The PoliCom group recently returned from Prague, where it participated in the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2026), with four invited talks presenting the latest research on quantum communications and fiber optic sensing. The conference provided an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers in the field, discuss recent advances in optical technologies,…
Read moreThis week, the PoliCom group participated in the Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP 2026) in L’Aquila, with the contributions: Invited TalkAlessandro Gagliano: “Coexistence of Quantum Key Distribution and Fiber Optic Sensing Systems for Highly-Secure Optical Networks” Oral PresentationsMarco Fasano: “30-story skyscraper monitoring through the FTTH fiber cable by an interferometric approach”Stefano Gaiani: “High-Capacity…
Read morePoliCom kicked off the summer with Livia Giacomin’s attendance at the Authentication for Quantum Networks workshop on 1-2 June, held at King’s College London, presenting the poster “Adaptive Practical Threshold Estimation for Quantum Authentication“.
Read moreThe Policom group is proud to congratulate Stefano Gaiani on the successful defense of his PhD Thesis: “Space Division Multiplexed Transmission over Multimode Fibers to Support Next-Generation High-Capacity Optical Networks“. May this be one of many future achievements in your career! 頑張ってください!
Read moreWe welcome back our PhD student Marco Fasano for his experience abroad, working with Prof. Adonis Bogris at the University of West Attica from October 2025 to April 2026. His work focused on the development of new fiber-optic sensing techniques tailored for access network applications.
Read moreWe were very excited to present a demonstration of how fiber can be used for sensing in real-world development, using a model train and showing how its movement was detected.
Read moreProfessor Pierpaolo Boffi took part in the podcast TuttoConnesso, discussing the critical role of submarine optical fiber cables – the backbone of the Internet that carries videos and messages worldwide -and the growing risks they face, including potential sabotage.
Read moreOur group attended the Optical Fiber and Communication (OFC) Conference in Los Angeles with the following contributions: Stefano Gaiani: Mode Loss Impact on Transmission Over a 15-Mode Multi-Mode Fiber Point-to-Point Link Alessandro Gagliano: Experimental Demonstration of a Highly-Secure Optical Network With Joint Quantum Key Distribution and Fiber Optic Sensing Moreover, Prof Paola Parolari had the…
Read moreThe Policom group is proud to congratulate Alessandro Gagliano on the successful defense of his PhD Thesis: “Integration of Quantum Communications in Passive Optical Networks“. We can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve in your future, continuing with us as a post-doc researcher!
Read moreOur group took a trip to Copenhagen for the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2025. Professor Paola Parolari organized two workshops: WS4 “Reconfigurable, Adaptable and Intelligent Access Networks – Do we have real use cases?” and WS12 “Is the access network ready to host quantum technologies?”. Alessandro Gagliano and Stefano Gaiani presented two papers…
Read moreOur group attended the Advanced Photonics Congress 2025 in Marseille, 13-17 July 2025, represented by Marco Fasano and Alessandro Gagliano. They both gave outstanding presentations, respectively “Signal Fading Management in Interferometric Sensors for PON Monitoring” and “Joint Sensing and Quantum Key Distribution for Invulnerable Access Networks“, for which Alessandro won the Student Paper Award 2025….
Read moreAlberto Gatto interviewed by Andrea Bellocchi for Tech4Future.
Read morePoliCom will be at IEEE Summer topicals meeting 2023 SUM TOP 2023 Follow us On 17th of July 2023 at 16:30 CET Paola Parolari is presenting the invited paper Partial Parallelisation of MIMO Processing in Multi-Mode Fiber Transmission. on 18th of July 2023 at 14:00 CET Pierpaolo Boffi is presenting the paper Deployed telecom cables with sensing…
Read morePoliCom will be at IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC 2023 Follow us on 29th of May 2023: at 17:30 CET in room N8 in ONS-3: Optical Transmission and Access Networks symposium, Alberto Gatto is presenting the paper Tb/s Transmission in Sustainable and Flexible beyond-5G Metro Access Networks.
Read morePoliCom will be at PoliCom at International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2023 Follow us on 4th of July 2023 At 16:10 CET Alessandro Gagliano is presenting the invited paper Integration of the QKD layer in fibre networks using multicore fibres. At 13:50 CET Marco Fasano is presenting the invited paper Fiber interferometric sensors…
Read moreRome – Italy 19 April 2023 The project partners: Politecnico di Milano (PoliCom), Politecnico di Torino, Wind TRE and OpenFiber met at OpenFiber headquarters for the presentation of the SENSING-NET project. The SENSING-NET project is an important initiative of RESTART, a comprehensive research program, that aggregates and integrates the main stakeholders of the Italian Telecommunications sector, financed with PNRR…
Read moreTurin – Italy 08-09 March 2023 In INRIM headquarters, a representative of the PoliCom Lab participated to the Kick-off Meeting of the EU Digital project QUID (Quantum Italy Deployment), devoted to the deployment of the Quantum Communication Infrastructure (QCI) in Italy. During the two-day meeting the QUID partners had the pleasure to meet in person,…
Read morePoliCom will be at Optical Networking and Communication Conference and Exposition OFC 2023 Follow us on 6th of March 2023 At 11:15 PST Alberto Gatto is presenting the paper Partial MIMO-Based Mode Division Multiplexing Transmission Over the First Field-Deployed 15- Mode Fiber in Metro Scenario. At 14:00 PST Pierpaolo Boffi is invited to speak at…
Read moreMilan – Italy 26-27 January 2023. The Kick-off meeting of the RESTART project, “RESearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy more smART,” has been held at the Politecnico di Milano. RESTART is an extended partnership funded by PNRR resources under the theme of Telecommunications of the Future that includes 25 partners….
Read morePoliCom will be at ECOC 2022 Follow us on 19th of September 2022 At 16:45 Pierpaolo Boffi will present the invited paper Sensing Applications in Deployed Telecommunication Fiber Infrastructures. On 21st of September 2022 At 13:30 Paola Parolari is the chair of symposium We3G • Quantum Communications – How Will Quantum Technology Revolutionalize the Internet?
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