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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

18 Oct 2021

2020 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

Honoring André Neveu, Pierre Ramond, & Miguel Virasoro

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

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Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting Writing software has become central to research in many fields of science. This school aims to give early-career scientists an introduction to a variety of topics that help them to write efficient, clean, maintainable and long-lived code that is useful beyond solving an immediate problem. In a mixture of talks and many hands-on sessions, the focus lies on showing best practices and building fundamental skills in creating, extending and collaborating on modular and reusable software. Topics: Effective collaborative development with multiple co-authors Python / shell scripts as glue code Modular, reusable software design Software optimization Version control and release cycles Automated testing frameworks Structured documentation Management of open source scientific packages Continuous integration & deployment Conversational development Speakers: A. CORBETTA, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands A. FARNUDI, École normale supérieure de Lyon, France & Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran D. GRELLSCHEID, University of Bergen, Norway & ICTP, Trieste, Italy S. HOLMGEIRSDOTTIR, Sensar Marine, Bergen, Norway S. RICHTER, University of Stockholm, Sweden Tutors: S. ALIEI, ICTP, Italy O.D. ARBELÁEZ ECHEVERRI, Core of Science, Colombia I. GIROTTO ICTP, Italy C. JARNE, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina E. MENKAH KNUST, Ghana W.F. OQUENDO, Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia A. SARTORI, ICTP, Italy J.M. SOLANO-ALTAMIRANO, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have some experience in a programming language, this course is not suitable for beginners in programming. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Oct 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

@ Online -

New Research Areas (High Performance Computing)

8th Workshop on Collaborative Scientific Software Development and Management of Open Source Scientific Packages | (smr 3646)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alessandro Corbetta (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), David Grellscheid (University of Bergen, Norway & ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Ivan Girotto

Support E-Mail: smr3646@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/10/2021**

Europe/Rome https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLq_gUfXAnkm6iDpTP4qzbGbXJPyxt1nb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLq_gUfXAnkk84vDzT4pPLIXgifiLkS3g https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLq_gUfXAnkmuZtzDtmz6Sp1dJJt_dEpY In the 1970s, Sinai, Ruelle, and Bowen, developed groundbreaking new ideas and techniques which made it possible to apply the powerful results of Ergodic Theory to concrete, and sometimes quite explicit, differentiable dynamical systems. In particular they showed that smooth Uniformly Hyperbolic systems admit Markov Partitions, from which one can obtain a Symbolic Coding with a finite number of symbols. This Symbolic Coding makes it possible to apply methods from statistical mechanics to describe the statistical properties of the system through the construction of a particular class of invariant measures which are now called Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB) measures. Over the last 20 years there has been a huge progress in extending the results of Sinai, Ruelle, and Bowen, to the much larger class of more general (Nonuniformly) Hyperbolic systems, including systems with discontinuities/singularities. The geometry of these systems is much more complicated and one cannot expect to be able to code them with a symbolic dynamics with a finite number of symbols, making them much more challenging to study. Two inter-related but distinct approaches have emerged. At the end of the 1990s, Lai-Sang Young introduced a construction which is now generally refereed to as a Young Tower, based on constructing an induced uniformly hyperbolic system within the given system. More recently, around 2013, Sarig generalised the original Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen approach to construct infinite Markov Partitions. Both approaches have proved quite powerful and have been used to construct SRB measures and to study their statistical properties in a number of classes of dynamical systems of great interest. On the other hand, both approaches are also technically non-trivial and as a consequence, notwithstanding the applications of both to similar systems and their inevitable underlying connections, most researchers have developed an expertise in either one or the other. The main purpose of this event is to bring together experts in both areas in order to create opportunities to understand better the similarities and differences between them, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches. The entire event will be held online with 2 mini courses by José Ferreira Alves on Young Towers and Yuri Lima on Markov Partitions. These mini-courses will be introductory and require only some familiarity with Uniformly Hyperbolic Dynamics and will be spread out over a period of 2 to 3 weeks, and be accompanied by some additional tutorial sessions, in order to give participants time to actually study the material and consolidate their knowledge. The mini courses will then be followed by a week of research level seminars describing recent results on these topics. Mini-Course Lecturers: José Ferreira Alves, U. of Porto, Portugal Yuri Lima, UFC, Brazil Speakers: Jerome Buzzi (Paris) Jianyu Chen (Soochow U.) Sylvain Crovisier (Paris) Peyman Eslami (Rome) Carlos Matheus (Paris) Snir Ben Ovadia (Weizman) Yakov Pesin (Penn State) Vilton Pinheiro (UFBA) Omri Sarig (Weizman) Agnieska Zelerowicz (U. Maryland) Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Nov 2021 - 10 Dec 2021

@ Online -

Mathematics

Markov Partitions and Young Towers in Dynamics | (smr 3642)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): José Ferreira Alves (U. of Porto, Portugal), Yuri Lima (UFC, Brazil), Local Organiser: Stefano Luzzatto

Cosponsor(s): Instituto Serrapilheiraserra

Europe/Rome Submit your application at https://register.icts.res.in/program/qsb2021 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. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

@ Online -

Quantitative Life Sciences

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

Room: Online

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), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani

Support E-Mail: smr3616@ictp.it

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting The School will introduce young scientists to the design, operation, and research opportunities offered at a modern synchrotron light source and how such sources are realized. The school will be held over two weeks and will consist of three modules: (1) the physical aspects concerning the design and function of the main components: accelerators, insertion devices and beamline optics (2) an overview of the arguments that can be made in order to fund and build a synchrotron light source, including socioeconomic benefit, stakeholder engagement, communication (3) Overview of common synchrotron light techniques including synchrotron infrared techniques and XANES/EXAFS. Topics: Fundamentals of synchrotron radiation from storage rings Fundamentals of X-ray interactions with matter Design and operation of storage rings Beamline design: Photon transport and optics Bending magnets and insertion devices Project management at a large facility Ancillary devices for light sources Socioeconomic justification Cultural heritage Stakeholder engagement/communications Starting up user operations at a new facility Industrial Applications IR microscopy Basics of X-ray crystallography and powder diffraction Basics of structural biology Fundamentals of X-ray absorption: EXAFS and XANES XRF, TXRF, GXRF and their applications in materials and life sciences Tomography Speakers: M. ALTISSIMO, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy R. BARTOLINI, DESY, Germany K. CHAPELLE, American Museum of Natural History, USA T. D'ALMEIDA, X-TechLab, Benin S. DI MITRI, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy A. FROIDEVAL, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany J. GILLIES, CERN, Switzerland M. HARFOUCHE, SESAME, Jordan G. IORI, SESAME, Jordan K. JAKATA, ESRF, France G. KAMEL, SESAME, Jordan L.U. KHAN, SESAME, Jordan K. KIEFER, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany A. LAUSI, SESAME, Jordan F. LEHNER, DESY, Germany K. LORENTZ, Cyprus Institute, Cyprus G. MARGARITONDO, EPFL, Switzerland A. MIGLIORI, IAEA, Austria E. MITCHELL, ESRF, France G. SANTONI, ESRF, France K. TOUKAN, SESAME, Jordan N. VALLS, ALBA Synchrotron, Spain A. VOLLMER, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany Registration: there is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

@ Online -

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, TriSEED Consultants LLC), Ian Swainson (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle Eastsesame2, Lightsources for Africa, the Americas, Asia and Middle East Projectlaaamp, African Light Sources AfLS2020afls, ESRF The European Synchrotronesrf

Support E-Mail: smr3611@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 24/11/2021**

Europe/Rome Augustin Lafay (ENS, Paris) Two dimensional gases of non intersecting loops have been a subject of study in mathematical physics for more than thirty years because of their numerous connections to integrability, two dimensional conformal field theory, random geometry and combinatorics. In this talk, I will present a natural generalization of loop models to gases of graphs possessing branchings. These graphs are called webs and first appeared in the mathematical community as diagrammatic presentations of categories of representations of quantum groups. The web models posses properties similar to the loop models. For instance, it will be shown that they describe, for some tuning of the parameters, interfaces of spin clusters in Zn spin models. Focusing on the numerically more accessible case of Uq(sl3) webs (or Kuperberg webs), it is possible to identify critical phases that are analogous to the dense and dilute phases of the loop models. These phases are then described by a Coulomb Gas with a two component bosonic field. Hybrid seminar: Virtual and SISSA room 134 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

7 Dec 2021

@ Hybrid seminar: Virtual and SISSA room 134

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): Web models as generalizations of statistical loop models

Address: Via Bonomea, 265 Trieste

Room: SISSA 134

Speaker(s): Augustin Lafay (ENS, Paris)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Activity

9 Dec 2021 - 18 Dec 2021

@ Villa de Leyva - Colombia

Mathematics

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

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

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96551628989 Meeting ID: 965 5162 8989 Passcode: 134873 Hybrid presence c/o Euler Lecture Hall + zoom meeting. Kindly note that the maximum number of participants in presence is 30 pp. ZOOM Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

9 Dec 2021

@ ZOOM Meeting

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: QCD Axion Kinetic Misalignment: Observational Aspects

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Nicolas H. Bernal (Universidad Antonio Narino, Bogota, Colombia)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Virtual Meeting This School will assist Ph.D. students and other early-stage career researchers to develop their skills and understanding in the application of modern data science techniques to the calculation and evaluation of data relevant to the physics and behaviour of plasmas. The properties of laboratory, industrial, astrophysical and fusion energy plasmas are determined by numerous atomic and molecular processes. Modelling such plasmas requires a large amount of data concerning its collisions, spectroscopic properties and plasma-material interactions, not all of which is directly accessible by experiment. Plasma physicists therefore turn to calculations and approximations to complete their data needs. The last 10 years have seen a huge increase in the amount of computing power available to run the codes that calculate these data. Accompanying this expansion has been the development of so-called data science techniques which unify statistical methods, data analysis and machine learning. This School will provide training for and knowledge-transfer between scientists working in the fields of computational plasma physics and data science. Participants are expected to have some experience with basic programming in a language such as Python. Topics: Plasma emission modelling Practical exercises using FLYCHK and the NIST LIBS database The principles of Molecular Dynamics modelling Bayesian Inference for the determination of plasma-material interaction parameters Demonstration and practical exercises using LAMMPS Accessing, assessing and exploiting online data resources Managing atomic and molecular data Linux command line usage; Using Python and the JupyterLab environment for research Speakers: C. HILL, IAEA, Austria L. MARIAN, IAEA, Austria C. MENDOZA, Western Michigan University, USA Y. RALCHENKO, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA U. VON TOUSSAINT, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany Registration: There is no registration fee. During the application process the applicants will be requested to upload poster abstracts in PDF format. Please make sure you use our templates to generate such PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

@ Online -

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

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)), Manuel Bautista (Western Michigan University, USA), Hyun-Kyung Chung (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), Republic of Korea), 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

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3638@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 06/12/2021**

Europe/Rome by Dr. Hami Said Ahmed Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (Vienna, Austria) Global climate change has a major impact on the availability of water resources for agricultural production. Sustainable agricultural productivity to ensure food security requires good agricultural water management. To improve the use of this resource in agriculture, it is imperative to monitor the soil moisture, which is not only a key variable in irrigation management, but also for hydrological modelling, ground water recharge, flood, and drought forecasting. Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors (CRNS) is a nuclear technology which have the capability to estimate field-scale soil moisture (SM) in large areas up to 20 to 30 ha and appear to become a credible and robust alternative to traditional soil moisture monitoring devices. CRNS technique is based on the detection of natural neutron coming from cosmos. The fast, high-energy incoming neutrons eventually penetrate the soil and then scatter back into the atmosphere. These scattered neutrons lose energy (‘thermalized’) due to collisions mainly with hydrogen atoms which come mostly from soil moisture. The CRNS measures these low-energy neutrons near the soil surface. Because the neutrons are spatially distributed and scatter across large distances in the air, they can monitor soil moisture over vast areas. CRNS technology is a promising tool for area-wide soil moisture monitoring and agricultural water management. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3GpY5zMHScaLJDC-RfQ9pA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Virtual Zoom ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

13 Dec 2021

@ Virtual Zoom

Science, Technology and Innovation

Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) technology for area-wide soil moisture monitoring

Organizer(s): Marco Zennaro

Speaker(s): Hami Said Ahmed

Support E-Mail: sti@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Density-functional theory (DFT) with extended Hubbard functionals is a powerful method for studying complex materials containing transition-metal and rare-earth elements, owing to its accuracy in correcting self-interactions and its low computational costs [1]. There are two key elements in these formulations which are closely interconnected: i) the choice of the on-site U and inter-site V Hubbard parameters, and ii) the choice of the Hubbard manifold. Recently, we developed an automated and reliable approach for the first-principles determination of U and V using density-functional perturbation theory (DFPT) [2,3]. In this talk I will show that DFPT allows us to reduce significantly computational costs, improve numerical accuracy, and fully automate the calculation of the Hubbard parameters by recasting the linear response of a localized perturbation in supercells into an array of monochromatic perturbations that can be calculated in the primitive cell. This framework can be used with different Hubbard manifolds, such as nonorthogonalized and orthogonalized atomic orbitals, including the respective calculation of Pulay (Hubbard) forces and stresses [4] that are needed for the self-consistent evaluation of Hubbard parameters [3]. I will show how this formalism can be used for the evaluation of such properties as voltages in Li-ion batteries, formation energies of oxygen vacancies in perovskites, and I will discuss the applicability of this formalism for improving band gaps with respect to standard DFT [5] and its use for searching of novel materials for the photocatalytic water splitting [6]. Finally, I will present the extension of this framework to the calculations of phonons [7] and electron-phonon coupling [8] in selected transition-metal compounds. These tools are implemented in the open-source Quantum ESPRESSO distribution [9] and are available to the community at large. [1] V.L. Campo Jr and M. Cococcioni, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 22, 055602 (2010). [2] I. Timrov, N. Marzari, M. Cococcioni, Phys. Rev. B 98, 085127 (2018). [3] I. Timrov, N. Marzari, M. Cococcioni, Phys. Rev. B 103, 045141 (2021). [4] I. Timrov, F. Aquilante, L. Binci, M. Cococcioni, N. Marzari, Phys. Rev. B 102, 235159 (2020). [5] N.E. Kirchner-Hall, W. Zhao, Y. Xiong, I. Timrov, I. Dabo, Appl, Sci. 11, 2395 (2021). [6] Y. Xiong et al., Energy Environ. Sci. 14, 2335 (2021). [7] A. Floris, I. Timrov, B. Himmetoglu, N. Marzari, S. de Gironcoli, M. Cococcioni, Phys. Rev. B 101, 064305 (2020). [8] J.-J. Zhou, J. Park, I. Timrov, A. Floris, M. Cococcioni, N. Marzari, M. Bernardi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 126404 (2021). [9] P. Giannozzi et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 465901 (2017). Registration details will be announced closer to the seminar date. Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Dec 2021

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals: recent developments and applications

Speaker(s): Iurii Timrov (THEOS and MARVEL, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome You are cordially invited to participate in the hybrid (part online part in presence) Graduation Ceremony of the students of the 7th cycle of the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics, a two-year advanced training programme in the field of medical physics, jointly organised by ICTP and the Trieste University and co-sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The first year is spent at ICTP while the second year is dedicated to clinical professional training in a Medical Physics Department of an Italian hospital of the training network, supported by the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM). The International organisation for medical physics (IOMP) has given an international accreditation to the programme. The programme is supporting LMI countries in the development of medical physics, an applied physics sector contributing to the development, introduction and use of advanced technologies in the medical sector. The tentative programme outline for this hybrid event is as follows: Moderator: Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP) Welcome remarks: Atish Dabholkar (ICTP Director) Hua Liu (DDG-TC, IAEA) H.E. Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Jamaica, IAEA (to be confirmed) Valter Sergo (Deputy Rector, Trieste University) Deborah van der Merwe (Human Health Dept, IAEA) Slavik Tabakov (IOMP Past President, IUPESM Vice-President) Paddy Gilligan (EFOMP President) Annalisa Trianni (AIFM) Invited lecture: "PET/CT/MRI applications: opportunities and challenges" by Professor Vesna Sossi (University of British Columbia, USA) (* abstract below). Testimonial: Jumaa bin Dachi (Tanzania), former MMP student Brief remarks: Ahmed Meghzifene (MMP External Advisor) Renata Longo (Trieste University) Renato Padovani (ICTP) Anthony Scott (Jamaica), Best MMP student 2021 Lucy Arana Pena (Guatemala), Former MMP student Degrees distribution (Renata Longo and George Thompson (tbc)) Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f4ahAaw9Q76DI0kIKEVNvg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. -------------------------------------------------------- The event is also in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream. Light refreshments will be provided after the ceremony. * Abstract for invited lecture: The more we learn about human disease the more we appreciate its multifaceted complexity and variability. This knowledge requires increasingly more sophisticated non- invasive investigative tools and data analysis algorithms to better understand and characterize disease, identify new therapeutic targets, evaluate treatment efficacy and optimally stratify subjects for clinical trials and treatment strategies. Multi-modality imaging including PET, CT and MRI, which offer complementary information, is optimally suited to address many aspects of physiological complexity of the human body. This talk will describe the interplay between scientific discoveries and developments in instrumentation and data analysis and how their synergies are opening news fields of investigation and facilitate clinical applications. Specific examples will be will be drawn from oncology and neurodegeneration. ICTP and online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

15 Dec 2021

@ ICTP and online

GRADUATION CEREMONY: Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (2020/2021)

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

The MMP Graduation Ceremony includes an invited talk by Prof. Vesna Sossi from the University of British Colombia, USA, on "PET/CT/MRI applications: opportunities and challenges"

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 Lecturers: E. LINDBÄCK, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden P. MANCOSU, HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy T. RITTER, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, USA 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

21 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022

@ 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

**DEADLINE: 19/09/2021**

Activity

1 Aug 2022 - 5 Aug 2022

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Frontiers in Geometry and Topology Summer School | (smr 3648)

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

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Paul Feehan (Rutgers University), Lenny Ng (Duke University), Peter Ozsvath (Princeton University), Yongbin Ruan (Zhejiang University), Paul Seidel (MIT), Local Organiser: Claudio Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): Clay Mathematics Instituteclay1

Support E-Mail: smr3648@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/02/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting Organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute The conference is intended as an appreciation of the contributions of Tomasz Mrowka Geometry and Topology have seen spectacular recent developments, including the solution of classical problems. As a consequence, the established picture of how various parts of these areas fit together is evolving rapidly. On the topological side, among the topics that have progressed are: four-manifolds obtained as knot traces; knot concordance and homology cobordism, Stein fillings. On the Floer homology side, we have powerful new computational methods and new invariants of embedded graphs and webs. On the more analytic side, we have new compactness results and potential new invariants. Topics: Interplay of 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional Topology Floer homology theories and associated invariants Khovanov homology Geometric and analytic aspects of gauge theoretic equations Speakers: D. GABAI, Princeton University, USA L. GOETTSCHE, ICTP, Italy L. GUTH, MIT, USA J. HOM, Georgia Tech, USA C. HUGELMEYER, Princeton University, USA *P. KRONHEIMER, Harvard University, USA F. LIN, Princeton University, USA R. LIPSHITZ, University of Oregon, USA P. LISCA, Università di Pisa, Italy C. MANOLESCU, Stanford University, USA G. MATIC, University of Georgia, USA R. MAZZEO, Stanford University, USA M. MILLER, Stanford University, USA E. MURPHY, Princeton University, USA *J. PARDON, Princeton University, USA L. PICCIRILLO, MIT, USA J. PINZON CAICEDO, University of Notre Dame, USA J. RASMUSSEN, Cambridge, UK A. STIPSICZ, Central European University, Hungary Z. SZABO, Princeton University, USA *C.TAUBES, Harvard University, USA D. WANG SUNY, Stony Brook, USA J. WANG, Harvard University, USA C. ZIBROWIUS, University of Regensburg, Germany *To be confirmed Here is the link to the Frontiers in Geometry and Topology Summer School Registration: There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

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