Tad Hofmeister

Tad Hofmeister

Tad Hofmeister is a Network Architect at Google with a focus on scalable, cost-effective DWDM technologies and software management innovations. He manages the Optical Architecture and Transport Engineering teams in Google’s Cloud Networking group and is Vice President and member of the board of the OIF. Prior to working at Google, Tad was an architect, system engineer, and hardware designer for several optical transport and packet processing companies including: Ciena, Matisse Networks, OpVista, and Applied Signal Technology. Dr. Hofmeister earned MS and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Stanford University and BS degrees from Columbia University and Bates College.

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Open Optical Communication Systems at a Hyperscale Operator
Matt Newland
Rene Marcel Schmogrow
Vijay Vusirikala
Journal of Optical Communications (2020)
Opportunities and Challenges of C+L Transmission Systems
Rene Marcel Schmogrow
Matt Newland
Vijay Vusirikala
IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (2019)
Optical Zero Touch Networking - A Large Operator Perspective
Nancy El-Sakkary
Vijay Vusirikala
OSA Technical Digest, OSA Publishing (2019)
Data Models for Optical Devices in Data Center Operator Networks
Nancy El-Sakkary
Vijay Vusirikala
OSA Technical Digest, OSA Publishing (2019)
Vendor-neutral Network Representations for Transport SDN
Vinayak Dangui
Vijay Vusirikala
Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (2016)
The Prospect of Inter-Data-Center Optical Networks
Xiaoxue Zhao
Vijay Vusirikala
Valey Kamalov
IEEE Communication Magazine, 51 (2013), pp. 32-38