Future Optical Access Network: Design and Modelling of Fttx/5g/Iot/Smart City Applications and Services

Dr. Santosh Kumar received the Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India, in 2014. He is a former professor at Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China. He is currently a professor with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, India. He has published more than 400 research articles in national and international SCI journals and conferences. His current research interests include optical fiber sensors, nanophotonics and biophotonics, waveguides, interferometers, and the Internet of Things. Till now, he has reviewed more than 2200 SCI articles. Dr. Kumar is a fellow of SPIE and a senior member of IEEE and OPTICA. He is also an associate editor of the IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS, and Biomedical Optics Express.

Dr. Abhilasha Mishra received her Ph.D. in the field of antennas from Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India, in 2013. She is working as an associate professor and dean (R&D and Innovation) at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar. She has diverse research interests spanning antenna design, microwave filters, remote sensing, optical communication networks, optimization, etc. Dr. Mishra is a prolific author, having published more than 55 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. She is also recognized for her role as a peer reviewer for prestigious journals such as IEEE AP-S Transactions, Springer, and Elsevier. Her leadership extends beyond academia, as evidenced by her organization of world-renowned conferences like IEEE IAW 2013 and IEEE AEMC 2017 at MIT, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. Additionally, she holds Indian Patents and Design Patents for her innovations in various fields.

Dr. Rajendraprasad A. Pagare received a Ph.D. in Next Generation Optical Access Networks from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University's Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. He has completed his Masters in Engineering from S.G.G.S. Institute of Technology (Formally Government-Aides College of Engineering), Maharashtra, India. He has published 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His areas of interest are optical communication networks, VLSI, digital system design, and electronic devices. He is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), India.

Dr. Carlos Marques received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Aveiro in December of 2023. After, he was awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship to research at Aston University, U.K., from 2014-2016. He is a former principal researcher at i3N Laboratory Associate of the University of Aveiro and is now a full member at CICECO, Physics Department, University of Aveiro. He is currently a professor with the CICECO--Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has published more than 400 research articles in international SCI journals and conferences, and he is active in international conferences organizations (IMOC2019, AOP2024, and EWOFS2027). His current research interests include optical sensors and devices, optics and photonics instrumentation, machine learning-based sensing, and the Internet of Things to be applied in biomedical, environmental, and aerospace/aeronautic fields.

桑托什·庫馬博士於2014年獲得印度礦業學院（印度理工學院）丹巴德分校的博士學位。他曾擔任中國聊城大學的教授，目前是印度Koneru Lakshmaiah教育基金會電子與通信工程系的教授。他在國內外的SCI期刊和會議上發表了超過400篇研究文章。他目前的研究興趣包括光纖傳感器、納米光子學和生物光子學、波導、干涉儀以及物聯網。至今，他已審閱超過2200篇SCI文章。庫馬博士是SPIE的會士，也是IEEE和OPTICA的高級會員。他還擔任IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL、IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS和Biomedical Optics Express的副編輯。

阿比拉莎·米什拉博士於2013年在印度賈爾高恩的卡瓦伊特里·巴希納拜·喬達里北馬哈拉施特拉大學獲得天線領域的博士學位。她目前擔任馬哈拉施特拉技術學院的副教授及研發與創新院長。她的研究興趣涵蓋天線設計、微波濾波器、遙感、光通信網絡、優化等多個領域。米什拉博士是一位多產的作者，已在國內外的同行評審期刊和會議上發表超過55篇研究文章。她也因擔任IEEE AP-S Transactions、Springer和Elsevier等知名期刊的同行評審而受到認可。她的領導才能超越學術界，曾組織過如IEEE IAW 2013和IEEE AEMC 2017等世界知名會議。此外，她在各個領域的創新也獲得了印度專利和設計專利。

拉詹德拉·阿·帕加雷博士在印度馬哈拉施特拉邦奧蘭卡巴德的巴巴薩希布·安貝德卡大學馬哈拉施特拉技術學院獲得下一代光接入網絡的博士學位。他在印度馬哈拉施特拉邦的S.G.G.S.技術學院（前身為政府資助工程學院）獲得工程碩士學位。他在同行評審的期刊和會議上發表了15篇論文。他的研究領域包括光通信網絡、VLSI、數位系統設計和電子設備。他是印度技術教育學會（ISTE）的終身會員。

卡洛斯·馬爾基斯博士於2023年12月在阿維羅大學獲得博士學位。隨後，他獲得了瑪麗·居里個人獎學金，於2014年至2016年在英國阿斯頓大學進行研究。他曾是阿維羅大學i3N實驗室的首席研究員，現在是阿維羅大學物理系CICECO的全職成員。他目前是葡萄牙阿維羅大學CICECO—阿維羅材料研究所的教授。他在國際SCI期刊和會議上發表了超過400篇研究文章，並積極參與國際會議的組織（IMOC2019、AOP2024和EWOFS2027）。他目前的研究興趣包括光傳感器和設備、光學和光子學儀器、基於機器學習的感測技術，以及應用於生物醫學、環境和航空航天領域的物聯網。