Prof. Jianming Tang received the PhD degree in Optoelectronics from Bangor University in 1999. His PhD dissertation research in nonlinear dynamical and spectral effects in semiconductor laser devices was completed within two and a half years, the minimum time allowed by the regulations of the university. Immediately after obtaining the PhD degree, he joined Bangor University as a postdoctoral researcher working on picosecond optical switching and ultrafast nonlinearities of semiconductor optical devices. His four years of research in Bangor (1996–2000) generated 73 papers published in refereed professional journals and national and international conferences.

From 2000 to 2004, he joined Nortel Networks, Harlow, UK as a Research Engineer. He was actively engaged in a wide range of market-oriented research and development activities including, for example, optical amplifiers, optical transceivers, optical and electrical signal processing, high-speed optical signal transmission in long-haul, metropolitan and access networks. During his four years employment with Nortel Networks, he carried out a number of world-leading research projects, and produced 50 detailed technical reports released in the company.

In 2005 he rejoined Bangor University as a Lecturer, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and a Personal Chair in 2011. He has developed and leads a highly productive research team undertaking cutting-edge research in optical transmission, dynamic networking and ultrafast optical switching for future optical networks. Over the past six years (2005–2011), as a principal investigator/project coordinator, he has captured thirteen research grants of approximately £3.8M in total from various funding bodies. He has also published more than 100 papers and filed 7 patents. In addition, he is actively involved in other research-related professional activities such as delivery of invited talks/seminars, co-chair/member for conference programme committees, reviewer for grant awarding bodies, professional journals and patent offices. He won The Royal Society Brian Mercer Feasibility Award in 2008. He was appointed as a Fellow of The ERA Foundation in 2008 and a visiting Professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2006.

Position: Professor

Email: j.tang@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 382697

Location: Dean Street

High-speed optical transmission systems, optical access networks, digital signal processing, wired and wireless network convergence, and ultrafast dynamics of optical devices

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2024

  • International Researcher 12 months Visitor

    Investigating cutting-edge techniques for the seamless convergence of wired and wireless access networks for 5G and beyond mobile networks.

    11 Jun 2024 – 11 Jun 2025

    Activity: Types of Business and Community - Hosting of external, non-academic visitor (Host)

2023

  • Masters 12 months Student Visitor

    I will investigate cutting-edge optical transmission and networking technology for the next-generation passive optical networks with greatly improved reconfigurability, flexibility, and elasticity.

    1 Dec 2023 – 31 Jan 2025

    Activity: Types of Business and Community - Hosting of external, non-academic visitor (Host)
  • 2-day Training School

    Third NEWFOCUS Training School, covering WGs 2, 3, and 4, from Short to Long-range OWC systems. The Third Training School was held at the DSP Centre of Excellence at Bangor University, on 17-18 July 2023

    On Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th July 2023, the DSP Centre hosted a bespoke Training School for PhD students, to explore the latest advancements in short-to-long range optical wireless communication (OWC) systems.

    Twenty-three students from universities across the UK and Europe, who are currently studying towards PhD degrees in subjects across the field of optical communications, were selected to attend the two-day Training School, to learn about our research in OWC systems and innovative digital signal processing (DSP) technologies.

    Several world-leading experts from universities across the globe (including the University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, Northumbria University, Valencia Polytechnic University - Spain, & University of Aveiro - Portugal) joined us in-person, to present their research in a series of lectures and tutorials for the students. DSP Centre Senior Lecturers, Dr Roger Giddings and Dr Sujan Rajbhandari, then led specialist workshops presenting our digital communication technologies and providing guidance on publishing scientific research papers. The trainees also had the opportunity see live technical demonstrations on our state-of-the-art equipment and get involved in some practical activities led by our research team.

    The Training School was organised as part of ‘NEWFOCUS’; an EU-funded project led by a network of university academics, research institutions, businesses and government bodies across UK and Europe, aiming to develop sophisticated communication systems that meet the demands of future networks. These days, current networks, such as 3G and 4G, are struggling to cope with various pressures, including risks to online security and privacy, demands for faster online connection, and the need to reduce environmental impacts. In 2023, we successfully submitted an application to COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology); the funding organisation responsible for the NEWFOCUS project, to deliver the Training School, to share the research we’re leading and the technologies we’re developing to meet these demands and make future networks more accessible, more convenient and more secure.

    Dr Sujan Rajbhandari, Senior Lecturer and organiser of the event, said

    'the Training School provided the platform for the DSP Centre, students and experts from across the world to come together to share knowledge, establish academic partnerships, and to showcase the world-leading research that takes place here at Bangor University. It was a highly rewarding experience for DSP Centre colleagues to meet fellow students and experts from across the world and has opened the doors for further research collaborations in the future. '

    17 Jul 2023 – 18 Jul 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Chair)