Conference Support for IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Conferences, Bahamas, July 13-15, 2015

电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）夏季专题会议是光子科学、技术和应用领域令人兴奋的新领域的首要会议系列。这个专题会议系列为研究人员提供了一个了解新兴领域的机会，并在一个亲密的环境中与研究和技术领导者进行互动。与专业协会的常规会议不同，专题会议提供了一个独特的论坛，来自同一领域的学术界，国家实验室，工业和政府实验室的成员将在一个高度互动的环境中聚集在一起，促进积极的跨学科讨论。本次会议支持提案所要求的资金将允许研究生/本科生参加本次会议，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生，利用国家科学基金会的资金来部分支付他们的注册和差旅费。IEEE光子学学会的专题会议是关于光子科学、技术和应用领域令人兴奋的新领域的首要会议系列。它作为一个国际论坛，促进使用或受迅速发展的科学和技术领域影响的各技术社区之间的信息交流。该项目将：1)在夏季专题会议上赞助学生海报会议和海报展示奖；2)资助学生参加IEEE Photonics Society专题会议。会议将涵盖六个主题领域：功能二维材料（FTDM）、紫外激光器和发光二极管（UVLED）、片上光互连（OCOI）、可见光通信（VisC）、中红外光子学（MIP）、非线性光信号处理（NOSP）。这六个主题由各自领域的专家提出，并由IEEE光子学学会选择，代表了光子学界认为最重要和最深入研究的领域。

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Summer Topical Meetings are the premier conference series for exciting, new areas in photonic science, technology, and applications. This Topical Meeting Series creates the opportunity for researchers to learn about emerging fields, and to interact with the research and technology leaders in an intimate environment. Unlike regular conferences of professional societies, the topical meetings provide a unique forum where members from academia, national labs, industry, and government labs working in the same field will convene in a highly interactive environment to foster active cross-disciplinary discussions. The funds requested for this conference support proposal will allow the participation of graduate/undergraduate students at this conference, in particular those from underrepresented groups, to leverage NSF funds to partially cover their registration and travel expenses. The Topical Meetings of the IEEE Photonics Society are the premier conference series for exciting, new areas in photonic science, technology, and applications. It serves as an international forum to facilitate information exchange between various technical communities using or affected by the rapidly growing areas of science and technology. The program will: 1) sponsor a student poster session and poster presentation awards at the Summer Topical Meetings; and 2) provide financial support for student participants to attend the IEEE Photonics Society Topical Conferences. The conferences will cover six topical areas: Functional Two-Dimensional Materials (FTDM), Ultraviolet Lasers and Light Emitting Diodes (UVLED), On-chip optical interconnects (OCOI), Visible Light Communications (VisC), Mid Infrared Photonics (MIP), Nonlinear-Optical Signal Processing (NOSP). The six topics have been proposed by experts in the respective areas and selected by the IEEE Photonics Society, and represent some of the most important and intensively investigated fields as deemed by the photonics community.