Conference: 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

该奖项支持来自代表性不足群体的学生和早期职业专业人士参加第10届光谱椭圆偏振国际会议（ICSE-10），旨在扩大参与，并发展未来的劳动力。ICSE-10将于2025年6月8日至15日在科罗拉多州博尔德举行。这次会议将有利于科学的进步和国家的繁荣。ICSE每三年定期举行一次，ICSE-10是15年来在美国举行的第一次会议。会议吸引了来自世界各地的300多名专家和非专家，分享知识，了解利用偏振光的光学技术的最新进展和应用。这些技术在电子设备技术中发挥着关键作用，并在机器学习和人工智能最新进展的推动下改变了制造业的格局。这两个领域都处于创新的前沿，对美国的经济稳定产生影响，因此对整个社会都很重要。会议将讨论的其他领域包括光学仪器的发展，以及化学，物理，生物材料科学的一般方面。ICSE-10致力于为学习和网络建立一个包容、非歧视和协作的环境。会议包括关于劳动力发展的会议，并邀请研究生和早期职业专业人士积极参与。这些活动包括为学生主持的会议选择发言人和选择研究生获奖者。ICSE-10提供了一个支持工程人员培训和教育的国际场所。ICSE是一个会议系列，成立于1993年，每三年举办一次，旨在分享与材料表征，实时过程分析和仪器开发相关的新想法，利用太赫兹到软X射线波长光谱区域中电磁波的偏振特性。通常情况下，ICSE汇集了300多名参与者的国际队列，包括经验丰富的科学家和社区领导人，以及许多研究生，博士后和其他早期职业专业人士。该技术计划涵盖了椭圆偏振测量和偏振测量领域的各个方面，以及使用光的偏振特性的应用。主题范围广泛，从人工智能，机器学习，生物，化学，物理和材料科学到生命科学以及在制造和计量中的应用。ICSE-10致力于发展协作，包容和具有国际意识的劳动力，并正在寻求机会增加多样化人口的参与，特别是本科生和研究生，博士后和其他早期职业专业人士。会议鼓励学生积极参与方案的选择。他们被邀请创建自己的最佳抽象的会议，由学生和/或早期职业专业人士主持。终身成就奖将纪念该领域的早期先驱，并强调历史发展的重要性。ICSE-10专门为学生和早期职业专业人员的劳动力发展方面举行了一次特别会议。来自领先的半导体和计量公司的专家为与会者提供与劳动力相关的主题，因为该行业正在利用人工智能和机器学习提供的新场所进行“极紫外线”设备制造。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the participation of students and early career professionals from underrepresented groups in the 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-10), with the aim to broaden participation, and to develop the future workforce. ICSE-10 will take place in Boulder, Colorado from June 8-15, 2025. The conference will benefit both the advancement of science and national prosperity. ICSE regularly takes place every three years, and ICSE-10 is the first meeting in the U.S.A. in 15 years. The conference attracts more than 300 experts and non-experts from all over the world to share knowledge and learn about the latest advances and applications of optical techniques which utilize polarized light. These techniques play a key role in electronic device technology, and in transforming the manufacturing landscape driven by the latest advancement in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Both are areas at the forefront of innovation with an impact on the economic stability of the US and therefore they are important to the whole society. Other fields which will be addressed at the conference include developments of optical instrumentation, and general aspects of chemical, physical, biological material science. ICSE-10 is committed to an inclusive, non-discriminating and collaborative environment for learning and networking. The conference includes sessions on workforce development and invites active involvement from graduate students and early career professionals. These activities include the selection of speakers for a student-run session and the selection of graduate student award winners. ICSE-10 provides an international venue which supports the training and education of an engineering workforce. ICSE is a conference series which was founded in 1993 and is held every three years to share new ideas related to material characterization, real-time process analysis, and instrumentation development utilizing the polarization properties of electromagnetic waves in the spectral regions from Terahertz to soft-X-ray wavelengths. Typically, ICSE brings together an international cohort of more than 300 participants including experienced scientists and leaders of the community, as well as many graduate students, Postdocs, and other early career professionals. The technical program covers all aspects in the fields of ellipsometry and polarimetry, and their applications that use polarization properties of light. The topics range broadly from artificial intelligence, machine learning, biological, chemical, physical, and material sciences to life sciences as well as applications in manufacturing and metrology. ICSE-10 is committed to the development of a collaborative, inclusive, and internationally conscious workforce, and is seeking opportunities to increase participation of a diverse population especially from undergraduate and graduate students, Postdocs, and other early career professionals. The conference encourages students to be actively involved in the program selection. They are invited to create their own best-abstract based session, chaired by students and/or early career professionals. Life-time achievement awards will bring remembrance to early pioneers in the field and highlight the importance of historical developments. ICSE-10 dedicates a special session to aspects of workforce development for students and early career professionals. Experts from leading semiconductor and metrology companies educate conference attendees about workforce related topics as the industry moves into “extreme ultraviolet” device manufacturing utilizing new venues provided by artificial intelligence and machine learning.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.