Since 1986 the Mathematics section at ICTP has played an important role in fostering mathematics research and education in developing countries. Research is carried out in various fields of Mathematics by the permanent staff, postdocs, and graduate students, as well as by scientific visitors from all over the world.
Typically, the section organizes from 5 to 10 focused activities a year involving an average of 100 participants. These activities are the core of the section's activities and are crucial for disseminating current mathematics knowledge of the highest level as widely as possible.
In addition the Mathematics section, like all the other sections at ICTP, participates in the Diploma program. Since 2011 Diploma students can apply to stay on to work on a PhD in Mathematics in a joint program with SISSA.
The Mathematics section also offers opportunities for postdocs and research fellows; click here for latest announcements.
Once a month, the section organises The Basic Notions Seminar Series to broaden the understanding of some mathematical concepts.
9 Aug 2017
Where do medallists come from; what are their fields of expertise?
29 Jun 2017
International Congress of Mathematicians 2018 Speakers Announced
26 Aug 2016
Vahatra Rabodonandrianandraina: The Joy of Applied Mathematics
Europe/Rome
2017-09-26 17:30:00
2017-09-26 18:30:00
BASIC NOTIONS SEMINAR: Using a computer as a microscope to understand the inner workings of materials
Abstract:
Functional materials play an ubiquitous role in the technological world around us. From the filaments of a light bulb to drugs against illnesses, semiconductor chips in computers or catalysts in chemical production plants: many breakthroughs in technological applications relied on the discovery of materials with particular properties.
While the search for new materials was often guided by trial and error, recently computer simulations have helped to predict the characteristics of a substance before it is even synthesized in a lab.
But how is this done? How can a computer, by solving equations, give us insight into how something behaves under pressure, at high temperatures, under illumination, in electric or magnetic fields?
In this seminar, I will give a glimpse into the fast growing area of atomistic materials modelling. I will show how it is possible to start from the knowledge of atomic properties and bridge the scales to real applications - and which (mathematical as well as numerical) hurdles lie on this path.
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
26 Sep 2017
» BASIC NOTIONS SEMINAR: Using a computer as a microscope to understand the inner workings of materials
Europe/Rome
2017-12-11 07:00:00
2017-12-15 22:00:00
School and Workshop on Geometry and Physics of Moduli Spaces) | (smr 3100)
The Indo-European Collaboration on Moduli Spaces (MODULI) jointly with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy and the NSF Network GEAR is organizing a follow-up of the activity on "Geometry and Physics of Moduli Spaces" to be held at Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, 11-15 December 2017.
This is a continuation of the School and Workshop, held in March 2017, Bangalore, India.
In addition to this conference there will be two workshops associated
to this conference:
- Moduli and arithmetic, TIFR, Mumbai, 4-8 December
- Moduli and geometry and physics, CMI, Chennai, 7-9 December
This is the final conference of the Indo-European Marie Curie IRSES programme MODULI.
Deadline: October 11, 2017.
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.
New Delhi - India
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
11 Dec 2017
- 15 Dec 2017
» School and Workshop on Geometry and Physics of Moduli Spaces) | (smr 3100)
Europe/Rome
2018-05-05 08:00:00
2018-05-10 22:00:00
TMU-ICTP School in Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory | (smr 3200)
Tehran - Islamic Republic of Iran
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
5 May 2018
- 10 May 2018
» TMU-ICTP School in Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory | (smr 3200)
Europe/Rome
2018-06-04 08:00:00
2018-06-15 22:00:00
International School on Extrinsic Curvature Flows | (smr 3209)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
4 Jun 2018
- 15 Jun 2018
» International School on Extrinsic Curvature Flows | (smr 3209)
Europe/Rome
2018-06-18 08:00:00
2018-06-22 22:00:00
Summer School on Geometry of Moduli Spaces of Curves | (smr 3215)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
18 Jun 2018
- 22 Jun 2018
» Summer School on Geometry of Moduli Spaces of Curves | (smr 3215)
Every year the Mathematics Group offers research opportunities for outstanding mathematicians from developing countries, for short and long-term visits, as well as Post-doctoral Fellowships, through the Mathematics Research Fellowships programme.
The ICTP Mathematics Section collaborates with organizations from around the world.
