We are excited to announce the IX international physics conference in honor of F.Pianca!
The original idea of this conference is to let the students and young scientists meet each other, see how they look like and learn which science problems are of current interest abroad or in Latvia. We do feel that young Latvian scientists do not meet their colleagues from other countries often enough. Sometimes we do not even know other Latvians working in the same field in another country. The conference should bring together young Latvian scientists working abroad and in Latvia and foreign scientists interested in the scientific life of Latvia.
The first such conference was held in Riga in 1997 thanks to enthusiastic students that were developing their careers in science abroad. They did not want to lose contact with their colleagues working in Latvia and different other countries and enjoyed informal discussions about science. We want to re-establish this conference.
Despite the desire to meet you all in person, this year the conference will be organized remotely from 21st till 22nd December.
The conference ("workshop" may be a more appropriate title) will be pretty informal, as was the whole life of F. Pianca.
The talks will be 20-30 minutes long. Time for questions will be not strictly limited.
Who is F. Pianca?!
Where can we meet Latvian scientists in the world?
What scientific questions young Latvian scientists are trying to answer?
Maybe there are some collaboration opportunities?
Attend the conference and find it out!
Where can we meet Latvian scientists in the world?
What scientific questions young Latvian scientists are trying to answer?
Maybe there are some collaboration opportunities?
Attend the conference and find it out!
The conference is FREE of charge.
The official language of the conference will be English.
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
INVITED SPEAKERS
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Time in RIGA (GMT +2)
@ ZOOM platform
Tuesday, 21st December
| 10:00 | M.Sc. Inga Pudza | Short introduction about F. Pianca |
|---|---|---|
| 10:10 | Dr. Martins Zaumanis | Connecting the dots: Communication at the Core of a Scientific Career |
| 10:40 | Dr. Makars Šiškins | Nanomechanics of 2D material membranes |
| 11:10 | Dr. Edgars Butanovs | Nanomaterials and thin films in Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia: research directions and capabilities |
| 11:40 | M.Sc. Kristiāns Čerņevičs | Graphene nanoribbons as components in electric nano-circuits |
| 12:10 | ||
| 14:00 | M.Sc. Ergi Bufasi | The Importance of Spatial Thinking in Teaching Physics |
| 14:30 | M.Sc. Gustavs Kehris | The ATLAS Detector at the LHC |
| 15:00 | Dr. Maira Elksne | Improvements in GaN semiconductor technologies |
| 15:30 | M.Sc. Janis Sperga | LiFi: Connecting everyone and everything with light |
Wednesday, 22nd December
| 10:00 | Dr. Jānis Lazovskis | Describing Data: A Visual Survival Kit |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Dr. Janis Timoshenko | Deciphering experimental spectroscopic data using machine learning |
| 11:00 | Dr. Sergejs Boroviks | Nonlinear plasmonics with monocrystalline gold |
| 11:30 | M.Sc. Mikus Milgrāvis | Electromagnetic methods for production of aluminium metal matrix composites |
| 12:00 | ||
| 14:00 | Dr. Inga Saknite | Biophotonics for patient care: building a translational research team at a medical center in the United States |
| 14:30 | Dr. Aleksandrs Leitis | Metasurfaces for next-generation optics and biosensing |
| 15:00 | Dr. Karlis Dreimanis | Particle Physics at LHC |
| 15:30 | ||
Organizing Committee:
Inga Pudza,
Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry,
Institute of Solid State Physics,
University of Latvia