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Conference presentations

SoFiN results from parallel work progressed by technical partners FAU, DTU and ADTRAN were recently presented at two prestigious conferences. Results from the research performed by partner FAU were presented last week on 10-14th Nov. at IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) 2024, which is considered the flagship meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society covering a broad…
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November 22, 2024 0

Scientific Publication

New scientific progress achieved as part of SoFiN project now published. The scientific publication presents the latest research advancements and results stemming as part of the significant project work exploring temperature prediction with a convolutional neural network performed by colleagues Esther Renner et al. from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Schmauss team at FAU – Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nürnberg,…
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November 8, 2024 0

Partners Technical Meeting

SoFiN project steps forward with continuous progress in the developments of the novel fiber optic sensing network, to be easily controllable and adaptable by software with capability of analysing a plethora of new data from different types of sensing elements. As part of the ongoing developments, two technical partners from the project, FAU leading the…
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November 8, 2024 0

SoFiN Project Video

SoFiN is a Horizon Europe funded project addressing the need for accurate, continuous structural and performance monitoring for an improved life cycle management of infrastructures, by proposing a novel remotely controlled fiber sensing system. Let’s briefly meet the Consortium and hear more about the invaluable work performed within the project: https://youtu.be/Nj4_jHzTN80?si=L9uh1Zp2mJspsv6d Thank you to all SoFiN…
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September 9, 2024 0

CLEO 2024

Excited to share the most recent news from the participation at one of the most prestigious global conferences with a long history as the industry’s leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) represents the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together…
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May 17, 2024 0

OFC 2024

The exciting advancements in optical technology were explored at the recent 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC) held from March 24 to 28 in San Diego, USA. It is considered one of the largest events around fiber optic communication and networking, with 12,500 registrants from 74 countries, 630 exhibiting companies and numerous sessions with presentations from renowned industry…
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April 17, 2024 0

SPIE Photonics Europe

SoFiN was represented by CyRIC at SPIE Photonics Europe this week. An important milestone of the event celebrating 20 years of research presented at a cross-disciplinary event highlighting compelling optics and photonics technologies — from digital optics to quantum technologies to optical imaging and sensing with additional topics including THz photonics, 3D printed optics, photonic…
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April 11, 2024 0

Enlit 2023

Smart technologies, grids, transmission and distribution. A network utilizing novel digital technologies, sensors and software for improved supply and demand with minimized costs and maintained stability and reliability. These and many more exciting topics are currently being showcased and discussed at Enlit Europe 2023 with a dedicated EU Projects Zone and an overall Enlit aim…
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December 1, 2023 0

ECOC 2023

Pleased to share some further scientific updates were recently presented at the 49th European Conference on Optical Communications, October 2023, by Florian Azendorf, Adtran Networks SE, as poster presentation titled “Acoustic Sensing after 50 km Transmission Fibre using Coherent Optical Subassembly” of initial results related to the SoFiN multi-sensing platform.


November 8, 2023 0

SoFiN M10 Meeting

A successful M10 SoFiN project meeting took place on 13th – 14th September in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. The meeting was hosted by the project partner Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, FAU – LHFT. The two-day meeting was a great opportunity for all partner teams involved in SoFiN Consortium to discuss in-person, the up-to-date progress, and look further into technical matters, issues and…
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September 18, 2023 0