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

20 Jun 2022

Basic Sciences and Climate

International Year event on 23 June highlights climate extremes detected by AI

6 Jun 2022

Colloquium 14 June

Subir Sachdev to speak at joint ICTP-SISSA event

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

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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 Stochastic thermodynamics Lecturers: Ada ALTIERI (Paris Diderot University, France) -- online -- Andre C. BARATO (University of Houston, USA) -- online -- John BECHHOEFER (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Raphael CHETRITE (Universite Cote d'Azur, Nice, France) Andjelka HEDRIH (Mathematical Institute of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia) Jan KORBEL (Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria) Jelena MANOJLOVIC (University of Nis, Serbia) Juan MR PARRONDO (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Dimitri PETRITIS (Univeristy of Rennes, France) -- online -- Edgar ROLDAN (ICTP Trieste, Italy) Iva TOLIC (R. Boskovic Institute Zagreb, Croatia) --online colloquium-- Volunteers: Bogdan Djordjević (MISANU, Belgrade, Serbia), Katarina Djordjević (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), Lazar Stojković (PMF, University of Nis, 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

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. 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 H. KHARTABIL, IAEA A. KOSILOV, STAR-NET A. MIASSOEDOV, IAEA C. SCHERER, IAEA Essay: Applicants who would like to attend in person are encouraged to submit an 1-page essay with the topic: "The potential role of nuclear energy in achieving sustainable development goals in your country or region". 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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, 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.

Hosted Activity

27 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2022

@ ICTP

TWAS-Illy Colloquia | (smr H633)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): TWAS

Europe/Rome Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96123042450 Meeting ID: 961 2304 2450 Passcode: 219877 Zoom meeting + in presence ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

29 Sep 2022

@ Zoom meeting + in presence

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Scattering Amplitudes in N=2* Theory

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Dileep P. Jatkar (Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Activity

1 Oct 2022 - 12 Dec 2022

@ Online -

C and Linux for Science & Engineering | (smr 3821)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ivan GIROTTO (ICTP), Ali HASSANALI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)

**DEADLINE: 16/10/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. Space Weather is a term generally used to indicate "the conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of spaceborne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger human life or health". Studies on Space Weather effects on the Earth’s ionosphere, and therefore on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), have been ongoing for several years. Nevertheless, additional efforts are still needed to increase the involvement of the scientific community in this field of research, especially from the emerging nations. This capacity building workshop is intended to provide an in-depth view of Space Weather phenomena, including their effects on technological systems. Specific tutorials about GNSS and the exploitation of their signals for ionospheric studies will be given with the aim of enhancing the knowledge and the research capabilities of young scientists, principally from African Countries. Moreover, group projects on GNSS data analysis to investigate the ionospheric response to Space Weather events will be performed by the participants during the workshop. Topics: GNSS generalities Space Weather and Sun-Earth coupling Ionospheric monitoring and modelling Ionospheric measurements Space Weather prediction and forecasting 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

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), Bruno NAVA (ICTP), Local Organiser: Bruno Nava (ICTP STI Unit)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, Boston Collegebcl, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systemsicg2, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologiaingv1, Kenya Space Agencyksa2, International Union of Radio Scienceursi, Pwani Universitypwani

Support E-Mail: smr3741@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 21/08/2022**The deadline on 17 July 2022 is for participants needing financial support and/or visa, the deadline on 21 August 2022 is for online participation.

Europe/Rome 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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3740@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/09/2022**The deadline on 15 August 2022 is for participants needing financial support and/or visa, the deadline on 1 September 2022 for all other participation.

Europe/Rome Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Abstract: Photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes have to balance two vital functions: efficient light harvesting and efficient energy dissipation. The former occurs under low levels of solar radiation, during which the absorbed photoenergy is converted into chemical energy with near-unity quantum efficiency. The latter, finely tuned photoprotective function serves to safely remove excess absorbed energy to limit photodamage. The nature of both functions is a subject of intense research. The light-harvesting proteins commonly coordinate numerous chromophores in a dense arrangement, resulting in complex, coupled energy-transfer mechanisms. Consequently, transitions between the light-harvesting and photoprotective functions often involve only subtle protein conformational changes, i.e., the population equilibrium between different conformational states of light-harvesting proteins is often very sensitive to the protein’s local environment. Single-molecule spectroscopy uniquely allows one to monitor protein functional switches in real time, to explore the protein conformational landscapes, and to unravel the underlying photophysical processes. In this webinar I will show how the intrinsic disorder of photosynthetic proteins is regulated by their local environments, allowing them to switch between different light-harvesting and photoprotective states. The unstable equilibrium between different functional states can be finely tuned by the incident photon flux1, pH2, chromophore arrangement3, and interaction with accessory proteins4. Examples of environmentally controlled conformational switching, as assessed by single-molecule spectroscopy, will be given for light-harvesting complexes of plants, cyanobacteria, and diatoms. References Gwizdala et al. J Am Chem Soc 138 (36): 11616-11622 (2016). Krüger et al. Biophys J 102: 2669–2676 (2012). Krüger et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108:13516-13521 (2011); Krüger et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114: E11063-E11071 (2017). Gwizdala et al. J Phys Chem Lett 9:2426-2432 (2018). Zoom registration link will be soon announced. Virtual Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

5 Oct 2022

@ Virtual Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Single-molecule spectroscopy of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes

Room: via Zoom

Speaker(s): Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting Modern analytical methods are being developed very rapidly and in the synergistic cluster of Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) methods. These techniques have proven to be extremely powerful spectroscopic tools, often providing complementary information on the structure and composition of materials. The workshop will provide an advanced training and information exchange platform both for early-stage and experienced researchers actively working in the field. Recent advancements in accelerator technology and detection systems, novel applications and combinations of analysis tools as well as software developments and artificial intelligence for IBA will be covered. Beside theoretical lectures, practical sessions on advanced data evaluation with GUPIX, SIMNRA, Multi-SIMNRA and WINDF will be included. With the increasing demand to respond to the economic and societal challenges; the workshop will have a dedicated part on creative thinking, networking, research infrastructures and strategies for efficient operation and upgrade of accelerator facilities. The participants will have an opportunity to present and discuss their results in a poster session. Visit of Sincrotrone Elettra will be involved. Topics: Recent advances in accelerator technologies High spatial resolution analysis; 2D and 3D elemental mapping Synergistic treatment of data from multiple analytical techniques Artificial intelligence for Ion Beam Analysis Applications and case studies from materials science, biology-biomedicine, forensics, environmental science, art and archaeometry Practical exercise: Advanced use of GUPIX, SIMNRA, Multi-SIMNRA, WINDF Creativity Enhancement for Innovation Strategies for efficient operation and upgrade of accelerator facilities National and Transnational Research Infrastructures and Networking Speakers: I. CAMPBELL, University of Guelph, Canada J. COLAUX, University of Namur, Belgium T.F. DA SILVA, University of São Paulo, Brazil L. GIUNTINI, University of Florence, Italy A. LOMBARDI, CERN, Switzerland M. MAYER, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasmaphysik, Germany T. OSIPOWITZ, National University of Singapore, Singapore F. ZANINI, Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy Pre-requisites: As a prerequisite to be eligible for the selection process, all applicants are asked to submit poster abstract. 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. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

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

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Agencyiaea6, Research And Development with Ion Beamsradiate, International Union of Pure and Applied Physicsiupap, International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd

Support E-Mail: smr3742@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 07/09/2022**Note: the deadline on 15 August 2022 is for all applications including those needing financial support and/or visa and on 7 September 2022 - all other applications.

Europe/Rome Giovanni Vignale is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. After graduating from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa in 1979 and gaining his PhD at Northwestern University in 1984, he worked as a postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He joined the Physics Department at the University of Missouri in 1988 and was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1997. He has been a visiting scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste and at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa; a member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, California, an Ikerbasque Fellow at the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility in San Sebastian, Spain, and a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo. He is currently Visiting Research Professor at the Institute for Intelligent Functional Materials (I-FIM), National University of Singapore. Giovanni Vignale’s area of research is the many-body theory of electronic materials and devices — a field in which he has more than 200 papers in print. He is author of two books “Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid” (Cambridge University Press, 2005) (with G. F. Giuliani) and, “The Beautiful Invisible – Imagination, Creativity and Theoretical Physics” (Oxford University Press, 2011.) ABSTRACT: Electric and thermal transport in electronic systems has long been described in terms of an independent-particle picture (Landau theory of Fermi liquids) which emphasizes the role of collisions between electrons and impurities or lattice vibrations, with electron-electron collisions playing a secondary role. It is only in the past two decades that advances in the fabrication of ultra clean samples have refocused the interest on collective hydrodynamic transport - a transport regime which is controlled by the nearly conserved quantities: particle number, momentum, and energy density, and by electron-electron interactions tying their values together. In this talk I review some of the recent theoretical and experimental progress in our understanding of electronic hydrodynamics in graphene-based materials. Several novel effects have been predicted and experimentally observed, including large deviations from the conventional Wiedemann-Franz law, which connects the electric and thermal conductivities. I then move on to other realizations of hydrodynamic concepts, namely in Fermionic cold atoms and in the quark-gluon plasma of quantum chromodynamics. In the latter case I review the theoretical arguments, based on holographic duality and supported by experiment, which suggests that the quark-gluon plasma should be an almost perfect fluid, with a viscosity to entropy ratio close to a conjectured lower bound ℏ⁄(4πk_B ), which, quite surprisingly, is also approached by electrons in pristine graphene. This is an in person event, taking place in the Budinich Lecture Hall @ ICTP. Light refreshments will be served on the Leonardo Building Terrace after the event. All are welcome to attend. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

10 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium on "Hydrodynamics of Quantum Liquids: From Electrons to Quarks" by Prof. Giovanni Vignale, Institute for Intelligent Functional Materials (I-FIM), National University of Singapore

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. Giovanni Vignale, Institute for Intelligent Functional Materials (I-FIM), National University of Singapore

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Johannes Lischner (Imperial College London) Abstract: Beautiful moiré patterns can be created by stacking and twisting two-dimensional crystals, such as graphene or transition metal dichalcogenides. One of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years is that electrons are strongly affected by these moiré patterns and often exhibit completely unexpected behaviour. For example, twisted bilayer graphene – composed of two (semi-)metallic graphene layers – was observed to exhibit correlated insulator states as well as superconductivity at a magic twist angle of 1.1 degrees. In my talk, I will describe my group’s efforts to understand the electronic properties of moiré materials from an atomistic perspective which is challenging because of the large unit cells in these systems (often containing thousands of atoms). To overcome this difficulty, we developed accurate tight-binding models and then incorporate the effects of electron-electron interactions. Based on the atomistic simulations, we also construct effective moiré-scale Hubbard-like models to describe the behaviour at large length scales. Light Refreshments will be served at the end of the Seminar at 17:00 on the terrace of the Leonardo Building Zoom registration link will follow in due time. Hybrid Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

13 Oct 2022

@ Hybrid Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (News&Views series): Electrons in moiré materials: from atomistic calculations to effective models

Room: Room B (Leonardo Building) + Zoom

Speaker(s): Johannes Lischner (Imperial College London)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Seminar

13 Oct 2022

@ Zoom meeting + in presence

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Quantum Entanglement in String Theory

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP meeting in presence (by invitation only) This workshop is devoted to going beyond the simplest mixing situations and embrace complex situations involving the coupling between advection/diffusion in complex media or complex flows and the coupling with chemical reactions or phase changes. It will reach and expose the fellows to current research open questions and state of the art experimental, computational and theoretical techniques required to tackle complex mixing problems. Topics: Mixing & chemical reactions: chemical reactions, kinetics, catalysis, flow/reaction coupling, reaction fronts Mixing & source localization: reinforcement learning algorithms Mixing & geoscience: dispersion laws and stretching laws in porous media, implication for mixing Mixing in complex fluids: dispersion and mixing in non-Newtonian and granular media Beyond mixing: lamellar approach of spray evaporation, rain, clouds, solute precipitation Speakers: L. BIFERALE, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy A. LOISY, IRPHE, Aix-Marseille Université, France N. METAIS, ISIPCA, France E. PANIZON Emanuele, ICTP, Italy M. VERGASSOLA, ENS Paris, France Sponsor: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement N°956457. 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

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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Emmanuel VILLERMAUX (IRPHE Marseille), Antonio CELANI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, European Unioneu, Control Prediction and Learning in Mixing processescopermix

Participation in this workshop is by invitation only, and no general applications can be accepted.**DEADLINE: 15/09/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA meeting in presence The workshop aims to enhance knowledge of participants on safety standards and good practice for radiation protection of patients and staff in image guided interventional procedures, and to support improving their practical skills and competences in this field. The workshop will consist of lectures and practical sessions such as problem solving, case studies and information exchange among participants, who will gain knowledge on the safety aspects related to the use of imaging to guide various types of interventional procedures. The sessions will be highly intensive and interactive, and would expect participants to exhibit high degree of commitment and enthusiasm. The workshop seeks to target experienced clinical medical physicists and radiation protection officers of departments performing image guided interventional procedures. Preference will be given to candidates who are also involved in providing training of interventionalists. The participant is expected to disseminate. Topics Overview of image guided interventional procedures Radiation doses and related radiation risks for patient and staff State of the art of imaging technology Design of interventional radiology facility Occupational exposure monitoring and protective devices Quality assurance programme Patient dose assessment and monitoring Establishing and using DRLs Patient dose management and practical issues Optimization of radiation protection in different clinical applications Radiation protection in paedriatic interventional procedures Radiation protection of pregnant patient and staff Prevention and management of overexposures Setting follow-up programme for patients at risk for tissue reactions International databases SAFRAD and ISEMIR International standards and guidance Speakers G. BERNARDI, AOPN, Italy P. BREGANT, ASUGI, Italy L. DE PAOLI, CIRSE, Austria A. KYLE JONES, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA A. ROGERS, NKS, UK A. TRIANNI, APSS Trento, Italy 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

17 Oct 2022 - 21 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

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

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physicsefomp3, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm3, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europecirse

Support E-Mail: smr3743@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/07/2022**

Activity

17 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

* CANCELLED * Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

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

Support E-Mail: smr3683@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Eran SELA (Tel Aviv University) Abstract: Recently, entropy measurements of quantum dots were demonstrated based on charge sensitivity. These experiments require temperature variations, and extract entropy changes due to gate voltage variations using Maxwell relations. In addition to describing ongoing experimental puzzles, I will discuss new directions that these methods open, such as measurements of fractional entropy in frustrated Kondo systems, in fractional quantum Hall states, and the possibility to detect a decoherence induced phase transition in quantum dots. Zoom registration link will follow in due time. Hybrid Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Oct 2022

@ Hybrid Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar: How to measure entropy in mesoscopic systems?

Room: Room B (Leonardo Building) + Zoom

Speaker(s): Eran SELA (Tel Aviv University)

Seminar Start Time: 09:00

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. 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

24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

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

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3744@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 19/06/2022**

Europe/Rome Please note that the activity is cancelled for 2022 and is postponed to 2023 The advanced school builds on the latest IPCC reports on climate change, impacts, risks and adaptation. It addresses regional climate information and the comprehensive assessment for adaptation planning and increasing risk resilience of society and ecosystems. This will be a unique opportunity to foster a collaborative discussion across different communities, with early career scientists in particular. It will foster future research through the use of state of the art methods in climate modelling and regional climate impacts and risk assessment. Participants will gain new knowledge on how to responsibly use climate and impact model outputs to effectively inform climate policies of countries, cities and settlements, and for different sectors. The school will include talks on hot topics, followed by afternoon hands on training sessions. It will introduce the WGI Interactive Atlas to explore the datasets assessed in the report, including exploring in a tailor-made way the syntheses of regional climate information. Communications and visual representation of regional climate, impacts and risk will be addressed, including how to generate key figures from the IPCC assessment reports. Topics: Regional climate change Climatic impact drivers Climate and weather extremes Attribution Climate change hot topics e.g. sea level rise, heat waves, wildfires Climate risk framework Impacts and future risks in natural and human systems Speakers: J. M. GUTIERREZ, University of Cantabria, Spain R. KOPP, Rutgers University, USA G. KRINNER, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, France V. MUCCIONE, University of Zurich, Switzerland I. PINTO, University of Cape Town, South Africa D. SCHMIDT, University of Bristol, 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 ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Climate Information for Risk Assessment and Regional Adaption 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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Anna PIRANI (ICTP/University Paris Saclay), Roshanka RANASINGHE (IHE ), Alex RUANE (NASA), Robert VAUTARD (IPSL ), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola (ICTP)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3738@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 12/09/2022**

Europe/Rome Matteo LOSTAGLIO (PsiQuantum Ltd, U.K.) Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to quantum algorithms, with a focus on prototypical quantum chemistry problems such as predicting electronic structures and simulating quantum dynamics. I will overview how a fault-tolerant quantum computer can be used to solve these problems. Time permitting, I will review recent progress on quantum signal processing techniques, which allow to solve linear algebra problems on a quantum computer. Zoom registration link will follow in due time. Hybrid Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

24 Oct 2022

@ Hybrid Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar: An introduction to quantum chemistry algorithms

Room: Euler Lecture Hall + Zoom

Speaker(s): Matteo LOSTAGLIO (PS1 Quantum Ltd, U.K.)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Life can be thought of as a type of stochastic information processing realized out of thermodynamic equilibrium. Living systems indeed consume energy to sustain order and information flow in fluctuating environments. Recent advances in non-equilibrium statistical physics and information theory offer a new framework to unravel the underlying principles of the dynamical processes in living matter. As an example of the developing interface between biology, information theory and statistical physics, a recently discovered new principle, the thermodynamic uncertainty relation, quantifies the energy-precision trade-off of biological processes and its physical bounds. Another important example of the richness of this interface is offered by machine learning, which couples ideas from neuroscience, computer science and statistical physics. The new language developed in modern statistical mechanics is then expected to play a key role in the understanding of how order, and eventually life, emerges from disorder. It has been widely demonstrated that statistical mechanics is an essential tool for the development of the above subjects, and great interest in these subjects is currently shared by statistical physics and biophysics communities in Korea. The 2022 ICTP-KIAS School on Statistical Physics for Life Sciences aims to introduce the next generation of students and researchers to these important themes: the quantitative understanding of life sciences, machine learning, and data science from the perspective of modern statistical physics. In addition to the pedagogical lectures, the school includes a small workshop for sharing recent research progresses among scientists at the frontier of this field. The school aims at providing unique opportunities for (junior) scientists in the Asia Pacific region to learn modern statistical physics and its applications to quantitative life science, machine learning, and data science. The 2022 ICTP-KIAS School will contribute to the cross-fertilization between physics and biology as well as to long-term scientific collaborations between researchers in Asia and ICTP scientists. Topics Information theory, machine learning and statistical physics Statistical mechanics of machine learning Information theory and criticality Statistical mechanics and reasoning Out-of-equilibrium statistical physics and life Biochemical rhythms and thermodynamics Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Information thermodynamics Stochastic thermodynamics Lecturers for the School: Vipul Periwal (National Institutes of Health) Jae Sung Lee (Korea Institute for Advance Study) Pankaj Mehta (Boston University) Takahiro Sagawa (University of Tokyo) Speakers for the workshop: Changbong Hyeon (Korea Institute for Advance Study) Hyunggyu Park (Korea Institute for Advance Study) Yongjoo Baek (Seoul National University) Tetsuya Kobayashi (University of Tokyo) Jae-Hyung Jeon (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Yong Woon Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Kunihiko Kaneko (Niels Bohr Institute) Antonio Celani (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics) Vipul Periwal (National Institutes of Health) Deok-Sun Lee (Korea Institute for Advance Study) Junghyo Jo (Seoul National University) DEADLINE to submit applications: 30 SEPTEMBER, 2022 Seoul - Republic of Korea ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

31 Oct 2022 - 8 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)

**DEADLINE: 30/09/2022** **DEADLINE: 30/09/2022**

Europe/Rome Yusuf Shaidu (University of California & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Abstract: The Mg2(dobpdc) is a metal organic framework (MOF) made up of Mg metal ions connected via a dobpdc4- (dobpdc4-= 4,4'-dihydroxy-(1,1'-biphenyl)-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid) organic molecule to form a hexagonal porous material along the c crystallographic axis. The diamine-functionalized variant of Mg2(dobpdc) has been demonstrated as a transformative material for carbon capture applications. The functionalized materials form carbamate species upon CO2 insertion and exhibit cooperative adsorption mechanisms leading to a step-shaped isotherm that enables a full CO2 capacity to be accessed with a minimal temperature swing[1]. Thermal properties, CO2 adsorption kinetics and mechanisms of CO2 insertion are understudied due to the complexity of the materials. Finite temperature simulations of these materials are prohibitively costly because of the large number of atoms in a unit cell. Previous studies have been based on empirical force-fields whose parameters are not optimized to reproduce the density functional theory (DFT) energies and forces of these systems. Here, we present our work on the development of a reactive interatomic potential based on neural network techniques for amine-appended Mg2(dobpdc) systems. The neural network potentials (NNPs) belong to a class of reactive force-fields that allow to simulate bond breaking and formation which are prevalent during a finite temperature dynamics. The interatomic potentials here are constructed using the active learning approach combining the artificial neural network approaches and dispersion-corrected DFT. We show that the NNPs are accurate in predicting adsorption energy, mechanical, vibrational and thermal properties. In addition, we demonstrate that these potentials can be combined with a simulated annealing approach to find better starting structures for DFT energy minimization needed to compute CO2 binding energy. Authors: Yusuf Shaidu1,2, Alex Smith1,2, Eric Taw2,3 and Jeffrey B. Neaton1,2,4 1Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States. 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States. 3Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States. 4Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, California, United States. References: [1] McDonald, T., Mason, J., Kong, X. et al. Nature 519, 303–308 (2015). [2] Yusuf Shaidu et al. Accurate Neural Network Interatomic Potentials for Carbon Capture in Amine-appended Metal-organic Frameworks (In preparation) Zoom registration link will follow in due time. Virtual Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

2 Nov 2022

@ Virtual Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Accurate Neural Network Interatomic Potentials for Carbon Capture in Amine-appended Metal-organic Frameworks

Room: via Zoom

Speaker(s): Yusuf Shaidu (University of California & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Seminar Start Time: 17:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are partnering with International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) to deliver a Hybrid Training School the principles and the modelling approaches for radionuclide migration in the geosphere. Nuclear energy is a reliable solution to the challenges posed both by a finite energy supply from fossil fuels and from climate change. All Member States that benefit from the on-going peaceful uses of nuclear technology need to safely manage radioactive waste. In addition, many Member States are tasked with the safe management of waste and environmental contamination resulting from past practices or events. To identify the preferred approach, the decision making process should be underpinned assessments of the long-term impact of the various waste management and/or remediation options. Underpinning the assessments are mathematical models that can predict the potential movement of contaminants within the environment. Predicting the fate and transport of contaminants in a subsurface environment is essential to the disposal of waste and the evaluation and remediation of soil and groundwater pollution. This training school is focused on teaching the approach to modelling contaminant fate and transport in groundwater. There is a wide application for this modelling including the development of waste disposal concepts, radiological safety case, environmental impact assessment and remediation for contaminated land. The International School on the Physical Basis for Radionuclide Migration (storage, disposal and contaminated sites) will include the following topics:  Establishing a conceptual site model Basics of radionuclide behavior in the environment Hydrologic, geochemical and conceptional information needed for modelling of radionuclide migration Mechanisms of colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides by groundwater Model application and objectives Analytical and numerical model approaches An overview of geochemical and biosphere modelling Managing modelling uncertainties Hands on experience with modelling codes (software applications) 1D and 2D models used for radionuclide migration (e.g. Amber, Phreeqc, Minqa2, etc.) Advanced radionuclide migration models used for transport in different environments Case study integration, including Radionuclide speciation in leachate solution URL migration investigation Colloidal fractions of radionuclides from leaching of glass- and cement-based Matrices Modelling approaches for colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides in groundwater Speakers: R. AVILA, AFRY, Sweden K. BAINES, IAEA-Vienna, Austria D. BENNETT, IAEA-Vienna, Austria V. FREEDMAN, Sealaska, USA W. MEYER, IAEA-Vienna, Austria M. OJOVAN, Imperial College, UK V. PETROV, IGEM RAS Russian Federation Requirements for interactive practical sessions: Basic knowledge of the theory of water movement, solute transport and heat transport is recommended. Personal laptop computer would be required. 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

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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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), Rebecca Ann ROBBINS (IAEA/NEFW), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3751@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 21/10/2022**The deadline on 30 September 2022 is for participants needing financial support and/or visa, the deadline on 21 October 2022 is for online participation.

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting From helping farmers adapt to climate change to predicting disease outbreaks, scientists in developing countries have begun turning to ML for more effective solutions. With this potential, however, comes the possibility for abuse, misuse, and unintended consequences. Topics Embedding Ethics Education in Machine Learning: case studies from various parts of the world that demonstrate the need for a wider perspective on ML ethical challenges. Big data, privacy and democracy: ethical questions linked with big data exploitation, privacy and the dangers for democracy. Machine Learning, bias and fairness: problems of ML amplified bias, and some of the possible solutions. Diversity in ML: causes and impact of this lack of diversity, and some of the success stories that demonstrate how diverse teams are more successful. Impact of new technologies: impacts of novel technologies like TinyML and global satellite-enabled internet services, especially on people in least developed countries. Speakers P. AHRWEILER, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany D. HUYSKES, Privacy Network, Italy S. KENNEDY, Santa Clara University, USA M. ROVERI, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

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)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3749@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 27/10/2022**

Europe/Rome This is a hybrid meeting This workshop aims to foster Space Weather research through the application of Machine Learning (ML) and statistical techniques by providing the participants with theoretical and practical training on Space Weather and Machine Learning fundamentals, with hands-on tutorials. The complex and highly coupled Sun-Earth system is constantly being monitored by ground and space-based instrumentation which produces a huge amount of daily data. These datasets, in addition to the increasing computing capability, are regularly used to produce forecasting models and other Space Weather products. In particular, Space Weather data analysis and modeling using ML techniques are showing promising results. The purpose of the workshop is to give theoretical and tailored practical training on Machine Learning fundamentals, its application to Space Weather and future prospects, covering also important topics like Research to Operations (R2O), explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and trustworthiness and ethics. Participation A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from Latin America and other developing countries. There is no registration fee. Female candidates are encouraged to apply. Applicants can submit a ‘Research Abstract’. A small number of abstracts may be selected for a contributed talk. Deadline for Applications: 4 September, 2022 - for participation in presence. 30 September, 2022 - for online attendance only. Buenos Aires - Argentina ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ Buenos Aires - Argentina

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

Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio

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

Cosponsor(s): Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología (FACET), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT)facet, Universidad Nacional de Tucumántucuman, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite SystemsICG2, Scientific Committee of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)scostep, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE)conae, Boston Collegebcl

Topics: - Space Weather fundamentals - Space Weather Gaps and applications that can be tackled with Machine Learning - Machine Learning Basic Concepts and Tools - Deep Learning and current trends - Machine Learning techniques applied to Space Weather and their main challenges - Discussion on R2O, XAI, trustworthiness and ethics on ML - Open source tools for ML (Python, scikit-learn, Keras, etc). **DEADLINE: 04/09/2022** **DEADLINE: 30/09/2022**

Activity

7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022

@ Harare - Zimbabwe

Earth System Physics

* CANCELLED * 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 Tompkins (ICTP)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3747@ictp.it

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Meeting in presence The Joint ICTP-IAEA main aim is to provide the best possible training in modern aspects of plasma physics focusing on the plasma physics main features for fusion applications and remaining open issues, being a way to maturing scientists from all over the world with emphasis on developing countries. Topics: Elementary as well as advanced treatment of fundamental processes in plasma physics, collective phenomena, coherent nonlinear phenomena, self-restoration, and plasma turbulence. Their applications to Magnetic Fusion from theory, experiments, to design, simulations and results interpretation A scientific review of the Magnetic Fusion research and Technology all the way from small fusion facilities to JET, ITER and beyond will be provided. Call for contributed abstracts and essays: All applicants are encouraged to submit an 2-page essay and a brief abstract for a poster presentation in the broad field of basic and applied plasma physics. A limited number of contributed abstracts will be selected for the poster session. Speakers: D. GOMEZ, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina S. M. GONZALEZ DE VICENTE, IAEA, Austria D. GRASSO, Politechnico di Torino, Italy L. HADID, Ecole Polytechnique, France D. HATCH, University of Texas, USA J. HILLESHEIM, MIT, USA S. M. MAHAJAN, University of Texas, USA L. MARRELLI, University of Padua, Italy C. A. ROMERO TALAMÁS, University of Maryland, USA S. SERVIDIO, University of Calabria, Italy 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. 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

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 Maria GONZALEZ DE VICENTE (IAEA, Austria), Daniel GOMEZ (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Swadesh MAHAJAN (University of Texas, USA), Zensho YOSHIDA (University of Tokyo, Japan), Local Organiser: Ralf Kaiser (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3748@ictp.it

The deadline on 26 August 2022 is for participants needing financial support and/or visa, the deadline on 7 October is for participants not needing financial support and/or visa.**DEADLINE: 07/10/2022**

Europe/Rome Maurizio Fabrizio (SISSA) Abstract: Landau’s Fermi liquids, paradigm of interacting electrons, are characterized by the existence of single-particle excitations, the ‘quasiparticles’, with well-defined energy dispersion in momentum space and whose lifetime grows to infinity approaching the quasiparticle ‘Fermi surface’, i.e., the location in the Brillouin zone of the zeros of the quasiparticle energy measured with respect to the chemical potential. Those quasiparticles fully determine the long-wavelength, low-energy, and low-temperature behavior of the interacting system. The traditional microscopic derivation of Landau’s Fermi liquid theory relies on the validity of perturbation theory. In that case, quasiparticles appear as peaks in the spectral function that grow and narrow approaching the quasiparticle ‘Fermi surface’, rigorously defined through the poles in momentum space of the single-particle Green’s function at zero energy and temperature. Therefore, each time quasiparticle peaks are absent in the spectral function, that lack is attributed to a breakdown of Landau’s Fermi liquid theory, and often happens in strongly-correlated materials, most notably, in the pseudo-gap phase of underdoped cuprates. However, many purported non-Fermi liquids missing quasiparticle peaks have physical properties that instead hint at the existence of quasiparticles. The most striking example are quantum oscillations, another fingerprint of quasiparticles, and finite specific heat coefficients in the Kondo insulators SmB6 and YbB12. Here, we show that this Janus-faced behavior can be perfectly reconciled with Landau’s Fermi liquid theory. Specifically, we demonstrate that Landau’s Fermi liquid theory can be microscopically derived even when the single-particle Green’s function at zero energy and temperature has a surface of zeros, the so-called Luttinger surface that also entails breakdown of perturbation theory, instead of the Fermi surface poles. We show that quasiparticles at the Luttinger surface, invisible in the spectral function, are incompressible, do not contribute to the Drude weight, and yet they yield linear in temperature specific heat and thermal conductivity, Pauli-like magnetic susceptibility and, possibly, quantum oscillations. Therefore, for instance, a Mott insulator with a Luttinger surface realizes a spin-liquid insulator, with the Luttinger surface playing the role of the ‘spinon’ Fermi surface. Coffee break will be served prior the Seminar at 10:30 on the terrace of the Leonardo Building Zoom registration link will be announced in due time. Hybrid Seminar ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Nov 2022

@ Hybrid Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (News&Views series): Landau’s Fermi liquids with hidden quasiparticles

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (Leonardo Building) & via Zoom

Speaker(s): Maurizio Fabrizio (SISSA)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. The school will cover key aspects of fully-programmable Systems-On-Chip (SoC) technology and its applications to scientific instrumentation. The aim is to familiarize participants with professional software design tools and hardware platforms through tutorials and project examples in the field of nuclear applications. Traditional FPGA devices have been utilized in many nuclear instruments for the past few decades, allowing multiple and parallel processing of signals from radiation detectors and other sensors. These features make instruments more compact by reducing number of required processors and minimizing complexity of analog electronics for signal processing. Modern SoC integrate the software programmability of processors with the hardware configurability of FPGAs in a single chip. In the first two weeks, participants will carry out hands-on activities with software automation tools and hardware setups. Programming at FPGA level as well as processor level will be performed and interfacing with a wide variety of modular platforms will be undertaken. In the third week, participants will do projects and build embedded instruments for nuclear applications. In addition, they will be introduced to an open-source SoC-FPGA firmware platform, providing a well-tested interface with the control computer. Topics: Systems-on-Chip: Architecture and Design Methodology Hardware/Software Interface Design Automation Tools VHDL for FPGA Design, Modeling, and Logic Synthesis Embedded C Language Programming High Level Synthesis Real-time Data Acquisition, Processing, and Transmission Digital Pulse Processing Techniques FPGA for Acceleration of AI Algorithms Laboratory Sessions for Hands-On Training and Experimentation 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

14 Nov 2022 - 2 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on FPGA-based SoC and its Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation | (smr 3765)

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maria Liz CRESPO (ICTP), Kalliopi KANAKI (IAEA), Mladen BOGOVAC (IAEA), Andres CICUTTIN (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo (Multidisciplinary Laboratory (MLab) Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Unit The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP))

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

**DEADLINE: 18/09/2022**

Activity

21 Nov 2022 - 22 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

Science, Technology and Innovation

* CANCELLED * Science Dissemination for Scholars with Disabilities | (smr 3752)

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

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

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

Support E-Mail: smr3752@ictp.it

Europe/Rome A collaboration with UNESCO, 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. In this initial release of this course the focus is on basic analysis techniques of reanalysis and climate data, the extension to sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction will be contained in part 2 which will follow in 2023. 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

21 Nov 2022 - 16 Dec 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 Tompkins (ICTP)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3691@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 11/11/2022**

Europe/Rome When implementing new brachytherapy sources and image-guided techniques into clinical practice, rigorous quality assurance and dosimetry is needed to guarantee the safe use of this nuclear technology and to improve outcomes. National guidelines for brachytherapy differ widely across the world; therefore, a harmonized approach is needed. High dose rate brachytherapy is an advanced technology that involves complex dose prescription, optimization, recording and reporting. The target audience include medical physicists involved in clinical brachytherapy service in the radiotherapy department. Participants shall have clinical experience and a basic background in dosimetry and quality control in radiotherapy. A 5-minute presentation is expected from each participant/hospital of their institutional procedures (QA and clinical workflow of a gynaecological patient using High Dose Rate Brachytheapy). Topics: Introduction to the physics of brachytherapy Description of existing brachytherapy sources Source strength determination Dose calculation formalisms and uncertainties The brachytherapy processes for Level-2 (‘2D’) and Level-3 (‘3D’) Imaging in brachytherapy (X-ray, C-arm, US, CT, MRI) Applicator selection, reconstruction, commissioning in various imaging modalities Brachytherapy dose prescription, optimization, and reporting Medical physics aspects of quality management, quality assurance and auditing methodologies in the clinic Practical hands-on quality assurance and dosimetry using a High-Dose-Rate afterloader in a clinical setting Speakers: R. HUDEJ*, Institue of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia E. GRUSZCZYNSKA, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute – Oncology Center, Warshaw, Poland T. PAULSEN HELEBUST, Oslo University Hospital, Norway S. SIMIELE, AAPM faculty member, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas, USA L. TUNTIPUMIAMORN, Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Note: *for the practical demonstrations on the afterloader at the Institue of Oncology Ljubljana Prerequisites: The workshop is for clinical qualified medical physicists (CQMP as per IAEA publication HHS-25) from United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA Member States who hold a postgraduate-level university degree, preferable in medical physics. The candidate should have at least 3 years working experience in a hospital in a radiotherapy department and should be involved in brachytherapy. The process of selection of participants might include a mandatory written examination. 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. As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page ICTP Access Guidelines for Visitors. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Nov 2022 - 25 Nov 2022

@ ICTP

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

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Daniel BERGER (IAEA), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm3

Support E-Mail: smr3754@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/09/2022**

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**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Meeting in presence Writing software has become central to research in many fields of science. This school aims to give early-career scientists an introduction to a variety of topics that help them to write efficient, clean, maintainable and long-lived code that is useful beyond solving an immediate problem. In a mixture of talks and many hands-on sessions, the focus lies on showing best practices and building fundamental skills in creating, extending and collaborating on modular and reusable software. Topics: Python / shell scripts as glue code Introduction to computer architectures and software optimization Modular, reusable software design Effective collaborative development with multiple co-authors Version control and release cycles Automated testing frameworks Structured documentation Management of open source scientific packages Continuous integration & deployment Visualisation as a development tool Conversational development Lecturers: A. CORBETTA, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands A. FARNUDI, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France L. GARRISON, University of Bergen, Norway I. GIROTTO, ICTP, Trieste, Italy D. GRELLSCHEID, University of Bergen, Norway Prerequisites: Participants are expected to have some experience in a programming language, this course is not suitable for beginners in programming. 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

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)

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

Support E-Mail: smr3696@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 14/10/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Online Meeting. 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 sciences 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. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

28 Nov 2022 - 2 Dec 2022

@ Online -

Science, Technology and Innovation

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

Room: Online

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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, European Physical Society eps, American Physical Society aps, UNESCOunesco

Support E-Mail: smr3739@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 11/11/2022**

Europe/Rome Joint ICTP-IAEA meeting in presence 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 A. EMBRIACO, ENEA, Italy C. FIANDRA, University of Turin, Italy N. JORNET, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain P. KAZANTSEV, IAEA, Austria S. RUSSO, Florence Hospital, Italy 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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano 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 Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medicaaifm

Support E-Mail: smr3753@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/08/2022**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. Machine Learning is increasingly being used in biology, as also in other physical and life sciences, to build predictive models of underlying processes. This school will combine the knowledge of biologists who work with large and heterogeneous data, of physicists who are experts at modelling such complexity, and of machine learning experts who bring in state-of-the-art methods in statistics. This integrated approach is essential to learn how to tackle these issues and gain a better understanding of key phenomena in biology. Lecturers: P. CHAUDHARI, University of Pennsylvania, USA S. MUKHERJEE, MPG Leipzig, Germany E. PIASINI, SISSA, Italy G. SCHWEIKERT, University of Dundee, UK G. TKACIK, IST, Austria C. TOMASETTI, City of Hope, Los Angeles, USA C. VALLEJOS, University of Edinburgh, UK Scientific Advisory Committee: V. BALASUBRAMANIAN, University of Pennsylvania, USA A. CELANI, ICTP, Italy S. JAIN, University of Delhi, India V.K. KRISHNAMURTHY, ICTS, Bangalore, India M. MARSILI, ICTP, Italy M. THATTAI, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India 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 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 CHAUDHARI (University of Pennsylvania), Guido SANGUINETTI (SISSA), Matteo MARSILI (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)icts

Support E-Mail: 3755@ictp.it

Note: the deadline on 15 October 2022 is for applications needing financial support and/or visa and on 15 November 2022 for all other applications.**DEADLINE: 15/11/2022**

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in collaboration with the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, the Quindio University in Armenia, Colombia, and the A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory in Yerevan, Armenia will organize the 10th International Symposium on "Optics & its Applications" (OPTICS-10), which will be held in Cali and Armenia, Colombia from 5 to 9 December, 2022. Inaugurated in 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia, this series of symposia has become an important forum for scientists working on optics, stimulating exchanges among theorists and experimentalists. The objective of this symposium is to bring together leading specialists and young scientists working on various aspects of optics and to discuss the most recent developments in that area. OPTICS-10 will combine: invited plenary lectures, sectional reports, presentations of young scientists (there will be special awards from the A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory for the best student's contribution), poster presentations, laboratory tours, and social events. Topics Quantum optics Quantum Information Biophotonics Strong field optics Spectroscopy Nonlinear & ultrafast optics Fiber optics Integrated photonics Optical design Optical sensing 2D materials Nanophotonics Laser dynamics Singular optics Mathematical methods in optics Speakers S.BELLUCCI, INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy F. BELTRAN MEJIA, Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicacoes – Inatel, Brazil D. BLASCHKE, University of Wroclaw, Poland A. CASAS BEDOYA, The University of Sydney, Australia T. CHALYAN, Vrije University of Brussels, Belgium C. COSTA VERA, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador T. DORNHEIM, CASUS, HZDR, Germany C. GALINDEZ, Universidad del Valle, Colombia J. I. GARCIA-SUCERQUIA, Universidad Nacional, Colombia A. GUZMAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia E. KARIMI, University of Ottawa, Canada K. LARIN, University of Houston, USA I. MEGLINSKI, Aston University, UK Z. MOLDABEKOV, CASUS, HZDR, Germany J. NIEMELA, ICTP, Italy A. PAPOYAN, Institute for Physical Research, Armenia L. PAVESI, University of Trento, Italy K. RODRIGUEZ, Universidad del Valle, Colombia M. SAGRARIO MILLAN, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain K. SOKOLOV, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 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. Cali, Armenia - Colombia ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 Dec 2022 - 9 Dec 2022

@ Cali, Armenia - Colombia

Science, Technology and Innovation

10th International Symposium "Optics & its applications" | (smr 3756)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Narine GEVORGYAN (A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory, Yerevan and BAO NAS RA, 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)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, Thorlabs Inc.thorl, A.Alikhanyan National Laboratoryaanl, Optica (formerly OSA)optica

Support E-Mail: smr3756@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/09/2022**

Seminar

6 Dec 2022

@ Zoom Meeting + in presence

Cosmology

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Vicharit Yingcharoenrat (KAVLI IPMU, Tokyo)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online. This is a comprehensive workshop reviewing state-of-the-art reactor design concepts, nuclear fuel cycle options including design and technological features of various innovative reactors. The unique course provides basic understanding of different innovative nuclear energy systems. The participants will receive a theoretical foundation on most important research and technology development areas of the innovative nuclear energy systems and will get familiarized with the modern physical models and simulation codes for the design and safety analysis of the advanced nuclear reactors and related fuel cycles. The workshop aims to engage and stimulate young scientists, researchers, and engineers currently involved in nuclear reactors research, as well as students interested in the field. Active discussion, group activities, poster session and various blended learning approaches will be used to enhance sharing of new ideas and emphasize the need of continued R&D and innovation in all areas of nuclear reactor and fuel cycle science and technology development. Topics: Global scenarios for nuclear energy; Innovative reactor concepts and fuel cycle options; Reactor physics of innovative nuclear energy systems; Thermal hydraulics of innovative nuclear energy systems; Status of advanced primary components and development and qualification of structural materials, coolants, and fuels; Passive safety systems and other safety technologies; Safety analysis including severe accident scenarios; Advanced reactor modelling and simulation; and Status of research and technology development in support of innovative reactor and fuel cycle technologies. Call for Contributed Abstracts: In the application form, all applicants are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for a poster presentation (in person). A limited number of contributed abstracts will be selected for the poster session. Please note that the participants presenting poster will be given priority to attend the workshop. The best poster will be awarded a certificate of appreciation. 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 abstract for poster presentation. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@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: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Vladimir KRIVENTSEV (IAEA), Nikoleta MORELOVA (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Developmentiybssd, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3700@ictp.it

The deadline on 15 August 2022 is for applications needing financial support and/or visa, the deadline on 15 September 2022 is for all other applications.**DEADLINE: 15/09/2022**

Europe/Rome Prof. Peter Zoller is a Professor for theoretical physics at the University of Innsbruck, and Scientific Director at IQOQI Innsbruck. His research interests include atomic physics and theoretical quantum optics, and many-body quantum physics with quantum gases, and quantum information, in close collaboration with experiment. Since 1981 he has trained 34 PhD students and hosted 57 Postdocs. Future ESQ Postdocs can develop their research profile benefiting from atomic physics and quantum optics, in particular quantum many-body physics at the interface to condensed matter physics and high energy physics, and quantum information. More information is available at: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/esq/home/esq-faculty/peter-zoller. Further details on the talk will follow in due course. The Colloquium will take part in the Budinich Lecture Hall on the ICTP Campus, and is an in-person event. All are welcome to attend. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

14 Dec 2022

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck, and IQOQI Innsbruck

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck, and IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Activity

8 Jan 2023 - 27 Jan 2023

@ Valparaiso - Chile

Quantitative Life Sciences

Latin American Summer School in Computational Neuroscience – LACONEU 2023 | (smr 3813)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Palacios Adrian (Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Valparaíso), Antonio CELANI (ICTP), Jose Escobar Maria (Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering), Matteo MARSILI (ICTP), Orio Patricio (Instituto de Neurociencia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso), El-Deredy Wael (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería en Salud), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonio Celani (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3813@ictp.it

Activity

11 Jan 2023 - 13 Jan 2023

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

21th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods | (smr 3814)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Silke BIERMANN (Ecole Polytechnique, France), Francesco MAURI (Universita` La Sapienza, Italy), Tanusri SAHA-DASGUPTA (S. N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences, India), Nicola SERIANI (ICTP, Italy), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Quantum ESPRESSO Foundationqef

Support E-Mail: smr3814@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 21/10/2022**

Activity

23 Jan 2023 - 3 Feb 2023

@ Online -

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications | (smr 3815)

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Binggeli Nadia (ICTP), Scandolo Sandro (ICTP), Lausi Andrea (SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)P.O. Box 7, Allan 19252, Jordan), Mohamed Gihan Salah Kamel Badie (SESAME), Mitchell Edward (ESRF), Connell Simon H. (University of Johannesburg, AFLS), Mtingwa Sekazi Kauze (TriSEED Consultants), Zema Michele (International Union of Crystallography IUCr), Lorentz Kirsi O. (The Cyprus Institute), OZTURK Ozgul (University of Siegen), Swainson Ian Peter (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3815@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Terahertz technology deals with the radiation that belongs to the spectral range confined between the millimeter-wave and far-infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, material properties can be exploited for use over a broad range of important technologies and applications. Terahertz time-resolved spectroscopy, utilizing ultra-short pulsed lasers, can provide both amplitude and phase information about the material under investigation, as opposed to the standard Fourier-based spectroscopy which is limited to amplitude information. Imaging resolution available with THz is not as good as for x-rays, but it is significantly better than other parts of the spectrum and importantly THz radiation does not cause damage to living tissues. This presents many opportunities in medical imaging alone. THz wavelengths can also connect to the behavior of many organic and/or biological molecules. An important application is in security screening for plastic explosives, particularly at airports. Additionally, the relatively wide bandwidths at these frequencies can aid very high data-rate communications. All of these applications and more will strongly contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Topics: Terahertz generation and detection methods, including with Free Electron Lasers Passive terahertz components and metamaterials Fundamentals of Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy Material characterization Chemical detection Non-destructive medical imaging High-data-rate and secure communications Atmospheric and astrophysics studies Security screening Non-destructive industrial evaluation 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 Feb 2023 - 17 Feb 2023

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2023 ICTP Winter College on Optics: Terahertz Optics and Photonics | (smr 3816)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mona JARRAHI (UCLA), Humberto CABRERA (ICTP), Joseph NIEMELA (ICTP), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): Optica (formerly OSA)optica, International Society for Optics and Photonicsspie

Support E-Mail: smr3816@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 11/11/2022**

Activity

20 Feb 2023 - 17 Mar 2023

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Spring College in the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3817)

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Jacopo GRILLI, Matteo MARSILI, Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3817@ictp.it

Activity

27 Feb 2023 - 3 Mar 2023

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Mathematics

Learning Workshop on BPS States and 3-Manifolds | (smr 3818)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Putrov Pavel (ICTP), Kucharski Piotr (University of Amsterdam), Gukov Sergei (California Institute of Technology (Caltech)), Mehrdad MIRBABAYI, Local Organiser: Pavel Putrov (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3818@ictp.it

Activity

6 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA International School on Nuclear Security | (smr 3819)

Address: Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Njinembo Nagein Ngwana Brenda (International Atomic Energy Agency), Ralf KAISER (ICTP), Sandro SCANDOLO (ICTP), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: smr3819@ictp.it

Activity

13 Mar 2023 - 24 Mar 2023

@ Santiago - Chile

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference and Advanced School on Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems | (smr 3820)

Secretary: Monica Petronela Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Principi Alessandro (The University of Manchester), A. Núñez Álvaro (Universidad de Chile), Gornyi Igor (KIT Karlsruhe), Arrachea Liliana (UNSAM, Argentina), Foa Torres Luis (Universidad de Chile Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas Departamento de Fisica), Mikhail KISELEV (ICTP), Rosario FAZIO (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Mikhail Kiselev (ICTP)

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Colloquium 14 June

2020 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

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The Epidemiological Case for Contact Tracing

Peskin Colloquium Upcoming

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Bo Persson to Give ICTP Colloquium

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Quantitative Life Sciences

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

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

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TWAS-Illy Colloquia | (smr H633)

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Scattering Amplitudes in N=2* Theory

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C and Linux for Science & Engineering | (smr 3821)

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

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

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Single-molecule spectroscopy of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes

Activity

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

Colloquium

ICTP Colloquium on "Hydrodynamics of Quantum Liquids: From Electrons to Quarks" by Prof. Giovanni Vignale, Institute for Intelligent Functional Materials (I-FIM), National University of Singapore

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (News&Views series): Electrons in moiré materials: from atomistic calculations to effective models

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Quantum Entanglement in String Theory

Activity

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

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

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Earth System Physics

*** CANCELLED *** Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar: How to measure entropy in mesoscopic systems?

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

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Earth System Physics

Climate Information for Risk Assessment and Regional Adaption 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)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar: An introduction to quantum chemistry algorithms

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Quantitative Life Sciences

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

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Accurate Neural Network Interatomic Potentials for Carbon Capture in Amine-appended Metal-organic Frameworks

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

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

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

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* CANCELLED * Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)

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

* CANCELLED * Science Dissemination for Scholars with Disabilities | (smr 3752)