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2015
Josef-Effner-Gymnasium Dachau
13–15 February 2015
Welcome to the GYPT 2015
Dear participants, jurors and guests,
This is the second time we organize the German Young Physicists’ Tournament. After a promising start in Kassel last year, we are looking forward
to another tournament featuring hard and interesting physics discussed
in exciting matches.
We are pleased that we are given the opportunity to increase the spread
of this interesting and challenging tournament by the Wilhelm und Else
Heraeus Foundation. And we are happy that the Josef-Effner-Gymnasium
and the district of Dachau have worked hard to offer almost perfect conditions for the participants of this year’s GYPT and the tournament itself.
The most important information for the GYPT 2015 is summarized in this
booklet. If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Looking forward to an exciting tournament.
The tournament organizers.
Florian Ostermaier
Tobias Beck
Michael Steck
Visit www.gypt.org for the latest information on the GYPT 2015.
Contents
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Venue
International Youth Hostel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Josef-Effner-Gymnasium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Agenda
Friday, 13 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saturday, 14 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sunday, 15 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tournament Rules
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Structure and Organisation . . . . . . . . . . .
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Phases of the Competition . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Meeting of the Tutors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Realization of the Tournament . . . . . . . . .
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Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Jury and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 Venue
The 2nd GYPT takes place at the Josef-Effner-Gymnasium in Dachau. A
map of the school and its surrounding is displayed in the following figure.
Roßwachtstraße
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International Youth Hostel
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GYPT 2015, Dachau
International Youth Hostel
All participants, jurors and guests are accomodated at
Jugendgästehaus Dachau/International Youth Hostel
Roßwachtstr. 15
85221 Dachau
Tel: +49 8131 32295-0
The Hostel is accessible by public transport as follows
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Via the train to Munich (Central Station)
S-Bahn S 2 in the direction of Petershausen till Dachau, Bahnhof
City Bus Line 722 or 726 to John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
From there, it is only about a 3-minute walk
Check-In to the tournament is possible from Friday, 13 February, 12.00 o’clock.
The rooms are availible from 14.00 at the latest. Baggage can be dropped
off directly at the GYPT Check-In desk and will be brought to your room as
soon as it is availible. The latest check-out time on sunday is 9.30 o’clock.
Please consider that it is not permitted to bring alocoholic beverages from
outside into the hostel. Additionally, the hostel is a non-smoking area.
There are special offers to play billards (2 €), table tennis (1,50 €) and tablefootball (0,50 €). Free WiFi is available at the Lobby.
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Josef-Effner-Gymnasium
The tournament is held at
Josef-Effner-Gymnasium
Erich-Ollenhauer-Straße 12
85221 Dachau
which is situated in direct neighbourhood to the hostel. A detailed plan
A
(018)
B
(016)
C
(014)
Entrance
Ollenhauerstraße
D
(012)
Aula
Gents’
Ladies’
GYPT
Office
Participants’
Lounge
Mensa
Entrance
Siegfriedweg
of the tournament site is shown on this page. It shows all relevant rooms
and their location inside the main school building.
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Match Rooms A-D The GYPT Matches take place in rooms A,B,C and D according to the schedule. All rooms are equiped with a board and
a video projector featuring all common resolutions. The preferred
connection types are VGA and HDMI.
Participants’ Lounge During breaks, all participants are invited to hang
out at the participants lounge. The lounge is equipped with comfortable furniture and WiFi access. The login credentials are:
ESSID:
Encryption:
Password:
GYPT-Lounge
WPA2/PSK
!HeimatUndLiebe#?
Moreover, snacks and refreshments will be offered inside the lounge.
GYPT Office The tournament administration is located in the GYPT office.
It will be manned at almost any time throughout the tournament.
If not, dont’t hesitate to contact us.
Florian O.
Michael S.
florian.ostermaier@gypt.org
michael.steck@gypt.org
+49 173 744 355 4
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2 Agenda
Friday, 13 February
Time
Participants
Jury
12:00 - 17:00
Check-In
Hostel
Check-In
Hostel
13:00 - 18:00
Trip to MicroNova
Departure: Hostel
Trip to MicroNova
or Check-In
18:00 - 18:30
Address of welcome
Hostel
Address of welcome
Hostel
18:30 - 19:30
Bavarian Dinner
Hostel
Bavarian Dinner
Hostel
19:30 - 22:00
Game Party
Hostel
Jury Briefing (till 20:30)
Hostel
Trip to MicroNova
MicroNova AG is a leading software and systems house and was established more than 25 years ago. The company currently has some 130 employees and is active in four business areas: Testing, Network Management, IT Management and eHealth.
In the Testing sector, MicroNova develops hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) simulators and test automation solutions (EXtended Automation Method,
EXAM) for the testing of Electronic Control Units (ECU) and control components. With the help of these solutions, manufacturers and suppliers
from the automotive and energy sectors, for example, are able to test and
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optimize all of their electronics and mechatronics while still in the development phase of a new product. Various services complement the Testing
portfolio.
MicroNova’s customers include many renowned firms, such as Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, BMW, Continental, E.ON, Telefónica Germany and SIEMENS.
The trip takes about one hour. Refreshments and snacks will be served at
MicroNova. Groups departure from the hostel at 13:00, 14:30 and 16:00.
Game Party
Gaming is fun. And because of that, we are holding a GYPT game party.
Besides a provided set of board games, participants are cordially invited
to bring their own. There are no limitations to the games you bring along.
So feel free to share your best fitness-, board- or pen&paper games with
us or whatever you think could be fun to anybody else.
Of course, the game party is open-ended. Bring a game, play a game!
Saturday, 14 February
Time
Participants
Jury
07:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
Hostel
Breakfast
Hostel
09:00 - 11:30
Match 1
JEG
Match 1
JEG
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch
JEG (Mensa)
Lunch
JEG (Mensa)
12:30 - 15:00
Match 2
JEG
Match 2
JEG
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
JEG (Mensa)
Coffee Break
JEG (Mensa)
15:30 - 18:00
Match 3
JEG
Match 3
JEG
18:45 - 20:00
Transfer
Hostel
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Time
Participants
Jury
18:45 - 20:00
Dinner
Tripple B
Dinner
Hostel
20:00 - 21:45
Billards Sessions
Tripple B
Jurors Meeting
Hostel
afterwards:
Transfer to Tripple B
21:45 - 23:00
Transfer
Tripple B
Transfer
Tripple B
Billards Sessions
The BSV Dachau is one of the most successful pool billard clubs in Germany. It is the home of the current number-one pool player in Germany
and Bundesliga leader. Andreas Huber, who will be one of the hosts of
the event is former national head coach of germany and has trained more
than 1000 coaches in the physical aspects of professional pool. Our second host will be Johannes Halbinger. Johannes, who is a reigning European team champion, is the Bavarian record champion holder at the age
of 20 already and is studying physics.
The participants of the 2nd GYPT are given the opportunity to learn impressive pool tricks directly from the masters of their profession. The programe includes an introduction to professional tournament pool with a
focus on it’s physical aspects. Following this, all participants are welcome
to improve their personal skills in billards under the guidance of BSV´s billard players.
The event takes place at ”Triple B”, training center of the BSV Dachau, and
includes a dining buffet. A transport to the hostel is organized. It departs
from ”Triple B” at 21:45. The program as such, however, is openended.
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Sunday, 15 February
Time
Participants
Jury
07:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
Hostel
Breakfast
Hostel
09:00 - 11:00
GYPT Final
JEG (Aula)
GYPT Final
JEG (Aula)
11:15 - 12:30
Award Ceremony
JEG (Aula)
Award Ceremony
JEG (Aula)
11:15 - 12:30
Lunch
JEG (Mensa)
Lunch
JEG (Mensa)
Award Ceremony
For award ceremony, our special guest Prof. Kleber of TUM gives a talk
about his personal experiences with Heisenberg, followed by a panel discussion of the supporters of GYPT, including representatives of the German Physical Society, the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, the District Chief Executive of Dachau and the Südwürttemberg Student Research
Center, SFZ. Highlight of the closing event will be the award ceremony for
the GYPT winner teams and the nomination of the ten candidates participating in the last workshop prior to the selection of the German national
team.
The detailed schedule is planned as enclosed:
1 Address of welcome
Mr. Hartmann, Mayor of Dachau
Ms. Kaff, Associate Director of the JEG
2 Invited Talk
Licht am Ende des Tunnels: Heisenbergs Vermächtnis
Prof. Kleber, TUM Munich
3 Review of the GYPT development
4 Panel Discussion of the GYPT Supporters
Prof. Dr. Krubasik, German Physical Sciety
Prof. Dr. Treusch, Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation
Stefan Löwl, District Chief Executive of Dachau
Moderation: Mr. Beck, SFZ
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5 Award Ceremony
Awarding of Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals
Nomination of Workshop Participants
6 Photo of all Participants and Jurors
Main Prizes
1st Prize: Trip to CERN The champions of the tournament are invited to
visit the CERN super collider in Geneva, Switzerland. The team is
given the opportunity to have a look at all major experimental sites
and get in touch with the scientists.
2nd Price: Trip to DESY The runner-up team is will enjoy a trip to the DESY
in Hamburg. The one-day trip includes a guided tour around the
area and chance to gain first-hand information on particle physics.
Participants Workshop Besides the main prices, 10 individual participants
across all teams are invited to the GYPT-workshop. The workshop allows every participant to improve his/her individual skills in terms
of presentation technique and speech under the guidance of professional trainers. It is held from 13 March till 15 March in Ulm.
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At the workshop, five students each are selected to represent Germany in the
• IYPT, International Young Physicists’ Tournament
from 27th June till 4th of July 2015 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
or the
• AYPT, Austrian Young Physicists’ Tournament
from 30th April till 2nd May 2015 in Leoben, Austria.
Both Prices include a stay for several days at the respective site, which
is fully covered by the GYPT organization.
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3 Tournament Rules
1 GYPT - German Young Physicists Tournament
The “German Young Physicists Tournament” is a team competition for
high school students which is based on the principles of the International
Young Physicists Tournament(IYPT)1 .
The competition runs from September of one year to the spring in the
following year.
2 Structure and Organisation
Umbrella Organisation
The GYPT is planned, organised and managed by Südwürttemberg Student
Research Center (SFZ®)2 on behalf of Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation3 .
General Co-Ordination
Two general co-ordinators are in charge of the organisation of the GYPT.
They are appointed by the umbrella organisation and are available to all
participants of the tournament as contact persons. The general co-ordinators
appoint further persons for particular fields of activity.
GYPT-Centres
Professional tutoring of the students in preparation of the tournament
is done in the GYPT-centres. They are evenly distributed all over Germany
and it is understood that they act as ambassadors to the GYPT in Germany.
Each centre is headed by a leader who is appointed by the members of the
centres and whose name will be given to the co-ordinators at the beginning of a round of competitions.
The GYPT centres receive financial support for equipment acquisition by
the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation. Apart from this, each centre
can claim financial allowance for at least one graduate assistant (20 hours
1 www.iypt.org
2 www.sfz-bw.de
3 www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de
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a month) for the mentoring of local projects in preparation for and during
the tournament. If it is considered necessary, the co-ordinators may apply
for more assistants.
Each GYPT centre may draw on the support of the GYPT mentors. The
group of mentors is comprised of former members of the national team
who support the students by offering advice concerning the particularities of the GYPT/IYPT .
3 Phases of the Competition
The competition runs in three distinct phases.
September
subs. months
February/March
Meeting of the tutors
Preparatory work at the GYPT centres
GYPT (actual competition)
4 Meeting of the Tutors
The leaders of the GYPT-centres, the mentors and all the others involved in
the organisation are invited by the co-ordinators to take part in the meeting of the tutors, which marks the beginning of the round of competitions.
At this meeting the leaders the organisers and the mentors are introduced
to the leaders of the different SFZ-locations. This is also the time when
plans and procedures of the current round of competitions as well as possible changes are explained and discussed. The relevant information is
presented for perusal on the GYPT website4 some days in advance.
5 Realization of the Tournament
The GYPT takes place at changing venues in Germany. Each GYPT centre
can apply for the organisation and realization of the tournament at any
time. The co-ordinators and the leaders of the individual SFZ locations
work out a preliminary concept which is introduced in detail to all participants of the tutor meeting. The umbrella organisation organizes and
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finances the actual tournament, the supporting programme and accomodation and catering for the participants. Travel has to be organised by the
contestants individually, with travel expenses being refunded on application.
6 Participants
Teams
A team is made up of three participants. Each team selects three different
problems they want to deal with from a list of 17 current IYPT problems.
At the GYPT each of these problems is introduced by a team member. The
problems and the names of the speakers are specified at the registration.
Exceptions with teams of two participants (and two problems) may be
allowed.
Team Contributions
The presentations and publications introduced at the GYPT have to be
handed in some time before the actual tournament. After the GYPT is
over, they may be used by the IYPT national team when in line with the
scientific conventions of correct citing.
Registration
Registration for the GYPT is only possible via internet and must be done
by the participants themselves. Registration is possible until December
31.
7 Procedure
The tournament takes place on three subsequent days from Friday to Sunday. Friday is reserved for check-in formalities and an excursion. On the
evening of the first day, when the tournament schedule is published, the
teams can engage in last-minute preparations for the tournament.
Saturday is the day of the actual “matches” which must be conducted in
English and, as a rule, are open to the general public.
On Sunday, the three best teams meet in the final, which is followed by
the ward ceremony.
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Match
The way the matches are “played” is very similar to the IYPT fights. However, there is no such thing as the “challenge” and both the role of the “reviewer” and the discussion have been simplified so that a typical match
looks like this:
Time
2 min
12 min
2 min
12 min
4 min
after that
Activity
Preparation of the presentation (team A)
Presentation
Preparation of the discussion (team B)
Discussion (teams A and B)
Questions by the jury
Feedback by the jury
Presentation
The solution to one of the IYPT problems, which has been selected, is presented. Participants may use a video projector and a white board or flip
chart to support their talk.
Discussion
The discussion is led by a team member of the second team. At the beginning of a match, the team decides, who is to lead the discussion. Each
team member adopts this role once in the course of the tournament. The
other team members are allowed to support their representative with
their expertise, however, they must not assume the role of the speaker.
The preceding talk and the white/black board may be used to support the
speaker’s arguments, but a presentation in its own right is not allowed.
Internet access is forbidden during the whole course of the match.
Jury Questions
Questions by the jurors are to be short, precise and directly connected to
the physical problem under discussion. Within the time limit, each juror
should be given the opportunity to ask at least one question.
Jury Feedback
After the jury verdict, both participating teams are given the opportunity
to ask the jury as a whole or individual jurors for a short feedback.
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Schedule
The competition schedule (“matches” ) is published on the website on Friday evening, 17.00 hrs - according to the following criteria:
1. Depending on their respective GYPT centre, teams are divided into
two groups who do not compete against each other.
2. Leaders, graduate assistants and mentors of one centre act as jurors
in a different group from another centre.
3. The jurors are allocated fixed rooms and groups and do not move
around.
Ultimately, the following criteria are applied (in order of priority)
1. Teams of a GYPT centre do not compete against each other.
2. No team is allowed to lead the discussion twice with the opposing
team.
3. If possible, each team of three meets five different opposing teams,
teams of two meet three opponents.
4. Each juror sees each team in his group.
5. Wherever possible, age and academic level should be considered.
Final
The three best teams (depending on the points collected) compete against
each other in the final match. The teams select one of the problems they
have prepared and inform the other team about it. The problem is also
published on the website.
The three problems must be different. Should two or three teams wish to
present the same problem, the team who have achieved the most points
is given preference.
The talks are held in reverse order to the placement (i.e. the team with
the lowest score comes first). The discussion is led by the team doing the
subsequent talk. The awarding of points after the final match is public.
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8 Jury and Assessment
Jurors
The jury is nominated and invited by the umbrella organisation. It is composed of persons from the GYPT centres, former participants and independent experts. Each match is judged by at least four jurors. One juror
presides over the jury. He takes care that the rules are observed. All jurors
are obliged to take part in the briefing of the jury.
Assessment
Each juror assesses both participating teams according to a score reaching
from one to ten points. The points for the talk itself count double.
Final
The jury of the final match is composed of one representative each of the
GYPT centres. The president is appointed by the organisers of the tournament.
9 Nomination of the National Team
The German national team that is to take part in the IYPT is nominated
four weeks after the GYPT at a workshop. The GYPT jury recommends up
to ten individual participants who are invited to this workshop. The IYPT
team is selected by the IYPT team leader according to the following criteria:
• level of expertise and experimental work
• capacity for teamwork
• rhetoric and communicative skills in English
• commitment and dedication
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4 Problems of the IYPT/GYPT 2015
1 Packing The fraction of space occupied by granular particles depends on
their shape. Pour non-spherical particles such as rice, matches, or
M&M’s candies into a box. How do characteristics like coordination
number, orientational order, or the random close packing fraction
depend on the relevant parameters?
2 Plume of Smoke If a burning candle is covered by a transparent glass,
the flame extinguishes and a steady upward stream of smoke is produced. Investigate the plume of smoke at various magnifications.
3 Artificial Muscle Attach a polymer fishing line to an electric drill and apply tension to the line. As it twists, the fibre will form tight coils in
a spring-like arrangement. Apply heat to the coils to permanently
fix that spring-like shape. When you apply heat again, the coil will
contract. Investigate this ‘artificial muscle’.
4 Liquid Film Motor Form a soap film on a flat frame. Put the film in an
electric field parallel to the film surface and pass an electric current
through the film. The film rotates in its plane. Investigate and explain the phenomenon.
5 Two Balloons Two rubber balloons are partially inflated with air and
connected together by a hose with a valve. It is found that depending on initial balloon Volumes, the air can flow in different directions. Investigate this phenomenon.
6 Magnus Glider Glue the bottoms of two light cups together to make a
glider. Wind an elastic band around the centre and hold the free end
that remains. While holding the glider, stretch the free end of the
elastic band and then release the glider. Investigate its motion.
7 Shaded Pole Place a non-ferromagnetic metal disk over an electromagnet powered by an AC supply. The disk will be repelled, but not rotated. However, if a non-ferromagnetic metal sheet is partially inserted between the electromagnet and the disk, the disk will rotate.
Investigate the phenomenon.
8 Sugar and Salt When a container with a layer of sugar water placed above
a layer of salt water is illuminated, a distinctive fingering Pattern
may be seen in the projected shadow. Investigate the phenomenon
and its dependence on the relevant parameters.
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9 Hovercraft A simple model hovercraft can be built using a CD and a balloon filled with air attached via a tube. Exiting air can lift the device
making it float over a surface with low friction. Investigate how the
relevant parameters influence the time of the ’low-friction’ state.
10 Singing Blades of Grass It is possible to produce a sound by blowing
across a blade of grass, a paper strip or similar. Investigate this effect.
11 Cat’s Whsiker The first semiconductor diodes, widely used in crystal radios, consisted of a thin wire that lightly touched a crystal of a semiconducting material (e.g. galena). Build your own ’cat’s whisker’
diode and investigate its electrical properties.
12 Thick Lens A bottle filled with a liquid can work as a lens. Arguably,
such a bottle is dangerous if left on a table on a sunny day. Can one
use such a ‘lens’ to scorch a surface?
13 Magnetic Pendulum Make a light pendulum with a small magnet at
the free end. An adjacent electromagnet connected to an AC power
source of a much higher frequency than the natural frequency of
the pendulum can lead to undamped oscillations with various amplitudes. Study and explain the phenomenon.
14 Circle of Light When a laser beam is aimed at a wire, a circle of light
can be observed on a screen perpendicular to the wire. Explain this
phenomenon and investigate how it depends on the relevant parameters.
15 Moving Brush A brush may start moving when placed on a vibrating
horizontal surface. Investigate the motion.
16 Wet and Dark Clothes can look darker or change color when they get
wet. Investigate the phenomenon.
17 Coffee Cup Physicists like drinking coffee, however walking between
laboratories with a cup of coffee can be problematic. Investigate
how the shape of the cup, speed of walking and other parameters
affect the likelihood of coffee being spilt while walking.
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5 Jury
The GYPT-Jury consists of representatives from the various GYPT-Centers
as well as independent jurors. The later are a mixture of former IYPT team
leaders and experts from different research facilities.
There is a group of four experienced jurors one of which takes the chair
over the assigned jury in the respective match room.
Name
Center
Head
Ostermaier, Florian
GYPT
Chairs
Lehn, Rudolf
Reichle, Rainer
Schächt, Annika
Bobinger, Ulrich
German Physical Society, DPG
GYPT
Wuppertal
Hamburg
GYPT
Busch, Esther
Classen, Lew
Durst, Jürgen
Ebert, Falk
Kratzer, Andreas
Maretzki, Robin
Neidinger, Marcel
Steck, Michael
Stimper, Vincent
Vogt, Ulrike
Völkel, Simeon
Wechsler, Felix
Winkler, Otmar
Hamburg
Erlangen
Erlangen
Berlin
Dachau
Bayreuth
Lörrach
Ulm
Erlangen
Hamburg
Bayreuth
Dachau
Meißen
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Indep.
Name
Center
Beck, Tobias
Student Research Center, SFZ
Bad Saulgau
Institute for Quantum Optics
University of Ulm
IPhO State Representative in BW
Bad Saulgau
EURECOM
Telecom ParisTech
Department of Mathematics
University of Zurich
Fujita Laboratory
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Institute of Experimental Physics
University of Ulm
Max-Planck-Institute, MPI
Stuttgart
I. for Complex Quantum Systems, ICQ
University of Ulm
Center for Advanded Photonics, MAP
LMU Munich
German Aerospace Center, DLR
Garching
Binder, Jan
Bühler, Fabian
Engelmann, Felix
Fazlija, Bledar
Forstenhäusler, Marc
Marti, Otmar
Miksch, Björn
Müller, Matthias
Stähler-Schöpf, Silke
Wilms, Henrike
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Sponsors