NECLA at ECOC 2025: Advancing Optical Communication and Distributed Sensing

September 22, 2025||inEvents|tagsECOC, andrea d'amico, ecoc2025, fatih yaman, ming fang huang, optical communications, optical networking, photonics, sarper ozharar, yue tian

NEC Laboratories America (NECLA) participated in the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025), one of the world’s premier events for optical networking and photonics research.

ECOC took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from September 28 to October 2, 2025, bringing together leading scientists, engineers, and industry innovators who are shaping the future of global communications.

NECLA’s researchers presented cutting-edge work across distributed acoustic and fiber sensing, AI-driven data analysis, and optical network optimization, showcasing tremendous innovations that bridge advanced theory with practical applications.

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Presentations featured Ming-Fang Huang, Yue Tian, Sarper Ozharar, and Andrea D’Amico, with Fatih Yaman, who co-organized a technical workshop. From generative AI applications to digital twins and real-world sensing for telecom and environmental systems, these talks highlighted NECLA’s role in advancing resilient, intelligent, and sustainable communication infrastructure.

From generative AI applications to digital twins and real-world sensing for telecom and environmental systems, these talks highlight NECLA’s role in advancing resilient, intelligent, and sustainable communication infrastructure.

Event Schedule

Energy-based Generative Models for Distributed Acoustic Sensing Event Classification in Telecom Networks

Ming-Fang Huang NEC Labs AmericaMing-Fang Huang
Monday, September 29th at 4:30PM

End-to-End AI for Distributed Fiber Optics Sensing: Eliminating Intermediate Processing via Raw Data Learning

Yue Tian NEC Labs AmericaYue Tian
Tuesday, September 30th at 3:30PM

Utilizing Distributed Acoustic Sensing with Telecom Fibers for Entomological Observations (Invited Talk)

Sarper Ozharar NEC Labs AmericaSarper Ozharar
Tuesday, September 30th at 4:30 PM

Digital Twins Beyond C-band Using GNPy

Andrea D’AmicoAndrea D’Amico
Tuesday, September 30th at 4:30PM

Computation Stability Tracking Using Data Anchors for Fiber Rayleigh-based Nonlinear Random Projection System

Yue Tian NEC Labs AmericaYue Tian
Wednesday, October 1st at 4:00PM

Observing the Worst- and Best-Case Line-System Transmission Conditions in a C-Band Variable Spectral Load Scenario

Andrea D’AmicoAndrea D’Amico
Wednesday, October 1st at 11:00AM

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