Outreach activity 26 October 2022
Talk to undergraduate students by Masab Iqbal
REAL-NET ESR Masab Iqbal gave a talk to undergraduate students: “Introduction to Quantum Networks” in the frame of the Cybersecurity Management course at UPC.
The topic is directly related to and aligned with the background and scope of Masab’s thesis.
Outreach activity 5 October 2021
IEEE Day
To celebrate IEEE Day we prepared a brochure about the connection of the topic “LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW” with the project REAL-NET.
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Outreach activity 23 June 2021
International Day of Woman In Engineering
To celebrate INWED2021 and raise the profile of Woman In Engineering, EC Project Managers at AiPT produced a poster.
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Outreach activity 21st May 2021
In celebration of the International Day of Light Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University, OSA/SPIE Aston University Student Chapter, MSCA Projects MULTIPLY, REAL-NET, MOCCA, MEFISTA, POST-DIGITAL, WON, FONTE, MENTOR, MONPLAS, and projects SMARTNET, PIXNET have organised a one-day summit on 21st of May 2021. This was an academic and social event, aiming to insight our collaboration, academic creativity, and motivation.
TWO REAL-NET ESRs gave their talks on recent research activities. Mohammad Hosseini (ESR1) spoke about “Cost-efficient Networking” and Pedro J. Freire (ESR2) spoke about “Neural Network Application in Optical Channel Equalization”.
Outreach activity 16th May 2021
The International Day of Light is a global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy. The broad theme of light will allow many different sectors of society worldwide to participate in activities that demonstrates how science, technology, art and culture can help achieve the goals of UNESCO – education, equality, and peace.
Read the brochure dedicated to IDL2021, where REAL-NET researchers describe how the projects relate to the concept of “light”.
Outreach activity 17th November 2020
Pedro J. Freire (ESR2) presented his research on ” Complex-Valued Neural Network Design for Mitigation of Signal Distortions in Optical Links in Highly Nonlinear Regimes” at @aston_osa_spie.
Outreach activity 21st May 2020
Mohammad (ESR1) and Diogo (ESR6) participated at the Outreach event on the 21st May 2020, where they shared their PhD experience with MSc students.
The event, held virtually due to the COVID-19 restrictions, has been jointly organised by ITNs ONFIRE (@h2020_onfire), REAL-NET (@REALNET_EID) and WON (@EtnWon) and co-located within the IEEE 24th International Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modelling (ONDM 2020).
Outreach activity 3rd March 2020
Outreach activity for two of our ESRs, Pedro and Mohammad, explaining optics to undergrad students together with Aston OSA spie. Celebrating also the International Women’s week.










Outreach activity 24th February 2020
Project Mangers leads Outreach Activity aiming at ERASMUS Mundus students.
On 24 Feb 2020 Christiane,Project Manger of FONTE-EID, Martina, Project Manager of REAL-NET and Felicita, Project Manager of MOCCA, lead an Outreach Activity aimed at student in two photonics-related ERASMUS MUNDUS JOINT MASTERS DEGREE (EMJMD) programmes:
SMARTNET, coordinated by Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT) at Aston University, is a collaborative two-year (120 ECTs) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme with the goal to provide training in the inter-disciplinary fields of photonic and 5G wireless technologies for data communication, sensing and big data processing.
PIXNET – The Photonic Integrated Circuits, Sensors and NETworks – is also a two-year programme (120 ECTS) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree and aimed at training talented students in the design, creation and assessment of innovative integrated devices based on photonic technologies, with Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT) at Aston University a partner in the consortium.



