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Jianping Yao is a Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Optical Society of America, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He served as Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering 2007–2010 and 2013–2016. During his career, he has authored over 560 papers including over 330 in refereed journals and 230 in conference proceedings. Currently he serves as Chair of the IEEE Ottawa Photonics Chapter and the Technical Committee Chair of IEEE MTT-3 Microwave Photonics. He is Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, a former Topical Editor of Optics Letters, an Associate Editor of Science Bulletin, and an Advisory Editorial Board member of Optics Communications. He served as a chair or co-chair of multiple international conferences including the General Cochair of the 2017 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics and General Chair of the 2019 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics. Prof. Yao was an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for 2013–2015. He was the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Research of the University of Ottawa 2017–2018. In 2018, he received the R.A. Fessenden Silver Medal from IEEE Canada.
Lawrence R. Chen received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering and mathematics from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1995 and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Since 2000, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University. His research interests include optical communications, fiber and integrated optics, and microwave photonics (in particular, active and passive devices in silicon photonics for optical and microwave signal processing) as well as engineering education and teaching pedagogy.
Prof. Chen is an Editor for Optics Communications and a Subject Editor for IET Electronics Letters. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Photonics Newsletter and a former Topical Editor of Optics Letters. Prof. Chen has served on the program committees for a number of international conference and was Chair of the IEEE Photonics Conference Subcommittee on Optical Networks and Systems (2009–2011); he will be the Technical Program Chair for the 2019 IEEE Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics.
Prof. Chen is a professional engineer in the province of Quebec and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America(OSA).
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Yao, J., Chen, L.R. A special issue on Photonics Research in Canada. Front. Optoelectron. 11, 105–106 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-018-0826-9
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