News — Photonics CDT

PhD student from the IPES CDT awarded the prestigious IEEE Photonics Graduate Scholarship

Congratulations to Callum Deakin on being selected for the IEEE Photonics Society Award - a prestigious scholarship programme established to reward outstanding student members pursuing education within the Photonics Society field of interest.

PhD student monitors the brain activity of volunteers listening to music at festival

Georgina Leadley, a PhD student on the CEPS CDT at University of Cambridge, and her research group conducted an experiment at Green Man Festival to monitor the brain activity of healthy volunteers whilst they listen to music. This small study forms part of early investigations into the possible links between dementia, memory and music using non-invasive techniques with light.

Professor Georgios Zervas speaks about the growing demands for energy efficient and resilient networks and systems for data centres.

Professor Georgios Zervas from the Optical Networks Group, recently spoke to the Guardian on the growing demands for energy efficient and resilient networks and systems for data centres.

PhD students experience the rewarding nature of outreach work with junior school pupils

Science Week at St. Benedict’s Junior School in London proved to be both hair-raising and enlightening with a visit from PhD students and academic staff in photonics at UCL and University of Cambridge.

Video: Augmented Reality using computer-generated holography

Watch this 10-minute presentation by PhD student, Miguel El Guendy, on his research using computer-generated holography on augmented reality (AR).