New technology to take cloud computing to next level

Grazed from Economic Times. Author: Editorial Staff.

The ever-increasing demand for information and data storage will be the focus of a new centre for training researchers and seeking to develop innovative laser technology to take cloud computing to the next level. The University of Glasgow and Queen’s University of Belfast, along with 12 industry partners, are creating a centre to train an initial 50 PhD students in integrative photonics and its applicability to data storage and information processing.

The Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Photonic Integration for Advanced Data Storage will receive funding worth 8.1 million pounds, including 3 million pounds from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The remaining funds will come from the two institutions, industry partners and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland…

The centre being created to address skill shortage in nanofabrication and photonic integration, will also focus on developing highly-manufacturable photonic integration technologies related to the magnetic storage of digital information. However, development of these technologies will prove relevant to a wide spectrum of end-users — from telecommunications to biophotonics, in which optical technology is applied to living organisms and in health care…

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