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WASHINGTON - The OSA Foundation and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announce the grand prize winner of the 2021 Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Xiaosheng Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. received a USD 1,500 grand prize and will present his research at the virtual Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) on 11 June at 11:00 PDT (UTC - 07:00).
Xiaosheng Zhang was recognized for his innovation, research excellence, and overall presentation in optical communications. Two honorable mention awardees, Vinod Bajaj, Nokia Bell-Labs, Delft University of Technology, Germany and George Mourgias-Alexandris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece each received USD 1,000.
Annually, the OSA Foundation and Corning present the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition prize to undergraduate or graduate students in optical communications and networking. Six finalists presented their papers at OFC.