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Europe/Rome 2020-04-20 08:00:00 2020-04-24 22:00:00 Youth in High-dimensions: Machine Learning, High-dimensional Statistics and Inference for the New Generation * CANCELLED * | (smr 3438) Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February up to 15 May as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx The aim of the conference is to give young researchers from academia and industry the opportunity to gather and present their results related to high-dimensional statistical problems, as arising in machine learning, inference or statistical physics. The focus is on the analytical and rigorous technics that allow to study i) the information theoretic limits and phase transitions phenomena; ii) the algorithmic limits; and iii) the rough energy landscapes arising in these problems. Typical problems in high-dimensions include the detection and estimation of noisy signals (compressed sensing, PCA and tensor decomposition etc), the analysis of (deep) neural-networks and their learning and generalization dynamics, the detection of communities in large networks, or disordered spin systems. While these problems may seem of different natures, they actually share many similarities in their common phenomenology and the tools used to analyze them. The core of the field is made of a very active, diverse and quickly expanding community of physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, information theorists and engineers, with the common desire to tackle increasingly challenging problems at the forefront of data science. This conference aims at reenforcing the links among this interdisciplinary community, and in particular of its youngest theory-oriented members, and to bring forward the latest development happening in the high-dimensional world. Topics: •    High-dimensional probability and statistics •    Theoretical machine learning •    Theoretical computer science •    High-dimensional inference and signal processing •    Information theory •    Statistical physics of disordered systems Speakers: A. AUFFINGER, Northwestern University, USA A. BANDEIRA, ETHZ, Switzerland (TBC) A. BARRA, Salento University, Italy Q. BERTHET, Google Paris, France E. BOIX, MIT, USA M. BRENNAN, MIT, USA G. BRESLER, MIT, USA L. BUDZYNSKI, ENS Paris, France Y. DESHPANDE, MIT, USA A. EL-ALAOUI, Stanford, USA M. GABRIÉ, NYU, USA S. GOLDT, ENS Paris, France A. JAGANNATH, Waterloo University, Canada M. LELARGE, INRIA, France A. LOKHOV, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA C. LUCIBELLO, Bocconi University, Italy    C. LUNEAU, EPFL, Switzerland A. MAILLARD, ENS Paris, France S. MEI, Stanford, USA E. MINGIONE, EPFL, Switzerland M. MONDELLI, IST, Austria N. MUELLER, Frankfurt University, Germany Y. POLYANSKIY, MIT, USA V. ROS, ENS Paris, France M. SAENZ, ICTP, Italy L. SAGLIETTI, ENS Paris, France L. SEGUN, Facebook Paris, France (TBC) S. SEN, Harvard, USA E. SUBAG, NYU, USA P. SUR, Harvard, USA D. TANTARI, Bologna University, Italy P. URBANI, IPHT Saclay, France 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 20 Apr 2020 - 24 Apr 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-05-25 08:00:00 2020-05-29 22:00:00 Signatures of Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Life | (smr 3446) *POSTPONED* In response to the recent developments regarding COVID-19 and following the extension of the red zone to the entire Italian territory, and  the possibility of a  prolonged emergency situation, the Workshop has been POSTPONED TO 2021. Please keep checking this page for th new, official dates. More details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/3/covid-19-update-10-march.aspx   Life is a nonequilibrium phenomenon, requiring the constant consumption of energy to circumvent the pernicious effects of fluctuations. Recent advances in experimental techniques and in the theory of nonequilibrium processes offer new opportunities for the study of fluctuations in biological systems.   What are the energetic costs of key processes needed to sustain life at the cellular level? What statistical features are unique in biological systems? How can we harvest energy efficiently from living matter? What is the biological relevance of fundamental results such as the fluctuation theorems and the thermodynamic uncertainty relation?   This workshop aims at gathering active scientists (experimentalists and theorists) from different domains across physics and biology who have made significant contributions to address fluctuations in living systems. The workshop will provide a unique framework for researchers from developing countries to establish a scientific dialogue with their counterparts from around the world performing cutting-edge research in physics and biology. Students and early career scientists will get a flavour of the possibilities and outstanding questions in biophysics.   The aim of the workshop is to discuss existing efforts on understanding nonequilibrium fluctuations using biological and physical methods, but more importantly, to identify future questions in this domain and the collaborations that will help to answer them.   Key topics include: Sensory systems, oscillators and memory Active matter Cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics Molecular motors Nonequilibrium thermodynamics     ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 25 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-11-02 07:00:00 2020-11-13 21:00:00 School on Collective Animal Behaviour *POSTPONED* | (smr 3432) Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February to 15 May as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx   The School has been POSTPONED TO 2 - 13 NOVEMBER 2020     <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-IE">  Collective behavior is a distinctive trait of human and animal societies. The School aims at providing a thorough introduction to basic notions and advanced topics in this subject from the viewpoints of physics, biology, computer science and robotics.   Provisional list of Speakers: Iain Couzin, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz Deborah Gordon, Stanford University Marcelo Magnasco, Rockefeller University, New York Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico David Sumpter, University of Uppsala Guy Theraulaz, CRCA, Toulouse     Havana - Cuba ICTP pio@ictp.it 2 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-11-30 07:00:00 2020-12-11 21:00:00 Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology: Quantitative Approaches in Ecosystem Ecology | (smr 3486) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 30 Nov 2020 - 11 Dec 2020