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SPIE Co-sponsors Winter College on Optics at ICTP in Italy(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 5 -- The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers issued the following news release: Topics including electromagnetic optics and integrated optics with emphasis spanning research to technology transfer and applications in biomedicine, computing, and renewable energy occupied students and faculty from 45 countries at the recent 2014 Winter College on Optics. The college was held 10-21 February at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is a co-sponsor of the annual event, along with the International Commission for Optics (ICO) and several other organizations. The Winter College included 105 students and 22 faculty, and followed the theme "Fundamentals of Photonics: Theory, Devices and Applications." Directors were Maria Luisa Calvo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Lorenzo Pavesi (Universita degli studi di Trento), Pavel Cheben (National Research Council of Canada), and Luis Ponce (Instituto Politecnico Nacional Unidad Altamira). Main topics covered by faculty included: - Fundamental of photonics, electromagnetic optics, waveguides theory - Integrated optics, photonics circuits - Computational methods for photonic devices design and characterization - Waveguide platforms and optoelectronic circuits - Technology transfer - Photonics in biomedicine and renewable energy The Winter College LAMP (Laser, Atomic and Molecular Physics) program provides participants with an opportunity to present their work in poster form or as a short oral presentation, with Best Paper prizes awarded by SPIE. SPIE Past President Katarina Svanberg the awards on behalf of SPIE, to: - First prize, Aminat Oyiza Suleiman, Stellenbosch University, for "Observation of structural dynamics of 1T-TiSe2 using femtosecond electron diffraction" - Second prize, Dainius Virganavicius, Kaunas University of Technology, for "Formation of regular structures employing holographic lithography technique" - Third prize, Nelson Alonso Correa Rojas, Universidad Nacional Sede Medellin, for "Multifunctional optical tweezers system" - Fourth prize, Nithyanandan Kanagaraj, Pondicherry University, for "A colloquium on the ultrashort nonlinear pulse propagation through optical fibers: modulational instability and supercontinuum generation." Svanberg also congratulated University of Carthage professor Mourad Zghal, who is among 76 new Fellows of SPIE named in 2014, during the awards presentation. The 2014 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Prize recognizing young researchers from developing countries was awarded to two recipients: - Maria Florencia Pascual Winter, Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnologia-Centro Atomico Bariloche (INN-CAB) - John Fredy Barrera Ramirez, Instituto de Fisica Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin; also a junior associate at the ICTP. Svanberg and SPIE Past President Maria Yzuel (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona) represented SPIE at a meeting on 18 February of the Trieste System Optical Sciences and Applications (TSOSA) Advisory Group, which advises on the coordination of ICTP activities in optics and photonics. In addition to the annual Winter College on Optics, SPIE provides $30,000 annually to support an optics staff position at ICTP. In conjunction with ICTP, SPIE provides free SPIE Digital Library access in participating countries through the eJDS (eJournals Delivery Service) program. Articles from scientific literature, primarily in physics and mathematics, are provided to individual scientists. SPIE helps to fund a laboratory available to participants from developing nations pursuing novel research. The lab is housed at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear (INFN) and run in collaboration with the Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universitat Munchen. In 2013, work in the SPIE Anchor Research in Optics Program included projects in quantum cascade lasers and optical tweezers for applications in the physical and life sciences. Click here to view images: SPIE Past President Katarina Svanberg (Lund University Hospital) presented Best Paper Awards for submissions in the LAMP sessions: http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Svanberg-Suleiman.jpg Aminat Oyiza Suleima, first place http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Svanberg-Virganavicius.jpg Dainius Virganavicius, second place http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Svanberg-CorreaRojas.jpg Nelson Alonso Correa Rojas, third place http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Svanberg-Zghal. jpg SPIE Past President Katarina Svanberg (Lund University Hospital) congratulated new Fellow of SPIE Mourad Zghal (SUP'COM, University of Carthage) http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Denardo-group.jpg Winners of the 2014 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award were awarded their prizes during the Winter College. From left after the presentation are African Laser Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences Network (LAM) President Ahmadou Wague (Universite Cheikh Anta Diop), ICO Secretary Angela Guzman (CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida), prize winners John Fredy Barrera Ramirez (Instituto de Fisica Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin) and Maria Florencia Pascual Winter (Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnologia-Centro Atomico Bariloche), Joe Niemela (ICTP), and Miltcho Danailov (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste) Sponsors and organizers met to discuss future activities; among them: http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-Zghal-Guzman-Yzuel-Johnson.jpg Mourad Zghal (SUP'COM, University of Carthage), ICO Secretary Angela Guzman (CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida), SPIE Past President Maria Yzuel (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona), and OSA Past President Anthony Johnson (CASPR, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/AboutSPIE/2014/ICTP-Feb2014/ICTP-TSOSA-Niemela-Arthurs-Dudley.jpg Joe Niemela (ICTP), SPIE CEO Eugene Arthurs, and European Physical Society President John Dudley (Universite de Franche-Comte) TNS 18EstebanLiz-140306-30FurigayJane-4658112 30FurigayJane (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |
