Call for Innovation Award Laser Technology
Nominations are now open for the Innovation Award Laser Technology. Candidates may be either individuals or project groups.
The 10,000 euro prize, which is awarded every two years in recognition of outstanding European innovations in laser technology, is being sponsored by Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute.
The deadline for nominations is 20 January 2012…
Seminar on Computational and Statistical Physics
The 12th Granada Seminar on Computational and Statistical Physics will be held in La Herradura, Spain, on 17-21 September 2012.
The latest in a series of seminars, the 2012 edition will host a discussion on the advances and challenges at the interfaces between physics, computation and the mind.
For more information, and registration, please visit the conference website.
Call for abstracts for 2nd European Energy Conference
Abstract submission is open for the 2nd European Energy Conference, which will be held in Maastricht, on 17-20 April next year. Experts from the fields of chemistry, engineering, environmental science, material science and physics are invited to attend.
The conference aims to bring together experts, from various disciplines and background, to develop a vision on the future of energy in Europe. It will generate cooperation and communication across disciplines and will contribute…
John Mather wins Daniel Chalonge Medal
The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011 was awarded to John C. Mather, at the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium on 22 July this year, in recognition of his contributions to modern cosmology. The award was presented by the Ecole Internationale d’Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge.
Mather, who won a Nobel Prize in physics in 2006 for his work with the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) – notably measuring the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation – is presently the senior…
5th Ukrainian semiconductor conference
The 5th Ukrainian Conference on physics of semiconductors will take place in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, on 9-15 October this year.
The conference – which will include cultural excursions to sites of importance in Zakarpatie folklore – is being organized by the Ukrainian Physical Society. Over 400 participants are expected, from an international background of over 20 different countries…
Call for submissions for Paul Drude Medal in ellipsometry
A prize for up-and-coming young scientists, the Paul Drude Medal, will be awarded by the German Association on Ellipsometry at the next Workshop Ellipsometry, which will be held at the University of Leipzig, on 5-7 March next year. The medal will be given for an exceptional contribution to the field of ellipsometric metrology or spectroscopy.
The prize winner will be selected at the workshop by the members of the international advisory board and the program committee. Young scientists are encouraged to apply for this award before the workshop by sending an abstract…
Conference Department: for your event needs
The EPS Conference Department is open to organise and manage events for the EPS divisions and groups. With over 10 years of experience, the conference team will arrange every aspect of your conference or event – ensuring that your project runs smoothly, looks professional and stays within budget.
Services available include the creation or implementation of a brand, and logo, for your conference; event website design and upkeep; marketing and promotion within the physics community; on-site registration and support…
EPL publishes its first paper from the LHC
EPL has published its first article from the Large Hadron Collider, in the august issue this year. The paper, submitted by the TOTEM experiment, was entitled: ‘Proton-proton elastic scattering at the LHC energy of √s = 7 TeV’.
EPL looks forward to publishing other such results from the experiments at CERN in the future. The abstract from the paper follows…
FP7 publishes monitoring report for 2007-2010
The European Commission has published the fourth FP7 Monitoring Report, which covers the implementation of the Framework Programme during 2007-2010. It provides, among other items, a detailed analysis of participation patterns; implementation management and quality issues; and the current situation with regard to the simplification process.
The report has a number of features of interest to EPS members, including lists of top university participants and research organizations. The report calls attention to the magnitude of the FP7, with 245 calls, more than 77,000…
Metamaterials 2011
Metamaterials 2011: The Fifth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on 10-15 October this year.
The congress – which is being hosted by the Centre CIMITEC of the Escola d’Enginyeria at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – will address topics in the research into in artificial electromagnetic materials and their applications.
The metamaterials series was initiated by the European Network of Excellence Metamorphose, and is being organised…
Zenonas Rudzikas
The European Physical Society would like to pay tribute to Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas, whose passing away in June this year, at the age of 71, was sudden and unexpected.
Rudzikas was a well-respected and much liked member of the European research community. He was a member of the EPS Executive Committee, a past President of the Lithuanian Physical Society and was an active member of the European Economic and Social Council…
2011 International Particle Accelerator Conference
The second International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2011) will take place in the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastian, Spain, between the 4-9 September this year. The programme will consist of a variety of oral presentations, poster sessions and plenary sessions.
This will be the first in the IPAC series of conferences – which had their origins in the regional conferences APAC, EPAC and PAC – to be held in Europe…
