to succeed in an industry characterized by the
continual development of more advanced products that offer improved performance at reduced cost.
The professional skills development will focus on aspects that are particularly relevant to an
innovation-centric
industry that thrives on meeting the global demand for information.
Through participation in collaborative research projects,
industry internship or international academic placement, annual summer school,
and a common graduate course, the NGON program promises to provide a broadbased apprenticeship in both
technical and professional skills to best prepare trainees for employment nationally
and internationally.
The NGON program emphasizes training in three targeted
areas:
Trainees will conduct collaborative
research projects that span components/devices, subsystems
and systems, and involves six faculty members at three universities.
A common graduate course on advanced topics in optical networks will also be offerred.
Trainees will participate in an industry
internship or international academic placement to gain experience in a relevant workplace setting.
Trainees will be develope professional skills in
industry practices, patent licensing, research management and commercialization,
communications and interpersonal skills, and entrepreneurship through
workshops and intensive short courses.
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