MALOC Worskhop at ICTON
6th Workshop on Machine Learning for Optical Communications (MALOC)
The 6th Workshop on Machine Learning for Optical Communications (MALOC) will be held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2026), taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 12–16 July 2026. ICTON 2026 will be kindly hosted by the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences.
MALOC brings together researchers and industry experts to explore recent advances at the intersection of machine learning and optical communications, fostering collaboration across academia and industry in this rapidly evolving field.
The workshop is chaired by Prof. Luis Velasco (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and Dr. Antonio Napoli (Nokia), both leading senior members of the NESTOR project. The organisation of MALOC 2026 forms part of NESTOR’s dissemination activities, further strengthening the project’s visibility and engagement with the wider optical communications community.
Workshop Presentations
Title of the talk: Fabrication-Aware Design of a 3-Ring RAMZI Interlacer via Gaussian Process Surrogate Modeling
Presenter: Alberto Otero-Casado, Nokia and Chalmers University of Technology
Title of the talk: Nonlinear Interference Noise Impact for Scalable Optical Network Planning in Horseshoe Scenarios
Presenter: Tiago Silverio, Nokia Germany
Title of the talk: Automated Extraction of Parameters from Optical Transceiver Datasheets Using a Multi-Stage LLM Pipeline
Presenter: Haris Hassan, Infinera Portugal
Title of the talk: Symbol Rate–Code Rate Trade-offs for IM/DD 200G/400G per Lane LPO Transceivers
Presenter: José Núñez Kasaneva, Eindhoven University of Technology
Title of the talk: ML-Based Physics-Guided Method for Low-Margin Nonlinear Interference Estimation in Optical Links
Presenter: Imran Chowdhury Dipto, Politecnico di Torino
Title of the talk: OCATA Optical Time-Domain Digital Twin: Continuous Model Tuning with Signal-Domain Fidelity Assessment
Presenter: Mohammad Sadegh Ghasrizadeh, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Title of the talk: Isolated Control and Monitoring for Multi-Operator IPoWDM Networks
Presenter: Ghulam Bahoo, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA)
Title of the talk: LLM-Orchestrated Digital Twin for Smart Optical Network Operations
Presenter: Sanwal Zeb, Politecnico di Torino
Title of the talk: QoS-Aware Cooperative Bandwidth Allocation for Mobile Fronthaul Traffic in TDM-PON
Presenter: Xiang Lu, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)