Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition Rules

Due Date

Entries should be received at Synopsys, Pasadena by June 15, 2020. If you are mailing your entry, your entry must be postmarked on or before this date.

Entry Form

Download a PDF version of our entry form that can be viewed, filled in, and printed using Acrobat Reader. If you don't have a copy of Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe Web site, where you can download it for free.

Submission Requirements

• Project/Paper may be submitted "as is". No special format is required.
• For project reports that exceed 10 pages in length, please submit a short synopsis of your project of no more than 10 pages. Any figures included in the synopsis should be identical to those in the original project report.
• Project/Paper may be submitted electronically. Please email your entry form, paper, and supporting files to: hilbert_competition@synopsys.com. You will receive an email acknowledgement once your entry is received.
• A printed version, with supporting files on a CD, may also be mailed to Synopsys at: 
  Synopsys Optical Solutions Group 
  Attn: Student Optical Design Competition
  199 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 400
  Pasadena, CA  91101
• Professor signature required (designated space is on the entry form).
• Additional CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, and/or PIC Design Suite output and explanations of how our software was used in the project/paper is required if not part of the original paper. This additional information is optional if the software use is already explained in the paper.

Criteria for Judging

• Relative to student's degree and course work
• Level of CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, and/or PIC Design Suite software use in paper/project
• How well paper/project conforms to course/project assignment definition
• Innovative use of our software

Disclaimer

• The competition is limited to students attending North American Universities and Colleges.
• Past winners of this competition are not eligible.
• Decision of judges is final.
• Papers will not be returned or critiqued.
• Synopsys has the right to publish the winner's name, university, and CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, and/or PIC Design Suite images from winning papers for promotional purposes.
• Synopsys also has the right to use CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, and/or PIC Design Suite models submitted by students for training or promotional purposes.