ALBERTO PARINI

**Alberto PARINI** Electrical Engineer and Ph.D. in Electromagnetics and Optics **EXPERIENCE AND FORMATION** Period: **December 2014 - present** Laboratory: **FOTON/CNRS Laboratory (Lannion, FRANCE)** Position: **Postdoctoral research engineer** Task: **Exploration of all-optical switching functionalities for high throughput on-chip interconnects.** Description: Postdoctoral research position within the FOTON/CNRS Laboratory, in the framework of the French national level project «3D- Optical-ManyCores» (3D Many-Core Architectures based on Optical Network on Chip). Aim of 3D-Optical-ManyCores is to investigate how the introduction of optical technologies could improve the energy efficiency and enhance the data rate of interconnects used in many-core architectures for high-performance computing. Partners of the research consortium are: FOTON/CNRS, INRIA Rennes and the Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL). Within the project, I am in charge of the work-package on modeling and proof-of-concept demonstration of new all-optical functions. Period: **2010 - 2014** Laboratory: **Laboratory for Micro and Sub-Micro Enabling Technologies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (MIST E‑R Laboratory, Bologna, ITALY)** Position: **Optical Research Engineer** Task: **Numerical modeling of optical devices and simulation codes development** Description: The Laboratory for Micro and Sub-Micro Enabling Technologies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (MIST E‑R Laboratory, www.laboratoriomister.it) is a public/private joint research structure on micro technologies, which federates together the Italian National Research Council (CNR), the Universities of Ferrara and Parma and several associated companies. Within MIST E-R Laboratory, I was member of the research department on "Micro and Nano Technologies for Integrated Optoelectronics, Optics and Photonics in Inorganic and Hybrid Substrates". In particular, I was in charge of the activities related to device modeling and numerical codes development. Period: **2007 - 2009** Laboratory: **Telecom SudParis School of Engineering, (Paris Region, FRANCE)** Position: **Postdoctoral researcher** Task: **Design of photonic crystal waveguides for slow-light applications** Description: Postdoctoral fellowship in the framework of the national level French project «L2CP - Lumière Lente dans les guides en Cristaux Photoniques», focused on the design of photonic crystal waveguides for slow-light applications. The partners in the project were also Thales-TRT (Palaiseau), Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures-CNRS/LPN (Marcoussis), Ecole d'Ingénieurs TELECOM ParisTech and Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologies-IEMN (Villeneuve d’Ascq). Aim of the project was the development of all-optical delay lines based on the photonic crystal technology. In this context, I was in charge of numerical simulations, masks drawing and experimental characterization of the fabricated structures. Period: **2006 - 2007** Laboratory: **Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)** Position: **Postdoctoral researcher** Task: **Design of lithium niobate waveguides for nonlinear frequency generation and conversion** Period: **2003 - 2006** Laboratory: **Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)** Position: **Ph.D. Fellow in Electromagnetics and Optics** Thesis title: Nonlinear effects in distributed feedback optical devices Supervisor: Professor Stefano Trillo, University of Ferrara Period: **2002 - 2003** Laboratory: **Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)** Position: **Research fellow** Task: **Investigation of frequency conversion processes in optical waveguides** Period: **1996 - 2001** Institution: **Faculty of Engineering**, **University of Ferrara (ITALY)** Activity: **Master Degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering**