Southampton, England--The new Zepler Institute will officially open at the University of Southampton on September 12, 2013. Headed by David Payne, Director of the University's Optoelectronics Research Centre, it is a multidisciplinary research center intended to bring together expertise in photonics, advanced materials, quantum technologies, and nanoscience.
The mission of the Zepler Institute is to meet global challenges ranging from ultra-high bandwidth communication technologies, through biophotonics for point-of-care diagnostics, to fundamental research into quantum devices and technologies. The event will also feature a lecture by Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, who will be introduced by web pioneer Wendy Hall, Dean of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton.
The Zepler Institute is named after Eric Ernest Zepler who founded the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at University College Southampton (now University of Southampton) in 1947, which was the first department of electronics in England.
For more information and to view the lectures streamed live online, visit www.zeplerinstitute.com.