ICTP - Volunteer Network

Volunteer Network

PWF Volunteer Network

We achieve our aims through the passion and hard work of our network of volunteer scientists who organise projects, mentor students, support departments and provide international connections and collaboration.

Our volunteer scientists comprise of lecturers in universities in developing countries, lecturers, postdocs and graduate students originally from developing countries working abroad, along with scientists from non-developing countries and ICTP scientists.

The group members that run the projects automatically join the PWF volunteer network, and are invited to volunteer for future projects for their own or other participating countries.

If you are interested to volunteer for a project you can email us with your CV including a brief paragraph detailing:

- Why you would like to volunteer for PWF, and if you are interested in working with a specific country.

- Specific information on courses or training you have delievered, or schools or other activities you have organised, and what topics, activities or courses you are interested in delivering.

Please bear in mind the selection for PWF volunteers is very competitive, we will only get in touch if there is a project that matches your skill set.

News

4 Jun 2020

ICTP Colloquium Online

Dr. Paolo Carloni speaks June 10

1 Jun 2020

Colloquium 3 June

Featured speaker: David Wolpert, Santa Fe Institute

6 May 2020

Joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium: Alessandro Vespignani

Computational Epidemiology at the time of COVID-19

24 Apr 2020

The Epidemiological Case for Contact Tracing

Dr. Luca Ferretti gives ICTP-SISSA Colloquium 24 April

15 Nov 2019

Peskin Colloquium Upcoming

"The Quest for 30 TeV" Wednesday 20 November

1 Nov 2019

Professor Petra Rudolf on Molecular Motors

Colloquium 4 November at 16:30

20 Sep 2019

Bo Persson to Give ICTP Colloquium

25 September at 17:00

3 Sep 2019

ICTP Colloquium

4 September event features physicist Timothy Beers

26 Aug 2019

Colloquium 28 August

Speaker: Liliana Arrachea, University of San Martín, Argentina

8 Jul 2019

Extreme Climate: What Will the Future Bring?

Public event 8 July to highlight the science behind climate change

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Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual School, 2nd edition The aim of this online school is to sketch a roadmap of current exciting research directions in condensed matter and statistical physics. It will lead the students from basic notions to the open problems in each topic. The lectures will be held once a week, 4 weeks in a row in May and June 2021, each week a new subject. Given the success of the first Hitchhiker's School in January 2021 (smr3589), we continue with the same format. The first series of lectures was dedicated to machine learning and had covered several different aspects of the application of machine learning in condensed matter physics. In this second series, we focus on topological phenomena in condensed matter. What is topology? Does it explain the properties of some unconventional materials? Why is it important for future technologies? The format of the lectures will be the following: - 1h of basic notions relevant for the subject, including Questions and Answers session. - 15 min break - 1h of colloquia style lecture, that will start with the basics and bring the student to the set of open problems in the topic. Speakers: B.A. BERNEVIG, Princeton, USA C. CASTELNOVO, Cambridge, UK C. CHAMON, Boston, USA Y. GEFEN, Weizmann, Israel Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 May 2021 - 3 Jun 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Topological Phenomena in Condensed Matter | (smr 3625)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ali Hassanali (ICTP), Asja Jelic (ICTP), Alex Rodriguez (ICTP), Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio

Cosponsor(s): TQTtqt

Support E-Mail: smr3625@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/04/2021**

Europe/Rome Lecture 9 of series on Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: Wind energy is one of the key drivers of energy transition, however the flow of investments into this industry is hampered by the uncertainty of the future revenues, arising from the natural variability of the resource, the impact of climate change on wind potential and future electricity prices, and the policy risks. In this article we quantify the uncertainty of the net present value of standardized wind farms in European countries and evaluate the level and cost of support mechanisms needed to guarantee the profitability of the wind fleet under present and future climate. To this end, we build a localized model for wind power output and a country-level model for electricity demand and prices taking into account hourly variation of wind, load and prices, using reanalysis data, climate projections and Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) scenarios. Our methodology is general, but for specific evaluations we focus on the examples of France, Germany and Denmark. Our study reveals that support mechanisms in these countries are needed for wind energy to be profitable under current market prices and current climate. Under future climate, using several scenarios for climate change and energy transition, we also show that the evolution of both price and wind production does not allow the wind energy industry in these countries to develop in a free market environment and that support mechanisms will still be needed in future. The cost of these support mechanisms for a 15-year period is evaluated to 57–172 billion euros in France, 232–397 billion euros in Germany, and 18–50 billion euros in Denmark, depending on the scenario considered and the level of penetration of wind energy. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

6 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Wind farm revenues in Western Europe in present and future climate

Speaker(s): Anna Creti, Laboratoire d'Économie de Dauphine-Centre de Géopolitique de l'Energie et des Matières Premières (LeDA-CGEMP). Paris Dauphine University

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ld-qgqDwqH93kOpZNdP_LzrpZfD3_tMvI After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

6 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Towards a String Dual of SYK

Speaker(s): Akash Goel (Princeton University)

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA virtual meeting Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) has potential for soil moisture monitoring of agricultural land. The results can be used for irrigation scheduling and extreme weather events forecasting. Remote sensing can extrapolate the acquired soil moisture data to larger areas. The increasing demand for food production due to population increase and climatic hazards requires improving land management practices. One of major demands is to support the decision processes by reliable and representative information on soil moisture, which is difficult to obtain by conventional soil moisture measurements. CRNS is a suitable technique for this purpose since it is non-invasive and has a large footprint overcoming the problem of soil moisture spatial microvariability. The data acquired from CRNS measurements can be used for hydrological modelling, validation remote sensing soil moisture products and practical agricultural and environmental applications such as improving agricultural water use efficiency, irrigation scheduling, drought management and flood forecast. Topics: Basic principles of soil moisture measurements using Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) Overview and demonstration of data download and data processing CRNS data products: time series filter, root zone moisture extrapolation and rainfall estimation Spatial mapping with CRNS Use of CRNS data for irrigation agriculture Use of CRNS for supporting agricultural land management Use of CRNS for supporting drought monitoring Added value of combining CRNS and point scale soil moisture Overview of remote sensing soil moisture data products Use of CRNS data for validation of remote sensing soil moisture products Applications of remote sensing soil moisture data products Factors affecting the accuracy of cosmic-ray neutron counts and estimated soil moisture Efforts to a harmonized data processing approach for cosmic-ray neutron sensors The use of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in hydrometeorology Speakers: G. BARONI, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy T. FRANZ, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA R. ROSOLEM, University of Bristol, UK W. WAGNER, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 May 2021 - 19 May 2021

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Earth System Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on the Use of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Management and Validation of Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Maps | (smr 3574)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Emil Fulajtar (Joint FAO/IAEA Centre), Local Organiser: Paolo Creminelli

Cosponsor(s): Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculturejfic4

Support E-Mail: smr3574@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/04/2021**

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcemuqz4pGdyrdeUw81bGw-_spAuWm0jW After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

11 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: Ultimate precision physics: the muon magnetic anomaly — taming hadronic corrections

Speaker(s): Andreas Hoecker (CERN)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The inclusion of nuclear quantum effects in the simulation of multidimensional vibrational spectroscopy of condensed-phase systems is challenging since full quantum-mechanical calculations are still impractical for systems comprising many degrees of freedom. Here, we introduce an approach based on imaginary-time path-integral-based techniques, such as ring- polymer molecular dynamics and centroid molecular dynamics, as a practical way of including nuclear quantum effects in multi-time correlation functions [1-3]. Benchmark calculations on 1D model potentials show that the methodology provide consistent improvement over classical simulations. Additional, we showcase the approach in the simulation of 2D Raman spectroscopy of Lennard-Jones liquids [4]. Our results show that the proposed approach enables simulations of multidimensional optical spectroscopy of condensed-phase systems accounting for nuclear quantum effects. [1] K. A. Jung, P. E. Videla, Victor S. Batista, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 244105 (2018) [2] K. A. Jung, P. E. Videla, Victor S. Batista, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 034108 (2019) [3] K. A. Jung, P. E. Videla, Victor S. Batista, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 124112 (2020) [4] Z. Tong, P. E. Videla, K. A. Jung, Victor S. Batista, X. Sun, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 034117 (2020) Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 May 2021

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Inclusion of nuclear quantum effects in vibrational nonlinear spectroscopy

Speaker(s): Pablo E. Videla (Department of Chemistry, Yale University)

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocu6opz8pHt2fLikMeiKy1PalUVtwnZ80 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

13 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: The EFT stringy viewpoint on large distances

Speaker(s): Luca Martucci (University of Padova)

Abstract. I will consider four-dimensional N=1 effective field theories (EFTs) including strings and membranes, of the kind arising from string/M-theory compactifications. I will describe a general relation between the existence of fundamental axionic strings, dubbed EFT strings, and infinite distance limits in the EFT field space. These limits can be interpreted as classical RG flows along which the EFT strings become tensionless. This highlights the existence of universal structures characterising the perturbative regimes of 4d N=1 EFTs coupled to gravity, which are directly connected with various swampland criteria. In particular, the Swampland Distance Conjecture is reproduced from a bottom-up perspective. Furthermore, the analysis of a large class of string/M-theory models points at a universal pattern relating the mass of the microscopic asymptotically lightest states and the tension of the EFT string associated with the infinite distance limit.

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lecture 10 of series on Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: Climate change adaptation in both public and private sectors urgently requires better risk quantification tools to inform decision-making and planning across multiple timescales. In this presentation, I will give an overview of the research activities in IBM’s “AI for Climate Impacts” research theme, an initiative to build resilience to climate change by developing AI-enhanced and cloud-enabled models to quantify climate risk. I will describe applications of AI techniques to the specific challenge of improving flood risk quantification, including the use of simulation model surrogates, automated ground truth mapping and model calibration, and machine learning approaches to quantifying and propagating multiple sources of uncertainty. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

13 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Artificial intelligence for climate impacts

Speaker(s): Anne Jones, IBM Research Centre, UK

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Riccardo Sabatini is a world renown scientist and entrepreneur specialized in numerical modeling of complex systems, ranging from material science, financial markets, computational genomics and drug design. Active supporter of high impact projects, he is the co-founder of the Refugees Action HUB center at MIT, an educational effort of MIT targeting displaced populations around the world; board member of the Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei; member of the advisory board at ENI Next, a deep-tech venture fund based in Boston; expert member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, OECD multistakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI; angel investor and BoA of leading startups working in AI. Previously Sabatini was the chairman of the I7/G7 for artificial intelligence and the founding member of Aiida and Quantum ESPRESSO, the largest open source suite for quantum modeling of materials. He was also lead research scientist for Human Longevity, Silicon Valley unicorn working at the intersection of genomics and artificial intelligence. More information including the title and abstract of the Joint Colloquium together with the link for registration will follow shortly. All are welcome to attend this online event. Online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

13 May 2021

@ Online

SISSA-ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Riccardo Sabatini, Orionis Biosciences, USA

Speaker(s): Prof. Riccardo Sabatini, Orionis Biosciences, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting Note: On 14 May 2021 a Participant’s computer setup will be scheduled, from 9.00 to 12.00 (CEST). The school will introduce students and young researchers to materials and molecular modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO (QE), covering basic concepts, recent advances and developments, with emphasis on density-functional-theory (DFT) based methods and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Computational methods in electronic structure theory are a powerful tool for the understanding and the prediction of materials properties at the atomistic level. The combination of the progresses made by condensed matter theory with the increasing computing capabilities provided in HPC centers foster a great interest in computational materials science. Ab-initio electronic structure software like (QE) makes easily available such potentialities to a wide audience of scientists and students. The school aims to train beginners in computational materials sciences to the efficient use of QE on modern massively parallel architectures, with special emphasis on the emerging architectures based on GPGPUs and on the use of advanced tools for generating, managing, storing, and sharing results. Keynote Speakers: Tutors: S. BLÜGEL, Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Germany R. CAR, Princeton University, USA F. MAURI, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy N. SPALDIN Nicola, ETH Zurich, Switzerland X. GAO GONG, Fudan University, China Lecturers: S. BARONI, SISSA, Italy M. BERCX, EPFL, Switzerland P. BONFA', University of Parma, Italy S. DE GIRONCOLI, SISSA, Italy P. DELUGAS, SISSA, Italy P. GIANNOZZI, University of Udine, Italy G. PIZZI, EPFL, Switzerland S. SCANDOLO, ICTP, Italy A. STROPPA, CNR-SPIN, Italy I. TIMROV, EPFL, Switzerland Hands-on Lecturers: A. P. SEITSONEN, École Normale Supérieure Paris, France O. BASEGGIO, SISSA, Italy R. BERTOSSA, SISSA, Italy I. CARNIMEO, SISSA, Italy A. URRU, ETH, Switzerland F. CONTE, University of Naples, Italy P. CHANDRAMATHY SURENDRAN, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India Y. CUI, SHU EDU, China M. HUŠ, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia T. JIANG, SHU EDU, China C. MALICA, SISSA, Italy U. MONDAL, IISER Pune, India P. PEGOLO, SISSA, Italy M. POBERŽNIK, SISSA, Italy L. QIAO, SHU EDU, China M. SAFARI, SISSA, Italy S. SAPPATI, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India S. STAVRIC, University of Trieste, Italy G. SUKANYA, ICTP, Italy D. TISI, SISSA, Italy N. VELANKANNI, ICTP, Italy Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

17 May 2021 - 28 May 2021

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New Research Areas (High Performance Computing)

MaX School on Advanced Materials and Molecular Modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO | (smr 3622)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Stefano Baroni (SISSA), Ralph Gebauer (ICTP), Anton Kokalj (Jožef Stefan Institute), Wei Ren (Shanghai University), Alessandro Stroppa (CNR-Spin), Local Organisers: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Ivan Carnimeo (SISSA)

Cosponsor(s): MAX EU Centre of Excellencemax2, Quantum ESPRESSO Foundationqef, Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Calcolo Automatico dell'Italia Nord Orientalecineca, Shanghai Universityshu1, J. Stefan Instituteijs1, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculairececam, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)sissa3

Support E-Mail: smr3622@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/04/2021**

Seminar

18 May 2021

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): TBA

Speaker(s): Andrea De Luca

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome ***VIRTUAL*** Purpose of the meeting is to bring together string theorists from countries of the "Old World" (from Greece to India) in order to discuss most recent developments in the field. It has been co-organised by Israeli, Iranian, Indian and Greek string theory communities successfully since 2001. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 May 2021 - 20 May 2021

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

11th Crete Regional Meeting in String Theory | (smr 3606)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): V. Niarchos (University of Crete, Greece), E. Kiritsis (University of Crete and APC, Paris), Local Organiser: K. Papadodimas

Support E-Mail: smr3606@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Lecture 11 in the series: Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: Exposure to cold and heat poses a risk to human health. This talk will present recent work about the impacts of climate change on temperature-related excess mortality, encompassing attribution of observed changes and future projections. The geographic scale of the presented studies ranges from hundreds of cities worldwide, based on the Multi-City Multi-Country (MCC) Collaborative Research Project, to individual countries in Europe. Besides introducing basic concepts and summarizing recent published results, the talk will discuss novel approaches for taking acclimatization/adaptation into account when projecting possible future trajectories of temperature-related excess mortality. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Climate impact on cold- and heat-related mortality

Speaker(s): Veronika Huber, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUudeugqDovGNbvFk7fu0vMfpXC1e1pjScV After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Hirosi Ooguri (CALTECH)

Seminar Start Time: 17:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP virtual meeting The purpose of the online workshop is to bring together scientists working on the characterization of electrochemical interfaces at the atomistic level, and developing characterization methods, to discuss developments, current challenges, and perspectives. The workshop is dedicated to the characterization of electrochemical interfaces by means of advanced experimental and theoretical techniques. The focus will be on the understanding at atomic level of interface structure and stability, charge dynamics and charge transfer, chemical adsorption and reactivity. Space will be devoted to advances in interface-sensitive characterization techniques. Consequences of the progress in the field will be discussed in the context of applications to catalysis, energy conversion and storage, and environmental remediation. Topics: Atomic structure of electrochemical interfaces Charge dynamics and charge transfer Electrochemical reactions at interfaces Interface-sensitive experimental techniques Computer simulations of electrochemical interfaces Speakers: A. BIEBERLE-HÜTTER, DIFFER, the Netherlands K. CAMPEN, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany K. CHAN, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark J. CHENG, Xiamen University, China T. CUK, University of Colorado Boulder, USA J.R. DURRANT, Imperial College London, UK A. GROSS, University of Ulm, Germany J. LIBUDA, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany D. PRENDERGAST, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA R. SCHLÖGL, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany M. SPRIK, University of Cambridge, UK P. STRASSER, TU Berlin, Germany M. TODOROVA, MPI for Iron Research, Germany F.M. TOMA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA R. VAN DE KROL, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 May 2021 - 28 May 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics , New Research Areas (Renewable Energies)

Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Solid/Liquid Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage | (smr 3577)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Simone Piccinin (CNR-IOM, Italy), Marialore Sulpizi (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany), Nicola Seriani (ICTP), Local Organiser: Ralph Gebauer

Support E-Mail: smr3577@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 10/05/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA virtual meeting This School webinar series is a certificate online course providing specialized education and training on development and implementation of knowledge management programmes in nuclear science and technology organizations. It is intended for young professionals in current or future leading roles in managing nuclear knowledge. Jointly organized by ICTP and the IAEA since 2004, this Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM) School focuses on methodologies and practices and explores various dimensions of nuclear knowledge management. These include processes and tools, challenges and benefits, culture influence, relationship with human resource development, IT for knowledge preservation and sharing. Learning is supplemented with real life examples from NKM programmes in different types of nuclear organizations. The aim is to encourage ‘forward thinking’ and to enable participants to apply theory and insights in their daily work. Lectures by recognized experts are coupled with an online forum and dedicated panel discussions where participants have the opportunity to discuss issues and solutions related to the implementation of NKM programmes. Topics: Nuclear knowledge and knowledge management fundamentals Developing policies and strategies in managing nuclear knowledge Managing nuclear information resources Human resources development Risk of knowledge loss and knowledge transfer Practical guidance and good practices on NKM Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 May 2021 - 28 May 2021

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Science, Technology and Innovation

Joint ICTP–IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management School Webinar Series | (smr 3576)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Tea Billic Zabric (IAEA), Maria Elena Urso (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3576@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 09/05/2021**

Seminar

25 May 2021

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): TBA

Speaker(s): Philipp Press

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtdOiopjMrGNCPcguc3m7FqHt_1IRAVWVw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lecture 12 in the series: Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: The atmospheric dispersion of pollutants is one of the main phenomena that must be described to obtain an assessment of the air pollution. Among the tools that may allow this, numerical dispersion models constitute one of the main ones. They allow to reconstruct the behavior of pollutants released into the atmosphere by both human activities (transport, heating, industry) and natural phenomena (volcanoes, fires, sand storms). Pollutants are transported by wind and dispersed by turbulence, chemically transformed, deposited by surface contact or removed by rainfall: the aim of the models is to reproduce this complex phenomenology to assess air quality levels that may be harmful to human health and ecosystems. ARIANET has a more than ventennial history in both developing and using this kind of models for many applications at different scales, ranging from impact studies of local industrial pollutant sources to the development, use and maintenance of air quality forecast systems at the national scale. Aim of the seminar is to describe the various products developed and available at ARIANET, including both the Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model SPRAY and the Eulerian Chemical Transport Model FARM widely used by many institutions in Italy and to give an overview of the many applications of these modeling tools such as in the fields of impact assessment, emergency response, odours, fires, and forecasting systems. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 May 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Modelling the dispersion of pollutants in the atmospheric boundary layer. The experience of ARIANET, products and applications

Speaker(s): Gianni Tinarelli, Arianet, Italy

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting The goal of the school is to give a detailed overview of particle physics from the basics of Standard Model phenomenology to the most important areas where significant progress has been achieved recently. The school is especially targeted to PhD students in high energy physics, but qualified MSc students in their last year as well as young postdocs can also apply. Lecturers and topics: N. ARKANI-HAMED (IAS Princeton) - Physics at Future Colliders C. BOEHM (Sydney University) - Astroparticle Physics M. CACCIARI (LPTHE and Université de Paris) - QCD Physics for Colliders V. DOMCKE (CERN and EPFL) - Gravitational Waves from the Early Universe S. GORI (UC, Santa Cruz) - Standard Model Y. HOCHBERG (Hebrew University) - Non-WIMP Dark Matter Models T. LIN (UC, San Diego) - New Directions for Dark Matter Searches I. ROTHSTEIN (Carnegie Mellon University) - Effective Field Theory for Gravitational Waves Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

31 May 2021 - 11 Jun 2021

@ Online -

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Particle Physics | (smr 3560)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Nathaniel Craig (UCSB), Joan Elias-Miró (ICTP), Andrea Romanino (SISSA), Kathryn Zurek (Caltech), Local Organiser: Giovanni Villadoro

Cosponsor(s): INFNinfn3

Support E-Mail: smr3560@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 14/05/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA virtual meeting This School webinar series is a certificate online course introducing participants to the foundation skills and knowledge required to successfully manage and lead a nuclear energy programme. The target audience for this training event is new and young nuclear professionals entering the field of nuclear energy and nuclear technology. Jointly organized by ICTP, the objectives of this training event are to: Provide an international educational experience and an opportunity for worldwide networking to future leaders and managers of nuclear energy; Raise awareness of participants about recent developments in nuclear energy; Broaden participants’ understanding on key issues and challenges associated with peaceful uses of nuclear energy; and Introduce participants to the leadership and managerial competencies needed to successfully run the national nuclear energy programme. Topics: Introduction to the IAEA and nuclear technology IAEA and its services Overview of nuclear applications Climate change and the economics of nuclear energy An integrated approach to human resource development and nuclear knowledge management Management and leadership in a nuclear organization Nuclear safety Nuclear security Nuclear safeguards Emergency planning, preparedness and response Radiation safety and protection Nuclear law Nuclear power Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

31 May 2021 - 11 Jun 2021

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Joint ICTP–IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School Webinar Series | (smr 3579)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maria Elena Urso (IAEA), Tea Billic Zabric (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3579@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 16/05/2021**

Europe/Rome - - - ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL 15 MAY 2021 - - - * * * The African School series on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA) is planned on a biennial basis since 2010. Previous schools were held in Cape Town, South Africa (2010), Eldoret, Kenya (2012), Johannesburg, South Africa (2015), Accra, Ghana (2016), and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018). In 2021, ASESMA will be held as an ICTP Virtual school. The aim of the School is to introduce young African researchers and students to the theory of electronic structure and other atomistic simulation methods, with an emphasis on the computational methods for practical calculations. The School will cover introductory concepts such as: electronic structure theory, density functional theory and functionals, phonons, magnetism, enhanced sampling methods in molecular dynamics, ab-initio molecular dynamics, etc. It will also cover more advanced topics and applications of these methods to the structural, mechanical and optical properties of materials, and to the properties of biological systems. The School will include hands-on tutorial sessions based on public license codes (including, but not limited to, the "Quantum Espresso" package). During the second week students will be asked to split up in teams and work on specific projects under the guidance of the lecturers and mentors. LIST OF LECTURERS George Amolo, The Technical University of Kenya Michele Ceriotti, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland Matteo Gatti, Ecole Polytechnique ETSF Palaiseau, France Javier Junquera, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain Ryo Maezono, JAIST, Japan Neepa Maitra, Rutgers University, Newark, USA Nisha Mammen, JYU University of Jyväskylä, Finland Giacomo Melani, UZH University of Zürich, Switzerland Lucia Reining, Ecole Polytechnique ETSF Palaiseau, France Natasa Stojic, ICTP Trieste, Italy * * * - - - DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 15 MAY 2021 - - - Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

31 May 2021 - 11 Jun 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

6th African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA-2021) | (smr 3578)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Omolulu Akin-Ojo (EAIFR), G. Gebreyesus Hagoss (University of Ghana), Sinéad Griffin (LBNL), Richard Martin (Stanford University), Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR Bangalore), Steve Ndengue (EAIFR), Nicola Seriani (ICTP), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Cosponsor(s): EAIFReaifr, MARVELmarvel, Thomas Young Centretyc, Centre for Doctoral Training on Theory and Simulation of Materials (TSM-CDT)tsm-cdt, IUPAPiupap, National Institute for Theoretical Physicsnithep

Europe/Rome The 2019 ICTP Prize in honour of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was awarded to Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India and Dr. Suvrat Raju, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Shivakote, Bengaluru, India. The 2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony, postponed from April 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will now take place on Wednesday 2 June 2021 at 11.30 hrs (CET/Trieste) in a hybrid format. The prize recognises Professor Basudeb Dasgupta (India) for innovative theoretical contributions to neutrino and dark-matter physics, especially to the understanding of collective neutrino oscillations. Dasgupta pioneered the field of collective neutrino flavor evolution in extreme astrophysical environments, such as those in supernovae, which helped the understanding of these spectacular and phenomenologically rich events. The prize recognises Professor Suvrat Raju (India) for new insights into the holographic description of black-hole interiors, for clarifying the nature of subtle non-local effects in quantum gravity, and for contributions to the study of the AdS/CFT correspondence. The feature article on the 2019 ICTP Prize winners is at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2019/10/ictp-prize-2019.aspx Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, born on 19 October 1910 in Lahore, Punjab, British India, is one of the most renowned and prolific Indian scientists. He worked on a great variety of subjects, making groundbreaking discoveries in different fields. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 1983 for "theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars". The 2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony will take place during ICTP's Summer School on Particle Physics, which runs from 31 May to 11 June 2021. See: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9538/ All are welcome to attend. The event will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. Light refreshments will be served after the event. Online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

2 Jun 2021

@ Online

2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony

The 2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony will take place in conjunction with ICTP's Summer School on Particle Physics which runs from 31 May to 11 June 2021.

Europe/Rome Please Register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qfu-spzMoHNR46EnRcp7T6RXnweZRTOip After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Jun 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Alba Grassi (CERN and University of Geneva)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lecture 13 of the series: Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting Abstract: Turbulence in the atmosphere is typically described as random and unpredictable and requires statistical approaches. In this spirit many processes driven by turbulence can be successfully and efficiently modelled using stochastic approaches. Similarly, but in a wider sense, sub-grid scale dispersion and mixing processes that are not explicitly resolved by atmospheric flow simulations can be often modelled by using stochastic approaches for the considered spatial and temporal scales. I will discuss the formulation and application of simple stochastic models for the simulation of processes related to atmospheric dispersion of gases and particles, with spatial scales ranging from few meters (from an emitting local scalar source) to global. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Jun 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Stochastic models, an effective tool for simulating atmospheric dispersion and mixing

Speaker(s): Massimo Cassiani, Nilu (Norwegian Institute for Air Research)

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome A CIRM-ICTP virtual meeting The CIRM "Meeting on Complex Analysis and Geometry" has now reached its 25th edition and is well known to be an ideal occasion to share among experts and young researchers the most interesting advances in these fields. 5 online mini-courses with discussion sessions will be broadcasted online. Lecturers and topics: • J.-P. DEMAILLY (Université Grenoble Alpes, France) - L^2 extension theorems and applications to algebraic geometry • V. TOSATTI (McGill University, Canada) - Introduction to the Kähler-Ricci flow • A. FINO (University of Torino, Italy) - Interplays of Complex and Symplectic Geometry • V. GUEDJ (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) - Canonical metrics on mildly singular compact Kaehler varieties • F. FORSTERNIC (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) - Minimal Surfaces from a Complex Analytic Viewpoint The detailed abstracts are indicated in the file 'Lecturers abstracts' below. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021

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Mathematics

CIRM-ICTP Complex Analysis and Geometry - XXV | (smr 3601)

Room: Online

Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio

Organizer(s): Adriano Tomassini (Universita' di Parma), Filippo Bracci (Universita' Roma Tor Vergata), Local Organiser: Claudio Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): Università di Trentounitn1, CIRMcirm2, Bruno Kessler Foundationfbkf1, Indamindam2, Indam

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**DEADLINE: 23/05/2021**

Europe/Rome Lecture 14 of series on Environmental Meteorology: From the Fundamentals of Climate to Operational Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcuyurDMrEtbfP9f16GRLzqF1AiT7PHN7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Jun 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Earth System Physics

Understanding cloud-circulation coupling in the trades: lessons from EUREC4A

Speaker(s): Sandrine Bony, Director of Research CNRS Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL) Sorbonne Université,

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Activity

14 Jun 2021 - 2 Jul 2021

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Earth System Physics

Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development | (smr 3581)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mark Howells (KTH), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins

Cosponsor(s): OpTIMUS Community of Practiceoptimus1, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)ukaid, Imperial College Londonicl2, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, KTH Royal Institute of Technologykth1, Loughborough Universitylboro, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairsundesa1, United Nations Development Programmeundp1, United Nations Economic Commission for Africauneca, University of Cambridgecambridge, University of Oxfordoxford2, The Open Universityopenuniv, The World Bank Groupwbank2, Simon Fraser UniversitySFU, The Climate Compatible Growth (#CCG) programccg1

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Europe/Rome An ICTP virtual meeting The aim of the conference is to give young researchers the opportunity to present their results related to high-dimensional statistical problems, as arising in machine learning, inference or statistical physics. Typical problems in high-dimensions include the detection and estimation of noisy signals (compressed sensing, PCA and tensor decomposition etc), the analysis of (deep) neural-networks and their learning and generalization dynamics, the detection of communities in large networks, or disordered spin systems. While these problems may seem of different natures, they actually share many similarities in their common phenomenology and the tools used to analyze them. The core of the field is made of a very active, diverse and quickly expanding community of physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, information theorists and engineers, with the common desire to tackle increasingly challenging problems at the forefront of data science. This conference aims at reinforcing the links among this interdisciplinary community, and in particular of its youngest theory-oriented members, and to bring forward the latest development happening in the high-dimensional world. Topics: Machine learning High-dimensional statistics Applied maths Computer sciences Participants interested to present a poster are kindly requested to submit their title and a short abstract in the application form. Speakers: L. BENIGNI, University of Chicago, USA M. CELENTANO, Stanford University, USA L. CHIZAT, University of Paris-Saclay SY. CHUNG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Z. FAN, Yale University, USA C. GERBELOT, ENS Paris, France A. GLIELMO, SISSA, Italy A. INGROSSO, ICTP, Italy A. JACOT, EPFL, Switzerland F. MASTROGIUSEPPE, University College London, UK F. MIGNACCO, IPHT Saclay, France T. MISIAKIEWICZ, Stanford University, USA P. NAKKIRAN, Harvard University, USA M. REFINETTI, ENS Paris, France C. RUSH, Columbia University, USA T. SCHRAMM, Stanford University, USA S. VILLAR, Johns Hopkins University, USA I. ZADIK, New York University, USA J. ZARKA, ENS Paris, France Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Jun 2021 - 18 Jun 2021

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Quantitative Life Sciences

Youth in High-Dimensions | (smr 3602)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Marylou Gabrie (NYU / Flatiron), Sebastian Goldt (SISSA), Marco Mondelli (IST Austria), Local Organiser: Jean Barbier

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**DEADLINE: 07/06/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting This Workshop will give the participants an in-depth view of Space Weather, including its main effects on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and related scientific and technological applications. Focus will be on Space Weather research and capacity building in the Eastern African Countries. Description: Space Weather is a term generally used to indicate “the conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger human life or health”. In particular, Space Weather is the cause of the most significant errors experienced by GNSS and their users since through its effects on the ionosphere, it represents the largest error contribution in the GNSS single-frequency positioning applications. The effects of space weather are more variable and highly unpredictable over the low latitude ionospheric regions, where most of the sub-Saharan Developing Countries are located and where still limited efforts have been made to study the impact of Space Weather events on technological systems. Topics: • Global Navigation Satellite Systems generalities • Space Weather and Sun-Earth coupling • Ionospheric monitoring and modelling • Ionospheric irregularities • Space weather services and programmes Speakers: K. Alazo, ICTP, Italy C. Amory-Mazaudie, LPP-CNRS, France P. Baki, Technical University Kenya C. Cesaroni, INGV, Italy P. Doherty, Boston College, USA S. Gadimova, UNOOSA-ICG, Vienna K. Groves, Boston College, USA J.B. Habarulema, SANSA/AFIPS, South Africa K. Kauristie, FMI, Finland Y. Migoya-Orue', ICTP, Italy B. Nava, ICTP, Italy D. Okoh, NASRDA, Nigeria J.C. Olwendo, Pwani University, Kenya B. Rabiu, NASRDA, Nigeria S.M. Radicella, ICTP, Italy L. Spogli, INGV, Italy K. Venkatesh, NARL, India Registration: There is no registration fee Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Jun 2021 - 25 Jun 2021

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Eastern Africa GNSS and Space Weather Capacity Building Workshop | (smr 3603)

Room: Online

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Claudio Cesaroni (INGV), Patricia Doherty (Boston College), S. Gadimova (UNOOSA-ICG), Joseph C. Olwendo (Pwani University), Local Organiser: Bruno Nava

Cosponsor(s): Boston Collegebcl, ICG-UNOOSAicg2, INGVingv1, Kenyan Space Agencyksa2, SCOSTEPscostep, URSIursi

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**DEADLINE: 21/05/2021**

Activity

21 Jun 2021 - 2 Jul 2021

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories,High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Strings 2021 | (smr 3619)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR & IFT-UNESP), Andrei Mikhailov (IFT-UNESP), Horatiu Nastase (IFT-UNESP), Victor de Oliveira Rivelles (IF-USP), Diego Trancanelli (IF-USP & Modena U.), Pedro Vieira (ICTP-SAIFR & Perimeter I.), Local Organiser: Mehrdad Mirbabayi

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Hosted Activity

26 Jun 2021 - 27 Jun 2021

@ Trieste - Italy

YouthDIG 2021 | (smr H630)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH) and Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): EuroDIG,

Europe/Rome The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) is an open multi-stakeholder platform to exchange views about the Internet and how it is governed. First organised in 2008 by several organisations, government representatives and experts, it fosters dialogue and collaboration with the Internet community on public policy for the Internet – culminating in an annual conference that takes place in a different European city every year. ICTP hosted the 2020 online edition. EuroDIG ‘Messages’ are prepared and presented to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Trieste - Italy ICTP pio@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

28 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2021

@ Trieste - Italy

EuroDIG 2021 | (smr H629)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): EuroDIG-ICTP, Local Organizer: Marco Zennaro,

Europe/Rome An ICTP virtual meeting The London Mathematical Laboratory (LML) is pleased to announce its 2021 Summer School. This will be held as an ICTP Virtual school from 5 to 30 July 2021. The school engages postgraduate students for a period of four weeks on research projects under the supervision of active research scientists. Each project addresses one or more open questions in order to expose students to the frontier of scientific cross-disciplinary research in several fields (statistical physics, systems ecology, quantitative economics, dynamical systems, information and large deviation theory, and neural networks). This provides a first hand experience of “research in action”, where asking the right questions is at least as important as finding the right answers. Many previous students have found this a life changing experience that transformed their view of science as an activity and as a possible career. The list of projects: 1. Stability of ecosystems with a core-periphery structure 2. The evolution of income or wealth distribution with higher order autoregressive processes 3. Exploring the Connections between Information Theory and Ergodicity Economics Through the Lens of Inequality Measurement 4. Growth incidence curves in reallocating geometric Brownian motion 5. Optimal allocation and risk parity 6. Time-average based saving versus Ensemble-average based saving and the evolution of wealth distribution 7. Learning random dynamical systems from data 8. Explainability and rationalization in decision theory: a coding theory approach 9. Beyond Rational Herding 10. Verifying interaction among different types of discrete events by using the multivariate Hawkes process 11. Anomalous diffusion in random dynamical systems 12. The trade-off between profit and time constraints and market impact 13. Large deviation theory in diluted random matrices 14. Tackling Quantum Many-Body Systems with Artificial Neural Networks 15. Experiments in ergodicity 16. Epidemic spreading models in the presence of feedback Supervisors include LML Fellows and colleagues from the ICTP and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA). Students will also attend a series of scientific lectures and a scientific writing course, and the School will culminate with student presentations of their research. Project Supervisors: A. ADAMOU, London Mathematical Laboratory, UK Y. BERMAN, London Mathematical Laboratory, UK J. BHASEEN, King’s College London, UK F. CACCIOLI, University College London, UK I.P. CASTILLO, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico D. DE MARTINO, Biofisika Institute - Ikerbasque, Spain J. GRILLI, ICTP, Italy O. HULME, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark R. KANBUR, Cornell University, USA M. KIRSTEIN, London Mathematical Laboratory, UK R. KLAGES, Queen Mary University of London, UK J. LAMB, Imperial College, UK S. LUZZATTO, ICTP, Italy M. MARSILI, ICTP, Italy L.F. METZ, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil O. PETERS, London Mathematical Laboratory, UK S. RUFFO, SISSA, Italy Y. SATO, Hokkaido University, Japan M. WERNER University of Bristol, UK J. ZHUANG ISM, Japan Grants: London Mathematical Laboratory intends to provide a grant of 500 EUR to all selected participants. Further information will be provided in due course. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 Jul 2021 - 30 Jul 2021

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Quantitative Life Sciences

London Mathematical Laboratory Summer School | (smr 3598)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Isaac Pérez Castillo (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): London Mathematical Laboratorylml, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Iztapalapauamiz

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**DEADLINE: 30/04/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting Hyperkähler manifolds are a class of manifolds with vanishing first Chern class, constituting an active area of current research. Another fundamental problem concerns moduli space of polarized abelian varieties, studied via Prym varieties and the Prym map to the moduli of abelian varieties. Hyperkähler manifolds, an overview and some open problems Hyperkähler manifolds are mainly characterized by their second cohomology. The period maps from the moduli spaces of hyperkähler manifolds to the period domains of their second cohomology are surjective, which is a rare phenomenon happening almost exclusively in weight 1 and weight 2. The course will give an introduction to hyperkähler manifolds and their known examples, survey some of the known results, and present some open problems. In the examples, interesting connections between hyperkähler manifolds, Fano manifolds and abelian varieties will be shown. Prym varieties The course we will review the classical theory and recent advances on Prym varieties and the Prym map, with special focus on the low genera cases which display beautiful geometry. The moduli aspect and the appearances of Prym varieties in other mathematical contexts will also be discussed. Topics: Characterization of hyperkähler manifolds via their cohomology Period maps from the moduli spaces of hyperkähler manifolds to the period domains of their second cohomology Connections between hyperkähler manifolds, Fano manifolds and abelian varieties Fano manifolds Abelian varieties and Polarized abelian varieties Prym varieties and the Prym map: classical theory and applications Speakers: E. IZADI, University of California, San Diego, USA A. ORTEGA, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Additional: Contributed talks: Participants interested in giving a short communication are invited to submit an abstract. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Jul 2021 - 23 Jul 2021

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Trieste Algebraic Geometry Summer School (TAGSS) 2021 - Hyperkähler and Prym varieties: classical and new results | (smr 3609)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Valentina Beorchia (Universita' di Trieste), Ada Boralevi (Politecnico di Torino), Barbara Fantechi (SISSA Trieste), Local Organiser: Lothar Goettsche

Cosponsor(s): University of Triesteust, International School for Advanced Studiessissa3, Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienzedmgts

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**DEADLINE: 31/05/2021**

Europe/Rome The aim of the Biennial Africal School of Fundamental Physics and Application is to build capacity to harvest, interpret, and exploit the results of current and future physics experiments and to increase proficiency in related applications. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of ASP had to be postponed. It is now being organized in a virtual format: from 19 to 30 July 2021, online lectures, tutorials and workshops will be held for selected students from all over Africa. Main topics: Nuclear and Particle Physics; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Accelerators, Radiation and Medical Physics; Materials Physics, Nanosicence; Biophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics, Atomic & Molecular Physics; Light Sources and Neutron Sources; Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Earth Science; Physics Education; Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency. Further details will be made available in the near future. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Jul 2021 - 30 Jul 2021

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

6th Biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications | (smr 3610)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (BNL), Anne E. Dabrowski (CERN), Christine Darve (ESS, Lund), Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London), Fernando Ferroni (GSSI-INFN), Steve Guy Muanza (CNRS-IN2P3, Marseille), Local Organiser: Bobby Samir Acharya

Activity

16 Aug 2021 - 21 Aug 2021

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Mathematics

AGRA IV (Aritmética, Grupos y Análisis) | (smr 3617)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Harald Helfgott (Göttingen/CNRS), Matilde Lalín (U de Montréal), Misha Belolipetsky (IMPA), Fernando Rodríguez-Villegas (ICTP), Local Organiser: Emanuel Carneiro

Europe/Rome diploma30th.ictp.it ICTP will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Postgraduate Diploma Programme with a three-day event (mostly online) aimed at Diploma alumni who want to reconnect. The goal is to foster regional networks of alumni. The event will feature discussions on the history and the impact of the programme through the voice of the students and more in general the theme of high-level education in the developing world. The celebrations will take place from 23 to 25 August 2021. The keynote speaker for the event will be 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics Andrea M. Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy and Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine chair in astrophysics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She is one of the world's leading experts in observational astrophysics and heads UCLA's Galactic Center Group. She is best known for her ground-breaking work on the center of our Galaxy, which has led to the best evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes. Ghez earned her B.S from MIT in 1987, and her PhD from Caltech in 1992 and has been on the faculty at UCLA since 1994. Activities will include: Ceremony for the graduation of the 2021 class Colloquia by role-model Diploma alumni Talks by prominent figures in science and education Discussion about Diploma and Women in Science Parallel sessions in various regions of the world to foster the creation of networks Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 Aug 2021 - 25 Aug 2021

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Graduation for the Diploma Class 2021 in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ICTP Diploma | (smr 3595)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Nushkia Chamba (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), Lothar Goettsche (ICTP), Riccardo Farneti (ICTP), Antonio Celani (ICTP), Misha Kiselev (ICTP), Fernando R. Villegas (ICTP), Local Organiser: Paolo Creminelli

Support E-Mail: Diploma30th@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/06/2021**

Europe/Rome Andrea M. Ghez, professor of Physics & Astronomy and Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, is one of the world’s leading experts in observational astrophysics and heads UCLA’s Galactic Center Group. Best known for her ground-breaking work on the center of our Galaxy, which has led to the best evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes, she has received numerous honors and awards including the Nobel Prize in 2020, she became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing one half of the prize with Reinhard Genzel (the other half of the prize being awarded to Roger Penrose). The Nobel Prize was awarded to Ghez and Genzel for their Independent discovery of a supermassive compact object, now generally recognized to be a black hole, in the Milky Way's galactic center, the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy from the Royal Swedish Academy of Science (she is the first woman to receive a Crafoord prize in any field), Bakerian Medal from the Royal Society of London, a MacArthur Fellowship, election to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.   Her work on the orbits of stars at the center of the Milky Way has opened a new approach to studying black holes and her group is currently focused on using this approach to understand the physics of gravity near a black hole and the role that black holes plays in the formation and evolution of galaxies. Advances in high resolution imaging technology enabled Ghez’s work and her group continues to work on pushing the frontiers of these technologies forward. She serves on several leadership committees for the W. M. Keck Observatory, which hosts the largest telescopes in the world, and the future Thirty Meter Telescope. Ghez is also very committed to the communication of science to the general public and inspiring young girls into science. Her work can be found in many public outlets including TED, NOVA’s Monster of the Milky Way, Discovery’s Swallowed by a Black Hole, TED, and Griffith Observatory. Ghez earned her B.S from MIT in 1987, and her PhD from Caltech in 1992 and has been on the faculty at UCLA since 1994. More information and a detailed programme for the 30th Anniversary events (23-25 August 2021) will be available in due course. ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

25 Aug 2021

Commencement Keynote Speech by Prof. Andrea Ghez, in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of the Postgraduate Diploma Programme

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. Andrea Ghez, UCLA Galactic Center Group, UCLA, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 17:00

Activity

6 Sep 2021 - 10 Sep 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP-SISSA-CECAM Workshop on Molecular Dynamics and its Applications to Biological Systems | (smr 3627)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Giovanni Bussi (SISSA), Alessandro Laio (SISSA), Alessandra Magistrato (SISSA), Christian Micheletti (SISSA), Alex Rodriguez (ICTP), Edgar Roldan (ICTP), Angelo Rosa (SISSA), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali

Cosponsor(s): International School for Advanced Studiessissa3, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculairececam2

Activity

6 Sep 2021 - 5 Nov 2021

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New Research Areas (High Performance Computing)

The CODATA RDA Research Data Science Summer School and Advanced Workshops | (smr 3615)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Leonid Serkin (CERN), Epke Okorafor (Big Data Academy, Accenture, USA), Chirayu Batra (IAEA), Mr. Stefano Monti (IAEA), Raphael Coba (UNESP, Brazil), Simon Hodson (CODATA), Hugh Shanahan (Royal Holloway University), Rob Quick (Indiana University), Romain Murenzi (TWAS), Louise Bezudenhout (University of Oxford), Sarah Jones (University of Glasgow), Fortis Psomopoulos (Centre for Research and technology Hellas), Venkaraman Shanmugasundaram (University of Edinburgh), Local Organiser: Clement Onime

Support E-Mail: smr3615@ictp.it

Europe/Rome This is the 3rd conference of the EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division during which the EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize will be awarded. The previous conferences took place in 2019 in Nordita, Stockholm and in 2017 in Krakow. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Sep 2021 - 10 Sep 2021

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Statistical Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3624)

Address: SISSA Via Beirut, 2-4 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Guido Caldarelli (IMT Lucca), Leticia Cugliandolo (Sorbonne University Paris), Christian Beck (QMUL London), Andrea Gambassi (SISSA Trieste), Sebastian Goldt (SISSA Trieste), Ewa Gudowska-Nowak (Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Krakow), Holger Kantz (MPIPKS Dresden), Edgar Roldan (ICTP Trieste), Stefano Ruffo (SISSA Trieste), Raul Toral (IFISC Palma), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Support E-Mail: smr3624@ictp.it

Activity

13 Sep 2021 - 17 Sep 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Course on Theoretical Foundations and Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Nuclear Engineering | (smr 3640)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Hasib ur Rehmann (IAEA), Tatjana Jevremovic (IAEA), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani

Activity

20 Sep 2021 - 1 Oct 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications | (smr 3611)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg AfLS), Andrea Lausi (SESAME), Kirsi Lorentz (Cyprus Institute), Alessandro Migliori (IAEA), Ed Mitchell (ESRF AfLS), Sekazi Mtingwa (LAAAMP AfLS), Ian Swainson (IAEA NEFW), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli

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Activity

20 Sep 2021 - 24 Sep 2021

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New Research Areas (Information and Computer Technology, Physics and Development)

SciTinyML: Scientific Use of Machine Learning on Low-Power Devices | (smr 3612)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Clement Onime (ICTP), Nishanth Sastry (King’s College London), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA virtual meeting In recent years, there has been an increase of therapeutic applications using radiopharmaceuticals. This workshop, which is intended for clinically qualified medical physicists with experience in radionuclide therapy, will provide the participants with a comprehensive review of the developments in the field of nuclear medicine image quantification and practical internal dosimetry. The purpose of this workshop is to contribute to the knowledge of clinically qualified medical physicists in nuclear medicine by providing theoretical and practical tools for internal dosimetry. Molecular radiotherapy has demonstrated unique therapeutic advantages in the treatment of an increasing number of cancer types. Such treatments can deliver high absorbed doses to specific targets (tumour lesions) and healthy organs (organs at risk) and, thus, require a patient specific dose assessment. These calculations would help to optimize the amount of radioactivity to be administered and to reduce the risk of under- or over-dosing patients, otherwise observed when using empirical approaches to activity determination. As part of the selection, candidates will be requested to undertake a written test. The workshop is under the umbrella of ICTP and IAEA and is expected to strengthen the knowledge of clinically qualified medical physicists working in nuclear medicine. The expected audience are clinically qualified medical physicists working in a hospital, with at least 5 years’ experience in the field of nuclear medicine medical physics including radionuclide therapy. Topics: Physics and technology of SPECT/CT and PET/CT Quantitative SPECT and PET imaging MIRD formalism Voxel-based methods Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy I-131 therapy Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Sep 2021 - 1 Oct 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Dosimetry in Radionuclide Therapy and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine | (smr 3570)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Peter Knoll (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3570@ictp.it

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA virtual meeting This virtual workshop will assist Ph.D. students and early-career researchers in developing a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the atomistic modelling of radiation damage on materials, both for existing fission and proposed fusion reactors. Atomistic modelling is the simulation of the behaviour of complex systems by explicitly taking its smallest constituent parts into account. In the context of radiation damage in nuclear materials, these simulations involve the bulk and surface atoms of reactor components and their interactions with energetic neutrons and plasma in the form of free atoms, molecules and ions. The computational techniques employed include molecular dynamics, rate theory equations, density functional theory, and a variety of Monte Carlo methods; this Workshop provides an introduction to some popular software used to implement these techniques, with practical sessions on the free packages LAMMPS and SRIM. More details are available at IAEA web site: https://amdis.iaea.org/workshops/ictp-2021 Topics: Irradiated material: defect and cascade production Damage dose-rate, energies, and atomic displacement Neutron-induced material defect simulation Theoretical modelling of radiation effects Plasma-surface interaction: erosion and surface-evolution studies Hydrogen isotope deposition, trapping and permeation in fusion-relevant materials. Speakers: T. AHLGREN, University of Helsinki, Finland M. J. CATURLA, University of Alicante, Spain P. DERLET, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland D. MASON, UKAEA, UK A. SAND, Aalto University, Finland T. SCHWARZ-SELINGER, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Oct 2021 - 8 Oct 2021

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Science, Technology and Innovation

Joint ICTP-IAEA Virtual Workshop on Atomistic Modelling of Radiation Damage in Nuclear Systems | (smr 3573)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Kalle Heinola (IAEA), Christian Hill (IAEA), Jean-Christophe Sublet (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3573@ictp.it

Activity

4 Oct 2021 - 8 Oct 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Course on Nuclear–Renewable Integrated Energy Systems: Phenomenology, Research and Development | (smr 3641)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Tatjana Jevremovic (IAEA), Hadid Subki (IAEA), Local Organiser: Natasa Stojic

Activity

11 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine | (smr 3633)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Jenia Vassileva (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Activity

18 Oct 2021 - 29 Oct 2021

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Joint ICTP, SAIFR and INESP School on Systems-on-Chip, Embedded Microcontrollers and their Applications in Research and Industry | (smr 3557)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Luigi Calligaris (NCC UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil), Andre Cascadan (NCC UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil), Andres Cicuttin (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), Sergio Novaes (NCC UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil), Thiago Tomei (NCC UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IUGG Virtual meeting The Workshop will discuss state-of-the-art, applications and perspectives of data assimilation and inverse problems in geophysical sciences. World leading scientists will be attracted to the program to present and discuss these topics in relation to specific geophysical disciplines. Understanding the complex operation of the Earth system requires an interdisciplinary approach and international collaboration. Data assimilation and modern methods of solving inverse problems provide unique opportunities to exploit such approach and collaboration by integrating data and information from disciplinary sources. These techniques become major forecasting tools in meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, and recently they started to be applied to solid Earth problems. The workshop organized jointly by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), ICTP, and EAIFR will discuss applications of data assimilation and inverse problem methodologies to specific geophysical fields. The related scientific progress may contribute to the solutions of major societal challenges, such as climatic and environmental changes, disaster risk reduction, and sustainability. PhD students, postdocs, and advanced practitioners are encouraged to attend the workshop. Topics: Inverse problems Data assimilation Atmospheric sciences and meteorology Oceanography Climatology Hydrology and cryospheric sciences Geodynamics and seismology Volcanology Geodesy Geomagnetism and aeronomy Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 Oct 2021 - 29 Oct 2021

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Earth System Physics

Joint ICTP-IUGG Workshop on Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems in Geophysical Sciences | (smr 3607)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alik Ismail-Zadeh (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Ilya Zaliapin (University of Nevada at Reno, USA), Omololu Akin-Ojo (ICTP-EAIFR), Local Organiser: Abdelkrim Aoudia

Cosponsor(s): The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysicsiugg4, EAIFReaifr

Support E-Mail: smr3607@ictp.it

Activity

18 Oct 2021 - 22 Oct 2021

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3629)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): E. Gava (ICTP and INFN), V. Hubeny (UC Davis), Z. Komargodski (Weizman Institute and Stony Brook), K.S. Narain (ICTP), K. Papadodimas (ICTP), Local Organiser: Bobby Acharya

Activity

2 Nov 2021 - 4 Nov 2021

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Generalized Cohomology and Physics | (smr 3631)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Du Pei (Harvard University), Francesco Benini (SISSA), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard University), Local Organiser: Pavel Putrov

Support E-Mail: smr3631@ictp.it

Activity

2 Nov 2021 - 29 Nov 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA International School on Radioactive Waste Package Performance Testing | (smr 3636)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Willie Meyer (IAEA), Joseph Ryan (PNNL (US)), Daniel Gregg (ANSTO (Australia)), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Activity

8 Nov 2021 - 12 Nov 2021

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Earth System Physics

10th ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models | (smr 3575)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Erika Coppola (ICTP), Xuejie Gao (IAP, Beijing, China), Gemma Narisma (Ateneo de Manila, Philippines), Michelle Reboita (U. Federal de Itajuba, Brazil), Local Organiser: Filippo Giorgi

Support E-Mail: smr3575@ictp.it

Activity

15 Nov 2021 - 19 Nov 2021

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Earth System Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA College on the Evaluation of Cost Effective Energy Options as Nationally Determined Contributions for Climate Change Mitigation | (smr 3635)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): L. Stankeviciute (IAEA), M. Tot (IAEA), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins

Activity

22 Nov 2021 - 25 Nov 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Light-matter Interactions: Theory and Experiments at the Border with Biology | (smr 3637)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Anna Painelli (University of Parma, Italy), Luca Grisanti (IRB, Zagreb, Croatia), Eric Vauthey (Université de Genève, Switzerland), Ravindra Venkatramani (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India), K. George Thomas (IISER-TVM, Thiruvananthapuram, India), Ankona Datta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India), Mahesh Hariharan (IISER-TVM, Thiruvananthapuram, India), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali

Europe/Rome The series of Winter Schools on Quantitative Systems Biology (QSB) under the aegis of the ICTP-ICTS Programme in Biology is intended to help researchers from the theoretical sciences transition into life sciences research and experimental biologists with a quantitative background to assimilate theoretical perspectives and methodologies in their research. How organisms sense the world and generate behaviours is an exciting question that has motivated neuroscientists over more than a century. Neural command for generating behavioural output arises from operations at multiple scales, ranging from the flip-flops of ion channels to dynamics in circuits comprising ensembles of neurons. New tools to genetically manipulate organisms, monitor and perturb neural activity, and advanced microscopy that enables large scale imaging of neurons in vivo have yielded a hitherto unprecedented quantum of data with high resolution. Quantitative approaches are needed to mine these data sets for generating testable hypotheses regarding nervous system function. The 2021 QSB Winter School aims at exposing students from different backgrounds to the latest research in systems neuroscience, with an emphasis on quantitative methods and theory. Topics: introduction to neuroscience, including electrical properties of neuronal membranes and single neuronal biophysics; how circuit dynamics emerge in diverse circuits using invertebrate and vertebrate model organisms as examples; population coding, variability and stochasticity, and plasticity; applications of quantitative tools to neuroscience data sets such as whole-brain imaging data sets or behavioural clustering data sets. Throughout, we will also explore how theory can contribute to a normative understanding of various phenomena, and motivate future experiments. Participants in this quantitative school in systems neuroscience and behaviour will have a broad understanding of exciting questions in these fields and how to address them with modern computational tools. Bengaluru - India ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

@ Bengaluru - India

Quantitative Life Sciences

ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2021 | (smr 3616)

Address: International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Survey No. 151, Shivakote, Hesaraghatta Hobli, Bengaluru - 560 089, India

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Vatsala Thirumalai (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore), Sanjay Sane (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.), Sharad Ramanathan (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), Venkatesh N. Murthy (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonio Celani

Support E-Mail: smr3616@ictp.it

Europe/Rome There is an increasing number of requests from Member States for assistance in the introduction of stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery for intra-and extra-cranial targets. This workshop will assist clinical medical physicists to understand the complexities of this mode of radiotherapy. Modern radiotherapy has substantially increased the use of various forms of Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT), including Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). For these techniques a high radiation dose is delivered in a reduced number of fractions. These treatments are not only performed with specialized, dedicated machines, but also with conventional, non-dedicated linear accelerators equipped with high resolution multi-leaf collimators. In radiotherapy, accurate dose delivered to the patient is essential. For conventional radiotherapy this has been achieved by internationally adopted codes of practice and standardized radiotherapy techniques. However, many of these techniques are not applicable for stereotactic radiotherapy. This course will instruct the participant on how to ensure the quality of stereotactic radiotherapy to provide patients with safe and effective treatments. Topics: Justification for using stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) The physics of SRT with an emphasis on small field dosimetry Simulation and Treatment planning for SRT Treatment delivery of SRT to include the technologies, motion management and image guidance Radiobiology of SRT including fractionation and dose constraints Audits, Clinical trials and quality control Prerequisites: This workshop is for clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs as per IAEA publication HHS-25) from United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA Member States who hold a postgraduate-level university degree, preferably in medical physics. The candidate should also have at least 3 years working experience in a hospital and must participate in stereotactic radiotherapy in the clinic. Participants should have an understanding of IAEA TRS-398, "Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy" and IAEA TRS-483, “Dosimetry of small static fields used in external beam radiotherapy”. The process of selection of participants might include a mandatory written examination. The workshop will be beneficial to clinically qualified medical physicists working in radiotherapy and employing treatment modalities using small fields such as SRT, SBRT and SRS. Registration: There is no registration fee. Seibersdorf, Wien - Austria ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Dec 2021 - 10 Dec 2021

@ Seibersdorf, Wien - Austria

Science, Technology and Innovation

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Medical Physics Aspects of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3566)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mauro Carrara (IAEA), ICTP Scientific Contact: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm

Support E-Mail: smr3566@ictp.it

Activity

9 Dec 2021 - 18 Dec 2021

@ Villa de Leyva - Colombia

Mathematics

Geometric, Algebraic and Topological Methods in Quantum Field Theory | (smr 3618)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Paycha Sylvie (Universität Potsdam), Abad Camilo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín), Neira-Jímenez Carolina (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá), Gallego Diego (Universidad pedagógica y tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja), ICTP Scientific Contact: Pavel Putrov

Activity

13 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Atomic Processes in Plasmas: Data-driven research | (smr 3638)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Christian Hill (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)), Ludmila Marian (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)), Hyun-Kyung Chung (National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), Republic of Korea), Claudio Mendoza (Western Michigan University, USA), Yuri Ralchenko (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA), Udo von Toussaint (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany), Local Organiser: George Thompson

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Topological Phenomena in Condensed Matter | (smr 3625)

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Wind farm revenues in Western Europe in present and future climate

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on the Use of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Management and Validation of Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Maps | (smr 3574)

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HECAP Seminar: Ultimate precision physics: the muon magnetic anomaly — taming hadronic corrections

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Artificial intelligence for climate impacts

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MaX School on Advanced Materials and Molecular Modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO | (smr 3622)

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CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): TBA

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11th Crete Regional Meeting in String Theory | (smr 3606)

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Climate impact on cold- and heat-related mortality

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics , New Research Areas (Renewable Energies)

Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Solid/Liquid Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage | (smr 3577)

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Science, Technology and Innovation

Joint ICTP–IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management School Webinar Series | (smr 3576)

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CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): TBA

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

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Earth System Physics

Modelling the dispersion of pollutants in the atmospheric boundary layer. The experience of ARIANET, products and applications

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Particle Physics | (smr 3560)

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