New Program to Launch at OFC/NFOEC 2008
ANAHEIM, Calif., March 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and the OSA Foundation on March 27th announced the establishment of a new student award competition. Created to recognize future leaders in the field of optical communications and made possible through an endowment from Corning, the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition will debut at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in 2008.
"The work students are doing today will serve as the backbone for future technologies and solutions to some of the pressing concerns in optical communications," says Eric S. Musser, vice president and general manger, optical fiber, Corning Incorporated. "The establishment of this award creates a way to highlight innovative student research. Working with the OSA Foundation, we will be able to help connect tomorrow's promising minds with today's industry leaders at OFC/NFOEC."
The Corning award will recognize student papers based on their level of innovation, research excellence and presentation skills. Students will be able to opt into the competition as part of the regular submission process for OFC/NFOEC 2008. Papers submitted to the competition will be reviewed and scored by the OFC/NFOEC Technical Program Committee according to standard review criteria. The 10 to 12 papers receiving the highest scores will be considered finalists for the onsite component.
Finalists will be asked to submit supplemental information approximately one month before the conference. These additional requirements will include the lead author's curriculum vitae, two letters of reference, as well as formal proof of student status. These materials, coupled with a review of the finalists' presentation at the meeting, will be used to select the grand-prize winner and the two honorable mention recipients.
Final evaluations and the selection of the winners will be made by the OFC/NFOEC General and Program Chairs. The grand-prize recipient will receive $1,500; papers of honorable mention will receive $1,000 each. The awards will be presented during the Post-Deadline Paper Session at OFC/NFOEC 2008.
More information on the award will be detailed in the OFC/NFOEC 2008 "Call for Papers" announcement that will be available in June 2007. For additional details on this program, please visit www.ofcnfoec.org.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
About the OSA Foundation
The OSA Foundation was established in 2002 to support philanthropic activities that help further the Optical Society of America's mission by concentrating its efforts on programs that advance youth science education, support optics and photonics in developing nations, provide education and resources to underserved populations and support OSA's Awards and Honors program. The grants funded by the OSA Foundation are made possible by the generous donations of its supporters as well as the dollar-for-dollar match by OSA. The Foundation is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is a public charity. To learn more about the OSA Foundation or to find out how to donate, please visit http://www.osa-foundation.org or email foundation@osa.org .
