PMC-Sierra Names Winners of 2009 Scholarship Program for Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

PMC-Sierra, Inc., an Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, announced the winners of its 2009 scholarship program for the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT).

In a joint effort with BUPT's Institute of Information Photonics and Optical Communications (IPOC), this year's program supports research in Packet Transmission Network (PTN) and Optical Transport Network (OTN) technologies.

PMC-Sierra presented scholarships for the following research projects at a ceremony at the BUPT conference hall in Beijing on November 24:

- Zhihui Zhang - PhD candidate, Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, research project: MPLS-TP over OTN Node Functional Model and Architecture

- Rentao Gu - PhD candidate, Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, research project: Key Technologies of QoS in PTN

- Ke He - PhD candidate, Telecommunication and Information Systems, research project: Time Synchronization in PTN and SDH Hybrid Networks

"Thanks to PMC-Sierra for offering such a great platform and opportunity," said Professor Ji Yuefeng, executive dean of IPOC. "This joint effort by BUPT and PMC-Sierra continues to be a perfect example of school and corporate alignment to encourage research in optical communications."

PMC-Sierra's 2009 scholarship program supports BUPT's Institute of Information Photonics and Optical Communication, which owns the university lab that China's Ministry of Education considers the nation's key laboratory dedicated to optical communications technology. The program received research submissions from nine students. Winners were selected after two rounds of joint evaluation by IPOC and PMC-Sierra. Students will conduct their research from December 1, to April 31, 2010, and present their findings at a technical seminar hosted by BUPT and PMC-Sierra in May 2010.

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) is a research-oriented university with information technology and telecommunications as its main feature. It offers a range of subjects including engineering, management, humanities and sciences, and most of its subjects and disciplines are related to applied science and engineering.

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