ITB scientist wins award

JAKARTA: Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono, a lecturer and researcher at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), has won the 2004 Science and Technology Award from the Indonesian Toray Science Foundation (ITSF) for his research on robust signal procession.

Bambang's new theory on robust signal control analysis and design beat two other candidates and earned him the award and Rp 60 million in cash.

Besides the award, the ITSF also provided research grants worth a total of Rp 607 million for 21 young researchers in a bid to develop the local science and technology sector.

Also recognized on Friday were 10 high school science teachers, who were given Science Education Awards and Rp 17.5 million in cash each. Four of them will be selected to attend the International Aichi Expo on education in Japan later this year. --Antara