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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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).
