Category: News
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MATCH Reaches another Milestone: All Doctoral Fellows Now Enrolled
in NewsThe MATCH consortium is pleased to announce the achievement of a key project milestone: all 13 doctoral candidates recruited under the project are now officially enrolled in PhD programmes at the network’s degree-awarding universities: This milestone follows a recruitment process that took longer than initially anticipated, but with all fellows now formally enrolled, the doctoral…
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MATCH Featured in Fibre Systems
in NewsThe MATCH Doctoral Network has been featured in Fibre Systems, in an article highlighting how the project is advancing multicore fiber (MCF) research at a time when AI workloads and hyperscale data centers are pushing conventional optical fibers toward their physical limits. The article underlines MATCH’s core ambition: training 13 doctoral candidates across 14 partner organizations…
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MATCH Doctoral Candidate Presents Research at ICTON 2026
in NewsKonstantinos Papafilippou, one of our MATCH Doctoral Candidates, took part in the 2026 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), held July 12–16 at the Diplomat Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. For more than a quarter of a century, ICTON has been one of Europe’s leading conferences dedicated to optical communication networks, photonics, and related…
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MATCH Training Events
in NewsThe MATCH consortium is pleased to announce a week of training activities that will take place at Université de Limoges – XLIM from 1 to 5 September 2026. The programme will bring together doctoral candidates, researchers, and industry partners from across the consortium for a mix of transferable-skills training, technical lectures, hands-on lab work, and…
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Introducing MATCH First Newsletter: A New Way to Stay Connected
in NewsWe are delighted to announce the release of the first MATCH newsletter! This marks an exciting step in our journey, bringing you the latest updates, insights, and highlights from across the project. In this issue, you will find: 👉 Click here to read the Newsletter This newsletter is a great way to stay informed about…
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Special Session for DCs: Making the Most of Your MSCA Fellowship
in NewsDuring our recent MATCH meetings, we held a dedicated session for our Doctoral Candidates (DCs) featuring a talk titled “Getting the Best Out of Your MSCA Fellowship: A Personal Perspective”, delivered by Divya Shaji, Doctoral Candidate at HOMTech MSCA Doctoral Network, University of L’Aquila. Drawing on her experience as an MSCA fellow, Divya shared a…
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MATCH–SELFIE Symposium at ISCTE: Watch the Highlights
in NewsA short video summarizing the MATCH–SELFIE Symposium on Multicore Fibers and Intercore Crosstalk, held at ISCTE–University Institute of Lisbon on 24–25 March, has been published as part of the project’s dissemination and communication activities. The video highlights the symposium’s main scientific contributions, featuring presentations on multicore fiber technologies, intercore crosstalk modeling and characterization, submarine cable…
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MATCH Doctoral Candidates Share Their Experience at the MATCH Meetings in Lisbon
in NewsWe are pleased to share a new video in which our MATCH doctoral candidates (DCs) reflect on their participation in the recent MATCH meetings, hosted by Iscte—Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte‑IUL), in Lisbon. The video highlights their views on the academic and personal value of this key event within the MATCH programme. During the meetings,…
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MATCH Doctoral Candidates attended the HOMTech–QuNEST Joint Symposium in L’Aquila
in NewsLast week, five doctoral candidates (DCs) from the MATCH Doctoral Network attended the joint HOMTech-QuNEST Symposium at the University of L’Aquila in Italy (UnivAQ). Their participation provided a valuable opportunity to strengthen ties within the MSCA community while engaging directly with cutting-edge research in photonics and quantum communication. The symposium brought together researchers from two…
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MATCH Releases New Video Highlights on Global Applicant Reach and Gender Diversity
in NewsThe MATCH project has published two new visual summaries that shed light on international interest and diversity within the recruitment process for its 13 Doctoral Candidate positions. These short videos, now available on the MATCH YouTube channel, offer an accessible and engaging look at key application statistics collected across the eight recruitment calls. 🌍 Video…