Xref: utzoo ut.general:678 ut.ee:53 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!eecg.toronto.edu!ed From: ed@eecg.toronto.edu (Ed Nowicki) Newsgroups: local.ieee,ut.general,ut.ee Subject: Robert Lucky: Fun with Fiber Optics Message-ID: <1989Oct16.201943.24881@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Date: 17 Oct 89 00:19:43 GMT Distribution: ut Organization: EECG, University of Toronto Lines: 22 High Tech Video of the week, Speaker: Dr. Robert W. Lucky, of AT&T Topic: Introduction to Optical Communications Robert Lucky describes how digital communication and the invention of the laser led to the development of optical communication. This a general-level talk, of interest to all who have ever wondered how you can get a voice on a pair of wires. Lucky is an excellent speaker. You may recognize him as author of the "reflections" column in the IEEE magazine "spectrum". Time: 12:05 Thursday Oct 19 Place: SF1105 Upcoming: Nov 2 : Dr. Will Clinger - Compiler optimization for Symbolic Languages Nov 16 : Dr. Roger Haken - Submicron CMOS Technology Scaling Issues Nov 30 : Dr. Roger Haken - Submicron BiCMOS Process Technology Your Host, Ed