International award for Melbourne technology expert

University of Melbourne Electrical & Electronic Engineering PhD student Desmond (Ke) Wang has been awarded the coveted 2013 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholars Award. Desmond is the first Australian to receive this prestigious award for his specialist work in optical-wireless technology. He is involved in on-going his research at NICTA, Australia's Research Centre of Excellence in information and technology. The Marconi Society is the premier organisation recognising the achievements of scientists in the field of science and the Internet. Young Scholars are individuals who have, at an early age, already demonstrated exceptional engineering or scientific research and entrepreneurial capabilities with the potential to create significant advances tele and the Internet. Desmond's research involves optical-wireless technology for ultra-broadband in-building and reconfigurable optical interconnects. Over the past three years, he has been first author on over 40 publications in top journals and conferences and received a number of conference awards.