Keren Bergman

 

Appointments

  • 2006-Present   -   Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2002-Present   -   Director, Lightwave Research Laboratory, Columbia University
  • 1998-Present   -   Senior Technical Advisor, National Security Agency
  • 2001-2006       -   Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2000-2001       -   Senior Member of Technical Staff, Tellium, Inc.
  • 1994-2000       -   Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • 1995-2000       -   Technical Consultant, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, June 1994.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, February 1991.
  • Bucknell University, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, June 1988. Summa Cum Laud.

Synergistic Professional Activities

  • Senior Technical Thrust Leader on Interconnects for National Security Agency Advanced Computing Systems initiative on high-performance computing research (2006 - ).
  • Graduate Admissions and Doctoral Student Coordinator (2004 - ).
  • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Columbia University) Diversity Initiatives Committee: promotes and coordinates diversity programs for faculty, research staff, and graduate students.
  • NSF Committee of Visitors for ECS Division (March 2005).
  • IEEE Photonic Technology Letters, Associate Editor (2004 - ).
  • OSA Journal of Optical Networking, Associate Editor (2001 - ).
  • Chair, IEEE-LEOS Technical Committee on Optical Networking and Systems (2004 - 2007).
  • European Conference on Optical Communications, (ECOC 2006, ECOC 2007) Technical Committee on Broadband and Access Networks; ECOC 2005 Technical Committee on Networks; Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference (APOC 2006), committee on Network Architecture Management and Applications.
  • OSA Journal of Optical Networking: created Focus Issue on "Optical Interconnection Networks (OIN)," vol. 3, pp. 760-836, Nov. 2004. Created second Focus Issue (to appear December, 2006) on "Nano-scale Photonic Integration for Optical Networks."
  • CLEO Micro and Nano-Photonics Technical Committee (2006 - ); Conference co-chair, Microfabrication, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS DTIP 2004; CLEO Ultrafast Technical Committee (2000-2003); Ultrafast Electronics and Optoelectronics (UEO) Committee (2001-2002); UEO Chair for 2005; IEEE LEOS Optical Networking and Systems (1999-2001).
  • National Integrated High-End Computing Program Panel. Workshop generated CRA study report on "The Roadmap for the Revitalization of High-End Computing," Washington D.C. June 2003.
  • Optical Society of America (OSA) Board of Directors (2001-2003).
  • IEEE LEOS VP for Publications (2003-2004); VP for Membership Americas (1999-2002); Princeton Chapter, chair (1998-2001); Board of Governors (1996-1999).

Honors and Awards

  • Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow 2003
  • CalTech President's Award 1997
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator 1996-1999
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Program Investigator 1995-1998
  • AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellowship, 1991-1994
  • General Electric Fellow, 1988-1989
  • Eastman Kodak Scholar 1985-1988
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