바카라 롤링 APPOINTS DR. YOUNG-KAI CHEN AS DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

PITTSBURGH, July 5, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – 바카라 롤링 Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and laser technology, today announced that Dr. Young-Kai (Y.K.) Chen has been appointed Deputy Chief Technology Officer (DCTO) of 바카라 롤링, reporting to CTO Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng.

“The appointment of 바카라 롤링. Y.K. Chen as Deputy Chief Technology Officer leverages his deep experience as a distinguished scientist as well as his broad view of the technology opportunities gained from his time with Bell Labs and DARPA,” said 바카라 롤링. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr., Chair and CEO. “As DCTO, 바카라 롤링. Chen will work closely with 바카라 롤링. Eng to chart the future technical direction of our company, including the creation of new materials for energy generation, transmission, and storage, basic research around next-generation quantum technologies, breakthroughs required for the sixth generation of wireless networks, and the adoption of digital technologies, machine learning, and artificial intelligence across our operations and in our products and services.”

Prior to being named DCTO, Dr. Chen was Chief Scientist in 바카라 롤링’s New Ventures and Wide-Bandgap Electronics Technologies group. Before joining 바카라 롤링 in 2021, he was a program manager at DARPA, where he initiated and managed programs in advanced semiconductor electronics, secured communications, and artificial intelligence and machine learning processing. Dr. Chen was previously a senior director at Nokia Bell Labs, responsible for advanced research and technology development in high-speed electronics and optoelectronics including integrated lasers, silicon photonics, 바카라 롤링 optical data links, and wireless backhaul transceivers.

바카라 롤링. Chen received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in Electrical Engineering. He is a Fellow of Bell Labs, IEEE, and Optica (OSA); a member of the National Academy of Engineering; and recipient of the prestigious IEEE David Sarnoff Award and the Edison Patent Award. He has authored or co-authored three book chapters and over 190 journal articles, and holds 33 U.S. patents.