The Economist salutes invention of the Web
The well-respected weekly newspaper The Economist has presented its 2nd Annual Innovation Award for Computing to Tim Berners Lee, director of the W3C World Wide Web Consortium. With its innovation awards, The Economist recognizes those individuals who are responsible for industry-altering breakthroughs in the areas of computing, biosciences, energy and the environment, telecommunications, and a fifth "no boundaries" category. Berners Lee received the computing award for the global hypertext project he developed at CERN, which became known as the World Wide Web, and in the words of the citation: "forever altered the way information is shared". Candidates for the awards are recommended by readers and writers of The Economist, and the winners are selected by a panel of judges.
Brookhaven physicists win Brightness Award
Edward Beebe (left) and Alexander Pikin from the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been awarded the Ion Source Prize, also known as the "Brightness Award", which recognizes and encourages innovative and significant recent achievements in the fields of ion-source physics and technology. The two physicists received the award at the Tenth International Conference on Ion Sources, held in Dubna, Russia. Donated by Bergoz Instrumentation of Saint Genis Pouilly, France, the award consists of $6000 (€5111), to be shared by the two winners. Beebe and Pikin have both worked on the development of a new high-intensity electron-beam ion source, which would generate 20 times the intensity of previous designs. Brookhaven plans eventually to use a version of this source for ion injection into the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Call for nominations for the 2004 Lise Meitner Prize
The Nuclear Physics Board of the European Physical Society (EPS) is now inviting nominations for the 2004 Lise Meitner Prize. The award will be made to one or several individuals for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. The board will welcome nominations that represent the breadth and strength of European nuclear sciences.
Nominations should be accompanied by a completed nomination form, a brief curriculum vitae of the nominee(s) and a list of any major publications. Letters of support from authorities in the field, which outline the importance of the work, would also be helpful. The deadline for the submission of the proposals is 10 January 2004.
To download the nomination form and for more detailed information about the prize, see the website of the Nuclear Physics Board at www.kvi.nl/~eps_np, or the EPS website at www.eps.org (click on "Prizes", "Lise Meitner Prize").