Last updated: 04 Nov 2016
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9th African Laser Centre Student Workshop
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The purpose of the symposium is to bring
together ALC grant holders and partners from across Africa, and students
at South African universities who are working in the various ALC
sponsored projects. The workshop programme is designed to facilitate
student presentations and interaction with project leaders. Time is
allocated for getting to know one another and to exchange ideas and to
share knowledge. The format of the workshop will be as follows:
The Conference venue is STIAS in Stellenbosch. The fact that the workshop is limited to ALC associated researchers and students, will encourage interaction between grant holders and students. |
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The Workshop will take place from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 November 2016 at the Wallenberg Research Centre under the auspices of the African Laser Centre.
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If you are an ALC grantholder or a student studying at a South African university on an ALC project and would like to attend the symposium, please take note of the dates in the table below. |
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Workshop announcement and call for abstracts |
18 July 2016 |
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Abstract and application deadline |
2 September 2016 |
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Abstract acceptance outcome |
30 September 2016 |
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Deadline for final abstracts for programme |
12 October 2016 |
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Workshop Starts |
24 November 2016 |
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Workshop Ends |
26 November 2016 |
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Prof Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop is a Director of the Quantum Science Laboratory in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Queensland. She obtained her PhD degree at the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden. Halina leads two research groups at the University of Queensland and runs a program in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems. Her research interests are in quantum atom optics, laser micromanipulation, laser physics, linear and nonlinear high resolution spectroscopy, and biophtonics. She has over 240 publications in international peer refereed journals, eleven book chapters and a large number of international conference contributions and several invited, keynote and plenary talks. Exploiting the mechanical action of light from the atomic domain of Bose-Einstein condensates to the macro domain of optomechanics characterises Halina’s research. She pioneered work on direct transfer of angular momentum of light to microscopic objects. She demonstrated optical alignment and spinning of microparticles enabling the development of all optically driven micromachines. Her research over the past two decades has seen the methods she initiated become a versatile tool in applied physics, from biophysics to rheology and metrology. Quite apart from her successful research in laser micromanipulation, Rubinsztein-Dunlop has a distinguished record of achievement in the atomic domain of laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Her work on dynamical tunnelling of ultra-cold atoms was one of the experimental milestones in quantum chaos. Her quantum atom optics group is working on quantum simulations with ultra-cold atoms. |
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Prof Michael Hamblin is a Principal Investigator at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and is a member of the affiliated faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology. He was trained as a synthetic organic chemist and received his PhD from Trent University in England. His research interests lie in the areas of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for infections, cancer, and stimulation of the immune system, and in low-level light therapy (LLLT) or photobiomodulation for wound healing, arthritis, traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. He directs a laboratory of around a dozen post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists and graduate students. His research program is supported by NIH, CDMRP, USAFOSR and CIMIT among other funding agencies. He has published 344 peer-reviewed articles, over 150 conference proceedings, book chapters and International abstracts and holds 8 patents. Dr Hamblin has an h-index of 75 and his works have been cited over 20,000 times. He is Associate Editor for 8 journals, on the editorial board of a further 20 journals and serves on NIH Study Sections. For the past 11 years Dr Hamblin has chaired an annual conference at SPIE Photonics West entitled "Mechanisms for photobiomodulation" and he has edited the 11 proceedings volumes together with seven other major textbooks on PDT and photomedicine. He has several other book projects in progress at various stages of completion. In 2011 Dr Hamblin was honored by election as a Fellow of SPIE. He is a Visiting Professor at universities in China, South Africa and Northern Ireland. |
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Prof Andrew Forbes received his PhD (1998) from the University of Natal (South Africa), and subsequently spent several years working as an applied laser physicist, first for the South African Atomic Energy Corporation and then later in a private laser company where he was Technical Director. In 2004 he joined the CSIR National Laser Centre where he was Chief Researcher and Research Group Leader of Mathematical Optics. In March 2015 Andrew joined the U. Witwatersrand on the Distinguished Professor programme and has established a new laboratory for Structured Light. Andrew chairs an annual international conference (USA), and serves on many international conference committees, OSA and SPIE committees, and serves on the editorial board of three optics journals. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, several patents, and has delivered more than 60 invited talks internationally. He is active in promoting photonics in South Africa, a founding member of the Photonics Initiative of South Africa, a Fellow of SPIE and the OSA, and an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. In 2015 Andrew won the NSTF award for his contribution to photonics. Andrew spends his time having fun with the taxpayers’ money, continuing his love affair with laser beams and resonators, digital holography, orbital angular momentum and quantum optics. |
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The symposium is being organised by the Laser Research Institute in the Department of Physics, at the University of Stellenbosch for the African Laser Centre. |
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Organising Committee |
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Workshop Chair |
Prof Erich Rohwer |
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Workshop Secretariat |
Prof Piet Walters |
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WITS Liaison |
Prof Andrew Forbes |
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Review Committee chair |
Prof Hubertus von Bergmann |
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Programme Committee Chair |
Prof Heinrich Schwoerer |
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US Liaison |
Dr Pieter Neethling |
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US Liaison |
Dr Christine Steenkamp |
| US Liaison | Dr Gurthwin Bosman |
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NMMU Liaison |
Prof Andrew Leitch |
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UFS Liaison |
Prof M Ntwaeaborwa |
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Abstract Review & Scientific Advisory Committee |
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Prof Hubertus von Bergmann, US |
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Prof Erich Rohwer, US |
| Prof Heinrich Schwoerer, US |
| Prof Hendrik Swart, UFS |
| Prof Andrew Forbes, WITS |
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Programme Committee |
| Prof Heinrich Schwoerer, US |
| Prof Ernest van Dyk, NMMU |
| Prof Andrew Leitch, NMMU |
| Prof Erich Rohwer, US |
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Prof Andrew Forbes, WITS |
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A one-page abstract must be submitted by 2
September 2016 according to the required format. These will
be reviewed and the authors notified of the outcome. Full
details of the format and instructions for submission can be
found in the document links below. Please note that you have to
send your Application Form together with your Abstract. |
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Time slots of 20 minutes duration each for oral presentations. This include an introduction by the project leader (< 5 min), presentation by the student, and 3 minutes allocated to questions at the end. Presentations in English. Prizes will be awarded for the best presentations. The assessment will be done by the scientific advisory committee |
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This page is used to announce the latest news regarding the workshop and progress with arrangements.
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Abstract and Application deadline |
2 September 2016 |
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Abstract acceptance for outcome |
30 September 2016 |
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Accommodation has been reserved at University of Stellenbosch Apartments. |
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A shuttle transport service between Cape
Town International airport and Stellenbosch will be available for
participants at the beginning and end of the Workshop. Participants
who would like to make use of this transport are expected to arrive
in Cape Town on 23 November 2016 preferably in the afternoon
and depart on 26 November 2016 after breakfast. You will be met at the airport Arrivals terminal exit. The name of the ALC Workshop will be displayed on a sign at the exit.
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| Secretariat Address: | |
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ALC Student Workshop, c/o Prof P E Walters Department of Physics University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa |
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| Telephone |
+27 21 808 3366 |