Editorial

Dear Readers, We would like to announce several changes with regard to the Springer Photonic Network Communications journal. First, we (Krishna Sivalingam, Professor, IIT Madras, India) and Byrav Ramamurthy (Professor, University of NebraskaLincoln, USA) took charge as Co-Editors-in-Chief in January 2013. Second, we have added several members to the Editorial Board. At present, we have 38 members from all the world including USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, India, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. We take this opportunity to extend a hearty welcome to the Editorial Board members and also thank them for spending their valuable time in handling papers. We have expanded the journal’s International Advisory Board by adding several internationally reputed researchers and practitioners, including Dr. Eytan Modiano of MIT, Dr. Kumar Sivarajan of Tejas Networks and Dr. C. Sivaram Murthy of IIT Madras. We are particularly thankful to Dr. Biswanath Mukherjee of University of California Davis and Dr. Piet Demeester of Ghent University for their constant support, advice and encouragement. Third, we have also identified special issues based on selected papers from upcoming conferences such as IEEE ANTS 2013 and ONDM 2014. A special issue on “SoftwareDefined Elastic Optical Networks” is being planned by