Fiber Optic Communications (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789813346673)

Gerd Keiser is Research Professor at Boston University and Professor and Consultant at PhotonicsComm Solutions, a firm specializing in education and consulting for the optical communications and biophotonics industries. Previously, he was involved with telecom technologies at Honeywell, GTE, and General Dynamics. His technical achievements at GTE earned him the prestigious Leslie Warner Award. In addition, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston University, and Tufts University and was Industrial Advisor to the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Chair Professor in the Electronics Engineering Department at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He also was Visiting Researcher at the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore and at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of OSA and SPIE, Associate Editor and Reviewer of several technical journals, and Author of five books. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Physics from Northeastern University. His professional experience and research interests are in the general areas of optical networking and biophotonics.