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 are experts in their respective research fields. They may be 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.

Each year we make a call for applications from scentists who are interested to volunteer to organise projects, many alumni of the programmes also become volunteers for future projects!

If you are interested to volunteer but do not have a project in mind or collaborators, 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.

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 This huddle brings together a community of scientists working at the boundary between the physical chemistry of water, data-science, statistical physics, stochastic thermodynamics and finally heat transport to tackle and develop interdisciplinary themes across the respective themes relevant to engineering and biological applications. Topics: Molecular Dynamics Stochastic Theory Liquid Water Thermal Conductivity Collective Phenomena Speakers: J. CLOPÉS LLAHÍ, ICTP, Italy S. DI PINO, CSC-CONICET, Argentina D. DONADIO, University of California, Davis, USA D. SCHERLIS, INQUIMAE, Buenos Aires, Argentina A. RAJABPOUR, IKU, Tehran, Iran R. RABANI, Sharif University, Iran ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

QLS/CMSP Huddle on Water, Heat and Stochastic Theory | (smr 3762)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ali HASSANALI (ICTP, Italy), Asja JELIC (ICTP, Italy), Alex RODRIGUEZ (ICTP, Italy), Edgar ROLDAN (ICTP, Italy), Uriel Nicolas MORZAN (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3762@ictp.it

Participation in this huddle is by invitation only, and no general applications can be accepted.**DEADLINE: 22/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Online Meeting The workshop will discuss progress in the investigation of materials for batteries, and of the related chemical and physical processes, including lithium- and sodium-based, high-valence-ion, and metal-air batteries, electrodes and electrolytes. Description continued: The world is likely to see an increase of the importance of energy storage in the near future. One reason is the increasing presence of renewable energy sources, most of which are intermittent in nature. Another reason is the drive towards alternatives to fossil fuels for the transportation sector. Across these fields, requirements on the storage system may be very different, for example in terms of energy and power density. For all these solutions, a key issue is the development of functional materials able to perform the required tasks efficiently, produced from safe, widely available and easy-to process raw materials. Aim of the workshop is to discuss recent progress in the investigation of materials for batteries, and of the related chemical and physical processes. Topics: Alkali-ion batteries Lithium-sulphur batteries Batteries with high-valence ions Metal-air batteries Experimental techniques Computational modeling of materials Speakers: G. CEDER, UC Berkeley, USA R. DOMINKO, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia A. FRANCO, University of Picardie, France Y. GOGOTSI, Drexel University, USA F. LA MANTIA, Bremen University, Germany Y.-H. NA, IBM, USA S. PASSERINI, KIT, Germany S. SARICIFTCI, JKU, Austria L. YASHINA, Moscow State University, Russia A. WALSH, Imperial College London, UK Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 May 2022 - 26 May 2022

@ Online -

Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Storage: Theory, Experiments, and Applications | (smr 3698)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ralph GEBAUER (ICTP), Nicola SERIANI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3698@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 20/04/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. This school on random matrices and graphs, machine learning and statistical physics will emphasize the strong connections between these fields, strenghten the analytical toolbox of the students and provide a modern vision of the challenges in high-dimensional statistics. Inference and learning systems have been studied for decades. But the richness of contemporary high-dimensional statistical models (deep neural networks, community detection and inference on graphs, tensor factorization etc) require novel ideas and analytical methods. In particular, blending methods from random matrix theory, statistical physics and information theory is particularly promising. The school aims at providing an overview of recent progresses in this interdisciplinary field by worldwide experts coming from different backgrounds, but who all share a common goal of better modelling complex systems processing large datasets, and understanding their fundamental and algorithmic limitations. Topics: High-dimensional statistics Random matrix theory Statistical physics Information theory Theoretical machine learning Graph theory Lecturers: C. MALE, Bordeaux University, France L. MASSOULIÉ, INRIA Paris, France M. LELARGE, INRIA Paris & Ecole Polytechnique, France M. POTTERS, Capital Fund Management, France P. VIVO, King's College London, UK Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 20 May 2022

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Random Matrices, Random Graphs and Statistical Physics for Machine Learning and Inference | (smr 3703)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Sandrine PÉCHÉ (Université Paris, France), Vianney PERCHET (CREST, ENSAE, France), Jean Francois Emmanuel BARBIER (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Jean Barbier (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Institut Universitaire de Franceiuf

Support E-Mail: smr3703@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/04/2022**

Europe/Rome Deadline extended: 12 May 2022 An ICTP Virtual Meeting Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is a remote sensing method that is growing rapidly as a method of generating three-dimensional images in applications as diverse as climate science, archaeology, fisheries, and autonomous vehicle navigation. A lidar instrument must be designed with careful consideration of the application-driven needs, but this design is based on some common optical principles. This will be a forum where these principles are taught and discussed, along with representative applications drawn from current research and industry activities. The college will be entirely virtual and abbreviated so that it is reasonably accessible over a wide range of time zones. In addition to lidar there will be special topics related to the UNESCO International Day of Light touching on best practices in outreach, training and research. Topics in Lidar: Atmospheric Lidar Insect and Fish Lidar Lidar for Autonomous Vehicles Coherent Lidar Photon-Counting Compressive Lidar Speakers: J. HOWELL, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel W. R. BABBITT, Montana State University, USA J. SHAW, Montana State University, USA Special Topics: Educational outreach and gender equity ICTP Laboratory opportunities for developing country scientists Optical Encryption Speakers: I. ASHRAF ZAHID, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan J. F. BARRERA, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia H. CABRERA, ICTP, Italy Applicants are encouraged to submit a 'Research Abstract'. Please use our templates (available below for download) to format your abstract in PDFs. A number of abstracts may be selected for a short contributed presentation. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 19 May 2022

@ Online -

ICTP College on Optics: Theory and Applications of Lidar | (smr 3706)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Joseph SHAW (Montana State University, USA), Joseph NIEMELA (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Commission for Opticsico, International Society for Optics and Photonicsspie, Optica (formerly OSA)optica, Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonicasiof, European Optical Societyeos

Support E-Mail: smr3706@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 12/05/2022**

Europe/Rome IMPORTANT: On Sunday, 15 May at 18:30 there will be a Welcome reception. All participants are cordially invited to attend. An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. This conference will be a venue for bringing together world-leading experts, young researchers, and new-comers to discuss and to tackle modern challenges in mesoscopic superconducting devices. Mesoscopic superconducting devices open up bright perspectives not only for current and future developments in quantum technologies but also to address fundamental physics. For example, a key for promising applications is utilizing the interplay between superconducting charge transport and energy dissipation in the form of microwave radiation and heat. Superconducting circuits are engineered to serve as bright sources of quantum microwave light and for the phase-coherent transfer of heat. From a different viewpoint, superconducting devices have been recognized as tools to realize, to probe and to control non-locality and topology in charge transport phenomena as well as strong correlations in many-body systems. The conference will provide a bridge of shared expertise between communities aiming from different angles at novel superconducting phenomena and quantum technologies. Topics include: • Sources and detection of quantum microwave light • Driven dissipative Josephson circuits • Many-body physics with novel Josephson devices and material designs • Modern Josephson transport and quantum phase slips • Heat transfer in superconducting devices Speakers: M. ABDI, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran C. ALTIMIRAS, CEA Saclay-Paris, France A. ARMOUR, The University of Nottingham, UK L. ARRACHEA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina C. AST, Max Plank FKF Stuttgart, Germany D. BASKO, Institut Neel, Grenoble, France, France W. BELZIG, University of Konstanz, Germany N. BOURLET, Sherbrooke University, Canada, Canada A. CLERK, University of Chicago, USA P. DELSING, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, Sweden Z. DOU, Universite Paris Sud, Paris, France, France F. GIAZOTTO, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy C. GIRIT, CEA Saclay-Paris, France M. GRIFONI, University of Regensburg, Germany P. HAKONEN, Aalto University, Finland F. HASSLER, RWTH Aachen University, Germany E. PALADINO, University of Catania, Italy H. HUTIN, Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, France N. KATZ, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel T. KONTOS, Universite Paris Sud, France A. LEVY YEYATI, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain M. MÖTTÖNEN, Aalto University, Finland J. PEKOLA, Aalto University School of Science, Finland M. PINO GARCIA, Institute of Fundamental Physics CSIC Madrid, Madrid I. POP, KIT, Physikalisches Institut, Germany H. POTHIER, Commissariat a L''Energie Atomique Saclay - Spec, France M. SÁNCHEZ, Bariloche Atomic Center, Argentina F. TADDEI, NEST NANO-CNR & Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy E. TURECI, Princeton University, USA A. USTINOV, Kfa - Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh, Germany D. VION, CEA Saclay-Paris, France S. VIRALLY, Sherbrooke University, Canada, Canada A. WALLRAFF, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Switzerland F. WILHELM-MAUCH, University of Saarbrücken, Germany C. WILSON, University Waterloo, Canada Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 20 May 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Quantum Microwaves, Heat Transfer and Many-Body Physics in Superconducting Devices | (smr 3704)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Joachim ANKERHOLD (Ulm University, Germany), Björn KUBALA (DLR and Ulm University, Germany), Ciprian PADURARIU (Ulm University, Germany), Nicolas ROCH (Institute Néel, France), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): IQST Integrated Quantum Science and Technologyiqst, Baden-Württemberg Stiftungbwst

Support E-Mail: smr3704@ictp.it

The deadline of 15 April 2022 is for applications to attend in presence. The deadline of 6 May 2022 is for applications to attend online.**DEADLINE: 06/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. This 5-day school consists of lectures and hands-on sessions on a wide range of electronic-structure methods based on Wannier functions. The event targets graduate students, early-career scientists and experienced users. Wannier functions (WFs) are used to understand the nature of chemical bonding, calculate topological and geometrical quantities, efficiently interpolate band-structure properties and more. This event includes highlight talks that provide a historical and broad perspective on WFs in electronic structure, dedicated lectures to the theory and methods of WFs, as well as hands-on tutorials at the basic and advanced level. The school is designed to allow participants to join both in-person and online, and covers a wide range of complex materials properties using the software packages listed below. Topics Maximally-localized Wannier functions (Wannier90) Advanced Wannier functions methods: symmetry-adapted, SCDM, transport (Wannier90) Partly occupied Wannier functions (ASE) Tight-binding models (PythTB) Topological properties (Z2pack & WannierTools) Berry-phase properties (WannierBerri) Automated wannierisation (AiiDA) Electron-phonon coupling (EPW) Dynamical mean-field theory (TRIQS) Speakers R. ARITA, Tokyo University and RIKEN, Japan S. BECK, Flatiron Institute, USA F. GIUSTINO, UT Austin, USA L. LIN, UC Berkeley, USA N. MARZARI, EPFL, Switzerland A. MOSTOFI, Imperial College London, UK Y. NOMURA, Keio University, Japan S. PONCÉ, EPL, Belgium J. QIAO, EPFL, Switzerland R. RESTA, CNR-IOM, Italy I. SOUZA, CFM and UPV, Spain K. THYGESEN, DTU, Denmark D. VANDERBILT, Rutgers University, USA M. VERGNIORY, DIPC, Spain V. VITALE, Imperial College London, UK Q. WU, IOPCAS, China J. YATES, Oxford University, UK Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. The School will be followed the week after (23 - 27 May 2022) by the Wannier 2022 Developers Meeting (smr 3757), devoted to foster integration between several packages composing the Wannier software ecosystem. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 20 May 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Wannier 2022 Summer School | (smr 3705)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Antimo MARRAZZO (University of Trieste), Sinisa COH (University of California, Riverside), Roxana MARGINE (Binghamton University - State University of New York), Giovanni PIZZI (EPFL), Stepan TSIRKIN (University of Zurich), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): University of Triesteust2, MAX EU Centre of Excellencemax, International School for Advanced Studiessissa3, Swiss National Center for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (NCCR MARVEL)marvel2, Psi-kpsi_k, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculairececam2

Support E-Mail: smr3705@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 20/03/2022**

Europe/Rome This is the culminating workshop of the Machine Learning (ML) in Electronic Structure (ES) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) training workshop that began in October 2021. The focus is to train African researchers in ML and its application in ES and MD. Description: A recap of the Python language, ML and Materials Databases will be made. This will be quickly followed by joint projects in materials discovery. Each day will feature hands on training sessions as well as two to three talks from experts in the eld presenting their research. Topics: • Introduction to the Python language • Introduction to Machine Learning (ML) • Databases for Materials Discovery • Machine Learning for force elds development for • MolecularDynamics(MD)Simulations • Machine Learning in Electronic Structure (ES) Speakers: O. Akin-Ojo (ICTP-EAIFR & Univ. Rwanda) J. Behler (Univ. Göttingen, Germany) M. Ceriotti (EPFL, Switzerland) B. Cheng (IST. Austria) G. Csanyi (Univ. Cambridge, U.K.) S. Cutarolo (Duke Univ. U.S.A.) S. de Gironcolli (SISSA, Trieste, Italy) L. Ghiringhelli (FHI, Berlin, Germany) A. Jain (LBNL, USA) E. Kucukbenli (Boston Univ., USA) A. Laio (SISSA, Italy) M. Parrinello (ETH, Zurich) G-M. Rignanese (UCL, Belgium) M. Scheffler (Fritz-Haber MPG, Germany Y. Shaidu (UC Berkely, U.S.A.) Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 20 May 2022

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Machine Learning in Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics | (smr 3702)

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

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Omololu Akin-Ojo (ICTP-EAIFR, Univ. Rwanda), Alessandro Laio (SISSA Trieste Italy), Steve Ndengue (ICTP-EAIFR, Univ. Rwanda), Gian-Marco Rignanesse (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium), Matthias Scheffler (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), ICTP Scientific Contact: Ali Hassanali (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): EPFLepfl, Mohammed VI Polytechnic Universitympu, Psi-k Networkpsi_k

Priority will be given to those who actively participated in the ML training from October 2021. There is no registration fee. **DEADLINE: 15/04/2022** **DEADLINE: 15/04/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting The aim of the course is to provide training in the foundations of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry in prime characteristic and to present some of the exciting recent developments. The local theory of prime characteristic singularities is a beautiful and historically important subject. Singularities which are defined in terms of the behaviour of the Frobenius endomorphism have been labeled “F-singularities”. The course gives an introduction on the most prominent F-singularity classes that emerged from Hochster–Huneke’s tight closure theory. Since its introduction in the late 1980s, it has had a dramatic effect on the field of commutative algebra. Tight closure gives unified proofs and strong generalisations of many major theorems in commutative algebra, as well stimulated recent proofs of longstanding conjectures. Topics: An overview of tight closure of ideals Test ideals Direct summands F-rational rings and rational singularities Hilbert-Kunz multiplicities Briançon-Skoda Theorems Big Cohen-Macaulay algebras The absolute integral closure Symbolic powers of ideals The localisation problem Uniform Artin-Rees results Speakers: I. ABERBACH, University of Missouri, USA F. ENESCU, Georgia State University, USA N. EPSTEIN, George Mason University, USA E. GRIFO, University of Nebraska, USA G. LYUBEZNIK, University of Minnesota, USA L. MA, Purdue University, USA T. POLSTRA, University of Virginia, USA I. SWANSON, Purdue University, USA V. TRIVEDI, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India K. TUCKER, University of Illinois, USA W. ZHANG, University of Illinois, USA Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays 1.00-3.00 pm GMT (link) Lectures. There will be 3 lectures and a tutorial on each topic each week. The speakers will provide detailed typed notes of their lectures on the day they finish their lectures. These notes will contain exercises which the participants should try to solve and submit to the tutorial instructor before 12 pm GMT on Fridays. Tutorials. The tutorial on each topic will be held a week after the lectures are delivered. The tutorial instructor will present solutions to problems assigned by the Lecturer that are received from the participants and discuss some material covered during the lectures. Grades will be assigned to the solutions. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2022 - 25 Jul 2022

@ Online -

Mathematics

Graduate Course on Tight Closure of Ideals and its Applications | (smr 3707)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): K. MADDOX (University of Kansas, USA), K. GOEL (University of Utah, USA), M.E. ROSSI (University of Genoa, Italy), N. V. TRUNG (Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam), J. K. VERMA (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India), Local Organiser: Lothar Goettsche (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3707@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/03/2022**

Europe/Rome Massimiliano Berti (SISSA) Abstract: I will give an overview of some developments about the long time dynamics of Hamiltonian partial differential equations, regarding the existence of periodic/quasi-periodic/almost periodic solutions, as well as long time Birkhoff normal form results, and chaotic dynamics and instability results. Hybrid Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 May 2022

@ Hybrid Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): Stable and Random motions in Hamiltonian PDEs

Room: room 128, SISSA (via Bonomea 265) + via Zoom

Speaker(s): Massimiliano Berti (SISSA)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95693331745 Meeting ID: 956 9333 1745 Password: 012022 Hybrid presence c/o Euler Lecture Hall + zoom meeting. Kindly note that the maximum number of participants in presence is 36 pp. Zoom Meeting + in presence ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 May 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: Searching for new physics by forward experiments

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Yasaman Farzan (IPM, Tehran)

Abstract. Despite the hopes and the excellent experimental performance, the main detectors of the LHC, CMS and ATLAS, have not discovered any new elementary particle so far. The search is however ongoing. It is conceivable that new physics involves light feebly-interacting particles that are emitted in the forward direction beyond the angular reach of these detectors. There is a rich program of forward experiments which can test such models. In this talk, I will discuss the potential of FASER$\nu$ and SND@LHC experiments in searching for new physics.

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome A virtual seminar jointly co-organized by the Science, Technology and Innovation Unit & the Marie Curie Library: Two talks by Dr. Tony Ross-Hellauer and by Prof. Jean-Sébastien Caux Talk 1 - Open science, done wrong, will compound inequalities: Reflections on dynamics of cumulative advantage and threats to equity in open environments Tony Ross-Hellauer (Graz University of Technology) Open Science holds the promise to make scientific endeavours more inclusive, participatory, understandable, accessible, and re-usable for large audiences. However, making processes open will not per se drive wide re-use or participation unless also accompanied by the capacity (in terms of knowledge, skills, financial resources, technological readiness and motivation) to do so. These capacities vary considerably across regions, institutions and demographics. Those advantaged by such factors will remain potentially privileged, putting Open Science’s agenda of inclusivity at risk of propagating conditions of “cumulative advantage”. This talk will summarise work done within the EC Horizon2020 project ON-MERRIT (2019-2022, https://on-merrit.eu/) to investigate these risks, especially as they relate to the stratifications of publishing becoming visible as a result of Open Access models predicated on Article Processing Charges. Talk 2 - SciPost and the reform of scientific publishing Jean-Sébastien Caux (University of Amsterdam) SciPost is a not-for-profit publishing initiative conceived, implemented and run by professional scientists. Leveraging the idea of openness, it aims to increase the utility and meaningfulness of the peer refereeing process. Committed to scientific quality, it aims to offer high-quality publishing venues, thereby bringing control of publishing into the hands of active academics. SciPost also implements a cost-slashing, institutions-backed consortial business model deprecating subscription fees or article processing charges, and aiming to shield scientists from the pernicious influence of profit-making in the publishing industry. This talk will summarize operations since the launch of the portal in 2016, share experiences gained, and provide perspectives for future developments in the reform of scientific publishing. Register in advance for this webinar on Zoom: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CgU5_rsiQA2ilZET3FtEaA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 May 2022

@ Virtual

STI Unit - Library Seminar on Open Science: Pitfalls of Open Science and Possible Solutions

Speaker(s): Tony Ross-Hellauer (Graz University of Technology)Jean-Sébastien Caux (University of Amsterdam)

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Lecture 8 of the ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint International Seminar Series on Weather and Climate: From Fundamentals to Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuce-orjIuGdY-H52Uoj03paRhzpIoIwBl Abstract The number of short-term and highly localized phenomena, such as thunderstorms, hailstorms, wind gusts or tornadoes, is expected to grow further in the coming years, with important repercussions in air traffic management activities (ATM). One of the main challenges for meteorologists is to improve the location and timing of such events that develop on small spatial and temporal scales. In this regard, the H2020 Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM (SINOPTICA) project aims to demonstrate that numerical weather forecasts with high spatial and temporal resolution, benefiting from the assimilation of radar data, in situ weather stations, GNSS and lightning data, could improve the prediction of severe weather events for the benefit of air traffic control (ATC) and ATM. To this purpose the output of the numerical simulations, carried out with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using a cycling 3D-VAR assimilation technique, and the output of a nowcasting algorithm, will be integrated into the Arrival Manager 4D-CARMA (4-Dimensional Cooperative Arrival Manager), an adaptive air traffic sequencing and management system for controllers. 4D-CARMA upgrades 4D trajectories avoiding areas affected by adverse phenomena with the aims of increasing flight safety and reducing controllers' and pilots' workload. The results prove that it is possible to improve the prediction of the above-mentioned events in line with expectations and ATM needs. Zoom Event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 May 2022

@ Zoom Event

Earth System Physics

ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint Seminar - Data Assimilation and Nowcasting for Air Traffic Management Purposes. Results from SINOPTICA Project

Speaker(s): MAZZARELLA Vincenzo, Int'l. Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Italy

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Europe/Rome Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfuirrjsoHNaP9S-AAAGJitkguz5r_2mG After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: In this talk we will discuss weighted endpoint estimates for the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function on the infinite rooted $k$-ary tree. Namely, we will show a variant of the Fefferman-Stein estimate with respect to the weights $(w, M_{s}w)$. Moreover, it is shown it is sharp, in the sense that it does not hold in general if $s=1$. This result is a generalization of the unweighted case ($w\equiv1$) independently obtained by Naor-Tao and Cowling-Meda-Setti. We will also present more general sufficient conditions for the strong estimates in the case $p>1$. This talk is based on joint works with Israel Rivera-Ríos (UNS&UMA) and Martíin Safe (UNS). Online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 May 2022

@ Online

Mathematics

Theory of weights in rooted k-trees

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Sheldy Ombrosi (Universidad Nacional del Sur)

This will be a hybrid seminar. All are very welcome to join either online or in person. Venue: Luigi Stasi Seminar Room (ICTP Leonardo Da Vinci Building), for those wishing to attend in person.

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome A panel discussion that will focus on how science can help to bring renewable energy conversion to the forefront of the world's future energy landscape. Panellists: Richard Catlow University College London, UK Co-President, InterAcademy Partnership Patchanita Thamyongkit Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (and 2013 ICTP Prize winner) (via Zoom) Moderator: Stephane Kenmoe University of Duisburg-Essen (and ICTP Diploma alumnus) Registration ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

18 May 2022

@ ICTP

The Importance of Basic Sciences in Addressing the Global Energy Crisis

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 Trieste

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development iybssd

Colloquium Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAldOuoqTkiEtDRPyfZcKmD4WXPD29fNcow After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: In this lecture compute the horizontal Vafa-Witten invariants, by using Mochizuki's formula, which allows to reduce the computation to Hilbert schemes of points. Then one can localization in a very similar way as for the vertical Vafa-Witten invariants. This computation confirms some of the predictions of S-duality in ranks 2 and 3. Furthermore, combining with the computations of $S$-duality we predict the generating functions for the horizontal Vafa-Witten invariants in rank at most 5. Online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

18 May 2022

@ Online

Mathematics

ICTP/IGAP Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Mochizuki's formula and the horizontal Vafa-Witten invariants

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Lothar Goettsche (ICTP)

This will be a hybrid seminar. All are very welcome to join either online or in person. Venue: Luigi Stasi Lecture Room (ICTP Leonardo Da Vinci Building), for those wishing to attend in person.

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/98935097004 Meeting ID: 989 3509 7004 Password: 013454 Hybrid presence c/o Euler Lecture Hall + zoom meeting. Kindly note that the maximum number of participants in presence is 36 pp. Zoom Meeting + in presence ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

19 May 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Gravity & Thermodynamics

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Shahin Sheikh Jabbari (IPM, Tehran)

Abstract. Last 50 years' developments have revealed deep relations between thermodynamics and gravity as formulated in Einstein general relativity, despite their apparent differences. These relations seem so fundamental and deep that they have prompted the idea that they may be telling us about the very nature of gravity. In this talk I review these salient features and discuss recent developments in the connection between gravity and thermodynamics. In particular, I describe how general covariance in gravity theories on spacetimes with a boundary leads to laws of thermodynamics at the boundary. We briefly discuss implications of these considerations for questions regarding black holes.

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The event aims to provide students, young researchers, and young professionals with critical skills and tools in areas such as mathematical and computational techniques for modelling and simulation of complex nuclear systems, high performance computing, and computational methods for processing and analyzing large data sets, applied in nuclear science and engineering. Topics Basic concepts/tools for computational nuclear science and engineering Fundamentals of nuclear observable challenges (computational methods for nuclear data; nuclear data for high fidelity, high performance reactor modelling and simulation) Advanced modelling and simulation methodologies (integrated multi-physics modelling for nuclear fusion plasma science; nuclear physic analysis in support of reactor design; reactor multi-physics modelling combined with digital measurement data) Open source data and codes for plasma/fusion/fission science and engineering Advanced computational methods (ML; algorithm development for data analysis in nuclear research; HPC; high performance humans in computing; data sciences for reactor systems) Lecturers: L. CHACON, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA J. CITRIN, DIFFER, Netherlands C. FIORINA, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland B. FORGET, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA A. GOMEZ TORRES, ININ, Mexico R. JAUREZ MANAS, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain M. KUCHERA, Davidson College, USA N. MURPHY, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA M.G. PIA, INFN, Italy J. RAGUSA, Texas A&M University, USA C. REA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA G. SCHNABEL, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, IAEA, Austria P. SHRIWISE, Argonne National Laboratory, USA N. TOURAN, TerraPower, USA Call for Contributed Abstracts: In the application form, all applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral/poster presentation. If applicable (see Grants section below), presenters may be awarded a grant to support their in-person attendance. Please make sure you use our templates to generate PDFs with 'Contributed Abstracts'. Templates are available below for download. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries and to those submitting an abstract. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced School/Workshop on Computational Nuclear Science and Engineering | (smr 3709)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Matteo BARBARINO (IAEA), Chirayu BATRA (IAEA), Kalle HEINOLA (IAEA), Jean-Christophe SUBLET (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, American Physical Societyaps

Support E-Mail: smr3709@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/04/2022****Note: the deadline on the 27th March 2022 is for all applications: online and all in-person applications. The deadline on the 30th of April 2022 is for only online applications.**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Online Meeting Communications skills, professional inter- and intra-personal skills, and career management are all much easier to learn and benefit from when taught explicitly rather than picked up casually in the course of technical training. This workshop is designed for scientists of all ages interested in being more successful scientists, colleagues, and mentors. Topics Scientific Presenting Scientific Writing & Editing Communications Barriers Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Mentoring Decision Making & Leadership Career Planning & Advancement Networking Cross-Cultural Collaboration Social Mediafor Scientists Getting & Giving Feedback Building Effective Work Cultures Customizing Messaging for Audiences Conflict Management Science Diplomacy & Policy Science Outreach & Engagement Call for participants: Scientists of all ages are welcome to apply. This workshop is suitable for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, early career scientists, and senior scientists looking to become better managers and mentors, and teach professional skills to their mentees. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022

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New Research Areas (Physics and Development)

Professional and Communications Training for Scientists | (smr 3710)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Stephane KENMOE (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen), Ali HASSANALI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Kelsey Calhoun (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3710@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 06/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The Wannier 2022 Developers Meeting gathers the community that sustains various software packages built around the concept of maximally-localised Wannier functions (MLWF), strengthening interactions between the developers and promoting a synergetic research and software ecosystem. Several independent packages exploiting MLWFs and the WANNIER90 code exist nowadays, targeting a number of methods and properties such as electron-phonon coupling (EPW), topological properties (Z2Pack, WannierTools), Berry-phase related properties (WannierBerri), tight-binding models (PythTB, TBModels), high-throughput calculations (AiiDA-Wannier90), strongly-correlated materials (TRIQS) and more. The Wannier 2022 Developers Meeting is open to any developer working on software related to Wannier functions. The event will start with a round of invited technical talks to update all participants on current efforts in the Wannier ecosystem, while the second half of the meeting will be devoted to coding sessions and discussions between the participants. Code developers will have the opportunity to cooperate on integrating and interconnecting different packages into an organic ecosystem, share capabilities and exchange ideas, while contributing to drawing a roadmap for future developments of the software related to Wannier functions. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. The developers meeting is preceded the week before (16 - 20 May 2022) by the Wannier 2022 Summer School (smr 3705), that consists of lectures and hands-on sessions on a wide range of electronic-structure methods based on Wannier functions. The school targets graduate students, early-career scientists and experienced users. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022

@ ICTP

Wannier 2022 Developers Meeting | (smr 3757)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Support E-Mail: smr3705@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 20/03/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting Thermal management is becoming more relevant nowadays in ever decreasing-size electronic and optical devices generating more heat per unit volume, and in materials used in jet engines. We have witnessed many advances in the theories of thermal transport in the past decade: discovery of new excitations, a better understanding beyond the Fourier regime, description of highly anharmonic systems are but a few examples. Topics: Anharmonic transport at high-temperatures Solid-solid phase change materials Systematic methods for high-throughput calculations Machine-learned potentials, their speed and success in predicting thermal properties Phonon hydrodynamics, relevant excitations Electron-phonon coupling Advances in solving Boltzmann Transport Equation Amorphous and disordered systems Phonon coherence in superlattices Phonon metamaterials, phonon engineering and novel phononic devices Excitations in strongly anharmonic systems Speakers: J. ALARIA, University of Liverpool, UK S.M.V. ALLAEI, University of Tehran, Iran X. ALVAREZ, UAB, Spain A.A. BALANDIN, UC Riverside, USA M. BERNARDI, CALTECH, USA G. CASATI, University of Insubria, Italy A. CEPELOTTI, Harvard University, USA G. CHEN, MIT, USA O. DELAIRE, Duke University, USA A. DHAR, ICTS-TIFR, India K. ESFARJANI, University of Virginia, USA Z. FAN, Varian and Aalto University, Finland A. FIORENTINO, SISSA, Italy G. FUGALLO, CNRS, France M. HILKE, McGill University, Canada M. HU, University of South Carolina, USA C. HUA, ORNL, USA F. KNOOP, Linköping University, Sweden S. LEE, University of Pittsburgh, USA C. LEWENKOPF, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil B. LIAO, UC Santa Barbara, USA T. LUO, University of Notre Dame, USA I.J. MAASILTA, University of Jyväskylä, Finland F. MAURI, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy A. MCGAUGHEY, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA C. MELIS, University of Cagliari, Italy N. MINGO, CEA, France A.J. MINICH, CALTECH, USA B. MORTAZAVI, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany L. PAULATTO, CNRS & Sorbonne University, France A. RAJABPOUR, IKU, Iran N. RAVICHANDRAN, IISc, India G. ROMANO, MIT, USA I. SAVIC, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland A. SHAKOURI, Purdue University, USA J. SHIOMI, University of Tokyo, Japan T. TADANO, NIMS, Japan Z. TIAN, Cornell University, USA S. VOLZ, CNRS, University of Tokyo, Japan J.S. WANG, National University of Singapore, Singapore Applicants are encouraged to submit poster abstracts (maximum 2). A number of abstracts will be selected for a poster session. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 May 2022 - 3 Jun 2022

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Recent Progress in Thermal Transport Theory and Experiments | (smr 3711)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Keivan ESFARJANI (University of Virginia, USA), Ralph GEBAUER (ICTP, Italy), Mikhail KISELEV (ICTP, Italy), Luiz Felipe C. PEREIRA (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3711@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 07/05/2022**

Activity

30 May 2022 - 3 Jun 2022

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Structural Genome: Merging Physics, Biology and Computation | (smr 3712)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Thomas C Bishop (Louisiana Tech University (USA)), Catherine Musselman (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (USA)), Angelo Rosa (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA, Italy)), Tamar Schlick (New York University (USA)), Jeff Wereszczynski (Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3712@ictp.it

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. Nano/mesoscale mechanical and rheological response with dissipation has become, thanks to the very broad range of experimental/theoretical approaches, a novel local diagnostic and even spectroscopic tool, as well as a playground of sophisticated non-equilibrium statistical physics. The physics of nanoscale mechanical dissipation is relevant to sliding nanofriction, to technological themes such as lubrication or finger-touchscreen friction, to soft and granular matter, to nanofrictional emulation in optical lattices, to active matter, to quantum and classical processes in noncontact AFM, and beyond. Between condensed matter physics, nanomechanics, materials science and engineering, this interdisciplinary area is of considerable conceptual value as a modern subject in non-equilibrium physics, and of the potential relevance of neighbouring fields such as fatigue, wear, lubrication, rheology, and biomechanics. As is well established in ICTP Trieste since 1995, we will collect the world community active in these fields, including groups in emerging countries, mixing theoretical, simulation and experimental highlights, and identifying future directions of motion of research in this lively arena. Topics: From dissipation to superlubricity Atomistic friction of 2D layered materials Nanomanipulation and dynamics of nano-objects at surfaces Tribology of confined systems and lubricants under shear Frictional dynamics in soft and active matter Friction in powders and granular systems Fundamentals of friction theory Electronic, magnetic and quantum friction Surface and bulk processes and transitions detected by noncontact AFM dissipation Tribochemistry, triboelectricity, biotribological effects Trends in experimental and computational techniques Speakers: A. BENASSI, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Italy R. BENNEWITZ, Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany R. BUZIO, CNR SPIN, Italy C. CAFOLLA, Durham University, UK X. CAO, University of Konstanz, Germany R. CARPICK, University of Pennsylvania, USA E.M. CHANDROSS, Sandia National Laboratories, USA E. CIHAN, TU Dresden, Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Germany C.A. DRUMMOND SUINAGA, Paul-Pascal Centre, CNRS, France A. GIACOMELLO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy E. GNECCO, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland N.N. GOSVAMI, Indian Institute of Technology, India B.W. GOTSMANN, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland R. GUERRA, University of Milan, Italy T. HEIMBURG, University of Copenhagen, Denmark E. KOREN, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel H. LÖWEN, University of Düsseldorf, Germany M. MA, Tsinghua University, China T. MA, Tsinghua University, China N. MANINI, University of Milan, Italy M.C. MARCHETTI, University of California Santa Barbara, USA L.D. MARKS, Northwestern University Evanston, USA A. MARTINI, University of California Merced, USA T.E. MEHLSTÄUBLER, PTB & Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany A. MESCOLA, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy M. MUSER, Saarland University, Germany O. NOEL, CNRS, Le Mans Université, LPEC, France A. OLLIER, University of Basel, Switzerland W. OUYANG, School of chemisty Tel Aviv University, Israel L. PASTEWKA, University of Freiburg, Germany R. PAWLAK, University of Basel, Switzerland B. PERSSON, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany J.B. PETHICA, Trinity College, Ireland A. PETRI, CNR Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Italy E. RIEDO, NYU - Tandon School of Engineering, USA A. SCHIRMEISEN, Justus-Liebig University, Germany A. SIRIA, CNRS ENS, LPS Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, France P. TIERNO, University of Barcelona, Spain M. URBAKH, Tel-Aviv University, Israel G. DE VILHENA, University of Basel, Switzerland Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for contributed talk. A number of short oral presentation slots will be available for some of them upon selection. During the application please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract in PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Accepted participants will be able to attend in remote or — strictly following Italian sanitary rules as they will be applicable at the time of the conference, and depending on the very limited number of available places — in person. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page ICTP Access Guidelines for Visitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 May 2022 - 2 Jun 2022

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Dissipation Mechanisms in Nano/Mesoscale Tribological Systems | (smr 3713)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ernst MEYER (University of Basel, Switzerland), Andrea VANOSSI (CNR-IOM, Italy), Quanshui ZHENG (Tsinghua University, China), Erio TOSATTI (ICTP/SISSA, Italy), Local Organiser: Erio Tosatti (SISSA)

Cosponsor(s): Tsinghua Universitytsing, University of Baselunibas, International School for Advanced Studiessissa3, Istituto per l’Officina dei Materialicnr-iom2

Support E-Mail: smr3713@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 20/05/2022****Note: the deadline on 20 April 2022 is for all applications including those needing financial support and/or visa and on 20 May 2022 - all other applications.**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting Please submit your application on ICTP portal (on the left "Apply here") within DEADLINE 1 May 2022 In the application OU Certificate and supporting documents are mandatory The Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development 2022 (#SDSummerSchool) will be held from 30th May to 16th June. Hosted by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), this is a fantastic opportunity to get free training, access to discussion forums, and coaching skills in models and tools for all of your energy planning needs. There are six tracks listed below, each focusing on different tools. Note that you must complete the Open University course of your one desired track and obtain a certificate as part of your application to the Summer School (see this link to the courses and video instructions on how to enrol on a OU course). The tracks are developed with UNDESA, IAEA, UNDP, IRENA, The World Bank Group, GIZ, the OpTIMUS community of practice, several universities, and the Climate Compatible Growth (#CCG) program. The Summer School is split into two parts: (1) you will be trained to build on the skills you obtained from the Open University course; (2) you will use your new skills to conduct analyses on country-specific case studies, with assistance being provided from trainers. Please see programme overview at the bottom of this page. Besides receiving the certificate of completion from the Open University Course, you will also receive an ICTP certificate on attendance and successful completion of the Summer School (obtained after attending the Summer School). Tracks: OnSSET/The Global Electrification Platform Energy and Flexibility Modelling: OSeMOSYS & FlexTool Financial Analysis of Power Sector Projects using the FinPlan Model Energy demand assessment and scenarios: MAED and EBS tools Introduction to CLEWs Agent-based energy systems modelling: MUSE For detailed description of the different tracks, click here. Prerequisites: The prerequisites to be admitted to the Summer School are provided at the bottom of this page. Computer & connection requirements: Note that participants will require a computer with stable internet access to participate in the training. It is recommended that participants have at least 8 GB of RAM and a relatively new computer. Nonetheless, specific tracks have additional computer requirements: - Energy and Flexibility Modelling: OSeMOSYS & FlexTool: Windows 10 computer with Access Database OR Mac OS, 8GB RAM, MS Office. - Introduction to CLEWs: Windows 10 computer, 8GB RAM. Troubleshooting Support: Support in completing the OU tracks will be provided during the application period on ZOOM on 23 and 30 of March and on 6, 13 and 27 of April 2022 until the application period closes. If this time does not suit you, please contact General Inquiries and we may be able to allocate a different time to assist you. Zoom links to troubleshooting sessions by track are published here: Link to Track Time OnSSET/The Global Electrification Platform Energy and Flexibility Modelling: OSeMOSYS & FlexTool Financial Analysis of Power Sector Projects using the FinPlan Model Energy demand assessment and scenarios: MAED and EBS tools Introduction to CLEWs Agent-based energy systems modelling: MUSE 13.00 CET/Vienna time 13.00 CET/Vienna time 13.30 CET/Vienna time 13.30 CET/Vienna time 13.00 CET/Vienna time 14.00 CET/Vienna time For selected applicants the Induction Session will be held on the 23rd of May, from 11:00 GMT to 15:00 GMT. Registration: There is no registration fee. However, competition for space is very high and limited. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 May 2022 - 16 Jun 2022

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Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development 2022 | (smr 3763)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mark HOWELLS (Loughborough University & Imperial College London, UK), Carla CANNONE (Loughborough University & Imperial College London, UK), Naomi TAN (Loughborough University & Imperial College London, UK), Rudolf YEGANYAN (Loughborough University & Imperial College London, UK), Riccardo FARNETI (ICTP, Italy), Fred KUCHARSKI (ICTP, Italy), Adrian Mark TOMPKINS (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Adrian Mark Tompkins (ICTP)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3763@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/05/2022**

Europe/Rome Carolina Vera is Full Professor at the School of Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Principal Researcher of Argentina National Council of Sciences (CONICET). She has been the Director of the Argentinean-French Institute for Climate Studies and its impacts, jointly sponsored by UBA, CONICET, of Argentina and "Centre national de la recherche scientifique" (CNRS), Deputy Dean of the School of Sciences of UBA and Director of the Center for Atmosphere and Ocean Research (CIMA)/ UBA- CONICET. Between December 2019 and September 2021, she was Chief staff of the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Argentina. Dr. Vera has long research experience on understanding, simulating and predicting climate variability and change and its impact on socioeconomic sectors, like agriculture. She coordinated many recognized international research projects and programs related with climate variability and change. She has authored several peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and book chapters. She was awarded by the American Meteorological Society with the “Cleveland Abbe” Award, "For unselfish devotion to advancing and communicating climate science to decision makers and stakeholders in South America and across the world". She is currently Vice-Chair of WG1Bureau of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change). She was Coordinator of “Pampa Azul: the Interministerial initiative of Argentina for Ocean Sciences” and Coordinator of the report on the physical basis of climate change for the 3rd national communication of Climate Change of Argentina. She has served in International Panels like the Scientific Advisory Panel of the World Meteorological Organization, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change (IAI), Future Earth Science Committee, World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Joint Scientific Committee, Independent Science Panel of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Scientific Committee of the Transformation to Sustainability Program of International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the Committee of the American Meteorological Society for Meteorology and Oceanography of the Southern Hemisphere. ABSTRACT: Variability in regional climate arises from natural and anthropogenic forcings, internal variability including the local expression of large-scale remote drivers, and the feedbacks between them. Due to the many possible drivers of variability and change, quantifying the interplay between internal variability and any externally forced component is crucial in attempts to attribute causes of regional climate changes and to increase the confidence on future regional climate change information. I will first briefly introduce the sources of regional variability that can be grouped in forcings controlling regional climate and the internal drivers of regional climate variability. I will discuss ways of managing uncertainties in regional climate change information and how to identify the physical causes of past and future regional climate change. I will then present a regional climate change attribution study of precipitation trend in a specific region and discuss the robustness and emergence of anthropogenic signal in future regional climate change. I will end by presenting the storylines methodology as a way of constructing regional climate information providing a set of physically coherent descriptions of plausible future changes at regional scales. The Colloquium will be held in the Budinich Lecture Hall on the ICTP Campus. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the event. (A separate Zoom ID will be available in due course for those who wish to participate via remote.) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

30 May 2022

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ICTP Colloquium on "Interplay between Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Climate Change at Regional Scales" by Prof. Carolina Vera, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET, Argentina

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): by Prof. Carolina Vera, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET, Argentina

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Lecture 9 of the ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint International Seminar Series on Weather and Climate: From Fundamentals to Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuce-orjIuGdY-H52Uoj03paRhzpIoIwBl Abstract Climate model simulations are known to be sensitive to parameter choices in the sub grid-scale representation of deep convection, as deep convection plays a critical role in the transport of heat and momentum globally. Over the years, it has also become evident that the intermodel spread in the warming response to anthropogenic forcing is largely driven by uncertainties in the magnitude of the cloud feedback in the tropics, specifically the low cloud feedback. In this talk, I will discuss how parameterization differences among models and changes to deep convection in response to anthropogenic warming are likely contributing significantly to the intermodel spread in the tropical cloud feedback. I will present evidence of two physical pathways linking deep convection to low clouds and their response to anthropogenic forcing: the "Radiation-Subsidence" Pathway and the "Stability" Pathway. In a warmer world, the tropical overturning circulation is projected to weaken. We find that the overturning circulation does not weaken as much in climate models with more stable tropospheres, which ultimately leads to a more positive low cloud feedback (Stability Pathway). Differences in deep convective parameterization modifying deep convection onset thresholds – such as the fractional rate of entrainment into convective updrafts – can contribute significantly to this intermodel spread in static stability. Additionally, changes to the total area occupied by deep convection in the tropics modify the high cloud fraction, which is linked to subsidence changes and the low cloud feedback (Radiation-Subsidence Pathway). Results from both the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) and a perturbation physics ensemble in the Community Earth System model (NCAR CESM) will be presented and discussed. Zoom Event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

31 May 2022

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Earth System Physics

ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint Seminar - Impacts of Deep Convection on the Tropical Low Cloud Feedback and Climate Sensitivity

Speaker(s): SCHIRO Kathleen, University of Virginia, USA

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Europe/Rome ONLINE APPLICATION IS OPEN! PLEASE USE THE "APPLY HERE" BUTTON ON THE LEFT. Applicants are encouraged to present their case studies. Candidates wishing to do so will be requested to provide a short abstract during application process. During selection of applications, priority will be given to Asian candidates that are part of the ICTP TinyML Academic Network. Interested candidates from other regions: - Potential candidates from Latin America are invited to consider applying for a dedicated edition of this online activity: Latin American Regional Workshop on SciTinyML: Scientific Use of Machine Learning on Low-Power Devices (see: smr.3721) - The African Regional Workshop on SciTinyML: Scientific Use of Machine Learning on Low-Power Devices has been held from 25 to 29 April 2022 (see: smr.3708) * * * TinyML is a subfield of Machine Learning focused on developing models that can be executed on small, real-time, low-power, and low-cost embedded devices. This allows for new scientific applications to be developed at an extremely low cost and at large scale. The TinyML process starts with collecting data from IoT devices, then training the collected dataset to extract knowledge patterns; these patterns are then packaged into a TinyML model that considers the target microprocessor’s limited resources such as memory and processing power. The resulting model is then deployed on embedded devices where it is used to evaluate new sensor data in real-time. Typically, power requirements are in the mW range and below which enables a variety of use-cases targeting battery operated devices. TinyML represents a collaborative eﬀort between the embedded power systems and Machine Learning communities, which traditionally have operated independently. TOPICS • ML general concepts • Introduction to TinyML • Getting started with the TinyML training kit • Examples of TinyML applications • Scientific Applications of ML Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Jun 2022 - 10 Jun 2022

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Asian regional workshop on SciTinyML: Scientific Use of Machine Learning on Low-Power Devices | (smr 3715)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Rosdiadee Nordin (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Scienceshseas1, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysiaukm, seeed studioseeed

Priority will be given to Asian participants that are part of the ICTP TinyML Academic Network**DEADLINE: 25/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Meeting in presence Microbial communities populate every corner of our planet, providing essential services to the ecosystems they are part of. The forces shaping their organization act on wide spatial and temporal scales. The fundamental constituents of communities are individual cells, which, typically, experience a local environment of the order of tens of microns and duplicate as fast as 20 minutes. On the other hand, microbial communities modify the environment on a scale of tens of meters. Understanding how the interactions, the environmental fluctuations, and the phenotypic heterogeneity occurring at the micro-scale affect the large-scale properties of microbial communities is one of the main challenges in microbial ecology. More broadly, microbial communities are the prototypical example of complex adaptive systems: a large number of heterogeneous, adaptive, agents interact at a microscopic scale giving rise to emergent properties at the macroscopic scale. This huddle aims at bringing together experimentalists and theorists to develop new understanding and new approaches to connect the fundamental biological processes occurring at the microscale with the phenomena observed at the macroscale. Topics: Microbial ecology Theoretical community ecology Spatial ecology Eco-evolutionary dynamics Stochastic processes Single-cell experimental ecology Macroecology Ecological networks Population genetics Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Microbial Communities Across Scales | (smr 3714)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Otto X. CORDERO (MIT), Alma DAL CO (Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research for Microbiomes), Silvia DE MONTE (CNRS, Institute of Biology of ENS), Ricardo Martinez GARCIA (ICTP-SAIFR), Rodrigo ROCHA (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Antonio CELANI (ICTP), Matteo MARSILI (ICTP), Emanuele PANIZON (ICTP), Local Organiser: Jacopo Grilli (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3714@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/03/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Virtual Meeting This School is a certificate 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

6 Jun 2022 - 17 Jun 2022

@ Online -

Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School | (smr 3716)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maria Elena URSO (IAEA, Austria), Alesia IUNIKOVA (IAEA, Austria), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3716@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 20/03/2022**

Europe/Rome Lecture 10 of the ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint International Seminar Series on Weather and Climate: From Fundamentals to Applications Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuce-orjIuGdY-H52Uoj03paRhzpIoIwBl Abstract Convective organization at mesoscales (hundreds of kilometres) is ubiquitous in the tropics, but the physical processes behind it are still poorly understood. Organization can be forced by the large scales, such as surface temperature gradients. But convective organization can also arise from internal feedbacks, such as "self-aggregation" feedbacks. Self-aggregation refers to the spectacular ability of deep clouds to spontaneously cluster in space despite spatially homogeneous conditions and no large-scale forcing, in high-resolution cloud-resolving models (CRMs).Because of the idealized settings in which self-aggregation has been studied (typically radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE) over homogeneous sea-surface temperature (SST)), its relevance to the real tropics is debated. In this presentation, we will investigate the impact of removing some of these idealizations on the aggregation process. Specifically, we will investigate the impact of inhomogeneous SSTs on convective aggregation. In a first step, we will investigate how an idealized warm circular SST anomaly, referred to as "hot-spot", helps organize convection, and how self-aggregation feedbacks modulate this organization. The presence of a hot-spot significantly accelerates aggregation, particularly for larger domains and warmer/larger hot-spots, and extends the range of SSTs for which aggregation occurs. In that case, the aggregation onset results from a large-scale circulation induced by the hot-spot.In a second step, we will investigate the interaction of aggregation with an interactive surface (local SST evolving according to the surface energy budget). The results will be interpreted in light of a simple model for the boundary layer circulation. Zoom Event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

14 Jun 2022

@ Zoom Event

Earth System Physics

ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint Seminar - How Do Ocean Temperature Anomalies Favor or Disfavor the Aggregation of Deep Convective Clouds?

Speaker(s): MULLER Caroline, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Europe/Rome Subir Sachdev is a condensed matter physicist well known for his research on quantum phase transitions and its application to a variety of quantum materials, such as the high temperature superconductors. His research seeks to illuminate the boundary between the everyday world we live in—in which many but not all phenomena can be explained through classical physics—and the subatomic world of quantum physics. These two worlds come together at a "quantum phase transition”, where there is a change in the macroscopic character of the quantum state describing a many-particle system, and manifestations of quantum entanglement appear naturally at long distances. His book Quantum Phase Transitions (Cambridge University Press, 1999 and 2011) has formed the basis of much subsequent research. More recently he pioneered the application of string theory to the study of quantum phase transitions in systems of ultracold bosons, and to the “strange metal” state found in many modern materials. Sachdev was educated in India before attending MIT and Harvard where he obtained his PhD degree in theoretical physics. He held professional positions at Bell Labs (1985–1987) and at Yale University (1987–2005), where he was a Professor of Physics, before returning to Harvard as Herchel Smith Professor of Physics. He also holds a visiting position as the James Clerk Maxwell Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Physical Society and has been awarded several honors, among them the Lorentz Chair, Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University in 2012, and the Salam Distinguished Lecturer at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste in 2014. He is a former Member of ICTP's Scientific Council. Abstract of the Colloquium: Entanglement is the strangest feature of quantum theory, often dubbed ''spooky action at a distance’’. Quantum entanglement can occur on a macroscopic scale with trillions of electrons, leading to novel superconductors which can conduct electricity without resistance even at relatively high temperatures. These superconductors also display a “strange metal” regime in which individual electrons lose their identity. Related entanglement structures arise across the horizon of a black hole, and give rise to Hawking’s quantum paradox. I will introduce and describe these long-standing problems in two very different fields of physics, and review progress in resolving them using insights from the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served on the Leonardo Building Terrace after the event. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

14 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium by Prof. Subir Sachdev, Harvard University, USA, on "Quantum Entanglement at all Distances"

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34152 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. Subir Sachdev, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics at Harvard University, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Activity

17 Jun 2022

@ Online -

Joint Summer School Round Table Meeting | (smr 3767)

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

Room: Online

**DEADLINE: 01/06/2022**

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 organized in 2008 by several organizations, 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 will take place in Trieste in 2022. EuroDIG ‘Messages’ are prepared and presented to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

18 Jun 2022 - 22 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

2022 European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) | (smr H631)

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

Room: SISSA Auditorium in via Beirut

Organizer(s): EuroDIG, ICTP Local Organizer: Marco Zennaro, ICTP, EuroDIG: Sandra Hoferichter

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. Adiabatic quantum computing and quantum annealing are promising technologies to be used in near-future quantum devices. The conference, hosting the annual Adiabatic Quantum Computing Conference AQC2022, will deal with academic and basic studies of these topics, with a broad focus. It will bring together world-leading experts in quantum science and technologies from different areas of condensed matter, photonics and atomic-and-molecular physics to discuss together their latest results and viewpoints. The scientific focus will be on theoretical, numerical, and experimental trends. The meeting will collect, as is well established in Trieste, the world community active in these fields, for fruitful encounters and exchanges, and with an intense mixing of theoretical, simulation and experimental experiences, including emerging countries, in line with the mission of ICTP. In addition to about 12 invited speakers, a number of shorter contributed presentations will also be accepted. Topics: Quantum annealing hardware Open quantum systems Quantum annealing simulation and benchmarks Optimal control for closed and open systems Efficient encoding schemes Basic theories of quantum annealing and related topics Speakers: M. AMIN, D-Wave, Canada L. CAMPOS VENUTI, USC, USA N. CHANCELLOR, Durham University, UK H. CHEN, LBNL, USA D. FRANÇA, University of Copehagen, Denmark K. MICHIELSEN, Jülich Forschungszentrum, Germany M. MOHSENI, Google, USA S. NOVIKOV, Northrop Grumman, USA S. SUZUKI, Saitama Medical University, Japan P. WARBURTON, UCL, UK Y. YAMAMOTO, NTT Research, USA J. YODER, MIT-LL, USA >>Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for contributed talk. >>A number of short oral presentation slots will be available for some of them upon selection. >>During the application please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract in PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP Conference on Adiabatic Quantum Computation / Quantum Annealing (hosting AQC2022) | (smr 3718)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Daniel LIDAR (USC, USA), Hidetoshi NISHIMORI (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Frank WILHELM-MAUCH (Jülich, Germany), Eleanor RIEFFEL (NASA, USA), Giuseppe Ernesto SANTORO (SISSA, Italy), Antonello SCARDICCHIO (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculairececam2, Trieste Institute for the Theory of Quantum Technologies (TQT)tqt

Support E-Mail: smr3718@ictp.it

**Note: the deadline on 22 April 2022 is for applications needing financial support and/or visa and on 15 May 2022 for all other applications.****DEADLINE: 15/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. During the last 5-10 years, a large number of extreme weather and climate events in Europe and worldwide have occurred, causing damage to infrastructure and casualties especially in developing countries. This has raised the question about the role of climate change in altering the odds or the magnitude of a number of such events and the new "science of attribution" has began with several attribution published all around the world. The aim of the school is to define techniques to tackle the problem of attributing meteorological extreme events to climate change by mean of machine learning technologies. Lectures will also focus on determining causal links of extreme events with the underlying climate dynamics as the atmospheric circulation. The school will also discuss and provide the bases for communicating attribution results to the general public, stakeholders and other scientists in an exact although non specialist language. Topics: Dynamics and thermodynamics of extreme events (including heatwaves, cold spells, severe convective events, tropical and extra-tropical cyclones, compound extremes at different scales) Statistical tools for extreme event attribution (including rare events algorithms, compound climate extremes, storylines, casual inference, downscaling and bias correction) Machine Learning for extreme event attribution (including phyisics-aware machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence for climate sciences, casual discovery algorithms for extreme events) Outreach and communication training (including a creative writing workshop, communication of extreme event attribution to the general public, school outreach activities and outreach videogames) Speakers: E. BARNES, Colorado State U, USA E. BEVACQUA, UFZ Leipzig, Germany G. CAMPS-VALLS, ISP-UVEG, Spain E. COPPOLA, ICTP, Italy E. COUGHLAN DE PEREZ, RCCC, Netherlands D. COUMOU, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands D. FARANDA, LSCE CNRS, France M.A. FERNÁNDEZ-TORRES, ISP-UVEG, Spain E. FISCHER, ETH Zurich, Switzerland L. FRASER, Met Office, UK A. JEZEQUEL, IPSL-LMD, France S. KLEIN, OCE, France M. KRETSCHMER, U Reading, UK G. MESSORI, Uppsala U, Sweden F. OTTO, Imperial College, UK J. RUNGE, DLR, Germany T. SHEPHERD, U Reading, UK R. SINGH, RCCC, Netherlands S. SIPPEL, ETH Zurich, Switzerland P. SUAREZ, RCCC, Netherlands R. VAUTARD, IPSL CNRS, France M. VRAC, LSCE, France P. YIOU, LSCE, France Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for contributed talk. A number of short oral presentation slots will be available for some of them upon selection. During the application please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract in PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Accepted participants will be able to attend in remote or strictly following Italian sanitary rules as they will be applicable at the time of the conference, and depending on the very limited number of available places in person. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page ICTP Access Guidelines for Visitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Jun 2022 - 1 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Attribution of Climate Extremes | (smr 3717)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Emanuele BEVACQUA (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany), Erika COPPOLA (ICTP, Italy), Dim COUMOU (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands), Davide FARANDA (LSCE-IPSL, CNRS, France), Aglae JEZEQUEL (LMD, ENS Paris, France), Robert VAUTARD (LSCE-IPSL, CNRS, France), Mathieu VRAC (LSCE-IPSL, CNRS, France), Pascal YIOU (LSCE-IPSL, CEA, CNRS, France), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): European Unioneu, eXtreme events : Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Attributionxaida

Support E-Mail: smr3717@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 24/04/2022**

Europe/Rome The AGRA series of summer schools (Santiago de Chile, 2012; Cusco, 2015; Córdoba, 2018; Online, 2021) has as its goal to foster the development of number theory in Latin America: it provides a formative experience for young researchers, and it also helps bring together more senior or mid-career mathematicians working in the field. It has been our tradition to have all courses and associated discussions in Spanish or Portuguese, in part so as to make all activities accessible to all students in Latin America, regardless of their English proficiency. The target audience of AGRA includes undergraduate students, graduate students and young researchers with a serious interest in number theory and neighboring fields. Due to the pandemic situation, AGRA IV was divided in two instalments. The first one was an ICTP – IMPA Online School that took place on August 16 – 20, 2021, with four minicourses covering topics in arithmetic combinatorics, arithmetic geometry, square-tiled surfaces and algebraic number theory (see http://indico.ictp.it/event/9617/). The plan for this second instalment, which shall happen in hybrid mode in the state of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, is to have another group of minicourses, followed by tutorials and problem sessions. Minicourses will be as follows: Minicourse 1: Interactions between ergodic theory and number theory • Joel Moreira (Warwick, UK) • Sebastián Donoso (Univ. de Chile) Minicourse 2: Applications of homology and cohomology in group theory • Lev Glebsky (Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico) • Dessislava Kochloukova (Unicamp, Brazil) Minicourse 3: Expansion, divisibility and parity: a walk on numbers and graphs • Harald Helfgott (Univ. Göttingen, Germany/ CNRS, France) • Adrián Ubis (UAM, Spain) Minicourse 4: Arithmetic groups and homogenous dynamics • Sebastian Hurtado-Salazar (Univ. Chicago, USA) • Plinio Pino (UFF, Brazil) Minicourse 5: Mori dream surfaces • Michela Artebani (Univ. de Concepción, Chile) • Antonio Laface (Univ. de Concepción, Chile) Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022

@ Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil

Mathematics

AGRA IV (Arithmetic, Groups and Analysis) - Part 2 | (smr 3695)

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

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Mikhail Belolipetsky (IMPA), Dimitar Dimitrov (UNESP), Harald Helfgott (Göttingen/CNRS), Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal), Yuri Lima (Universidade Federal do Ceara), Suely Lima (IMPA), Roberto Miatello (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Ariel Pacetti (Universidade de Aveiro), Plinio Pino (UFF), Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Emanuel Carneiro (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Instituto Serrapilheiraserra, Alexander von Humboldtavh, INCTMat inctmat, IMPAimpa, CNPqcnpq

**DEADLINE: 15/05/2022** Grants will be given to a selected number of participants. On-site participants should either have been fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID. **DEADLINE: 15/05/2022**

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92144815303 Meeting ID: 921 4481 5303 Passcode: 012468 Kindly note that the maximum number of participants in presence is 36 pp. Zoom Meeting + in presence ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

21 Jun 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Abhiram Kidambi (Kavli IPMU, Tokyo)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99626576558 Meeting ID: 996 2657 6558 Passcode: 018136 Kindly note that the maximum number of participants in presence is 36 pp. Zoom Meeting + in presence ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

23 Jun 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Luca Vecchi

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting “Youth in high dimensions” gives to young researchers from academia and industry the opportunity to gather and present recent results on high-dimensional statistical problems, in areas ranging from machine learning and inference to neuroscience or statistical physics. Typical problems in high-dimensions include estimating noisy signals (compressed sensing, PCA and tensor decomposition), analysing (deep) neural-networks, detecting communities in large networks, or modelling disordered spin systems. These seemingly unrelated problems share many similarities in their phenomenology and in the tools used to analyse 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: High-dimensional statistics Statistical physics Machine learning Complex systems Random matrix theory Computational neuroscience Speakers: A. ALTIERI, Université Paris Cité, France A. BIETTI, NYU, USA E. CORNACCHIA, EPFL, Switzerland N. FLAMMARION, EPFL, Switzerland L. FOINI, CNRS IPhT Université Paris-Saclay, France M. GEIGER, MIT, USA J. HAN, Flatiron Institute, USA J. KADMON, The Hebrew University, Israel J. KO, ENS Lyon, France M. LINDSEY, NYU, USA B. MCKENNA, IST, Austria C. PEHLEVAN, Harvard University, USA N. RAZIN, Tel Aviv University, Israel D. SCHRÖDER, ETH, Switzerland M. SELLKE, Stanford University, USA G. SICURO, King’s College London, UK C. THRAMPOULIDIS, University of British Columbia, USA Y. WEI, University of Pennsylvania, USA F. YANG, ETH, Switzerland Y. ZHU, University of California, USA Please note in the application form you will be asked to submit a poster abstract. A number of abstracts will be selected for the poster session. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

27 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2022

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Youth in High-Dimensions: Recent Progress in Machine Learning, High-Dimensional Statistics and Inference | (smr 3719)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Marylou GABRIÉ (Ecole Polytechnique, France ), Sebastian GOLDT (SISSA, Italy), Marco MONDELLI (IST, Austria), Jean BARBIER (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Jean Barbier (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3719@ictp.it

**Note: the deadline on the 8th May 2022 is for all applications needing financial support and/or visa. The deadline on the 20th of June 2022 is for only online applications.****DEADLINE: 20/06/2022**

Europe/Rome Link to Web Page International Organizing Committee O. Aharony (Weizmann I.) M. Alishahiha (IPM, Teheran) D. Anninos (King's College, London) F. Ardalan (IPM, Teheran) H. Arfaei (IPM, Teheran) A. Dabholkar (ICTP, Trieste) R. Gopakumar (ICTS, Bengaluru) E. Kiritsis (U. of Crete and APC, Paris) D. Luest (LMU, Munich) K. Narain (ICTP, Trieste) A. Naseh (IPM, Teheran) V. Niarchos (U. of Crete and Durham University) Y. Oz (Tel Aviv University) K. Papadodimas (CERN) E. Rabinovici (Hebrew U., Jerusalem) S. Wadia (ICTS and Tata I., Mumbai) E. Witten (IAS, Princeton) Participation is by invitation only. Chania, Crete - Greece ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Jul 2022 - 10 Jul 2022

@ Chania, Crete - Greece

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

12th Crete Regional Meeting in String Theory | (smr 3722)

Secretary: Nadia Van Buuren

Organizer(s): Dionysis Anninos (King's College, London), Elias Kiritsis (U. of Crete and APC, Paris), Vasilis Niarchos (U. of Crete), Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN), ICTP Scientific Contact: Joan Elias Miro (ICTP)

**DEADLINE: 15/06/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The purpose of the School is to provide an introduction to the current state of research in cosmology and astroparticle physics. It is intended for beginning graduate students, as well as more senior non-expert researchers interested in the field. During the School, the 2021 Dirac Medal Ceremony will take place to honor the contributions of A. Buonanno, T. Damour, F. Pretorius, and S. Teukolsky to the field of gravitational waves. Topics: CMB Dark Energy Gravitational Waves Inflation Statistical Methods in Cosmology Structure Formation Speakers include: A. PARANJAPE, IUCAA, INDIA M. PELOSO, Padua University, Italy F. PRETORIUS, Princeton University, USA B. SHERWIN, University of Cambridge, UK S. TEUKOLSKY, Caltech and Cornell University, USA R. TROTTA, SISSA, Italy and Imperial College London, UK F. VERNIZZI, IPhT, CEA, France Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for contributed talk. A number of short oral presentation slots will be available for some of them upon selection. Accepted participants will be able to attend in remote or — strictly following Italian sanitary rules as they will be applicable at the time of the conference, and depending on the very limited number of available places — in person. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Jul 2022 - 15 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Cosmology 2022 | (smr 3720)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ravi K. SHETH (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Paolo CREMINELLI (ICTP, Italy), Mehrdad MIRBABAYI (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Mehrdad Mirbabayi (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Italian Institute for Nuclear Physicsinfn3

Support E-Mail: smr3720@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/06/2022****Note: the deadline on the 1st of May 2022 is for all applications needing financial support/visa. The deadline on the 15th of June 2022 is for other applications.**

Europe/Rome Please refer to the following link for further information. https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2022/topological/registration.html Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) Nurit Avraham (Co-chair), Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Gregory Fiete (Co-chair), Northeastern University, USA Ady Stern, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Tran Minh Tien, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam Jean Tran Thanh Van, Rencontres du Vietnam, Vietnam Quy Nhon - Viet Nam ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Jul 2022 - 16 Jul 2022

@ Quy Nhon - Viet Nam

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Topological Quantum Electrons Interacting In-person | (smr 3726)

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

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Nurit Avraham (Weizmann Institute of Science ), Gregory A. Fiete (Northeastern University ), Ady Stern (Weizmann Institute of Science ), Tran Thanh Van Jean (ICISE, Vietnam ), ICTP Scientific Contact: Mikhail Kiselev (ICTP)

Europe/Rome The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics will turn 100 years old in 2022. A series of activities will be carried out to celebrate this Centenary. The Centennial Symposium will take place at ICTP, Trieste, on 11, 12 and 13 July 2022. We hope that many people will be able to participate in person, but we understand that some participants will be on Zoom and so the meeting will be fully hybrid. The Symposium will include plenary talks by keynote speakers and other activities, with an emphasis on aspects of the IUPAP history, on developing countries, collaborations among countries, physics education, and many other items consistent with the IUPAP mission. PLEASE NOTE: Application is open until 1st June 2022 (refer to left hand side column, click on "Apply here") Please refer to the following link for further information: https://iupap.org/centennial/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Jul 2022 - 13 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

IUPAP Centenary | (smr 3760)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): ALTARELLI Monica Pepe (CERN), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Union of Pure and Applied Physicsiupap2

**DEADLINE: 01/06/2022**

Europe/Rome TinyML is a subfield of Machine Learning focused on developing models that can be executed on small, real-time, low-power, and low-cost embedded devices. This allows for new scientific applications to be developed at an extremely low cost and at large scale. The TinyML process starts with collecting data from IoT devices, then training the collected dataset to extract knowledge patterns; these patterns are then packaged into a TinyML model that considers the target microprocessor’s limited resources such as memory and processing power. The resulting model is then deployed on embedded devices where it is used to evaluate new sensor data in real-time. Typically, power requirements are in the mW range and below which enables a variety of use-cases targeting battery operated devices. TinyML represents a collaborative eﬀort between the embedded power systems and Machine Learning communities, which traditionally have operated independently. Topics: • ML general concepts • Introduction to TinyML • Getting started with the TinyML training kit • Examples of TinyML applications • Scientific Applications of ML Registration: There is no registration fee. Priority will be given to the participants from Latin America that are part of the ICTP TinyML Academic Network. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Jul 2022 - 15 Jul 2022

@ Online -

Science, Technology and Innovation

Latin American regional workshop on SciTinyML: Scientific Use of Machine Learning on Low-Power Devices | (smr 3721)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Vijay Janapa REDDI (John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA), Marcelo ROVAI (UNIFEI, Brazil), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3721@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 29/06/2022**

Activity

11 Jul 2022 - 15 Jul 2022

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Earth System Physics

ICTP-Africa Joint School on Rainfall and Water Resources Management | (smr 3724)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Omololu Akin-Ojo (ICTP-EAIFR, Rwanda), Umaru Garba Wali (University of Rwanda), William S. Logan ( ICIWaRM (under the auspices of UNESCO)), Anil Mishra (Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO, Paris, France), Phu Nguyen (Univ. California, Irvine USA), Samuel Partey (UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa), Jayakumar Ramasamy (UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa), Soroosh Sorooshian (Univ. California, Irvine USA), ICTP Scientific Contact: Erika Coppola (ICTP)

Europe/Rome An ICTP-EAUMP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. This African Mathematical School is also an activity of AMU, supported by CIMPA Organised by the University of Nairobi, to be held at Kenya School of Government, Nairobi, Kenya The school will include: An intensive course in Programming in Python, coordinated by Jean-Baptiste Yunès (Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale, Université Paris Cité) where the participants will learn to write correct programs. An intensive course in Algorithms, coordinated by Roberto Mantaci (Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale, Université Paris Cité) where the participants will learn to write efficient programs. An intensive course on SageMath, a free, open-source, Python-based mathematics software system, coordinated by Anna Vanden Wyngaerd (Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale, Paris and Université libre de Bruxelles) where the participants will learn to apply to Mathematical Research the efficient programming techniques learnt in the two other courses. All courses will be composed of main lectures and applications in the form of exercise sessions or work sessions on machines. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. Nairobi - Kenya ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022

@ Nairobi - Kenya

Mathematics

ICTP-EAUMP School on Mathematical Programming and Algorithms - an African Mathematical School | (smr 3725)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Elizabeth Brancaccio, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Roberto MANTACI (Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale), Jared ONGARO (University of Nairobi), Balazs SZENDROI (University of Oxford), Paul VADERLIND (Stockholm University), Jean-Baptiste YUNES (Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale), ICTP Scientific Contact: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentaleirif1, CIMPAcimpa2, EAUMPeaump, Foundation Compositio Mathematicafcm, Uppsala Universityuppsala, African Mathematical Unionamu, University of Nairobiuon2

Support E-Mail: smr3725@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. The call for applications will be open soon. This activity focuses on building a range of data-related skills that are vital for addressing trans-disciplinary challenges in contemporary research work. The Summer School builds competence in data analysis and security for participants from all disciplines and/ or backgrounds from sciences to humanities. Topics to be covered include principles and practice of research data management, authorship in the 21st century, data curation, data security, Open Science, visualization, machine learning and artificial neural networks. The activity includes practical hands-on sessions on techniques and applications for large-scale data handling, analysis, visualization and modeling on a variety of compute infrastructure including high performance compute platforms/systems. An associated activity focusing on advanced aspects of Data Science will run immediately after this event and requires a separate application. Topics: Introduction to the Unix shell Git R Research Data Management Open and Responsible Research Author Carpentry Information Security Data Visualisation Machine Learning Artificial Neural Networks Computational Infrastructures Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. Individuals with a background in Extreme sources of data and IoT/Big-Data Analytics can apply to one of the Advanced workshops that run immediately after the school. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

New Research Areas (High Performance Computing)

The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School | (smr 3685)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Marcela ALFARO-CORDOBA (University of California, USA), Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands), Steve DIGGS (Scripps Institution of Oceanography / UCSD, USA), Sara EL JADID (Queens University, USA), Simon HODSON (CODATA, France), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil), Ekpe OKORAFOR (Big Data Academy Accenture Digital - Analytics, USA), Bianca PETERSON (North-West University, South Africa), Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK), Hannah Margaret SHORT (CERN, Switzerland), Shanmugasundaram VENKATARAMAN (Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK), Local Organiser: Ehimika Ohireime Clement Onime (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Committee on Data of the International Science Council (ISC)codata2, The Research Data Alliance (RDA)rda

Support E-Mail: smr3685@ictp.it

The deadline on 1 June is for applications in presence needing financial support and/or visa and the deadline on 24 June for applications to attend online.**DEADLINE: 24/06/2022**

Europe/Rome ICTP awarded its 2021 Dirac Medal and Prize to four physicists whose theoretical work underpinned the 2015 detection of gravitational waves generated by black holes. The 2021 Dirac Medallists are: Alessandra Buonanno, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany Thibault Damour, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS), France Frans Pretorius, Princeton University, USA Saul Teukolsky, Caltech and Cornell University, USA The four physicists have received the medal for establishing the predicted properties of gravitational waves in the curvature of spacetime produced when stars or black holes spiral together and merge. Their work was essential for the detection of gravitational waves from these energetic astronomical events by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Alessandra Buonanno is the second woman to receive the Dirac Medal in its nearly 40-year history. The feature article is available at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2021/8/dirac-2021-announce.aspx The 2021 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 July at 15.00 hrs in the Budinich Lecture Hall @ ICTP. All are welcome to attend. More information and a programme outline will be available in due course. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

14 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

2021 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

The 2021 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony takes place during the Summer School on Cosmology 2022 | (smr 3720). For more information on the School, see: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9810/

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a strong driver of significant weather and climate anomalies across the globe. ENSO is probably one of the most studied phenomena in climate research, but there are still many open research questions, which will be discussed in this school. ENSO teleconnections continue to be an area of very active research. They include not only effects on the circulation over the mid-latitudes (Europe, Asia, North America, South America), but also a strong influence on the Asian Monsoon. The Monsoon also has its own set of teleconnections not all of which are related to ENSO. It will be very helpful for researchers and students alike to learn the latest advances in the understanding of ENSO dynamics and its broad range of teleconnections. One emphasis of this workshop will be the Asian Monsoon, which is a complex phenomenon of great importance to the regional agriculture and hence to the well-being of a very significant population. In recent years there has been an advance in understanding of how the Monsoon is affected by, and interacts with, the tropical ocean basins, the adjoining land masses, mid-latitudes and the stratosphere. Topics: Tropical ocean (ENSO) dynamics, including phenomenology ENSO theory, modeling, prediction Decadal Variability and long term trends ENSO teleconnections Decadal variations of interannual teleconnections Inter-basin connections Tropical-extratropical teleconnections Lecturers include: M.A. ABID, ICTP, Italy S. BORDONI, University of Trento, Italy A. CAPOTONDI, University of Colorado and NOAA/PSL, USA A. CHERCHI, INGV, Italy A. FEDOROV, Yale University, USA E. GUILYARDI, LOCEAN/IPSL, France F.-F. JIN, University of Hawaii, USA I.-S. KANG, Second Institute of Oceanography, China B. KIRTMAN, University of Miami, USA V. KRISHNAMURTHY, George Mason University, USA M. L'HEUREUX, NOAA/CPC, USA J. MARSHALL, MIT, USA M. MCPHADEN, NOAA/PMEL, USA F. MOLTENI, ECMWF, UK Y. PLANTON, NOAA/PMEL, USA A.M. RAVINDRAN, Center for Prototype Climate Modelling, UAE A. ROBERTSON, Columbia University A. SANTOSO, University of New South Wales and CSIRO, Australia J. SHUKLA, George Mason University, USA E. SWENSON, GMU, USA C. WANG, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China A. WITTENBERG, NOAA/GFDL, USA S.-P. XIE, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, USA Applicants are required to submit 'Research Abstract'. A number of abstracts will be selected for a contributed talk or for a poster session. During the application please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract in PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Accepted participants will be able to attend in remote or — strictly following Italian sanitary rules as they will be applicable at the time of the school, and depending on the very limited number of available places — in person. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

3rd Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Tropical Oceans, ENSO and their teleconnections | (smr 3727)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Antonietta CAPOTONDI (University of Colorado and NOAA/ESR), David STRAUS (George Mason University), Jagadish SHUKLA (George Mason University), Riccardo FARNETI (ICTP), Adrian TOMPKINS (ICTP), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationnoaa, National Science Foundationnsf2, US Climate Variability and Predictability Programusclivar, Climate and Ocean - Variability, Predictability, and Changeusclivar2, World Climate Research Programmewcrp

Support E-Mail: smr3727@ictp.it

Note: the deadline on 15 May 2022 is for all applications needing financial support and/or visa and on 3 July 2022 - all other applications.**DEADLINE: 03/07/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The workshop aims at fostering a science based consensus on challenges that are central to sustainability, such as the rising inequality, demographic crises, migrations, biodiversity loss, and impacts of climate change. A wider integration of methods from hard sciences to statistical approaches and demography is needed in order to pursue the identification of general mechanisms, universal features, and stylized facts that are the roots of an comprehensive understanding of the determinants of sustainability. In particular the workshop will tackle key challenges such as: 1) the mismatch of time-scales between policy measures and the relevant systems' dynamics, 2) accounting for the human impacts and agency and 3) the integration of different dimensions (e.g. inequality, climate, biodiversity, etc). The ultimate aim is to shed light on the determinants of sustainability in systems of human and non-human interacting agents, with a large scale connectivity in order to delineate a research agenda on how basic sciences can contribute to sustainable development. The workshop will bring together scientists from different disciplines (economics, ecology, demography, physics, complex systems science, climatology, epidemiology, social sciences, and intelligent systems) in order to promote a wider integration of methods across disciplines. Speakers include: S. BARRETT, Columbia University, USA M. BENZAQUEN, Ecole Polytechnique, France L. BETTENCOURT, University of Chicago, USA J. COHEN, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, USA S. CRABTREE, Santa Fe Institute, USA M. DACOROGNA, University of Zurich, Switzerland A. DASGUPTA, Guggenheim Lab, UN, Malawi P. DASGUPTA, Cambridge University, UK S. DIAZ, University of Cordoba, Argentina B. FATH, Towson University, Maryland, USA & IIASA, Austria M. FRANCO GAVONEL, Oxford University, UK M. GALESIC, Santa Fe Institute, USA S. GIETEL-BASTEN, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong P. GONG, Tsinghua University, China A. GOUJON, IIASA and Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria M. LOREAU, CNRS, France P.A. MARQUET, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Santa Fe Institute, USA E. OMODEI, Central European University, Austria S. SCHERBOV, IIASA, Austria D.P. SCHRAG, Harvard University, USA J. SHAWE-TAYLOR, University College London UK and IRCAI Ljubljana, Slovenia A. VESPIGNANI, Northeastern University, USA D. WOLPERT, Santa Fe Institute, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Workshop on Quantitative Human Ecology | (smr 3728)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Stefano FANTONI (FIT, Italy), David KRAKAUER (SFI, USA), Simon LEVIN (Princeton University, USA), Marija MAMOLO (ISTAT, Italy), Guido SANGUINETTI (SISSA, Italy), Jacopo GRILLI (ICTP, Italy), Matteo MARSILI (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Romeusmit1, FONDAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE TRIESTE PER IL PROGRESSO E LA LIBERTÀ DELLE SCIENZEfit1

Support E-Mail: smr3728@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 12/06/2022****Note: the deadline on 1 May 2022 is for applications needing financial support and/or visa and on 12 June 2022 for online applications.**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. The call for applications will be open soon. Individuals seeking an introduction to Research Data Science can apply to the Summer School that runs immediately before the workshops. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Advanced Workshops | (smr 3766)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

The deadline on 1 June is for applications in presence needing financial support and/or visa and the deadline on 24 June for applications to attend online.**DEADLINE: 24/06/2022**

Europe/Rome The ICTP Prize is awarded annually to young scientists from developing countries who have made outstanding and original contributions to physics. Rondrotiana Barimalala of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Narendra Ojha of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, were awarded the 2021 ICTP Prize for their important work on diverse aspects of climate change in Africa and Asia. Much of the work of Rondrotiana Barimalala has focussed on the role of the Indian Ocean on the climate of Madagascar and southern Africa. The ICTP Prize recognizes her pioneering contributions that have advanced the understanding of these interactions through her use of modelling tools and careful data analysis. A deeper understanding of the physical mechanisms driving climate in the region contributes to improved modelling of future climate conditions. This is crucial for Madagascar, a country that is on the brink of experiencing the world's first climate change famine, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. In India, where ICTP Prize winner Narendra Ojha is based, air pollution is a major health hazard for the country and indeed for all of South Asia. Air pollution also reduces agricultural productivity and therefore adversely impacts the economy of the region. Complex modelling is essential to unravel the roles of diverse emissions in air pollution over South Asia for designing mitigation strategies. The recipients of the 2021 ICTP Prize will be honoured at a ceremony at ICTP to be held on Wednesday 27 July 2022. More information and the programme for the Ceremony will be available in due course. Each year, the ICTP Prize is given in honour of a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field in which the prize is given. The 2021 ICTP Prize is dedicated to the memory of Jacob Bjerknes, who discovered the connection between sea surface temperature and easterly winds anomalies in the equatorial Pacific. He helped increase our understanding of the El Niño Southern Oscillation by suggesting that an anomalously warm spot in the eastern Pacific can weaken the east-west temperature difference, disrupting trade winds that push warm water to the west. The result is increasingly warm water toward the east. Further information about the Prize winners research is in the feature article available at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2021/12/ictp_prize_2021.aspx ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

27 Jul 2022

@ ICTP

2021 ICTP Prize Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34142 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

The 2021 ICTP Prize Ceremony takes place during the 3rd Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Tropical Oceans, ENSO and their teleconnections | (smr 3727). For more information on the School, see: https://indico.ictp.it/event/9817/

Activity

1 Aug 2022 - 5 Aug 2022

@ Online -

Earth System Physics

Advancing Subtropical Climate Dynamics: Diagonal Convergence Zones, Droughts, and Floods in Past, Present and Future Climates | (smr 3687)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Neil Hart (University of Oxford), Marcia ZIlli (University of Oxford), Local Organiser: Riccardo Farneti (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3687@ictp.it

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 In-situ radiation measurement with portable detectors is the most important tool used to discover the presence of radioactive elements in the environment, as well as to determine their hazard in a fast and non-destructive way. This workshop will allow participants to exchange experiences on using portable radiation monitors for in-situ measurements and directly compare performance of instruments under real-time conditions. Participants are encouraged to bring their own portable detectors to the training! It will enhance the skills of participants to choose best options, tools and processes for analyses, and to gather experience in different detectors and their optimal use. This will foster ability to perform adequate field measurements for environmental monitoring, decommissioning, and remediation projects. Several methods for achieving the measurement results will be demonstrated. Topics: Hands-on training on use of portable detectors including geo-referenced measurements collected with stationary, backpack, and UAV-borne systems. Comparison of performance of portable detectors, including dose rate meters, surface contamination monitors, HPGe, and scintillation spectrometers. Efficiency calibration of high-resolution gamma spectrometers for field measurements (object/soil geometry). Outlining field measurement strategies for radionuclide concertation, dose rate, and surface contamination. Data handling and interpretation for creation of maps, including interpolation based on geo-statistics. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Aug 2022 - 19 Aug 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Advanced Solutions for Field Measurements | (smr 3729)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Roman PADILLA ALVAREZ (IAEA, NSIL, NPAC, Austria), Petr SLADEK (IAEA, NSIL, NPAC, Austria), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3729@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 12/06/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. 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 D. RUBERMAN, Brandeis University, USA 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: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Frontiers in Geometry and Topology Research Conference | (smr 3649)

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

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Cosponsor(s): Clay Mathematics Instituteclay1

Support E-Mail: smr3649@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/02/2022**

Europe/Rome Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) https://viasm.edu.vn/en/hdkh/viasm-ictp-ss2022 The goal of this school is to introduce graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, young researchers, and interested mathematicians in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and other countries in Asia, to basics of group representation theory, linear algebraic groups, structure and representation theory of finite groups of Lie type, including an introduction to the Deligne-Lusztig theory. It will also introduce the audience to a number of applications of group representation theory to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, algebraic geometry, and combinatorics. Hanoi - Viet Nam ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Aug 2022 - 21 Aug 2022

@ Hanoi - Viet Nam

Mathematics

Summer School in Group Theory and Representation Theory | (smr 3730)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Le Minh Ha (Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics), Pham Huu Tiep (Rutgers University, USA ), ICTP Scientific Contact: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematicsviasm2

**DEADLINE: 30/05/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-CLIVAR Hybrid Meeting. The call for applications will be open soon. In order to meet growing societal and scientific demand for climate information, forecasting, and prediction the ocean observing community — through CLIVAR, GOOS, and partners — have recently conducted major reviews of several regional Ocean Observing Systems (e.g. IndOOS-2, TPOS2020, TAOS). Through these reviews communities are recognising the overarching need for: (1) expansion of long-term observations into the coastal zone, where humans interact with the ocean; and (2) multi-disciplinary observing systems that better track oxygen minimum zones, the carbon cycle, and productivity. Meanwhile, the implementation and enhancement of each regional observing system is met with similar challenges: Identifying drivers, optimising design, funding expansion, developing new resources, testing new platforms and sensors, building partnerships with rim nations, capacity building, data sharing, etc. Therefore, bringing the panels together, with an emphasis on participation of developing nation scientists, would allow an exchange of problems, ideas, and solutions, enriching the efforts of each and adding up to a global perspective worth more than the sum of its parts. The workshop will bring members across different CLIVAR panels, observing system scientists and leaders together with invited speakers from developing rim nations to discuss priorities and cross-cutting strategies as well as explore new partnerships for the expansion of the regional ocean observing systems. At the workshop, participants will: Present and discuss the current most important societal and scientific drivers of each of the regional basin-wide observing systems. Hear scientists from developing countries present the scientific and societal drivers for observing their coastal oceans and discuss how their needs may interface with the regional ocean observing systems and their products. Discuss challenges, processes, and outcomes of reviewing and designing the regional observing systems for the next decade. For example, (i) the transition to more multidisciplinary observing systems (and panel membership), (ii) the need for regional-scale forecasting and expansion into the coastal zone, (iii) lobbying for resources, capacity-building, and developing partnerships, (iv) data archiving, assemblage, and sharing. Discuss how our efforts and priorities combine and how the panels can prepare together for the UN Decade. Topics: Societal and scientific drivers of regional ocean observing systems; Connect observation-modeling-prediction Multi-disciplinary and innovative observing system and expansion into coastal zones Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. Further information can be found at the following link: https://www.clivar.org/events/clivar-goos-workshop-global-coastal-cultivating-new-solutions-and-partnerships-enhanced-ocean In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Aug 2022 - 17 Aug 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

From Global to Local: Cultivating New Solutions and Partnerships for an Enhanced Ocean Observing System in a Decade of Accelerating Change | (smr 3731)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Lisa BEAL (University of Miami), Maria Paz CHIDICHIMO (CONICET & SHN), Sophie CRAVATTE (IRD), Enrique CURCHITSER (Rutgers University), Albert FISCHER (GOOS), Nick HARDMAN-MOUNTFORD (Commonwealth), Tarron LAMONT (Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment), Jing LI (CLIVAR), Edem MAHU (University of Ghana), Ivonne MONTES (Geophysics Institute of Peru), Hindumathi PALANISAMY (WCRP), Jose SANTOS (CLIVAR), Sheena TALMA (Nekton Foundation), Weidong YU (Sun Yat-Sen University), Local Organiser: Riccardo Farneti (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability, and Change (CLIVAR)usclivar2, The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)goos, US Climate Variability and Predictability Programusclivar, World Climate Research Programmewcrp

Support E-Mail: smr3731@ictp.it

The deadline on 15 June 2022 is for abstracts submission and grant application and on 31 July 2022 is for all other applications.**DEADLINE: 31/07/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting Joint Conference ICTP - William I. Fine Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Minnesota This hybrid activity brings together junior and senior researchers to discuss latest developments in correlated and flat-band electron systems. To bring junior participants up to speed, two full days are reserved for tutorials. The rest of the program is a combination of invited talks, poster sessions, and group discussions on topics suggested by participants. Topics: Correlated phases in Moire systems Transport in strange and bad metals Superconducting pairing in quantum-critical and low carrier density systems Topological superconductors Topological orders in correlated materials Pair-density waves and other new orders in high-temperature superconductors Frustrated quantum magnets Speakers: G. AEPPLI, ETH, Switzerland A. ALTLAND*, University of Cologne, Germany J. ANALYTIS*, University of California, Berkeley, USA E. ANDREI, Rutgers University, USA N. ANDREI, Rutgers University, USA L. BASCONES, Material Science Institute of Madrid L. BENFATTO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy E. BERG, Weizmann Institute, Israel A. BERNEVIG, Princeton University, USA J. CHALKER, Oxford University, UK P. CHANDRA, Rutgers University, USA D. CHOWDHURY, Cornell University, USA C. CHUNG-HOU, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan L. CLASSEN, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany D. EFETOV*, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain V. FAL’KO, University of Manchester, UK R. FERNANDES*, University of Minnesota, USA L. FU, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, USA L. GLAZMAN, Yale University, USA F. GUINEA, University of Manchester, UK S. HARTNOLL, Cambridge University, UK A. KAPITULNIK, Stanford University, USA Y. KIM, University of Toronto, Canada A. KLEIN, Ariel University, Israel A. LEVCHENKO, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA L. LEVITOV, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, USA A. MACKENZIE, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany P. MELLADO, University of Adolfo Ibanez, Chile M. METLITSKI, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, USA J. MEYER, University of Grenoble Alpes, France R. MOESSNER, Max Planck Institute-PKS, Dresden, Germany, N. PERKINS, University of Minnesota, USA F. POLLMAN, TU Munich, Germany N. PROKOFIEV, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA S. RAGHU, Stanford University, USA J. SCHMALIAN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany O. STARYKH, University of Utah, USA D. T. SON, University of Chicago, USA C. VARMA, University of California, USA Y. WANG*, University of Florida, USA A. YAZDANI, Princeton University, USA *to be confirmed Participants are encouraged to submit poster abstract. A number of posters abstracts will be selected for poster session. During the application please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract in PDFs. Templates are available below for download. Accepted participants will be able to attend in remote or — strictly following Italian sanitary rules as they will be applicable at the time of the conference, and depending on the very limited number of available places — in person. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Aug 2022 - 2 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Strongly Correlated Matter: from Quantum Criticality to Flat Bands | (smr 3732)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Andrey CHUBUKOV (University of Minnesota), Piers COLEMAN (Rutgers University), Alex KAMENEV (University of Minnesota), Hae-Young KEE (University of Toronto), Dmitrii MASLOV (University of Florida), Tigran SEDRAKYAN (University of Massachusetts), Hidenori TAKAGI (MPI, Stuttgart), Oskar VAFEK (Florida State University), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Institute for Complex Adaptive Mattericam

Support E-Mail: smr3732@ictp.it

Note: the deadline on 31 May 2022 is for applications needing financial support and/or visa and on 14 August 2022 for online applications.**DEADLINE: 14/08/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Meeting in presence This School aims to teach a modern course in condensed matter and statistical physics, combining basic concepts with recent structural and interdisciplinary developments, with a special focus on quantum dynamics and out of equilibrium phenomena. The leitmotif of the school will be to bridge traditional methods and approaches developed in the context of strongly correlated electrons, to interdisciplinary concepts and ideas coming from quantum information theory as well as solid state and atomic physics experiments, where individual components are often thought of as qbits. The event is aimed at graduate students and junior researchers, and features a combination of theory and computational courses, as well as seminars on experimental progress in the field. Topics: Statistical Mechanics: from foundations to active matter and quantum information Analytical technique and (quantum) field theory Numerical methods: high-level programming and advanced numerical methods Coherent dynamics: entanglement, decoherence, phase transitions, driven systems, and chaos in many body physics Topological quantum matter: phases, excitations, and diagnostics Physical platforms: cold atoms, trapped ions, nanostructured materials, superconducting circuits Lecturers: S. BHATTACHARJEE, ICTS Bengaluru, India P. CAPPELLARO, MIT, USA J. CHALKER, Oxford, UK A. CHANDRAN, Boston University, USA Đ. THANH SƠN, University of Chicago, USA A. DE LUCA, CNRS, France S. HARTNOLL, Cambridge, UK M. KARDAR, MIT, USA W. KRAUTH, ENS, France C. LAUMANN, Boston University, USA Z. LENARČIČ Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia M. LUKIN, Harvard, USA X. MI, Google, USA F. POLLMANN, Munich, Germany P. SHOR*, MIT, USA R.-J. SLAGER, Cambridge, UK N. ÜNAL, Cambridge University, UK V. VITELLI, University of Chicago, USA *to be confirmed Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Aug 2022 - 9 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Quantum Dynamics: From Electrons to Qbits | (smr 3733)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Claudio CASTELNOVO (University of Cambridge, UK), Xie CHEN (Caltech, USA), Roderich MOESSNER (MPIPKS Dresden, Germany), Antonello SCARDICCHIO (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3733@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/05/2022**

Activity

4 Sep 2022 - 6 Sep 2022

@ Buenos Aires - Argentina

Earth System Physics

Conference on Regional Climate Modeling and Extreme Events over South America: results from the CORDEX-Flagship Pilot Study | (smr 3745)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Marcelo Barreiro (University of the Republic of Uruguay), Maria Laura Bettolli (University of Buenos Aires /CONICET), Rosmeri Porfirio da Rocha (IAG/USP), Marta Llopart (São Paulo State University (UNESP)), Silvina Solman (University of Buenos Aires/CIMA-CONICET), ICTP Scientific Contact: Erika Coppola (ICTP)

Europe/Rome The ICTP Medical Physics College 2022 is designed to support young medical physicists from developing countries. The Physics of Medical Imaging is at the heart of contemporary medicine. Medical Imaging equipment is complex and its proper and safe function requires medical physicists trained in imaging procedures and applications. Building capacity in developing countries on this subject is essential for the complete delivery of healthcare in these countries. For its 30 years of existence, the College on Medical Physics has trained over a thousand medical physicists. Due to the rapid evolution of medical imaging equipment, the need of medical physicists is constantly growing and the College is always oversubscribed. In the future, this demand will further increase as the recent reports of WHO, IAEA and IOMP show that by 2035 there will be a need of almost three times more medical physicists globally. The College 2022 Directors and lecturers are very experienced and have led similar activities in ICTP, Trieste and other countries. The College will prepare the participants to be able to transfer their knowledge to their colleagues. To allow this the College participants will receive a free compilation of e-learning materials. Topics: Medical Imaging Physics of the following contemporary Technologies, plus related optimisation, safety, eﬀective use and education transfer will be covered: - X-ray Imaging - Multi Detector Computed Tomography - Digital mammography, fluoroscopy and others - SPECT Tomography - PET Tomography - Hybrid Imaging systems - Digital and other radiation detectors - Magnetic Resonance Imaging The College Programme will cover these topics with emphasis on: - Medical Image parameters - Optimizing Medical Imaging Procedure - Evaluation and analysis of Medical Images - Networks in medical imaging departments - Medical Imaging Equipment: Management and Specification - Medical Imaging: Dose Management and Radiation Protection - Interventional imaging Additionally: - Developing Medical Physics Effective Knowledge Structures - Capacity Building Principles - Developing online e-learning activities Speakers: L. BERTOCCHI, ICTP, Italy P. BREGANT, Ospedale Maggiore Centro Tumori, Italy F. MILANO, University of Florence, Italy J. OSHINSKI, Emory University, School of Medicine, USA R. PADOVANI, ICTP, Italy A. SEIBERT, UC Davis Health, CA, USA P. SPRAWLS, Emory University, School of Medicine, USA M.S. STOEVA, IUPESM, UK S. TABAKOV, King’s College London and IUPESM, UK S.V. TIPNIS, Medical University of South Carolina, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 Sep 2022 - 23 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Medical Imaging Physics and Technology - Principles of Optimisation, Safety, and Education Development for Building Capacity in Developing Countries | (smr 3734)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Luciano BERTOCCHI (ICTP, Italy), Paola BREGANT (Ospedale Maggiore Centro Tumori, Italy), Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy), Magdalena STOEVA (IUPESM, UK), Slavik D. TABAKOV (King’s College London and IUPESM, UK), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)

Support E-Mail: smr3734@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 05/05/2022**

Activity

5 Sep 2022 - 9 Sep 2022

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

African School on Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Science (ASQSQIS) | (smr 3686)

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

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Omololu Akin-Ojo (ICTP-EAIFR, Rwanda), Franco Nori (RIKEN), Rosario Fazio (ICTP), Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Marcello Dalmonte (ICTP)

Europe/Rome A collaboration with UNESCO southern Africa regional office, this online workshop will outline how to access and process gridded climate data. Based on the eDX open-learning platform, the course will take the form of a series of pre-recorded, video-based lectures, each one focussed on a specific topic outlined below, with related exercises. The course assessment will consist of two larger assignments, which are assessed automatically. The successful completion of the assignments will lead to course certification. Once a week, the lecturer will be available for an interactive tutorial sessions to help with issues related to the course. Please note that successful completion of this course is a prerequisite for the selection process of the in-person activity "Climate data and seasonal forecast analysis techniques - II part | (smr 3747)" and related activities. Topics: Accessing state-of-the-art reanalysis climate data from the Copernicus Climate Data store Extracting data for specific areas and locations Calculating spatial and temporal statistics and anomalies Calculating derived variables and indices for extreme weather and heatwaves. Making your own ENSO and Indian-Ocean Dipole indices Calculating the impact of ENSO on weather in your region of interest Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 Sep 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ Online -

Earth System Physics

Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques | (smr 3691)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Koen VERBIST (UNESCO), Local Organiser: Adrian Mark Tompkins (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3691@ictp.it

Activity

12 Sep 2022 - 23 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Frontiers of Matter Wave Optics | (smr 3735)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Markus ARNDT (University of Vienna, Austria), Angelo BASSI (University of Trieste, Italy), Andrea TROMBETTONI (University of Trieste, Italy), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3735@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Sep 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Dionysios Anninos (King's College London)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Complex signals are ubiquitous in non-equilibrium physics, biophysical processes, and in the noise of measurement devices. The school will provide advanced tools from information theory, statistical physics and machine learning to offer participants key knowledge on stochastic analysis and modelling. Topics: Control theory Entropy foundations Mean field theory and inference methods Information theory Biophysics and biological thermodynamics Stochastic thermodynamics Speakers: Ada ALTIERI (Université de Paris, France) Andre C. BARATO (University of Houston, USA) John BECHHOEFER (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Jan KORBEL (Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria) Juan MR PARRONDO (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Dimitri PETRITIS (Université de Rennes, France) Iva TOLIC (Ruder Boskovic Institute Zagreb, Croatia) -- online colloquium Volunteers: Bogdan Djordjević (MISANU, Belgrade, Serbia), Katarina Djordjević (PMF, University of Nis, Serbia), Lazar Stojković (PMF, University of Nis, Serbia) Nis - Serbia ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022

@ Nis - Serbia

Quantitative Life Sciences

School on Information, Noise, and Physics of Life | (smr 3736)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Raphael Chetrite (Universite Cote d'Azur, Nice, France), Andjelka Hedrih (Mathematical Institute of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia), Velimir Ilic (Mathematical Institute of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia), ICTP Scientific Contact: Edgar Roldan (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Artsmisanu

Support E-Mail: smr3736@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/07/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting During this School, the IAEA and international experts will share their insights and experience to familiarize the participants with the basic concepts, methodology and tools for performing modelling, analysis and sustainability assessment of nuclear energy systems. The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) was established within the IAEA in 2000, with the goal of ensuring a sustainable nuclear energy supply to help meet 21st century global energy needs. INPRO’s activities are centred on the key concepts of global nuclear energy sustainability and the development of long-range nuclear energy strategies, so that nuclear energy is and remains available to meet national energy needs. The event aims to familiarize the participants with the concept and methodology for nuclear energy system (NES) sustainability assessment and provide theoretical and practical introductory training on INPRO tools for NES modelling and analysis. Young professionals working in the nuclear energy industry, researchers, students and lecturers from technical universities will benefit from a better understanding of the nuclear role in the long-term sustainability of energy production according to national priorities. The School programme focuses on the following topics related to the sustainability of nuclear energy systems: Energy planning and strategies for sustainable development Planning for nuclear energy sustainability Economics of nuclear power Methodology for assessing the sustainability of nuclear energy systems (the INPRO Methodology) Nuclear energy systems modelling and analysis Methods and tools for modelling and analysis of nuclear energy systems Role of technological and institutional innovations Evolutionary and innovative reactor designs, including SMRs Technological and national approaches for the nuclear fuel cycle Lecturers: A. BYCHKOV, IAEA G. FESENKO, International Expert I. JALAL, International Expert A. KORINNY*, IAEA A. MIASSOEDOV*, IAEA C. SCHERER, IAEA *To be confirmed Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries and to those submitting an abstract. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Nuclear Energy Strategic Planning and Application of the IAEA INPRO Methodology for Sustainability Assessment | (smr 3737)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maxim GLADYSHEV (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3737@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/09/2022**The deadline on 30 July 2022 is for applications to attend in person and on 1 September 2022 is for applications to attend online.

Activity

26 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Climate Information for Risk Assessment and Regional Adapation From Global Scale Climate Projections to Local Scale Climate Hazards, Bridging Across Temporal and Spatial Scales to Produce Impact and Risk Relevant Climate Information | (smr 3738)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Roshanka RANASINGHE (IHE ), Alex RUANE (NASA), Robert VAUTARD (IPSL ), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3738@ictp.it

Activity

3 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Science, Technology and Innovation

African Capacity Building Workshop on Space Weather Effects on GNSS | (smr 3741)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Claudio CESARONI (INGV), Patricia DOHERTY (Boston College), Sharafat GADIMOVA (UNOOSA), Joseph OLWENDO (Pwani University), Local Organiser: Bruno Nava (ICTP STI Unit)

Support E-Mail: smr3741@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Call for Applications will be opened soon. The workshop offers an introduction to evaluated nuclear structure and decay data, by providing an overview of experimental and theoretical nuclear techniques and basic hands-on training in the evaluation procedures employed to produce the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF). Reliable evaluated nuclear structure and decay data are of vital importance for basic nuclear physics and astrophysics, as well as for applications in the fields of energy, cultural heritage, environment, human health and space exploration. The worldwide requirements for nuclear structure and decay data are catered by the international network of Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (NSDD) Evaluators, an international group of evaluators created in 1974 under the auspices of the IAEA. The main output of this network is the online ENSDF database and publications in Nuclear Data Sheets. This workshop belongs to a series of ICTP workshops that started in 2003. It has been instrumental in attracting young nuclear scientists to nuclear structure and decay data evaluation and providing them with the basic tools to pursue this activity. Topics: Nuclear experimental techniques Nuclear structure theory XUNDL compilation ENSDF evaluation methodology, procedures and formats Analysis and utility codes Editors and Web tools Databases and online retrieval software Call for Papers: A session will be held for participants to present their own research related to nuclear structure and decay data. Please upload a one-page abstract directly to the on-line application. (Please upload file attachments in .pdf) Prerequisite: Applicants should hold at least a Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in Nuclear Physics. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Structure and Decay Data: Experiment, Theory and Evaluation | (smr 3740)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Paraskevi Vivian DIMITRIOU (IAEA), Elizabeth A. McCUTCHAN (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Local Organiser: Ralf Kaiser (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3740@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/06/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. Citizen Science involves the public in scientific projects and can play an important role in generating large datasets. The convergence of data-driven Citizen Science projects and machine learning techniques can help tackle scientific and societal challenges. The lectures cover the following topics: Introduction to Citizen Science Introduction to Open Science Basic concepts/tools for Machine Learning techniques Challenges and opportunities of using Machine Learning in Citizen Science Ethical aspects of Machine Learning in Citizen Science Machine Learning for nuclear science, technology and applications Using Machine Learning and Citizen Science to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals Call for Contributed Abstracts: In the application form, all applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for poster presentation. If applicable (see Grants section below), presenters may be awarded a grant to support their in-person attendance. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries and to those submitting an abstract. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Oct 2022 - 7 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Science, Technology and Innovation

Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced School/Workshop on Machine Learning in Citizen Science | (smr 3739)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Matteo BARBARINO (IAEA), Amy FLATTEN (American Physical Society), Anil MISHRA (UNESCO (IHP)), Petra RUDOLF (European Physical Society), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, European Physical Society eps, American Physical Society aps, UNESCOunesco

Support E-Mail: smr3739@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/07/2022**

Activity

10 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Workshop on Future Trends in Multidisciplinary Ion Beam Analysis | (smr 3742)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Aliz SIMON (IAEA, Austria), Roger WEBB (University of Surrey, UK), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3742@ictp.it

Activity

17 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Local Organiser: Abdelkrim Aoudia (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3683@ictp.it

Activity

17 Oct 2022 - 21 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Mixing in Action - Workshop of the CoPerMix (Control Prediction and Learning in Mixing) ITN Network | (smr 3758)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Antonio CELANI (ICTP), Matteo MARSILI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

Activity

17 Oct 2022 - 21 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Radiation Protection in Image Guided Interventional Procedures | (smr 3743)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Jenia Vassileva (Radiation Protection of Patients Unit, NSRW, IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3743@ictp.it

Europe/Rome This School is a certificate 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 at the ICTP by recognized experts are followed by case studies, practical work and breakout sessions where participants will have the opportunity to discuss issues and solutions. NKM group projects are also developed over the week. Shortlisted candidates will undergo an on-line pre- training course and a test, the results of which will be one of the elements to define the final list of participants. 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 Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management School | (smr 3744)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alesia IUNIKOVA (IAEA, Austria), Maria Elena URSO (IAEA, Austria), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3744@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 19/06/2022**

Activity

31 Oct 2022 - 7 Nov 2022

@ Seoul - Republic of Korea

Quantitative Life Sciences

ICTP-KIAS School on Statistical Physics for Life Sciences | (smr 3746)

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

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Changbong Hyeon (KIAS), Junghyo Jo (Seoul National University), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ Buenos Aires - Argentina

Science, Technology and Innovation

International Workshop on Machine Learning for Space Weather: Fundamentals, Tools and Future Prospects | (smr 3750)

Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio

Organizer(s): Patricia Doherty (Boston College), Sharafat Gadimova (UNOOSA), María Graciela Molina (FACET-UNT / CONICET), Yenca Migoya Orué (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Bruno Nava (ICTP STI Unit)

Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ Online -

Ethical and Societal Challenges of Machine Learning | (smr 3749)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Teresa Scantamburlo (UniVE), Roberto Trotta (SISSA), Antonio Celani (ICTP), Matteo Marsili (ICTP), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3749@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Prerequisite: for the selection process in this activity participation in "Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques | (smr 3691)" is a prerequisite. Harare - Zimbabwe ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ Harare - Zimbabwe

Earth System Physics

Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques - II part | (smr 3747)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Koen VERBIST (UNESCO), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Mark Tompkins (ICTP)

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Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA International School on the Physical Basis for Radionuclide Migration (Storage, disposal and contaminated sites) | (smr 3751)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Kim BAINES (IAEA/NEFW/DERS), David BENNETT (IAEA/NSRW/WES), Willie MEYER (IAEA/NEFW/WTS), Michael OJOVAN (Imperial College London), Vladislav A. PETROV (IGEM RAS), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

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Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 18 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics for Fusion Applications | (smr 3748)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Sehila M Gonzalez de Vicente (IAEA), Swadesh Mahajan (University of Texas ), Daniel Gomez (Universidad de Buenos Aires ), Zensho Yoshida (University of Tokyo), Local Organiser: Ralf Kaiser (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

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Activity

14 Nov 2022 - 2 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

School on FPGA-based SoC and its applications to Nuclear and Scientific instrumentation | (smr 3765)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maria Liz CRESPO (ICTP), Danas RIDIKAS (IAEA), Mladen BOGOVAC (IAEA), Andres CICUTTIN (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP)

Activity

21 Nov 2022 - 22 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

Science, Technology and Innovation

Science Dissemination for Scholars with Disabilities | (smr 3752)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Carlo FONDA (ICTP), Local Organiser: Enrique Canessa (ICTP)

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Activity

21 Nov 2022 - 25 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Quality Assurance and Dosimetry in Brachytherapy | (smr 3754)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Daniel Berger (IAEA), Mara Severgnini (Trieste Hospital), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

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Activity

28 Nov 2022 - 9 Dec 2022

@ Gqeberha - South Africa

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

The African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications, Edition 2022 | (smr 3723)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Kétévi A. Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Christine Darve (ESS), Jonathan R. Ellis (University of London), Steve G. Muanza (CNRS-IN2P3), ICTP Scientific Contact: Bobby Acharya (ICTP)

**DEADLINE: 01/06/2022** **DEADLINE: 01/06/2022**

Activity

28 Nov 2022 - 9 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

New Research Areas (High Performance Computing)

9th Workshop on Collaborative Scientific Software Development and Management of Open Source Scientific Packages | (smr 3696)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

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Europe/Rome The target audience include radiotherapy dosimetry audit providers, medical physicists involved in audits willing to expand their knowledge or interested in setting up a radiotherapy dosimetry audit programme. Participants should have clinical experience and a basic background in dosimetry audits in radiotherapy. Topics: Status and global availability of radiotherapy dosimetry audits Accuracy requirements and Quality Assurance in radiotherapy Dosimetry audit types and methodologies IAEA guidelines for establishing national dosimetry audit network – structure, operation and resources Basics of passive solid-state dosimetry (TLD, OSLD, RPLD, film) systems IAEA methodologies of remote dosimetry audits: Steps 1 to 9, on-site End-to-End 3D CRT and IMRT audits including practical sessions Uncertainty estimation Reporting results and following up results out of tolerance Quality management system for dosimetry audits Novel approaches to auditing Speakers: A. ALVES, ACDS, Australia C. CLARK, NPL – RTTQA, UK N. JORNET, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain P. KAZANTSEV, IAEA, Austria Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

28 Nov 2022 - 2 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Radiotherapy Dosimetry Audit Methodologies | (smr 3753)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mara SEVERGNINI (Trieste Hospital), Jamema SWAMIDAS (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3753@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/07/2022**

Activity

5 Dec 2022 - 16 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology | (smr 3755)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Vijay Balasubramanian (University of Pennsylvania), Pratik Chaudari (University of Pennsylvania), Guido Sanguinetti (SISSA), Matteo Marsili (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

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Activity

5 Dec 2022 - 9 Dec 2022

@ Cali, Armenia - Colombia

Science, Technology and Innovation

Optics & its applications | (smr 3756)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Narine Gevorgyan (A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia), Maria Sagrario Millan (Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Terrassa, Spain), Efrain Solarte (Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), Liliana Tirado (Quindio University, Armenia, Colombia), ICTP Scientific Contact: Joseph Niemela (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3756@ictp.it

Activity

12 Dec 2022 - 16 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Physics and Technology of Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems | (smr 3700)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Chirayu Batra (IAEA), Vladimir Kriventsev (IAEA), Joseph Mahanes (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

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QLS/CMSP Huddle on Water, Heat and Stochastic Theory | (smr 3762)

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Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Storage: Theory, Experiments, and Applications | (smr 3698)

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Quantitative Life Sciences

Random Matrices, Random Graphs and Statistical Physics for Machine Learning and Inference | (smr 3703)

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ICTP College on Optics: Theory and Applications of Lidar | (smr 3706)

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Quantum Microwaves, Heat Transfer and Many-Body Physics in Superconducting Devices | (smr 3704)

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Wannier 2022 Summer School | (smr 3705)

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Machine Learning in Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics | (smr 3702)

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Mathematics

Graduate Course on Tight Closure of Ideals and its Applications | (smr 3707)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): Stable and Random motions in Hamiltonian PDEs

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Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: Searching for new physics by forward experiments

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STI Unit - Library Seminar on Open Science: Pitfalls of Open Science and Possible Solutions

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Earth System Physics

ICTP/UniTN/UniAQ Joint Seminar - Data Assimilation and Nowcasting for Air Traffic Management Purposes. Results from SINOPTICA Project

Seminar

Mathematics

Theory of weights in rooted k-trees

Colloquium

The Importance of Basic Sciences in Addressing the Global Energy Crisis

Seminar

Mathematics

ICTP/IGAP Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Mochizuki's formula and the horizontal Vafa-Witten invariants

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Gravity & Thermodynamics

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced School/Workshop on Computational Nuclear Science and Engineering | (smr 3709)

Activity

New Research Areas (Physics and Development)

Professional and Communications Training for Scientists | (smr 3710)

Activity

Wannier 2022 Developers Meeting | (smr 3757)

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Recent Progress in Thermal Transport Theory and Experiments | (smr 3711)

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Structural Genome: Merging Physics, Biology and Computation | (smr 3712)

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Dissipation Mechanisms in Nano/Mesoscale Tribological Systems | (smr 3713)

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