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Keren Bergman
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Bergman in 1998
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| Education | Bucknell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | Optical Society Fellow (2003) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow (2009) IEEE Photonics Engineering Award (2016) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | Quantum noise reduction with pulsed light in optical fibers (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann A. Haus |
Keren Bergman is an American electrical engineer. She is a special professor at Columbia University. She also leads the Lightwave Research Laboratory there. This group studies how light can be used in computers.
Her research focuses on tiny light particles, called nanophotonics. She also works on "optical interconnects." These help computers work faster and use less energy.
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Her Education and Early Career
Keren Bergman earned her first degree in electrical engineering in 1988. She studied at Bucknell University. Later, she went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
She received her master's degree in 1991. Then, she earned her PhD in 1994. At MIT, she worked with Hermann A. Haus. They studied how light travels through special fibers.
From 1994 to 2000, Professor Bergman taught at Princeton University. During this time, she led an important project. NASA and the NSA helped fund it. The project tested parts of a light-based network for supercomputers.
Leading Research at Columbia
In 2001, Keren Bergman joined Columbia University. She became an associate professor there. In 2002, she became the director of the Lightwave Research Laboratory.
At this lab, she leads many research programs. These programs focus on using light to connect parts of advanced computer systems. This includes data centers and special computer chips. Her work helps make computers more powerful.
In 2019, a team led by Professor Bergman received a large grant. It was from DARPA, a government agency. The grant helped them develop new ways to connect computer chips using light. This helps improve performance without using more energy.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, her team took a break from the lab. Professor Bergman shared that they used this time well. They found new ways to work together and analyze data from home.
Awards and Special Honors
Keren Bergman has received many awards for her work.
In 2003, she became a Fellow of The Optical Society. This was for her important work on light and how it travels.
She was also named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2009. This honor was for her contributions to optical networks. These networks use light to send information.
In 2016, Professor Bergman won the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award. This award recognized her pioneering work. Her ideas helped improve how computers and communication systems work using light.
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Keren Bergman in 1998
