Francesca Parmigiani

Francesca Parmigiani is an Italian optical engineer, the head of the analog optical computing project for Microsoft Research Cambridge in England.[1][2]

Education and career

Parmigiani has a laurea (the equivalent of a master's degree) from the Polytechnic University of Milan,[1] and a 2006 Ph.D. from the University of Southampton in England, working there in the Optical Fibre Communications Group of the Optoelectronics Research Centre.[3]

She continued her work at the Optoelectronics Research Centre as a principal research fellow and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, before moving to Microsoft in 2018.[1] In her initial work at Microsoft she was part of its Optics for the Cloud team,[3] before becoming head of analog optical computing.[1]

Recognition

Parmigiani was named as a 2026 Fellow of Optica, "for her pioneering contributions to the field of high-speed optical communications and optical signal processing".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Francesca Parmigiani, Principal Researcher Manager", Microsoft Research people, Microsoft, retrieved 2026-04-13
  2. ↑ Crouse, Megan (5 September 2025), "Microsoft's Experimental Optical Computer Could Run AI Workloads With Less Energy", Tech Republic, retrieved 2026-04-13
  3. 1 2 "Dr Francesca Parmigiani PhD in the Optical Fibre Communications Group, 2006", Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, retrieved 2026-04-13
  4. ↑ "Meet the 2026 Optica Fellows", Elected Fellows, Optica, retrieved 2026-04-13
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