Young academic awards of the sections and divisions
SKM Dissertation Prize 2016 
Date: Monday, March 7 
Time: 10:30 – 12:35 
Room: H2
Talks by the five finalists will be given.
The laureate will be chosen after the SKM Dissertation Prize Symposium and announced during the 
ceremonial session, Tuesday March 8, 16:00 in the Audimax.
Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics 2016 (Division SOE) 
Date: Monday, March 7 
Time: 17:00 
Room: H36 
Laureate: Prof. Mason Porter, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 
Title: „Community Structure in Social and Financial Networks”
Thyssen-Krupp Electrical Steel Dissertation Prize 2016 (Division MA) 
Date: Monday, March 7 
Time: 15:00 – 17:00 
Room: H32
Four candidates will compete for the prize.
The laureate will be chosen after the session MA 10; the prize will be awarded subsequently to the session.
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2016 (Division O) 
Date: Thursday, March 10 
Time: 10:30 – 13:00 
Room: S051
The laureate will be chosen after the session O 77; the prize will be awarded subsequently to the 
session.