17th International School on Quantum Electronics (ISQE'2012)- Awards

Seventeenth International School on Quantum Electronics:
"Laser Physics and Applications"

AWARDS

The organizing committee is pleased to inform you that a limited number of awards will be given from SPIE and OSA for best student / young scientist poster presentation.

STUDENTS wishing to enter the SPIE and OSA student prize competition must declare their student candidature and also must give the presentation at the conference. Judging will be carried out by Program and Advisory Committees Members or Invited Lecturers during the event.

The eligible candidates must be aged under 35 and must personally present the poster for which they are a co-author. An international commission will assess these poster presentations observing the following criteria:

Scientific value and novelty of the presented results
Motivation of the work
Presentation skills of the candidate - structuring and lucidity of ideas
Does the abstract at the beginning provide an adequate summary of the work performed, the results and conclusions?
Are the conclusions sounds and justified by the results presented?
Poster outlook

Organizers strongly recommend to young participants to take part in the poster presentations' competition!

We are very pleased to announce that as a committed supporter of excellence in student research, our cooperating organization SPIE will support Best Student Paper Awards at ISQE2012. In addition to cash prizes, winners receive SPIE Digital Library downloads and complimentary SPIE Student Membership.

The awards are designed to encourage and acknowledge excellence in oral and poster student paper presentations.

The three very generous prizes for the SPIE Best Student Paper Awards are as follows:

1^st Place: $US 250,; 50 SPIE Digital Library Downloads,; 1-year student membership
2^nd Place: $US 150,; 25 SPIE Digital Library Downloads,; 1-year student membership
3^rd Place: $US 100,; 15 SPIE Digital Library Downloads,; 1-year student membership

The winners will be announced and the awards will be given during the School.

The winners will also be invited for oral presentation of their poster in a special session of the school.

We look forward to seeing you all there. Good Luck!

To encourage and acknowledge excellence in poster student presentations OSA will sponsor three Best Student Poster Awards totaling 600 USD in cash ($250 / $200 / $150).

The winners will be announced and the awards will be given during the School.

The winners will be invited for oral presentation of their poster in a special session of the school.

We look forward to seeing you all there. Good Luck!

The EPS will sponsor one EPS Poster Prize to a student who has presented the best poster at the conference.

Amount of the EPS Poster Prize is EUR 250.

The prize will be given to a PhD student (defined by student registration). The poster must be prepared by the student.

The winner will be announced and the award will be given during the School.

The winner will be invited for oral presentation of the selected poster in a special session of the school.

We look forward to seeing you all there. Good Luck!

BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARDS

September 28^th, 2012
Awards - common - picture
ORAL PRESENTATIONS

From left to right: Assoc. prof. Dr. Lubomir Kovachev - OSA representative Prof. Alexandros Serafetinides- SPIE; SPIE awardees: 1^st place Mr. Rumen Nikov and Ms. Anna Krasteva, 2^nd place Ms. Liliya Angelova, 3^d place Mr. Mihai Boni EPS award: Ms. Aneliya Dakova OSA awardees: 1^st place Mr. Peter Hansinger, 2^nd place Ms. Katerina Zhelyazkova, 3^d place Mr. Rosen Nikov Director of the Institute of Electronics: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sanka Gateva
	Mr. Peter Hansinger Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany CASCADED ULTRASHORT OPTICAL VORTEX FOUR-WAVE MIXING P. Hansinger, G. Maleshkov, D. N. Neshev, A. Dreischuh, G. G. Paulus
	Ms. Katerina Zhelyazkova Faculty of Physics, Plovdiv University "Paissi Hilendarski", 24 Tzar Assen Str., Plovdiv 4000Bulgaria A STUDY OF THE RESPONSE OF INTERMODAL INTERFERENCE PATTERNS AT A FIBER COUPLER OUTPUT K. Zhelyazkova, T. Eftimov, P. Balzhiev
	Mr. Rosen Nikov Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria INVESTIGATION OF Au NANOPARTICLES PRODUCED BY LASER ABLATION OF SOLID TARGET IN WATER R. Nikov, A. Nikolov, N. Nedyalkov, P. Atanasov, M. Alexandrov and D. Karashanova
	Ms. Aneliya Dakova Faculty of Physics and and Engineering Technology, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski" 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria NONLINEAR REGIME OF PROPAGATION OF FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES IN SINGLE-MODE FIBER A. Dakova, D. Dakova
	Ms. Anna Krasteva Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria VELOCITY SELECTIVE OPTICAL PUMPING RESONANCE SIGN REVERSAL A. Krasteva, D. Slavov, G. Todorov, T. Vartanyan, S. Cartaleva
	Mr. Rumen Nikov Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria LASER NANOSTRUCTURING OF Au/Ag AND Au/Ni FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN SERS Ru. Nikov, N. Nedyalkov, P. Atanasov, K. Grochowska, A. Iwulska and G. Sliwinski
	Ms. Lilia Angelova Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS FLUORESCENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TUMORS - INITIAL CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS E. Borisova, L. Angelova, M. Keremedchiev, B. Vladimirov, L. Avramov
	Mr. Mihai Boni National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor Str., PO Box MG-36, 077125, Magurele, Bucharest, Romania LASING EFECTS ON OPTICALY PUMPED MICRO-DROPLETS M. Boni, V. Nastasa, A. Staicu, I. R. Andrei, Mihail-Lucian Pascu

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