YOUNG LIGHTING SCIENTISTS

The International "Young Lighting Scientists" Contest is held annually as part of the International Specialized Exhibition for Lighting Engineering and Lighting Equipment Interlight | Smart City & Home and the All-Russian Scientific and Technical Conference "Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia".

Russian and international experts - professors from leading universities and research organizations will select the best papers from students and young lighting professionals to participate in the final, which will take place on October 24, 2025 at the Interlight | Smart City & Home exhibition in Moscow.

About the Contest

The Russian National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination together with the Interlight | Smart City & Home exhibition annually holds the "Young Lighting Scientists" contest. The goal of the contest is to identify the best scientific paper in the field of light and lighting among young professionals and students. Papers selected by the program committee are evaluated by a jury consisting of representatives of educational and scientific organizations. The jury selects 8 best papers for in-person presentations, based on which the jury members choose the winner and prize-winners of the contest.

 40 papers
from students and young professionals from 18 universities and organizations in Russia, Turkey, China and Japan participated in the contest in 2024. News about the contest results.

 Who can participate?

Participants of the contest can be students of Russian and foreign universities (bachelor's, specialist's, master's programs) of full-time (part-time) study, postgraduate students, young scientists and scientists engaged in scientific, technical and applied research, experimental design and project work in the field of light and lighting (no older than 35 years).

 Key dates

Participation in the contest is free. All submitted papers undergo "blind" peer review by the program committee. The criteria and review form are given in the 2025 Contest Regulations.

 Program Committee and Jury

The Program Committee and Jury of the contest are formed from scientists of the professorial and teaching staff of universities, employees of research institutions and lighting companies, members of the national committees of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE).

 Prizes

In each nomination, there are 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize places. All contest participants presenting in-person papers will receive a "Contest Finalist" diploma, as well as prizes provided by the event sponsors (if available). Winners and prize-winners, as well as scientific supervisors of participants who won prize places, receive monetary rewards.

Competition Jury

Анна Шахпарунянц, президент РНК МКО
Anna
Shakhparunyants
(Russia)
Люокси Хао, вице-президент МКО
Luoxi
Hao

(China)
Сермин Онайгил
Sermin
Onaygil

(Turkie)
Ачараван Чутарат
Acharavan
Chutarat

(Thailand)
Арзу Джиласун Кундараджи
Arzu Cilasun
Kunduraci
(Turkie)
Владимир Будак
Vladimir
Budak

(Russia)
Грега Бизжак
Grega
Bizjak

(Slovenia)
Мотохару Такао
Motoharu
Takao

(Japan)
Раиса Столяревская
Raisa Stolyarevskaya (Russia)

Registration for the 2025 Contest

Registration of participants and submission of papers for the 2025 contest is open until July 17, 2025 (inclusive). To register your participation, please fill out the form below.

Winners of the 2024 Contest

 "Lighting Engineering" Nomination

Nikita V. Sych "Research on the features of human vision in twilight lighting conditions", scientific supervisor – Snetkov V.Yu., Ph.D., Associate Professor, NRU "MPEI", Moscow

Mikhail V. Abramov "Assessment of variations in the results of calculations of integral values of colorimetric quantities of LED luminaires depending on the measurement grid step of the spectrogoniometric experiment", scientific supervisor – Prytkov S.V., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Lighting Department, N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk

Victoria A. Gudemchuk "Research on color rendering of a lighting system with adjustable spectrum", scientific supervisor – Fomin A.G., Ph.D., Associate Professor, NRU "MPEI", Moscow

 "Architecture and Lighting Design" Nomination

Arina K. Lisianskaya "Principles of a modular lighting system using mobile hospitals as an example", scientific supervisors – Monina T.A, Ph.D., Professor, Head of the "Industrial Design" Department, Antonov I.I., Lecturer of the "Industrial Design" Department, Stroganov Russian State University of Art and Industry, Moscow

Olga A. Averkova "Natural light in the Church of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist", scientific supervisor – Tolkacheva K.P. Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Materials Science Department, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk

Vladislava S. Kozminykh "Architectural lighting of a passage arch as an element of a building and urban environment", scientific supervisor – Karpenko V.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Architectural Environment and Interior Design Department, School of Engineering, Far Eastern Federal University

 "Foreign Language Paper" Nomination

Li Junliang "A Study of Healthy Lighting for Learning Performance and Visual Fatigue in School-Aged Children with Reading and Writing Tasks", scientific supervisor – Luoxi Hao, Ph.D., Tongji University, China

Wang Tongyue "Study on alertness and visual perception of led lighting color temperature in classroom", scientific supervisor – Luoxi Hao, Ph.D., Tongji University, China

Sönmez Nurefşan "Performance Evaluation of Interior Shading Systems for Daylight Availability, Glare and Thermal Control", scientific supervisor – Arzu Cılasun Kunduracı, Ph.D., Yaşar University, Türkiye

Publications

All papers approved for participation in the contest are published in the journal of the Russian National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination "Innovative Lighting Engineering". The journal has been published since 2022. Included in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).

Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia 2022
Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia: collection of scientific papers of the All-Russian Scientific and Technical Conference, September 22, 2022, Moscow. / ed. by P.A. Fedorishchev. – St. Petersburg: "Nits Art" Publishing House, 2022. – 148 p.: ill.
ISBN: 978-5-907615-05-2
DOI: 10.51623/90761505

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Lighting Engineering Innovations: Journal of the CIE NC Russia. No. 1, 2023
The first issue of the CIE NC Russia journal "Lighting Engineering Innovations" contains all peer-reviewed papers from the "Young Lighting Scientists" contest and the "Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia" conference held on September 21, 2023 in Moscow.
ISSN: 2949-4958
Volume: 270 p.

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Lighting Engineering Innovations: Journal of the CIE NC Russia. No. 1, 2024
The first issue of the CIE NC Russia journal "Lighting Engineering Innovations" contains papers presented at the final of the "Young Lighting Scientists" contest and the "Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia" conference on September 20, 2024 in Moscow.
ISSN: 2949-4958
Volume: 142 p.

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Lighting Engineering Innovations: Journal of the CIE NC Russia. No. 2, 2024
The second issue of the CIE NC Russia journal "Lighting Engineering Innovations". The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers from the "Young Lighting Scientists" contest and the "Lighting Engineering Innovations of Russia" conference, as well as an official translation of the CIE Scientific Strategy for 2023-2027.
ISSN: 2949-4958
Volume: 156 p.

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How it was in 2024

On September 20, 2024, the final of the "Young Lighting Scientists" contest was held at the Interlight | Smart City & Home international exhibition in Moscow. The contest received 40 papers from Russia, China, Turkey and Japan. The papers were divided into 3 sections - "Lighting Engineering", "Architecture and Lighting Design" and a section for foreign papers.
  2024 Contest Results
Playlist with all papers presented at the contest final — follow the link

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