EFTF Awards 2014

The following three Awards will be presented at EFTF 2014 to recipients selected by the Executive Committee of the EFTF: The European Frequency and Time Award recognizes outstanding contributions in all fields covered by the EFTF. Winners of the European Frequency and Time Award 2014 are: Alexey V. Taichenachev and Valeriy I. Yudin, Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia "For novel methods in the preparation and interrogation of atoms that have led to new kinds of spectroscopy and improved atomic clocks." The EFTF Young Scientist Award is conferred in recognition of a personal contribution that has demonstrated a high degree of initiative and creativity and led to already established or easily foreseeable outstanding advances in the field of time and frequency metrology. The award honours a person under the age of 40 at the date of the opening session of the EFTF conference. Winner of the EFTF Young Scientist Award 2014 is Yann Le Coq, SYRTE, Paris, France "For outstanding contributions to the development of fiber-based optical frequency combs for optical frequency metrology" The Marcel Ecabert Award of the EFTF is a lifetime award and honours the excellent achievements of the recipient or an institution in the field of time and frequency. It is named after the late Marcel Ecabert, founding member of the EFTF and member of its Executive Committee. Winner of the Marcel Ecabert Award 2014 is Jean-Pierre Aubry, Neuchatel, Switzerland "For his outstanding involvement in industrial developments in time and frequency metrology and in recognition of his major contribution dedicated to the strengthening of interactions between industry and academic research" The awards are sponsored by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology METAS and the Local Organising Committee of EFTF 2014.