Bell Lab’s Professorship Program Launched
BELL LAB’S PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHED AT
THE
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
FOR RELEASE: Monday, November 13, 2000
Auckland, New Zealand - Lucent
Technologies (NYSE:LU) and The University of Auckland will
work together next year to conduct a broad range of research
in the field of data and voice communications.
Dr Narayan
Gehlot, Ph.D., Member of Technical Staff, Advanced
Communications Technology at Lucent’s Bell Laboratories in
the US, will spend a year at the School of Engineering at
The University of Auckland.
A renowned thought leader
in optical communications, Dr Gehlot has been associated
with Bell Labs since 1995 and has more than 15 years
research and development experience in emerging technology.
Dr Gehlot has contributed to 35 patents worldwide, primarily
in the optical technology area.
Initial research at The University of Auckland will look at communication over power transmission lines and be part of the telecommunications research cluster, which is based within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the School of Engineering.
Apart from gaining valuable research and learning from Dr Gehlot, the University will also benefit from its link with Lucent and the company’s communications activity in Australasia and the United States.
“Through the continual sharing of knowledge, information and resources we believe we can help further advance our world, industry and the people in it. Lucent and Bell Labs’ leadership in technological innovation is absolute, being responsible for technological advances like the transistor, the communications satellite, C/ C++ and UNIX, and the laser, which continue to shape our lives today,” added Mr Pryke.
Dr Gehlot and The University of Auckland are exploring the possibilities of extending the program beyond one year and establishing a Bell Labs visiting program for faculty and students of the University to conduct further research with other leading Bell Labs scientists.
Dr Gehlot successfully launched a Bell Labs Professorship program in Malaysia in late 1998. This collaborative arrangement has resulted in five patents being filed in USA and Malaysia.
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Backgrounder
Dr Narayan Gehlot
Dr Gehlot’s doctorate work created a breakthrough in
passive optical network receivers under the guidance of Dr
Robert Swartz. He has been a lead consultant for 35,000-km
long, 32 channels WDM system capable of 640 Gb/s capacity
prior to his arrival at the University of Auckland. Dr.
Gehlot is one of the pioneers in the world to conduct
experimental research to successfully introduce WDM on
existing optical ring networks to increase the capacity from
5 Gb/s to 15 Gb/s.
Dr Gehlot was honored as “Outstanding Asian Americans for Lucent’s Success” along with world-renowned researchers at Bell Labs, such as Dr Arun Netravali and Dr Carl Hsu. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. Dr Gehlot has a keen interest on fundamentals of nature beyond science and, travelling on time axis (past, present and future). Dr Gehlot is guided by his mentors – Dr Dinanath Sonar (FRCS England) and Shri Venugopal Gosavi (Rebirth of Late Shri Harikaka Gosavi, Hattargi, India).
Bell Labs
Celebrating its 75th birthday this
year, Bell Labs commences a new era of inventing the things
that make communications work. Lucent is now getting
products to market in about half the time it took just three
years ago. Demonstrating Lucent's leadership in optical
networking technology, researchers recently set a world
record by transmitting more than 1,022 wavelengths, or
colours, of light through a single optical fibre. Eleven
Nobel laureates conducted their prize-winning work at Bell
Labs, including three who won the 1998 prize for physics.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, headquartered
in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems,
software, silicon and services for next-generation
communications networks for service providers and
enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell
Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical
and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure;
communications software; communications semiconductors and
optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link
private and public networks; and professional network design
and consulting services. For more information on Lucent
Technologies, visit its website at
http://www.lucent.com.
School of Engineering, The
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has
more than 25,000 students and 1,500 academic staff from New
Zealand and around the world. It offers internationally
recognised qualifications, high quality teaching from
academics, excellent facilities and a variety of campus
locations. Dr Gehlot will be based at the Department of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the School of
Engineering. Research areas at the Department include
computational intelligence, control systems, power
electronics, power systems, radio systems, and signal
processing. Virtually no other engineering discipline
changes as rapidly or provides such a variety of jobs. It
includes the world-wide telecommunications network,
incorporating both satellite links and fibre-optic undersea
cables. Engineering research contributes to the quality of
life in modern society in many areas.
ENDS