Student & Young Professional Best Paper Awards
Best Young Professional Paper Award are sponsored by: iPronics.
iPronics, Programmable Photonics, Spain, has pioneered the field of software-defined photonics. The company presents the first optical circuit switch able to offer low latency, cost and power AI cluster communications and future-proofing data center infrastructure.
Best Student Paper Awards are sponsored by: Ayar Labs
Ayar Labs is the leader in optical interconnect solutions that move data at the speed of AI. Recognizing that the complexity and size of AI models are increasing at a rate that traditional interconnect technology cannot handle, the company has developed the industry’s first optical interconnect solution that enables customers to maximize the compute efficiency and performance of growing AI infrastructure, while reducing costs, latency and power consumption. Based on open standards and optimized for both AI training and inference, Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution is backed by a robust ecosystem that enables it to integrate smoothly into AI systems at scale.