New Research Areas

In its new strategic plan, ICTP announced new research areas it will pursue in fields related to existing ones which could have significant interdisciplinary research potential, especially in their possible impact on developing countries. Those fields are:

Energy and Sustainability

Energy is a topic of key importance for developing countries, which have special needs for energy use and production. This new ICTP research area will concentrate on different sources of energy (with a focus on renewable energy) and their impact in the developing world. The area complements current activities of the Earth System Physics and Condensed Matter Physics sections, in particular the latter section's computational modelling of different materials relevant for energy conversion and storage. The hope is that such research could be implemented in collaboration with other local and national institutions.

Computing Sciences

The systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe, and transform information and its applications in computing systems is an ever-growing field that somehow now mirrors the role that theoretical physics used to play years ago when ICTP was founded. It has direct impact on society as a whole, and can be implemented in developing countries through improved access to computers via the internet. It is directly related to development and has important financial implications. This activity could be considered as a natural extension of the mathematics group to more applied areas. Expanding the scope of this new group to include quantum computing could also link with current research interests at ICTP and the University of Trieste.

A local cluster of computers would provide a world-class facility for the Centre's scientists and visitors. This will be needed for independent computational resources at ICTP for the existing groups (mostly Condensed Matter and Earth System Physics) and for the proposed new sections mentioned above.

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Europe/Rome 2022-05-23 08:00:00 2022-05-27 22:00:00 Professional and Communications Training for Scientists | (smr 3710) An ICTP Online Meeting Communications skills, professional inter- and intra-personal skills, and career management are all much easier to learn and benefit from when taught explicitly rather than picked up casually in the course of technical training. This workshop is designed for scientists of all ages interested in being more successful scientists, colleagues, and mentors. Topics Scientific Presenting Scientific Writing & Editing Communications Barriers Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Mentoring Decision Making & Leadership Career Planning & Advancement Networking Cross-Cultural Collaboration Social Mediafor Scientists Getting & Giving Feedback Building Effective Work Cultures Customizing Messaging for Audiences Conflict Management Science Diplomacy & Policy Science Outreach & Engagement Call for participants: Scientists of all ages are welcome to apply. This workshop is suitable for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, early career scientists, and senior scientists looking to become better managers and mentors, and teach professional skills to their mentees. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it 23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022

» Professional and Communications Training for Scientists | (smr 3710)

Europe/Rome 2022-07-11 08:00:00 2022-07-22 22:00:00 The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School | (smr 3685) An ICTP Hybrid Meeting. The call for applications will be open soon. This activity focuses on building a range of data-related skills that are vital for addressing trans-disciplinary challenges in contemporary research work. The Summer School builds competence in data analysis and security for participants from all disciplines and/ or backgrounds from sciences to humanities. Topics to be covered include principles and practice of research data management, authorship in the 21st century, data curation, data security, Open Science, visualization, machine learning and artificial neural networks. The activity includes practical hands-on sessions on techniques and applications for large-scale data handling, analysis, visualization and modeling on a variety of compute infrastructure including high performance compute platforms/systems. An associated activity focusing on advanced aspects of Data Science will run immediately after this event and requires a separate application. Topics: Introduction to the Unix shell Git R Research Data Management Open and Responsible Research Author Carpentry Information Security Data Visualisation Machine Learning Artificial Neural Networks Computational Infrastructures Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors. Individuals with a background in Extreme sources of data and IoT/Big-Data Analytics can apply to one of the Advanced workshops that run immediately after the school. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 11 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022

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

Europe/Rome 2022-11-28 07:00:00 2022-12-09 21:00:00 9th Workshop on Collaborative Scientific Software Development and Management of Open Source Scientific Packages | (smr 3696) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 28 Nov 2022 - 9 Dec 2022