Awards
To promote and recognise significant contributions for the advance of knowledge in Fiber Optic Sensing/Photonics, three Awards have been established:
• Lifetime Award
To honour two researchers who have significantly contributed to the development of this area of Human knowledge:
• Best Paper Award
For the best paper submitted to the conference:
• Best Student Paper Award
For the best student paper in each of the four following categories:
• Physical and Mechanical Sensors
• Chemical, Environmental, Biomechanical, and Medical Sensors
• Electromagnetic, Interferometric, Polarimetric, New Concepts
• Distributed, Multiplexing, System Applications, and Field Trials
Informal awards may also be attributed.