Each year, ICTP organizes more than 60 international conferences, workshops, and numerous seminars and colloquia.
Europe/Rome
2017-06-12 08:00:00
2017-06-23 22:00:00
Fourth Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries:
Hydroclimate Modeling and Analysis Tools | (smr 3125)
One of the WCRP great challenges is the focus on changes in water availability and in particular on the ability of the scientific community to be able to understand and predict precipitation variability and change. By improving the observational system both based on in situ observations and satellite observations, the model validation is becoming more and more accurate and this will allow us to improve our understanding of atmospheric and land surface processes and finally to better predict precipitation.
This will in turn affect the quality of the prediction of the hydrological cycle across several scales, from catchments to regional to global.
On the other side the regional climate model community and CORDEX is moving towards very high-resolution simulation ensemble effort down to the scale of the convective permitting resolution (1-3 km). This will open new frontiers for the hydrological model community because this will bridge the spatial scale gap between regional climate models and impact models (hydrological models, ecosystem models etc.) community.
This workshop will focus on the state of the art of:
-Precipitation measurements. What can we use to validate precipitation coming from the model output?
-Ensemble of high-resolution regional climate model outputs. How can those be used as input of a hydrological model?
-Uncertainty in global and regional climate projections. How can this uncertainty be taken into account for hydro-climate simulation?
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Susanne Henningsen
Organizer(s): Soroosh Sorooshian (University of California, USA), Laura Mariotti (OGS, Italy), Marco Verdecchia (University of L'Aquila, Italy), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola
Cosponsor(s):
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
**DEADLINE: 15/03/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-06-12 08:30:00
2017-06-30 22:00:00
CLEWS Summer School | (smr 3168)
The Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development has two major objectives. It seeks to deepen the modeling skills of government officials and academics to inform sustainable development policies through more than 100 hours of intensive training sessions combining analysts from governments and academics. Government officials from countries participating in UNDESA and UNDP capacity development projects on modeling tools will interact with graduate students and researchers interested in contributing to the practice of providing rigorous evidence for decision making on sustainable development policies.
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Leonardo Building - Lecture Room B
Secretary: Pandora Malchose
Organizer(s): Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins
Participation will be by invitation only. No public call for applications is being made.
Europe/Rome
2017-06-19 08:00:00
2017-07-07 22:00:00
ICTP-EAUMP School on Modern Functional Analysis | (smr 3133)
The summer school is intended to provide a thorough introduction to various topics in functional analysis, from introductory to more advanced, and with a particular focus on functional analytic methods used in current research.
The two introductory courses in the first week cover some of the fundamentals of functional analysis and of operator theory, before two more advanced courses in the second week will introduce ideas which establish a link between the methods of classical functional analysis and the modern theory of partial differential equations.
Finally, the two courses in week three will expose participants to some more advanced topics which tie together the areas of functional analysis, differential equations and geometry. Each of the courses will consist of a series of lectures and accompanying classes, which are intended to give participants an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the material introduced in the lectures.
All of the lecture courses will be delivered by internationally recognised researchers in analysis.
In the final week of the summer school, participants will have a chance to work independently on a small topic of their choice.
COURSES
Week 1, 19-23 June - Introductory courses
Course 1: An introduction to function spaces
Lecturer: Dr Lassi Paunonen (Tampere, Finland)
Description: An overview of the basic theory of Banach and Hilbert spaces, with a focus on function spaces which play a part in modern applications of functional analysis
Syllabus: Overview of basic properties of Banach and Hilbert spaces (completeness, separability, reflexivity, etc), some fundamental theorems in functional analysis (e.g. the Riesz Representation theorem and the Hahn-Banach theorem), examples with relevance to modern applications of functional analysis (Sobolev spaces, Bergman spaces, Hardy spaces etc)
Course 2: An introduction to operator theory
Lecturer: Prof. Charles Batty (Oxford, UK)
Description: An overview of some of the central theorems on linear operators between normed vector spaces, touching on the theory of unbounded linear operators
Syllabus: Overview of the basic theory of bounded linear operators between Banach spaces, spectral theory, some fundamental results in classical operator theory (uniform boundedness theorem, closed graph theorem, open mapping theorem, inverse mapping theorem), introductory material on the theory of closed unbounded operators (as time permits)
Week 2, 26-30 June - Advanced courses
Course 3: Advanced operator theory
Lecturer: Dr David Seifert (Oxford, UK)
Description: An overview of some more advanced topics in operator theory, making the connection with modern PDE theory
Syllabus: Compactness in normed vector spaces, compact operators (characterisation, properties, spectral theory, examples), operators with closed range, the closed range theorem, Fredholm theory (Fredholm index, Fredholm alternative, perturbation results), existence and uniqueness for simple elliptic PDEs via the Fredholm alternative
Course 4: The theory of operator semigroups and their applications
Lecturer: Dr Sachi Srivastava (University of Delhi)
Description: An introduction to the theory of strongly continuous operator semigroups and their applications
Syllabus: C0-semigroups, infinitesimal generators, spectral theory of generators, Lumer-Phillips theorem, Hille-Yosida theorem, examples, abstract Cauchy problems, mild solutions, applications to simple PDEs (heat equation, wave equation) and quantum systems
Week 3, 3-7 July - Modern applications of functional analysis
Course 5: The Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold
Lecturers: Prof Claudio Arezzo and Dr Luca Di Cerbo (ICTP)
Syllabus: Basic theory of differential and Riemannian manifolds. Differential forms and integration. L2 functions and forms. Gradient, divergence and Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold. Towards Hodge Theorem, as much as time permits.
Course 6: Distribution solutions to ordinary differential equations
Lecturer: Dr Ismail Mirumbe (Makerere, Uganda)
Local organizing committee
• James Katende (University of Nairobi)
• Damian Maingi (University of Nairobi)
• Bernard Nzimbi (University of Nairobi)
• Jared Ongaro (University of Nairobi, Chair)
• Patrick Weke (University of Nairobi)
Scientific advisory committee
• Leif Abrahamson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
• Rikard Bogvad (Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Damiani Maingi (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
• Fernando Rodrigues Villegas (ICTP)
• David Ssevviiri (Makerere University, Uganda)
• Balazs Szendroi (University of Oxford, UK, main International Organizer)
• Patrick Weke (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
EAUMP Country Coordinators
• Juma Kasozi (Makerere University, Uganda)
• Sylvester E. Rugeihyamu (Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania)
• Jared Ongaro (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
• Michael Gahirima (University of Rwanda)
• Mubanga Lombe (University of Zambia)
Nairobi - Kenya
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Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio
Organizer(s): James Katende (University of Nairobi), Claudio Arezzo (ICTP), David Seifert (University of Oxford), Balazs Szendroi (University of Oxford), ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo
Cosponsor(s):
University of Nairobi
Europe/Rome
2017-06-19 08:00:00
2017-06-23 22:00:00
Workshop on Hyperbolic Dynamics | (smr 3126)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste is organizing a Workshop in Hyperbolic Dynamics with an emphasis on topics that have benefited from the seminal contributions of Yakov Pesin, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
The workshop will take place at ICTP, Trieste on 19-23 June 2017 and will include lectures by internationally renowned speakers who have led the progress in the field over several decades. There will be ample opportunities for interaction and discussion amongst participants of all levels of experience.
The workshop is organized in conjunction with a school in Hyperbolic Dynamics which will be held on 12-16 June 2017 at the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi, Pisa, with mini-courses by D. Dolgopyat (Maryland), S. Luzzatto (ICTP), Y. Pesin (Penn State), F. Rodriguez-Hertz (Penn State) and some invited seminars. Details can be found on the website of the school at: http://crm.sns.it/event/410/
Registration, participation and funding for the two events are independent of each other.
Topics:
Uniform and nonuniform hyperbolicity
Partial hyperbolicity
Lyapunov exponents
Ergodic Theory
Thermodynamical formalism
Dimension Theory
Statistical properties of deterministic dynamical systems
Decay of correlations
Markov extensions and structures
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ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Federica Delconte
Organizer(s): Dmitry Dolgopyat (University of Maryland), Federico Rodriguez-Hertz (Penn State), Omri Sarig (Weizmann Institute), Local Organiser: Stefano Luzzatto
Support E-Mail: smr3126@ictp.it
Europe/Rome
2017-06-26 08:00:00
2017-07-07 22:00:00
Workshop on Open Source Solutions for the Internet of Things. | (smr 3128)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics is organizing a two-week workshop on Open Source Solutions for the Internet of Things. This hands-on activity will focus on open, low-cost, sustainable IoT solutions.
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the interconnection of smart objects with traditional networked devices with the objective of providing access to the information anywhere, anytime and using anything.
The IoT technology is revolutionizing our understanding of nature by providing observations at a fine spatial-temporal resolution. The advent of IoT networks with thousands of nodes in which processing will be accomplished automatically will increase the resolution of scientific data by orders of magnitude.
One key issue with the Internet of Things is the ability to rapidly create IoT applications. This workshop will cover the many aspects that have to be taken into account when planning an IoT network: low power wireless communications, sensors and their calibration, IPv6 networks, energy efficiency and privacy issues.
Topics:
• Introduction to the Internet of Things
• Design & functioning of wireless IoT technologies
• Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs)
• Introduction to IPv6
• IoT data security, privacy and trust
• Blockchain applications for IoT
• Designing & programming of the Web of Things
• Sensor technology
ICTP
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Address: Via Beirut, 6 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): Antoine Bagula (UWC), Stephen Hailes (UCL, UK), Clement Onime (ICTP), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro
Cosponsor(s):
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
**DEADLINE: 10/04/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-06-26 08:00:00
2017-06-30 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-COST-MODPHYSFRICT Conference on “Trends in Nanotribology 2017” (TiN17) | (smr 3127)
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Suzie Radosic
Organizer(s): Nicola Manini (University of Milan), Susan Perkin (University of Oxford), Andrea Vanossi (CNR-IOM Democritos and SISSA), Local Organiser: Erio Tosatti
Cosponsor(s):
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Support E-Mail: smr3127@ictp.it
Europe/Rome
2017-06-27 11:00:00
2017-06-27 12:00:00
SPECIAL Condensed Matter Seminar: Variations on a Theme of Aharonov and Bohm
KINDLY NOTE VENUE: ICTP Budinich Lecture Room, entrance Leonardo Building.
Abstract:
The Aharonov-Bohm effect (AB) concerns the role in quantum physics of the magnetic vector potential of an impenetrable line of magnetic flux. Its partial anticipation by Ehrenberg and Siday, in terms of interference, was an approximation whose wavefunction was not singlevalued. Its connection with the singlevalued AB wave involves topology: ‘whirling waves’ winding round the flux. AB is a fine illustration of idealization in physics. There are four AB effects, depending on whether the waves and the flux are classical or quantum. In the classical-classical case, many details of the AB wavefunction have been explored experimentally in ripples scattered by a water vortex, where the flow velocity of the water corresponds to the vector potential; this analogy has recently been extended to include superradiance. The AB wave possesses a phase singularity, and there is a similar phenomenon in general interferometers. Connections between the AB wave and the Cornu spiral describing edge diffraction lead to very accurate approximations.
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Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Sir Michael BERRY (H H Wills Physics Lab., Bristol University, U.K.)
Seminar Start Time: 11:00
Europe/Rome
2017-06-27 11:30:00
2017-06-27 15:45:00
Mathematics Seminar
11:30 - 12:15 - Tarakanta Nayak (IIT Bhubaneswar)
Completely invariant domains
Given a meromorphic function from the Riemann sphere to itself, a domain is called completely invariant if its image and the pre-image under the function are contained in itself. The talk deals with completely invariant domains and its implications in complex dynamics. It is conjectured that the number of completely invariant domains for every meromorphic function is at most two. The status of this conjecture and some related work are to be presented.
14:00 - 14:45 - Sergey Kryzhevich (University of Nova Gorica)
Partial Hyperbolicity and Central Shadowing
This is a joint work with Sergey Tikhomirov. We consider partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms of compact manifolds. Suppose that the so-called dynamical coherence condition is satisfied: central stable and central unstable bundles are uniquely integrable. We demonstrate that the considered dynamical system has the central shadowing property: for any pseudotrajectory there exists a close one where all errors are small shifts along the central foliation. Also, some corollaries to the theory to Dynamical Systems and Geometry and farther development of the approach will be discussed.
15:00 - 15:45 - Carlos H. Vasquez (PUC, Valparaiso)
Differentiability of Lyapunov Exponents
In this work, we consider a C^∞- one parameter family of C^r, r≥1, diffeomorphisms f_t,t∈I, defined on a compact orientable Riemannian manifold M. If the family admits a continuous 〖Df〗_t-invariant subbundle E(t,⋅) and an invariant probability measure μ for every t∈I, then the integrated Lyapunov exponent λ(t) of f_t over E(t) is well defined. We discuss about conditions for the differentiability of λ(t) in t=0.
This a work in progress joint with Radu Saghin and Pancho Valenzuela-Henríquez.
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Seminar Start Time: 11:30
Europe/Rome
2017-06-27 16:30:00
2017-06-27 18:00:00
Non-Gaussianity as a Particle Detector
Abstract. Cosmological correlation functions encode the spectrum of particles during inflation, in analogy to scattering amplitudes in colliders. In this talk, I will discuss the imprints of massive particles with arbitrary spin on cosmological correlators. The spinning case is particularly interesting because the detection of massive higher-spin particles would be indicative of a stringy origin of inflation. I will describe their key spectroscopic features in the scalar and tensor bispectra, and discuss scenarios in which they lead to observable non-Gaussianity.
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Hayden LEE (University of Cambridge, UK)
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-03 08:00:00
2017-07-07 22:00:00
Workshop on Understanding Quantum Phenomena with Path Integrals: From Chemical Systems to Quantum fluids and Solids | (smr 3131)
Registration and Administrative formalities will start on
Monday, 3 July at 8.30 - 10.00
The Programme will start at 10.00 with Welcome addresses
and will finish on Friday, 7 July at approximately 12.30
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The aim of this interdisciplinary Workshop is to gather together physicists and chemists who employ path-integral simulations on different systems, ranging from chemical and biochemical compounds, to quantum fluids/solids, to ultracold gases. The goal is to create the platform for exchanging knowledge on path-integral technology and on other approaches to the combined quantum simulation of electrons and nuclei.
This Workshop will present the most recent methodological developments and applications to the intriguing quantum phenomena, including, e.g., isotope effects in aqueous systems, quantum fluctuations in enzyme catalysis, superfluid/supersolid transitions, and correlation effects in electronic systems.
The programme will include 25 to 30 oral presentations given by invited speakers, a poster session and a flash talk session with short oral contributions.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED ABSTRACTS:
In the application form, all applicants are invited to submit an Abstract (preferably using the template indicated below) for a poster presentation and for a flash talk (approximately 3 or 4 minutes long) to advertise the content of the poster.
GRANTS
A limited number of grants are available to support the travel and living expenses of selected participants, with strong priority given to participants working in a developing country and who are at the early stages of their career.
We also acknowledge financial support from the Psi-k Network.
There is no registration fee.
Speakers:
Nandini ANANTH (Cornell University)
Gianluca BERTAINA (University of Milan)
Massimo BONINSEGNI (University of Alberta)
Jordi BORONAT (UPC, Barcelona)
Fabio CINTI (NITheP, Stellenbosch)
Bryan CLARK (UIUC)
Jonathan DUBOIS (LLNL)
Davide GALLI (University of Milan)
Markus HOLZMANN (LPMMC, Grenoble)
Yongkyung KWON (Konkuk U., Seoul)
Ilkka KYLANPAA (TUT, Tampere)
Nancy MAKRI (UIUC)
Ondrej MARSALEK (Stanford University)
Glenn MARTYNA (IBM T.J. Watson RC)
Dominik MARX (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum)
Guglielmo MAZZOLA (ETH Zurich)
Burkhard MILITZER (UC Berkeley)
Marco NAVA (ETH Zurich)
Carlo PIERLEONI (University o L'Aquila)
Igor POLTAVSKYI (Universite' du Luxembourg)
Nikolay PROKOF'EV (UMass, Amerst)
George REITER (University of Houston)
Jeremy RICHARDSON (ETH Zurich)
Mariana ROSSI CARVALHO (FHI Berlin)
Sandro SORELLA (SISSA)
Mark TUCKERMAN (New York University)
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Doreen Sauleek
Organizer(s): Thomas Markland (Stanford University), David Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Michele Ceriotti (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Local Organisers: Ali Hassanali, Sebastiano Pilati
Cosponsor(s):
Psi-k
**DEADLINE: 20/03/2017** **EXTENDED DEADLINE: 31/03/2017** **DEADLINE: 31/03/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-07-03 08:00:00
2017-07-07 22:00:00
Joint ICGEB-ICTP-APCTP Workshop on Systems Biology and Molecular Economy
of Microbial Communities | (smr 3129)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in collaboration with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) is organizing the Workshop on Systems Biology and Molecular Economy of Microbial Communities, to be held in Trieste from 3 to 7 July 2017.
Every living cell needs to solve a complex resource allocation problem. Most microbial cells typically address this task within a spatially structured, variable environment, where a myriad of different cells are concurrently allocating their own resources. Will we ever understand the dynamics of these communities, their diversity and stability? A fundamental theme in the study of human-associated microbial communities, the tension between metabolic requirements of individual cells and the global molecular budget of a whole cell population is at the heart of open biomedical challenges. The key element in addressing these questions is their multiscale nature: mutations and regulation happen at the level of individual genes; metabolic processes involve the balance of cell-scale pathways; biomedically relevant phenotypes depend on the interactions among multiple cells in heterogenous environments. The Workshop aims at bringing together researchers interested in the principles underlying microbial community dynamics and organization, both from an experimental and a mathematical/computational perspective. Participants will compare different methodologies to better integrate quantitative approaches and data gathering efforts, including the creative use of new mathematical tools, high performance computing algorithms and new ways of integrating experimental measurements and computational models.
Topics:
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics / Ecological models of microbial communities; Population and evolutionary dynamics; Game theoretic approaches to cooperation, cross-feeding and competition
Spatio-temporal dynamics of microbial consortia
Synthetic biology and synthetic ecology
General Equilibrium Economics of metabolic production in microbial communities
Stoichiometric models of metabolism, from genomes to ecosystems
Cell-to-cell signaling and quorum sensing
Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic methods for communities
Host-microbe interaction / Microbe-host interaction (e.g. antibiotic resistance); Human microbiome, systemic stability and disease; Plant resistance); Human microbiome, systemic stability and disease; Plant microbiome, parasites and diseases
Grants
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries (see list here) and ICGEB Member State nationals (see list here).
There are no registration fees.
The Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) supports a limited number of participants from the Asia Pacific Region. Specifically, participants holding nationality of APCTP Member Countries (see list here), particularly those at the early stages of their career, can apply for grants to support their participation. Grants can partially cover the airfare and/or local expenses.
Participants from non-member countries are not qualified for the grant in principle, but a limited exception may be considered if participants are affiliated at APCTP partner institutes (see list here).
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Erica Sarnataro
Organizer(s): Daniel Segre' (Boston University), Simon Levin (Princeton University), Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB), Pan-Jun Kim (KAIST), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili
Cosponsor(s):
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
ICGEB website: http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/meetings-2017.html
Europe/Rome
2017-07-03 11:00:00
2017-07-03 12:00:00
Condensed Matter Seminar: Structure and Mechanical Properties of Pristine and Oxidized Graphene Films: Computations and Experiments
Graphene and chemically functionalized graphene are two-dimensional materials exhibiting fascinating properties. Technological applications of these materials can emerge only from understanding and controlling structure and properties at the layer/atomic level. In this talk, I will report on our recent atomistic studies of the chemical structure and mechanical properties of both pristine and oxidized multilayer graphene films on SiC. I will first focus on graphene oxide and present results of a density functional theory study undertaken to interpret puzzling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements. Secondly, I will report on atomic force microscope (AFM) indentation measurements of the perpendicular-to-the-plane elasticity of graphene-based films, and after presenting selected experimental results, I will focus on the computations carried out to elucidate the elastic behaviors of both the pristine and oxidized graphene films. Key topics discussed in this talk include (i) the chemical structure and mechanisms underlying the metastable character of epitaxial graphene oxide [1,2], (ii) the role played by moisture to influence the elastic modulus and structure of the graphene oxide films [3,4], and (iii) the unusual mechanical response exhibited by a bilayer graphene film on SiC when indented by an AFM tip [4].
[1] S. Kim, S. Zhou, Y. Hu, M. Acik, Y.J. Chabal, C. Berger, W. de Heer, A. Bongiorno, and E. Riedo, Room-temperature metastability of multilayer graphene oxide films, Nature Materials 11, 544 (2012).
[2] S. Zhou and A. Bongiorno, Density Functional Theory Modeling of Multilayer “Epitaxial” Graphene Oxide, Accounts of Chemical Research 47, 3331 (2014).
[3] S. Zhou, S. Kim, E. Di Gennaro, Y. Hu, C. Gong, C.-Y. Chang, X. Lu, H.-C. Chiu, C. Berger, W. de Heer, E. Riedo, Y.J. Chabal, C. Aruta, and A. Bongiorno, Film structure of epitaxial graphene oxide on SiC: Insight on the relationship between interlayer spacing, water content, and intralayer structure, Advanced Materials Interfaces 1, 1300106 (2014).
[4] Y. Gao, S. Kim, S. Zhou, H.-C. Chiu, D. Nélias, C. Berger, W. de Heer, R. Sordan, L. Polloni, A. Bongiorno, and E. Riedo, Elastic coupling between layers in two-dimensional materials, NaturMaterials 14, 714 (2015).
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Angelo BONGIORNO (Dept. of Chemistry, College of Staten Island CUNY and CUNY Graduate Centre, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Seminar Start Time: 11:00
Europe/Rome
2017-07-03 14:00:00
2017-07-03 15:15:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Quantum Many-body Systems Using Tensor Networks: An Introduction. (1) Entanglement and Tensor-Network Ansatz
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ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Davide ROSSINI (Pisa) and Marko ZNIDARIC (Ljubljana)
Seminar Start Time: 14:00
Europe/Rome
2017-07-03 15:15:00
2017-07-03 16:30:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Quantum Many-body Systems Using Tensor Networks: An Introduction. (2) Variational Approaches in Low-dimensional Tensor Networks
ICTP
ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Davide ROSSINI (Pisa) and Marko ZNIDARIC (Ljubljana)
Seminar Start Time: 15:15
Europe/Rome
2017-07-04 14:00:00
2017-07-04 15:15:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Quantum Many-body Systems Using Tensor Networks: An Introduction. (3) Time Evolution of States and Operators
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Davide ROSSINI (Pisa) and Marko ZNIDARIC (Ljubljana)
Seminar Start Time: 14:00
Europe/Rome
2017-07-04 15:15:00
2017-07-04 16:30:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Quantum Many-body Systems Using Tensor Networks: An Introduction. (4) Integrability and Exact MPS Solutions
ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Davide ROSSINI (Pisa) and Marko ZNIDARIC (Ljubljana)
Seminar Start Time: 15:15
Europe/Rome
2017-07-06 11:30:00
2017-07-06 12:30:00
Condensed Matter Seminar: Aromatic Hydrocarbon Route to High Tc Superconductivity
Field of superconductivity continues to surprise and challenge us with unanticipated new systems. A recent finding of Meissner signal at 120 K in K doped para terphenyl (three benzene rings bridged by two C-C bonds) raises several interesting questions. We will summarize superconductivity in alkali doped C60, aromatic hydrocarbons and new potential high Tc para terpheny. Focus will be on mechanism of superconductivity and limits on Tc, by making use of what we know about key quantum chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons. Two extreme cases and possible interplay will be discussed [1]. Superconductivity arising from RVB physics in i) correlated metallic band made of LUMO orbitals of hydrocarbons, in the background of an insulating K ion subsystem and ii) correlated metallic band of an expanded alkali metal subsystem, in the background of an insulating hydrocarbon scaffold. [1] G. Baskaran, arXiv:1702.08153
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): G. BASKARAN (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India and Wilhelm Wien Institute for Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Wurzburg, Germany
Seminar Start Time: 11:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-07 14:00:00
2017-07-07 15:30:00
Condensed Matter Seminar: "Dynamics of the Haldane Model Following a Quench: Non-analyticities and Emergent Topology"
Thermalization of a closed quantum system is a problem of immense interest. In this talk, we shall, however, focus on the early time dynamics of a closed quantum system evolving with the time independent final Hamiltonian following a quench. The purpose is to probe the emerging non-analyticities at different instants of time referred to as so called "dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs)". These non-analyticties are manifested in the Loschmidt echo and can be connected to the the lines (or areas) of "Fisher zeros" in the complex time plane. Furthermore, these are reflected in a dynamical topological order parameter constructed out of the gauge-independent Pancharatnam phase implying an emerging topological structure. With a brief note on the one-dimensional models, we shall illustrate the above scenario using the topological Haldane model on a hexagonal lattice. We shall illustrate the non-trivial role played by the Haldane mass term (which determines the topology of the equilibrium Haldane model) and also propose the topological index associated with the corresponding DQPTs.
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Amit DUTTA (IIT, Dept. Physics, Kanpur, India)
Seminar Start Time: 14:00
Europe/Rome
2017-07-09 08:00:00
2017-07-22 22:00:00
Electronic Structure Library Coding Workshop: Drivers | (smr H504)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Lundqvist Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): Ivan Girotto (local organiser), Prof. Stefano de Gironcoli (SISSA), Dr. Fabiano Corsetti (Imperial College London),
Europe/Rome
2017-07-09 19:00:00
2017-07-21 22:00:00
The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School | (smr 3130)
The Summer School (10-21 July 2017) will focus on growing competence in accessing, analyzing, visualizing, and publishing data. It is open to participants from all disciplines and/or background from the sciences to humanities. It is followed by three optional applied workshops (24-28 July 2017) that focus on Extreme sources of data; Bioinformatics; IoT/Big Data Analytics.
TOPICS:
• Summer School: principles and practice of Open Science; research data management and curation; use of a range of research compute infrastructures; large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modeling techniques; automation and scripting.
• Optional Workshop on Extreme sources of data: Introduction to ATLAS Open Data Platforms/Tools , tutorials and CERN LHC.
• Optional Workshop on Bioinformatics: computational methods for the management and analysis of genomic and sequencing data.
• Optional Workshop on IoT/Big Data Analytics: Big Data tools and technology; real time event processing; low latency query; analizing social media and customer sentiment.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): B. ACHARYA (ICTP), T. ATTWOOD (University of Manchester), A. HARRISON (University of Essex), M. HASSAN (TWAS), S. HODSON (CODATA), R. QUICK (Indiana University), H. SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University of London), J. SHIERS (CERN), U. SINGE (ICTP), A. VAN DER WALT (Talarify LTD), C. VAN GELDER (Radboud University Medical Centre), L. BORTOLUSSI (University of Trieste), A. POLICRITI (University of Udine), Local Organisers: Ivan Girotto, Clement Onime, Marco Zennaro
Cosponsor(s):
International Council for Science - Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: 25 April 2017 **DEADLINE: 25/04/2017****DEADLINE: 25/04/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-07-10 08:00:00
2017-07-14 22:00:00
Conference on Many-Body-Localization: Advances in the Theory and Experimental Progress | (smr 3132)
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2017
Recent developments in 'Many Body Localization' will be presented by leading theorists and experimentalists working in this rapidly developing field. Comprehensive review lectures, topical contributed talks and poster sessons are planned. All courses will be taught in English.
The phenomenon of Many Body Localization (MBL) is fundamental to understanding thermodynamics and kinetics of interacting quantum systems with vast potential applications to quantum computation and quantum engineering. From the theory viewpoint, it resulted from a non-trivial development of ideas of Anderson localization, entanglement and phase transitions in interacting quantum systems. Experimentally, its observation would require the system under study to be very well isolated and to allow an unprecedented level of control. The natural experimental playground for MBL is represented by systems of ultra-cold atoms and Josephson junctions. The progress in this field so far came essentially from theoretical consideration, and now, we must promote MBL to the world of experimental physics.
Applicants who are interested in presenting a poster, should kindly submit a very short abstract (max one page, PDF format), by uploading the file in the "Upload Abstract" field on the online application form.
Topics:
• Anderson localization
• Entanglement
• Phase transitions in interacting quantum systems
• Thermodynamcs and kinetics in interacting quantum systems
Grants:
A very limited number of grants are available to support the travel and living expenses of a few selected participants, with strong priority given to participants working in a developing country.
Speakers:
D. Abanin (Geneva)
I. Aleiner (New York)
F. Alet (Toulouse)
J. Bardarson (MPI, Dresden)
D. Basko (Grenoble)
I. Bloch (Munich)
E. Bogomolny (Paris)
A. Chandran (Boston)
D. Huse (Princeton) - * to confirm
S. Flach (Daejeon)
L. Ioffe (Paris)
V. Khemani (Princeton)
N. Laflorencie (Toulouse)
C. Laumann (Boston)
G. Lemarie (Toulouse)
I. Lerner (Birmingham)
M. Lukin (Harvard)
V. Mastropietro (Milan)
M. Müller (PSI Villigen)
A. Pal (Oxford)
V. Ros (Paris)
L. Sanchez-Palencia (Palaiseau)
M. Serbin (Berkeley)
D. Shahar (Rehovot)
G. Shlyapnikov (Paris)
V. Smelyanskiy (Los Angeles)
S. Warzel (Munich)
M. Znidaric (Ljubljana)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Marina de Comelli
Organizer(s): Boris Altshuler (Columbia University), Vladimir Kravtsov (ICTP), Vadim Oganesyan (CUNY), Local Organiser: Antonello Scardicchio
Europe/Rome
2017-07-10 08:00:00
2017-07-21 22:00:00
Blue Growth Workshop | (smr H521)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): Dr. Mounir Ghribi, OGS,
Europe/Rome
2017-07-11 16:30:00
2017-07-11 18:00:00
Anomaly-induced effective action of gravity and its most important applications
Abstract. The effective action of gravity is supposed to contains the main information about quantum corrections to gravity. However, in many cases it can not be calculated exactly. A remarkable and important exception is the effective action of vacuum for massless and conformal-invariant matter fields. In this case the effective action can be easily derived by integrating trace anomaly. The integration constant is an unknown conformal functional of the background metric, but for zero-order cosmology this functional is irrelevant and the solution becomes exact. Until recently the integrated anomaly was known only in dimensions d=2 and d=4, but recently we achieved the explicit result for d=6, which confirms the universal functional structure of the effective action. The most important applications in d=4 include systematic classification of vacuum states in the vicinity of the black hole and the Starobinsky model of inflation. In the seminar I will give a non-technical introduction to the subject and also discuss the recent works on the transition from stable to unstable (Starobinsky model) branches of anomaly-induced inflation.
ICTP
ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Ilya SHAPIRO (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil)
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-13 16:30:00
2017-07-13 18:00:00
To be announced
ICTP
ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Aseem PARANJAPE (IUCAA, Pune, India)
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-17 08:00:00
2017-07-21 22:00:00
Workshop on Physical Virology | (smr 3134)
Photo credit: G. Polles
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003331
Physical Virology is a nascent discipline involving the development and application of physics-based quantitative methods for characterization of various aspects of the "life cycle" of viruses.
This area of research has been rapidly growing for at least two reasons. First, the "molecular minimality" of viruses implies that their life cycle must rely on passive physical mechanisms to an extent that has no parallel in bacterial or eukaryotic cells, which have a more complex organization. Secondly, experimental techniques are nowadays capable of probing the living and inanimate matter at the nanoscale, thus providing an unprecedented insight into the structural and dynamical behaviour of viruses.
This workshop aims at providing a state-of-the-art overview of the topic by bringing together theorists and experimentalists to present and discuss the latest advancements.
The workshop will particularly focus on:
- the structure and self-assembly of viral capsids;
- the nature and energetics of packaging of the genome;
- the dynamics and nanoscale interactions responsible for viral genome delivery;
- the systemic spreading of viral infections, and
- the adaptive response to evolutionary pressure of the highly optimized viral genome
Invited Speakers include:
A. BEN-SHAUL, The Hebrew U. Jerusalem
B. BOTHNER, Montana State U.
R. BRUINSMA, UCLA
M. CASTELNOVO, ENS Lyon
M. CIEPLAK, IFPAN, Warsaw
P. J. DE PABLO GÓMEZ, U. Autónoma de Madrid
B. DRAGNEA, Indiana U.
A. EVILEVITCH, Carnegie Mellon U.
W. M. GELBART, UCLA
A. Y. GROSBERG, NYU
M. HAGAN, Brandeis U.
G. INDELICATO, The U. of York
W. KEGEL, Utrecht U.
P. G. LEIMAN, U. of Texas
M. G. MATEU, U. Autónoma de Madrid
E. R. MAY, U. of Connecticut
T. MUKHOPADHYAY, Indiana U.
M. MUTHUKUMAR, U. of Massachusetts
A. PARMEGGIANI, U. Montpellier II
A. REIN, NIH
S. B. ROCHAL, Southern Fed. U., Rostov-on-Don
W. ROOS, U. of Groningen
I. ROUZINA, U. of Minnesota
G. TRESSET, U. Paris-Sud
I. TSVETKOVA, Indiana U.
L. TUBIANA, U. of Vienna
R. TWAROCK, The U. of York
C. UETRECHT, Leibniz Inst. for Experimental Virology, Hamburg
P. VAN DER SCHOOT, TU Eindhoven
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Erica Sarnataro
Organizer(s): Cristian Micheletti (SISSA, Trieste, Italy), Rudolf Podgornik (Josef Stefan Institut, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Vladimir Lorman (Univ. Montpellier 2, France), Roya Zandi (University of California, Riverside, USA), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani
Cosponsor(s):
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
Europe/Rome
2017-07-17 08:00:00
2017-07-28 22:00:00
ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR School on Open Problems in Cosmology | (smr 3164)
The primary temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have now been mapped by the Planck satellite to near the limits set by cosmic variance and foregrounds. As a result, the future of the field will now shift toward large-scale structure (LSS) surveys and CMB polarization. This new territory presents both a challenge and an opportunity. While data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and smallscale CMB experiments like ACTpol and SPTpol have been available for a few years, these experiments have yet to compete with measurements of the CMB temperature in raw sensitivity. Ultimately, new experiments must surpass existing constraints if we are going to address unresolved questions we face today in regards to the physics of the early universe. Existing data supports the framework of inflation at early times, nevertheless, we know very little about the mechanism that leads to an accelerated expansion, either in the past or in our current universe. In addition, motivations from particle physics, and from the observation of late time acceleration, suggest our cosmological history may be more intricate than previously thought. Cosmological observations may be thus our only hope to address these issues.
The aim of the school is to familiarize students with both the important theoretical questions left in cosmology and the observations that may shed light on them in the future. The first week will develop the theoretical background, while in the second week future observational probes are discussed.
On Saturday, July 22, ICTP-SAIFR will host the workshop on open problems in cosmology. Presentations will provide a review of the newest developments in both theoretical tools, forecasts and observations. The discussion will be oriented towards the problems that are most relevant for further progress.
The application for the school automatically includes participation in the workshop. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.
First week:
Daniel Baumann (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) & Paolo Creminelli (ICTP-Trieste): Introduction to Primordial Physics
Raphael Flauger (UC San Diego, USA): Introduction to CMB Theory
Oliver Hahn (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur/Université de Nice, France) & Rafael Porto (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil): Introduction to LSS: Theory and Simulations
Second week:
Julien Lesgourgues (Universität Aachen, Germany): Introduction to CMB observations
Will Percival (University of Portsmouth, USA): Introduction to LSS observations
Matias Zaldarriaga (IAS Princeton, USA): Advanced topics for the study of LSS
The link to the activity webpage for registration is:
http://www.ictp-saifr.org/cosmology17
Sao Paulo - Brazil
ICTP
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Address: Rua Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz 271, Bloco 2 - Barra Funda 01140-070 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Secretary: Rosanna Sain
Organizer(s): Daniel BAUMANN (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Daniel GREEN (UC Berkeley, USA), Rafael PORTO (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil), Matias ZALDARRIAGA (IAS, Princeton, USA), ICTP Scientific Contact: Paolo CREMINELLI
Cosponsor(s):
The São Paulo Research Foundation
Support E-Mail: smr3164@ictp.it
**DEADLINE: 19/05/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-07-19 08:00:00
2017-07-22 22:00:00
Mediterranean Youth Mathematical Championship 2017 (Roma Tre University, Rome) - (smr 3171)
An initiative to encourage Mediterranean youth, both male and female, to develop an interest in Mathematics, a discipline which has been of great importance for the growth of the cultural community of the Mediterranean, with its many nations and religions.
Working language of the championship: English
Some 20 teams involved, one for each of the Mediterranean countries.
Each team consisting of 4 people, 2 boys and 2 girls, presently attending the last three years of high school (and at most nineteen years old).
Each team selected by appropriate local entities (e.g., the local entities in charge of the IMO).
For more information on MYMC 2017:
http://www.mymc.it/MYMC2017/index.htm
Program:
July 19, 2017 - Arrival in Rome
July 20, 2017 - Opening ceremony and contest on the premises of Roma Tre university
July 21, 2017 - Awards ceremony and visit of Rome
July 22, 2017 - Departure from Rome
Contest operating methods:
July 20 in the morning
1. A common list of problems for all teams
2. Preliminary ranking of the teams according to their score
July 20 in the afternoon (direct clashes)
1. First round – direct clashes between 1st and 2nd ranked teams, 3rd and 4th ranked teams, 5th and 6th ranked teams, etc.
2. Second round – direct clashes between randomly coupled teams
3. Each direct clash carries some points to the teams
4. The points accumulated in the afternoon are added to those scored in the morning.
Description of a direct clash
Each team receives two lists of problems and decides which one to keep, the other being passed to the opponent. Thus every team has two lists of problems to solve in a fixed amount of time. The winner is the team able to solve more problems (hence a tie is possible).
July 20 in the afternoon (final problem)
A common problem is given to each team, to be solved in at most 10 minutes. The team which first provides the correct answer is awarded 3.5 points; all the other teams providing a correct answer are awarded 1 point. If a team provides an incorrect answer, it is awarded 0 points. If a team does not provide an answer, it is awarded 0.5 points. The points awarded are added to those already accumulated.
The final ranking of the MYMC is decided by the Jury based on the final score obtained by the various teams, at the conclusion of the competitions described above.
Local Organizing Committee:
Claudio Bernardi, Sapienza Università di Roma
Luca Biasco, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Giandomenico Boffi, Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma
Corrado Falcolini, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Marta Menghini, Sapienza Università di Roma
Marina Monsurrò, Università Europea di Roma
Francesco Pappalardi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Maria Grazia Proietti, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Valerio Talamanca, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Francesca Tovena, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
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ICTP
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Secretary: Koutou Mabilo
Organizer(s): ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo, Marco Mancini (Chair) (MIUR, Capo Dipartimento per la formazione superiore e la ricerca), Maria Letizia Melina (Vice-Chair) (MIUR, Direttore Generale per lo studente, lo sviluppo e internazionalizzazione della formazione superiore), Claudio Bernardi (Sapienza Università di Roma), Luca Biasco (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, coordinatore PLS), Daniele Boffi (Piano Lauree Scientifiche,Coordinatore nazionale del progetto per la Matematica), Giandomenico Boffi (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, Direttore del Laboratorio di Scienze Matematiche), Pierluigi Cascioli, Luigi Chierchia (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, delegato del rettore allo sport), Ciro Ciliberto (Unione Matematica Italiana, Presidente), Federico Cinquepalm (MIUR, Dirigente Ufficio Internazionalizzazione della Formazione superiore), Corrado Falcolini (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Claudia Malvenuto (Sapienza Università di Roma), Roberto Natalini (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo M.Picone (CNR), Direttore), Giorgio Patrizio (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica, Presidente), Ludovico Pernazza (Commissione Olimpiadi di Matematica, Presidente), Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, Lucia Tolot (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale), Francesca Tovena (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)
Cosponsor(s):
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca
Europe/Rome
2017-07-19 16:30:00
2017-07-19 18:00:00
The Dynamics of the Gravitational Constant G
An abstract will follow shortly. For information on the guest speaker, please see: http://cecs.cl/website/index.php/es/investigadores/laboratorio-de-fisica-teorica/5-claudio-bunster
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy
Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Prof. Claudio Bunster, Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECs), Valdivia, Chile
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-20 16:30:00
2017-07-20 18:00:00
A taste of flavor in string compactifications
Abstract. The phenomenological models based on compactifications of the heterotic string are endowed with several symmetries, among which there are non-Abelian discrete groups that may be interpreted as flavor symmetries. Delta(54) is the largest discrete subgroup of SU(3) that may explain the number of generations in particle physics. In this talk, we discuss how orbifold compactifications generate naturally this symmetry and impose constraints that result in phenomenological simplifications. The consequences for flavor physics, besides adequate masses for quarks and leptons, include normal hierarchy and experimentally-favored values for mixing angles in the neutrino sector.
ICTP
ICTP
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Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Saul RAMOS SANCHEZ (UNAM, Mexico)
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-07-24 08:00:00
2017-07-28 22:00:00
Conference on Frontiers in Olfaction | (smr 3135)
Olfaction is the final frontier of our senses - the one that is still almost completely mysterious to us. Despite extensive genetic and perceptual data, and a strong push to solve the neural coding problem, fundamental questions about the sense of smell remain unresolved.
The task of olfaction is challenging; it depends critically on the ability to rapidly detect, identify, categorize, and prepare for memory storage myriad odorants that vary in molecular structure and concentration. Yet, olfactory processing is achieved by relatively few layers of neurons, with anatomical structures and physiological mechanisms that appear repeatedly in widely divergent species. Thus, a study of olfaction offers the promise of insight into a successful and perhaps optimal biological algorithm for processing complex information.
Driven by novel experimental techniques, including next-generation sequencing, optogenetics, and imaging/recordings in awake behaving animals, the experimental data is undergoing an explosive growth. At the same time, a variety of computational and theoretical models ranging from labelled-line to spike coding have been proposed to explain the data.
This workshop will bring together researchers in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, computer science, behavioural sciences, neurophysiology, basic biology, and genomics in an attempt to evaluate the current state of the field.
Topics:
Olfactory coding and perception
Olfactory search and algorithms
Experimental and theoretical neuroscience of olfaction
Invited Speakers:
F. Albeanu, CSHL
L. Buck, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
A. Carleton, Geneva U.
M. Dickinson, CALTECH
S. Firestein, Columbia U.
A. Fleischmann, College de France, Paris
B. Hansson, MPI Jena
C. A. Greer, Yale
T. Holy, Washington U. in St. Louis
A. Koulakov, CSHL
P.-M. Lledo, Institut Pasteur, Paris
S. Lomvardas, Columbia U.
P. Mombaerts, MPI Frankfurt
D. Rinberg, NYU
D. Rokni, The Hebrew U.
A. Schaefer, The Francis Crick Institute
A. Seminara, U. Nice Sophia Antipolis
N. Sobel, Weizmann Institute of Science
P. Szyszka, Konstanz U.
L. Vosshall, The Rockefeller U.
T. Wyatt, U. of Oxford
Workshop secretariat: smr3135@ictp.it
Grants
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries (see list here). There is no registration fee.
To facilitate participation of younger scientists to the conference ECRO will support 2 travel grants for students not supported by ICTP. Details for application documents and submission can be found here: http://www.ecro-online.com/108/GRANTS/ecro-european_chemoreception_research_organisation-ecro_online/general_rules/
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Erica Sarnataro
Organizer(s): Venkatesh Murthy (Harvard), Massimo Vergassola (UCSD), Anna Menini (SISSA), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani
Cosponsor(s):
ICAM - Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
Europe/Rome
2017-07-24 08:00:00
2017-07-28 22:00:00
The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Applied workshops on Extreme sources of data, Bioinformatics and IoT/Big-Data Analytics | (smr 3178)
The applied workshops are preceded by a related Summer School activity (10-21 July 2017) that will focus on growing competence in accessing, analyzing, visualizing, and publishing data. It is open to participants from all disciplines and/or background from the sciences to humanities. The three applied workshops (24-28 July 2017) focus on Extreme sources of data; Bioinformatics; IoT/Big Data Analytics.
TOPICS:
• Summer School: principles and practice of Open Science; research data management and curation; use of a range of research compute infrastructures; large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modeling techniques; automation and scripting.
• Workshop on Extreme sources of data: Introduction to ATLAS Open Data Platforms/Tools , tutorials and CERN LHC.
• Workshop on Bioinformatics: computational methods for the management and analysis of genomic and sequencing data.
• Workshop on IoT/Big Data Analytics: Big Data tools and technology; real time event processing; low latency query; analizing social media and customer sentiment.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): B. ACHARYA (ICTP), T. ATTWOOD (University of Manchester), A. HARRISON (University of Essex), M. HASSAN (TWAS), S. HODSON (CODATA), R. QUICK (Indiana University), H. SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University of London), J. SHIERS (CERN), U. SINGE (University of Manchester), A. VAN DER WALT (Talarify LTD), C. VAN GELDER (Radboud University Medical Centre), L. BORTOLUSSI (University of Trieste), A. POLICRITI (University of Udine), Local Organisers: Ivan Girotto, Clement Onime, Marco Zennaro
Cosponsor(s):
International Council for Science - Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: 25 April 2017 **DEADLINE: 25/04/2017****DEADLINE: 25/04/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-07-25 17:00:00
2017-07-25 18:30:00
Colloquium by Prof. Linda B Buck - title to be confirmed
This is a joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium.
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 34141 Trieste, Italy
Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Prof. Linda B. Buck, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
Colloquium Start Time: 17:00
Europe/Rome
2017-07-31 08:00:00
2017-08-04 22:00:00
Targeted Training Activity (TTA) 2017: Monsoons in a Changing Climate | (smr 3170)
This TTA will focus on the monsoons in a changing climate. After the release of the IPCC report in 2013 there has been a lot of interest in the projections of the Asian monsoon in the 21st century. The workshop will consist of invited lectures and analysis of projected monsoons by the participants.
Background:
Since 2004, the ICTP Earth System Physics section has conducted “Targeted Training Activity (TTA),” a specialized educational activity with a team-oriented nature. This team-oriented aspect is aiming to develop groups of scientists who can work together on a specific goal within a developing-country institution. Previous TTAs on the seasonal predictability in tropical regions have been successful to initiate seasonal climate prediction researches and contributed to operational application in the developing countries.
During the TTA there will also be a 1.5 day workshop on Climate dynamics of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau Himalayan climate. Since the Himalayan mountains are a source of water for the many major rivers in Asia, affecting billions of people, there is a lot of interest in the projections of climate in the entire Himalayan region. The Asian Monsoon system is the most powerful monsoon system on our planet and derives from the combined influence of the ocean land distributions and especially the Himalaya mountains and Tibetan Plateau. It is of great socio-economic consequence to more than 16 neighboring countries. The program will discuss atmospheric dynamics, land-sea-air coupling, ecology, river systems, recent ENSO events, and long distance tele coupling of the Asian Monsoon into the entire world system.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Susanne Henningsen
Organizer(s): Jagadish Shukla (COLA, George Mason University), Surya Anguluri (IITM), R. Krishnan (IITM), Bob Bishop (ICES), Guoxiong Wu (LASG), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski
Cosponsor(s):
Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
**DEADLINE: 01/05/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-07-31 08:00:00
2017-08-04 22:00:00
School on Fundamentals on Quantum Transport | (smr 3136)
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Since more than thirty years the study of quantum effects on transport properties has been a precious tool to unveil fundamental properties of quantum matter.
At the same time it has been the key to the design of new nano-devices with specific functionalities.
Together with old problems, still awaiting for a complete understanding, the discovery of new materials has posed new challenges. Important advances on the experimental side have stimulated a flurry of theoretical activity of unprecedented intensity. In the condensed matter realm this is the case, for example, of heat transport and control that only recently has received an important experimental boost.
Furthermore, quantum transport has moved outside its traditional arena and it is now investigated with great success in other experimental platforms as photonic and cold atomic systems.
All these different physical systems have many properties in common but at the same time important differences.
Topics that will be covered include:
The Superconductor-Insulator Transition,
Transport In Graphene,
The Metal-Insulator Transition In Quantum Systems,
Transport And Entanglement,
Topological Insulators And Superconductors,
Mesoscopic Effects,
Thermoelectric Effects,
Heat Transport,
Quantum Pumping,
Photon And Polariton Transport,
Quantum Transport In Cold Atoms,
Quantum Hall Systems.
Preliminary list of lecturers:
A. ASPECT, Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau
V. FALKO, University of Manchester
Y. GALPERIN, Oslo University
T. GIAMARCHI, University of Geneva
A. KAMENEV, University of Minnesota
J. MOORE, University of California at Berkeley
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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.
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Secretary contact: N. Ivanissevich, e-mail: smr3136@ictp.it
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich
Organizer(s): Boris Altshuler, Immanuel Bloch, Igor Lerner, Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio
24/04/2017**DEADLINE: 21/05/2017**DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: 24 April 2017 if needing financial support and/or visa, otherwise: 21 May 2017.
Europe/Rome
2017-07-31 08:00:00
2017-08-11 22:00:00
Hands-on Research in Complex Systems School | (smr 3137)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Gabriella De Meo
Organizer(s): Joe Niemela (ICTP), Michael Schatz (Georgia Tech), Mark D. Shattuck (The City College of New York), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo
Cosponsor(s):
Institute of Physics
Europe/Rome
2017-07-31 08:00:00
2017-08-11 22:00:00
Third Latin American School on Algebraic Geometry and Applications | (smr 3138)
The ICTP is organizing, in collaboration with CONACYT, CIMAT, MCTP and Instituto de Matematica de la UNAM, the Third Latin American School on Algebraic Geometry and Applications (ELGA3), to be held at CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico from 31 July to 11 August 2017.
The School aims at bringing together experts in algebraic geometry and present different topics of current research to advanced graduate students, postdocs and young researches from Latin America and other parts of the world.
TOPICS:
In addition to research talks on diverse topics in algebraic geometry, the programme of the activity includes the following lectures:
First week:
• Introduction to Valuation Theory and Resolution of Singularities (Mark Spivakovsky)
• Differential Forms in Algebraic Geometry and Applications (Duco van Straten)
• Quantum Toric Varieties (Ernesto Lupercio)
Second Week:
• Fano Manifolds (Carolina Araujo)
• Arithmetic of Toric Varieties (José Ignacio Burgos Gil)
• Perverse Sheaves and the Topology of Algebraic Varieties (Mark de Cataldo)
• Virtual Topological Invariants of Moduli Spaces of Sheaves on Surfaces (Lothar Göttsche)
For further information please visit the CIMAT web page for this event:
http://elga3.eventos.cimat.mx
Scientific Committee:
C. ARAUJO, IMPA
L. BRAMBILA PAZ, CONACYT
A. DICKENSTEIN, IMU
A. LAFACE, Universidad de Concepción
J. A. SEADE KURI, Instituto de Matemáticas de la UNAM
ONLINE APPLICATION:
To submit your application, please use the form
available at:
http://elga3.eventos.cimat.mx
Deadlines:
For applicants requesting financial support - 15 June 2017
For applicants NOT requesting financial support - 30 June 2017
Guanajuato - Mexico
ICTP
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Secretary: Margherita Di Giovannantonio
Organizer(s): Javier Elizondo Huerta (Instituto de Matematicas de la UNAM), Jawad Snoussi (Instituto de Matematicas de la UNAM), Pedro Luis del Angel Rodríguez (Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas A.C.), Xavier Gómez-Mont Avalos (Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas A.C.), Mark Spivakovsky (Universite de Toulouse Paul Sabatier), Jose Antonio Seade Kuri (Instituto de Matematicas de la UNAM), ICTP Scientific Contact: Lothar Goettsche
Cosponsor(s):
CONACYT
Europe/Rome
2017-08-07 08:00:00
2017-08-11 22:00:00
Workshop on Fundamentals on Quantum Transport | (smr 3176)
Since more than thirty years the study of quantum effects on transport properties has been a precious tool to unveil fundamental properties of quantum matter.
At the same time it has been the key to the design of new nano-devices with specific functionalities. Together with old problems, still awaiting for a complete understanding, the discovery of new materials has posed new challenges.
Important advances on the experimental side have stimulated a flurry of theoretical activity of unprecedented intensity. In the condensed matter realm this is the case, for example, of heat transport and control that only recently has received an important experimental boost.
Furthermore, quantum transport has moved outside its traditional arena and it is now investigated with great success in other experimental platforms as photonic and cold atomic systems.
All these different physical systems have many properties in common but at the same time important differences.
The following topics will form the core of the talks at the Workshop:
The Superconductor-Insulator Transition,
Transport In Graphene,
The Metal-Insulator Transition In Quantum Systems,
Transport And Entanglement,
Topological Insulators And Superconductors,
Mesoscopic Effects,
Thermoelectric Effects,
Heat Transport,
Quantum Pumping,
Photon And Polariton Transport,
Quantum Transport In Cold Atoms,
Quantum Hall Systems.
Preliminary list of speakers:
I.L. ALEINER, Columbia University
E. ALTMAN, Weizmann Institute of Science
G. BENENTI, University of Como
E. BERG, Weizmann Institute of Science
J. CHALKER, University of Oxford
R. CITRO, University of Salerno
S. FLACH, Massey Univ. Auckland, & Inst. for Basic Science Daejeon
D. GANGARDT, University of Birmingham
Y. GEFEN, Weizmann Institute of Science
C. GROSS, MPQ Garching
M. HAFEZI, University of Maryland
F. HEIDRICH-MEISNER, LMU Munich
L. IOFFE, Rutgers University
A. KAPITULNIK, Standford University
L. LEVITOV, MIT
D. LOSS, University of Basel
G. MODUGNO, LENS Firenze
J. PEKOLA, Aalto University
Y. RUBO, UNAM Temixco
U. SCHNEIDER, University of Cambridge
C. SCHÖNENBERGER, University of Basel
G. SHLYAPNIKOV, Univ. XI Paris Sud
A. STERN, Weizmann Institute of Science
F. TADDEI, SNS Pisa
K. WANG, Harvard University
A Poster Session will be held during the Workshop. More details will be provided closer to the activity.
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See webpage: smr 3136
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Secretary contact: N. Ivanissevich, e-mail: smr3136@ictp.it
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich
Organizer(s): Boris Altshuler, Immanuel Bloch, Igor Lerner, Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio
DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: 24 April 2017 if needing financial support and/or visa, otherwise: 21 May 2017.**DEADLINE: 21/05/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-08-14 08:00:00
2017-08-18 22:00:00
Conference: TMB-NET: Turbulent Mixing and Beyond - Non-Equilibrium Transport across the scales | (smr 3141)
The goals of the program 'Turbulent Mixing and Beyond' are to expose the generic problem of non-equilibrium processes to a wide scientific community, to promote the development of new ideas in tackling fundamental aspects of the problem, to assist in application of novel approaches in a broad range of phenomena, where these processes occur, and to have a potential impact on technology.
TMB program provides the opportunity to bring together researchers from the areas, which include and are not limited to fluid dynamics, plasmas, high energy density physics, astrophysics, material science, combustion, atmospheric and earth sciences, nonlinear and statistical physics, applied mathematics, probability and statistics, data processing and computations, optics and communications, and to have their attention focused on the long-standing formidable task of non-equilibrium dynamics.
Program 'Turbulent Mixing and Beyond' was founded in 2007 with the support of international scientific community and of international funding agencies and institutions. This is the program established for scientists by scientists. It is merit-based, and is shaped by requirements of novelty, academic credentials, and information quality. To date, TMB community unites thousands researchers worldwide, including scientists from academia, national laboratories, corporations and industry, at experienced and at advanced stages of their careers.
TMB International Conferences were organized in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014.
They found that TMB-related problems have in common a set of outstanding research issues; these challenging TMB problems can indeed be solved, via discovery of their fundamentals; the TMB participants conduct highly innovative research and their interactions strengthen the community might.
TMB-2017 is the 6th International Conference 10th Anniversary Program.
It considers the broad variety of TMB themes, and is focused on fundamentals of non-equilibrium transport. Its objectives are to advance knowledge of non-equilibrium dynamics, and to have a positive impact on our understanding of a variety of natural phenomena, from atomistic to astrophysical scales, on principles of theoretical modeling of non-equilibrium dynamics at continuous and at kinetic scales, on methods of experimental diagnostics and numerical modeling techniques, and on technology development in, for instance, fusion, nano-electronics, telecommunications, aeronautics, gas and oil industry.
The Organizing Committee hopes that program "Turbulent Mixing and Beyond" will serve to advance knowledge of fundamental aspects of non-equilibrium processes, their predictive modeling capabilities and physical description, and, ultimately, control of these complex processes.
TOPICS:
Turbulence and Mixing (TURB)
Wall-Bounded Flows (WALLS)
Non-Equilibrium Processes (NON)
Interfacial Dynamics (INT)
High Energy Density Physics (HEDP)
Material Science (MS)
Astrophysics (AST)
Magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD)
Canonical Plasmas (PLA)
Physics of Atmosphere (ATM)
Geophysics and Earth Science (GEO)
Combustion (COMB)
Mathematical Aspects of Non-Equilibrium Dynamics (MATH)
Stochastic Processes and Probabilistic Description (STO)
Advanced Numerical Simulations (NUM)
Experimental Diagnostics (EXP)
for further information visit:
http://users.ictp.it/~tmb/index2017.html
The official announcement will follow in due date on this webpage.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Federica Delconte
Organizer(s): S.I. ABARZHI (University of Western Australia, Australia), W.D. ARNETT (University of Arizona, U.S.A.), S.I. ANISIMOV (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia), H. AZECHI (Institute for Laser Engineering, Japan), S. GAUTHIER (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France), W. GEKELMAN (University of California Los Angeles, U.S.A.), E.E. MESHKOV (National Nuclear Research University, Russia), K.R. SREENIVASAN (New York University, U.S.A.), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela
Support E-Mail: smr3141@ictp.it
**DEADLINE: 29/05/2017** **DEADLINE: 15/05/2017** **DEADLINE: 15/05/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-08-18 08:00:00
2017-08-19 22:00:00
First Regional Maker Expo of Open Technologies and Inclusive Development | (smr 2873)
ONLINE APPLICATION NOW OPEN
To submit your application, please use the following form:
http://goo.gl/UfUB39
The ICTP Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) is organizing, together with the Scientific Fabrication Laboratory of the University of Cartagena, the First Regional Maker Expo of Open Technologies and Inclusive Development, to be held at University of Cartagena, Colombia on 18 and 19 August 2017.
This regional activity is a public event aiming at emphasizing the learning and research aspects linked to the making of something new using science and innovation. This kind of exposition activities arises great interest in scholars, society and the media. They also represent good platforms to deepen the knowledge about the creative work carried out in an institution and in its surrounding region.
That is why we particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things, making science and technology accessible to the public. Particular attention will be paid to original activities, projects, ideas and contents created to the benefit of society, which can be reproduced within a Scientific Fabrication Laboratory.
IT IS REQUESTED THAT EXHIBITOR PARTICIPANTS BE PART OF A RUNNING PROJECT TO BE PRESENTED AT THE MAKER EXPO.
The project should be briefly described in the application form available below and fall into one of the following categories:
Science, Biology/Biotech, Physics and Chemistry projects
Electronics, Radios, Vintage Computers and Game Systems
Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.
3D Printers and other prototyping technologies
Robotics and DIY RC Toys and Models
DIY Home Automation and IoT
Recycling (How to Fix Things or Take them Apart)
Interactive art projects, Large-scale Art, Shelter (Tents, Domes, etc.)
For further information regarding the event, please write to the Local Organizers in Colombia at:
makerexpo@unicartagena.edu.co
Grants:
Scientists and Makers from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA, may attend the event, however, since this is a regional activity, priority will be given to those coming from Colombia and neighbouring countries. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institution. The event is free of charge for participants and visitors.
Cartagena - Colombia
ICTP
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Secretary: M. Di Giovannantonio
Organizer(s): Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda, Javier Montoya, ICTP Scientific Contacts: Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro
Cosponsor(s):
Europe/Rome
2017-08-21 08:00:00
2017-09-15 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Zynq-7000 SoC and its Applications for Nuclear and Related Instrumentation | (smr 3143)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio
Organizer(s): Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP), Iain Darby (IAEA NAPC/PH-NSIL), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo
**DEADLINE: 08/05/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-08-21 08:00:00
2017-09-01 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Nuclear Energy Management | (smr 3142)
The school is a certificate course providing a unique international education aimed at building future leadership to manage nuclear energy programmes. It is intended for promising young professionals from the nuclear industry and academia, including those from developing countries.
School Executive Director:
M. CHUDAKOV, IAEA, Austria
School Co-ordinators:
J. DE GROSBOIS, IAEA, Austria
A. GANESAN, IAEA, Austria
Local Organizer:
C.TUNIZ, ICTP, Italy
Jointly organized by ICTP and the IAEA since 2010, this Nuclear Energy Management (NEM) School focuses on broadening the young professional’s understanding of current issues in the nuclear industry, generating awareness on recent developments in nuclear energy and sharing international perspectives on issues related to the peaceful use of nuclear technology. Over 30 experts from the IAEA and the nuclear industry deliver more than 70 presentations and case studies. Technical visits to nuclear facilities form an essential practical element of the curriculum and students are asked to work on special projects relevant to the development of nuclear energy programmes. Participants will be selected based on an online pre-training course and a test.
Topics:
• World Energy Balance, Geopolitics and Climate Issues;
• Energy Planning, Energy Economics and Nuclear Power Economics and Finance;
• Nuclear Power Technology and Life Cycle;
• Nuclear Safety and Security;
• Nuclear Law, International Conventions and Relevant Mechanisms;
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards;
• Human Resource Development and Knowledge Management;
• Nuclear Leadership, Management and Sociology;
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness;
• Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning;
• Communicating Radiation Risks to the Public;
• IAEA support for Nuclear Power Development.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Doreen Sauleek
Organizer(s): M. Chudakov (IAEA), J. De Grosbois (IAEA), A. Ganesan (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz
Cosponsor(s):
International Atomic Energy Agency
**DEADLINE: 15/04/2017** **DEADLINE: 15/04/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-08-21 08:00:00
2017-08-26 22:00:00
AAAS-TWAS Science Diplomacy Course | (smr H507)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): TWAS,
Europe/Rome
2017-08-28 08:00:00
2017-09-08 18:00:00
Advanced School and Workshop on Arithmetic of Hyperelliptic Curves | (smr 3175)
Hyperelliptic curves are a fundamental class of polynomial equations, that are rapidly becoming a major topic in number theory. Demands for the theory are coming both from within pure mathematics (such as the pioneering work or Bhargava and his collaborators, and the Langlands programme, which needs a supply of high-dimensional Galois representations), as well as from areas bordering to theoretical physics (via hypergeometric motives) and from cryptography, where one of the main methods for modern data encryption is based on hyperelliptic curves.
The advanced school will focus on the modern techniques in number theory that have previously had major impacts on the theory of elliptic curves and that are likely to have great impact in the theory of hyperelliptic curves in the near future. Specifically, the topics to be covered are the following, with a particular emphasis on the setting of hyperelliptic curves:
1. L-functions and the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture;
2. Selmer groups;
3. Modularity;
4. Galois representations.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Ave Lusenti
Organizer(s): Tim Dokchitser (University of Bristol), Vladimir Dokchitser (King's College London), Local Organiser: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS 1 MAY 2017. APPLICATION TO SMR3175 IS FOR BOTH SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP. SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPLY TO THE WORKSHOP ONLY, PLEASE VISIT THE RELEVANT PAGE OF SMR3144 http://indico.ictp.it/event/7988/
Europe/Rome
2017-09-04 08:00:00
2017-09-15 22:00:00
Advanced School and Workshop on Quantum Science and Quantum Technologies | (smr 3145)
The School (4-9 September 2017) covers a broad selection of fundamental topics in quantum science and quantum technology, treated at an advanced level. The Workshop (11-15 September 2017) aims at a comprehensive overview on research in quantum science and technology, including recent results, current trends, and future perspectives.
The purpose of the School is to provide an up-to-date, state of the art knowledge on some of the most important aspects of fundamtental quantum physics, quantum information, and quantum technologies, covering both theoretical and experimental aspects. The targeted audience includes advanced undergraduate and PhD students, as well as post-doctoral fellows and junior researchers. Special attention will be devoted to the training of scientists from emerging countries in line with the fundamental mission of the ICTP. The Workshop brings together a mix of established experts and emerging young researchers to give an in-depth overview on some of the most significant recent research results and on current, cutting-edge research trends in quantum information and quantum technologies. The targeted audience matches that of the School.
Topics:
• Fundamental Theory: Entanglement, Coherence, Correlations
• Quantum Technologies: Quantum Information, Computation, Sensing, Estimation, Metrology
• Quantum Simulations
• Quantum Thermodynamics
• Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics
• Open Quantum Systems
• Algorithms and Optimization
• Ultracold Atoms
• Trapped Ions
• Circuit QED
• Photonics and Photonic Networks
• Spintronics
Lecturers at the School:
G. CARLEO (ETH, Zürich)
J. EISERT (FU, Berlin) *tbc
F. GERBIER (LKB, Paris)
V. GIOVANNETTI (SNS, Pisa)
G. KIRCHMAIR (Universität Innsbruck) *tbc
B. KRAUS (Universität Innsbruck)
D. LOSS (Universität Basel)
M. PATERNOSTRO (Queen’s University, Belfast)
M.B. PLENIO (Universität Ulm)
H. PRICE (Università di Trento)
N. SCHUCH (MPG, München)
E. SOLANO (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
J. WRACHTRUP (Universität Stuttgart)
C. WUNDERLICH (Universität Siegen)
Invited Speakers at the Workshop:
D. ANGELAKIS (TUC Crete and CQT, Singapore)
S. BLATT (MPG, München)
G. CARLEO (ETH, Zürich)
A. CELI (ICFO, Barcelona)
M. DALMONTE (ICTP, Trieste)
J. EISERT (FU, Berlin)
M. FLEISCHHAUER (Universität Kaiserslautern)
M. GENOVESE (INRIM, Torino) *tbc
F. GERBIER (LKB, Paris)
G. GIEDKE (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
V. GIOVANNETTI (SNS, Pisa)
C. GROSS (MPG, München)
P. HAUKE (Universität Heidelberg)
A. IMAMOGLU (ETH, Zürich) *tbc
D. JAKSCH (University of Oxford)
T. KIPPENBERG (EPFL, Lausanne) *tbc
G. KIRCHMAIR (Universität Innsbruck)
B. KRAUS (Universität Innsbruck)
S. V. KUSMINSKIY (FAU, Erlangen)
T. LAHAYE (CNRS, Paris)
D. LOSS (Universität Basel)
S. PAESANI (University of Bristol)
M. PATERNOSTRO (Queen’s University, Belfast)
M.B. PLENIO (Universität Ulm) *tbc
M. RIZZI (Universität Mainz)
N. SCHUCH (MPG, München)
E. SOLANO (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
A. STRELTSOV (University of Technology, Gdánsk)
L. TAGLIACOZZO (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow)
G. TOTH (EHU, Bilbao)
A. TROMBETTONI (CNR-IOM, Trieste)
J. TURA BRUGUES (ICFO, Barcelona)
V. VEDRAL (University of Oxford)
P. WALTHER (Universität Wien)
C. WUNDERLICH (Universität Siegen)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): Fabrizio Illuminati (chair) (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Martin B. Plenio (Universitaet Ulm), Vahid Karimipour (Sharif University, Tehran; ICTP, Trieste), Ujjwal Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio
**DEADLINE: 20/07/2017** DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: for applications needing financial support and/or visa 30 June 2017 for applications NOT needing financial support and/or visa 20 July 2017 APPLICATION TO SMR3145 IS FOR BOTH SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP. SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPLY TO THE WORKSHOP ONLY, PLEASE VISIT THE RELEVANT PAGE OF SMR3183 http://indico.ictp.it/event/8232/ **DEADLINE: 20/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-09-04 08:00:00
2017-09-08 18:00:00
Workshop on Arithmetic of Hyperelliptic Curves | (smr 3144)
Hyperelliptic curves are a fundamental class of polynomial equations, that are rapidly becoming a major topic in number theory. Demands for the theory are coming both from within pure mathematics (such as the pioneering work or Bhargava and his collaborators, and the Langlands programme, which needs a supply of high-dimensional Galois representations), as well as from areas bordering to theoretical physics (via hypergeometric motives) and from cryptography, where one of the main methods for modern data encryption is based on hyperelliptic curves.
The workshop will focus on the most recent developments in the arithmetic of hyperelliptic curves, including the above mentioned four topics, point counting techniques, distribution of locally soluble curves, hypergeometric motives, generalisations of Chabauty's method, Selmer ranks of Jacobians, etc.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Ave Lusenti
Organizer(s): Tim Dokchitser (University of Bristol), Vladimir Dokchitser (King's College London), Local Organiser: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas
Cosponsor(s):
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS 1 MAY 2017. APPLICATION TO SMR3144 IS FOR WORKSHOP ONLY. SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPLY ALSO TO THE SCHOOL, PLEASE VISIT THE RELEVANT PAGE OF SMR3175 http://indico.ictp.it/event/8123/
Europe/Rome
2017-09-04 08:00:00
2017-09-08 22:00:00
ICTP-Rwanda Joint School on Subseasonal to Seasonal Weather and Climate Prediction | (smr 3140)
This school focuses on sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction research and related climate products, as many management decisions in agriculture and food security, water, disaster risk reduction and health fall into this range.
There is an urgent need to improve the resiliency of tropical developing countries to climate and weather shocks. Improved subseasonal to seasonal forecasts of rainfall hold the promise of effective early warning systems for floods and droughts, and actionable information for decision makers in agriculture, water management, and public health. Examples include the timing of the onset of rainy seasons, timing on monsoon breaks and active spells, and the probability of high-impact weather events.
This school will expose participants from operational centers and universities to a major new initiative to bridge the gap between weather and seasonal climate forecasts; it will train them to access the new multi-model S2S database of subseasonal to seasonal forecasts, and make analyses of forecast skill and predictability mechanisms.
• Mechanisms of subseasonal predictability: MJO, atmosphere interactions with land surface and ocean, teleconnections
• Modeling in the subseasonal range: initialization, ensemble generation, design of forecast systems
• Introduction to the new S2S multi-model database of subseasonal forecasts
• Practical training sessions on analysis and skill assessment of ensemble prediction systems in the S2S database for the countries of the participants
• Teleconnections and variability
Speakers:
F. Kucharski (ICTP)
A.G. Munoz (AOS/GFDL - Princeton University, USA)
B. Safari (University of Rwanda)
A. Tompkins (ICTP)
As funds are strictly limited, travel grants are only available for applicants based in Africa, with priority given to those from Rwanda.
KIgali - Rwanda
ICTP
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Secretary: Milena Poropat
Organizer(s): Fred Kucharski (ICTP-Trieste), Bonfils Safari (University of Rwanda-East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins
Cosponsor(s):
The University of Rwanda
**DEADLINE: 23/06/2017** **DEADLINE: 23/06/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-09-11 08:00:00
2017-09-15 22:00:00
Workshop on Quantum Science and Quantum Technologies | (smr 3183)
The School (4-9 September 2017) covers a broad selection of fundamental topics in quantum science and quantum technology, treated at an advanced level. The Workshop (11-15 September 2017) aims at a comprehensive overview on research in quantum science and technology, including recent results, current trends, and future perspectives.
The purpose of the School is to provide an up-to-date, state of the art knowledge on some of the most important aspects of fundamtental quantum physics, quantum information, and quantum technologies, covering both theoretical and experimental aspects. The targeted audience includes advanced undergraduate and PhD students, as well as post-doctoral fellows and junior researchers. Special attention will be devoted to the training of scientists from emerging countries in line with the fundamental mission of the ICTP. The Workshop brings together a mix of established experts and emerging young researchers to give an in-depth overview on some of the most significant recent research results and on current, cutting-edge research trends in quantum information and quantum technologies. The targeted audience matches that of the School.
Topics:
• Fundamental Theory: Entanglement, Coherence, Correlations
• Quantum Technologies: Quantum Information, Computation, Sensing, Estimation, Metrology
• Quantum Simulations
• Quantum Thermodynamics
• Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics
• Open Quantum Systems
• Algorithms and Optimization
• Ultracold Atoms
• Trapped Ions
• Circuit QED
• Photonics and Photonic Networks
• Spintronics
Lecturers at the School:
G. CARLEO (ETH, Zürich)
J. EISERT (FU, Berlin) *tbc
F. GERBIER (LKB, Paris)
V. GIOVANNETTI (SNS, Pisa)
G. KIRCHMAIR (Universität Innsbruck) *tbc
B. KRAUS (Universität Innsbruck)
D. LOSS (Universität Basel)
M. PATERNOSTRO (Queen’s University, Belfast)
M.B. PLENIO (Universität Ulm)
H. PRICE (Università di Trento)
N. SCHUCH (MPG, München)
E. SOLANO (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
J. WRACHTRUP (Universität Stuttgart)
C. WUNDERLICH (Universität Siegen)
Invited Speakers at the Workshop:
D. ANGELAKIS (TUC Crete and CQT, Singapore)
S. BLATT (MPG, München)
G. CARLEO (ETH, Zürich)
A. CELI (ICFO, Barcelona)
M. DALMONTE (ICTP, Trieste)
J. EISERT (FU, Berlin)
M. FLEISCHHAUER (Universität Kaiserslautern)
M. GENOVESE (INRIM, Torino) *tbc
F. GERBIER (LKB, Paris)
G. GIEDKE (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
V. GIOVANNETTI (SNS, Pisa)
C. GROSS (MPG, München)
P. HAUKE (Universität Heidelberg)
A. IMAMOGLU (ETH, Zürich) *tbc
D. JAKSCH (University of Oxford)
T. KIPPENBERG (EPFL, Lausanne) *tbc
G. KIRCHMAIR (Universität Innsbruck)
B. KRAUS (Universität Innsbruck)
S. V. KUSMINSKIY (FAU, Erlangen)
T. LAHAYE (CNRS, Paris)
D. LOSS (Universität Basel)
S. PAESANI (University of Bristol)
M. PATERNOSTRO (Queen’s University, Belfast)
M.B. PLENIO (Universität Ulm) *tbc
M. RIZZI (Universität Mainz)
N. SCHUCH (MPG, München)
E. SOLANO (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
A. STRELTSOV (University of Technology, Gdánsk)
L. TAGLIACOZZO (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow)
G. TOTH (EHU, Bilbao)
A. TROMBETTONI (CNR-IOM, Trieste)
J. TURA BRUGUES (ICFO, Barcelona)
V. VEDRAL (University of Oxford)
P. WALTHER (Universität Wien)
C. WUNDERLICH (Universität Siegen)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): Fabrizio Illuminati (chair) (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Martin B. Plenio (Universitaet Ulm), Vahid Karimipour (Sharif University, Tehran; ICTP, Trieste), Ujjwal Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio
**DEADLINE: 20/07/2017** DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION: for applications needing financial support and/or visa 30 June 2017 for applications NOT needing financial support and/or visa 20 July 2017 APPLICATION TO SMR3183 IS FOR WORKSHOP ONLY. SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPLY ALSO TO THE SCHOOL, PLEASE VISIT THE RELEVANT PAGE OF SMR3145 http://indico.ictp.it/event/7989/ **DEADLINE: 20/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-09-11 08:00:00
2017-09-15 22:00:00
OPCW-TWAS workshop on ‘Policy and Diplomacy for Scientists: Introduction to responsible research practices in chemical and biological sciences’ | (smr H516)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): TWAS: sciencediplomacy@twas.org,
Europe/Rome
2017-09-11 08:00:00
2017-09-15 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Knowledge Management | (smr 3146)
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The 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.
Pre-training is done via e-learning for a common understanding of the basics, allowing a more efficient interaction with peers and lecturers during the in-class School. 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 andknowledge transfer;
- Practical guidance and good practices on NKM.
METHODOLOGIES:
- Blended learning course;
- Oriented to practical exercises and group projects;
- Additional continuous education certificate provided by MEPhI University, Russian Federation, after successful completion.
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.
Workshop ICTP Secretariat : N. Ivanissevich, e-mail: smr3146@ictp.it
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich
Organizer(s): M. Chudakov (IAEA), J. de Grosbois (IAEA), M.E. Urso (IAEA), M.M. Sbaffoni (IAEA), Local Organiser: C. Tuniz
Cosponsor(s):
IAEA
Limited participation**DEADLINE: 06/03/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-09-12 16:30:00
2017-09-12 18:00:00
To be announced
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Sayantani BERA (TIFR, Mumbai, India)
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-09-14 16:30:00
2017-09-14 18:00:00
To be announced
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Shreya BANERJEE (TIFR, Mumbai, India)
--- Please note unusual venue!! ---
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-09-16 08:00:00
2017-09-17 22:00:00
4th Trieste Mini Maker Faire | (smr 3117)
Call for Makers now OPEN:
Please visit http://trieste.makerfaire.com/call-makers-2017/
and submit your application within 6 August 2017
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth —a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning. Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The original Maker Faire event was held in San Mateo, CA, almost a decade ago.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are the guys and the girls who, after a long day of being “just normal people” will spend most evenings and weekends in the basement, making something new, playing bravely with new technologies (no fear of computers, PCBs, robots or whatever else this crazy digital age is bringing to us). Makers are – before any label or definition– just curious people, of all ages and backgrounds, who go beyond talking and start doing, making... exactly the ones that are primarily and above all into MAKING.
More than a hundred community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are being organized every year around the world. Trieste is again in this list, after being the very first Italian venue for a Mini Maker Faire in 2014. The reason to host it here is to support the many communities of makers already established or just-starting in the Triveneto region (as well as in neighbor countries), giving them an occasion to meet, to know each other better, to collaborate and grow together.
Following the great success of the first Trieste Science Picnic that was “attached” to the weeekend of the 2016 TSMMF, for this 4th edition of the Trieste Mini Maker Faire we decided to merge the two events, creating the Science Picnic Village within the campus during the whole Mini Maker Faire: a special area where crazy scientists and passionate explainers will engage a public mostly of kids and young people, showing the entertaining and creative side of science with various hands-on activities, shows, labs and demos.
To apply and contribute to this “event-within-the-event” you may fill the same application form for the Makers, selecting “Science Picnic” as category.
For further information, please visit http://trieste.makerfaire.com
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Secretary: Margherita Di Giovannantonio
Organizer(s): Local Organisers: Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda
Cosponsor(s):
Maker Media Inc.
Europe/Rome
2017-09-18 08:00:00
2017-09-22 22:00:00
Advanced School on Foundations and Applications of Nanomechanics | (smr 3147)
ATTENTION new deadline 15 June 2017
This school introduces the science of nanomechanical systems, a flourishing field of research. Nanomechanical systems are of interest both for their potential in terms of fundamental quantum physics as well as for applications in sensitive measurements, quantum information, and other areas. This Advanced School will recapitulate the foundations of nanomechanical systems and introduce the key concepts behind nano- and optomechanical technologies. The breadth of the field will be covered in six series of lectures delivered by internationally renowned experts. The pedagogical part of the school will be complemented by a series of about 20 invited presentations of state-of-the-art research. A crucial part of the school, in addition to the lectures and talks, will be the active contribution of the participants, which will be encouraged and fostered by several means: During the first week of the school, designated timeslots for tutorial classes will enable students to practice their skills in analytical as well as numerical methods, and will include problem solving and presentation of scientific results. The participants will work in small teams on research-type mini-projects.
Lecturers:
Yaroslav M. Blanter, TU Delft
Mark Dykman, Michigan State University
Jack Harris, Yale University
Klemens Hammerer, Leibniz University Hannover
Oriol Romero-Isart, IQOQI Innsbruck
John D. Teufel, NIST Boulder
For the 2nd week workshop Foundations and Applications of Nanomechanics
25 - 29 September 2017, go to link: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8169/
ATTENTION new deadline 15 June 2017
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Susanne Henningsen
Organizer(s): Andrew Cleland (University of Chicago), Ivan Favero (Université Paris Diderot), Florian Marquardt (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg / MPL Erlangen), Fabio Pistolesi (Université de Bordeaux), Eva Weig (University of Konstanz), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev
Cosponsor(s):
SFB 767 University of Konstanz
**DEADLINE: 15/06/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-09-18 08:00:00
2017-09-29 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Monte Carlo Radiation Transport and Associated Data Needs for Medical Applications | (smr 3148)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Suzie Radosic
Organizer(s): Roberto Capote Noy (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences (NAPC), Nuclear Data SEction; Vienna,), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi
Cosponsor(s):
International Atomic Energy Agency
Europe/Rome
2017-09-18 08:00:00
2017-09-22 22:00:00
IAEA Advanced Nuclear Knowledge Management School | (smr H517)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): J.de Grosbois (IAEA),
Europe/Rome
2017-09-19 14:00:00
2017-09-19 15:00:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Nanomechanics meets Spintronics - Part I (title to be announced)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Robert SHEKHTER (Univ. Gothenburg, Inst. of Theoretical Physics, Sweden)
Seminar Start Time: 14:00
Europe/Rome
2017-09-19 15:15:00
2017-09-19 16:15:00
CMSP Special Series of Lectures on Nanomechanics meets Spintronics - Part II (title to be announced)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Leonid GORELIK (Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Seminar Start Time: 15:15
Europe/Rome
2017-09-23 08:00:00
2017-09-24 22:00:00
Combining electrons with X-rays for integrated in-operando experiments - Satellite Workshop of the MCM2017 | (smr H519)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): Dr. Regina Ciancio (IOM), SISM Board,
Europe/Rome
2017-09-25 08:00:00
2017-09-29 22:00:00
U.S.-Iran Bilateral Program Review and Planning Meeting with a Focus on Climate Change | (smr H531)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Lundqvist Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): TWAS,
Europe/Rome
2017-09-25 08:00:00
2017-09-29 22:00:00
Foundations and Applications of Nanomechanics | (smr 3177)
ATTENTION new deadline 15 June 2017
The study of nanomechanical systems has evolved into a substantial and growing field of research. The interest in nanomechanical systems is fueled by their applicability to a wide range of problems: In addition to the ability to use these solid-state systems to investigate fundamental quantum physics and to target the frontiers of quantum mechanics, these systems also have applications in classical and quantum information technology and as ultrasensitive detectors of mass, displacement, acceleration, force or spin. As a result, research directions such as cavity optomechanics and nanoelectromechanics today attract a significant number of researchers from around the world. By their nature, nanomechanical systems are interdisciplinary, since they can couple to electrical circuits or optical cavities, and have potential applications in nano- and optomechanical technologies.
This workshop will highlight recent experimental and theoretical breakthroughs at the forefront of international research, and bring together international experts from the various fields of nanomechancs.
Research Talks on:
• Optomechanics;
• Nanoelectromechanics;
• Nanomechanical arrays;
• Sensing;
• Photonic crystals for optomechanics;
• Diamond nanomechanics;
• Nanotubes and graphene for nanomechanics; • surface-acoustic waves;
• Coupling to superconducting circuits;
• Microwave-to-optics conversion;
• Quantum effects;
• Foundational questions;
• Entanglement;
• and others
Speakers:
Adrian Bachtold, ICFO Barcelona
Miles Blencowe, Dartmouth University
Warwick Bowen, University of Queensland
Tal Carmon, Technion
Aashish Clerk, McGill University
Eddy Collin, Institut NÉEL CNRS
Per Delsing, Chalmers
Rosario Fazio, ICTP Trieste
Simon Gröblacher, TU Delft
Shahal Ilani, Weizmann Institute
Ania Jayich, UC Santa Barbara
Hubert Krenner, University of Augsburg
Peter Leek, Oxford University
Francesco Marin, University of Florence
Andreas Nunnenkamp, Cambridge University
Vittorio Peano, University of Malta
Martino Poggio, Basel University
Cindy Regal, JILA Boulder
Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University
Albert Schliesser, Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen
Signe Seidelin, University of Grenoble
Gary Steele, TU Delft
Philipp Treutlein, University of Basel
Mukund Vengalattore, Cornell University
David Vitali, University of Camerino
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andre Xuereb, University of Malta
Yun-Feng Xiao, Peking University
For the 1st week Advanced School on Foundations and Applications of Nanomechanics 18 - 22 September 2017, go to link:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/7991/
ATTENTION new deadline 15 June 2017
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Susanne Henningsen
Organizer(s): Andrew Cleland (University of Chicago), Ivan Favero (Universite Paris Diderot), Florian Marquardt (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg), Fabio Pistolesi (Université de Bordeaux), Eva Weig (Unviersity of Konstanz), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev
Cosponsor(s):
SFB 767 University of Konstanz
**DEADLINE: 15/06/2017** **DEADLINE: 15/06/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-10-02 08:00:00
2017-10-13 22:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on the Evaluation of Nuclear Reaction Data for Applications | (smr 3151)
Training for nuclear physicists and users of nuclear data will be provided. The course includes techniques for basic experimental nuclear data, nuclear structure and reaction models, evaluation procedures and creation and processing of nuclear reaction data libraries for applications.
Participants will learn the basic principles and techniques used in measurements of nuclear reaction data, particularly for neutron-induced reaction cross sections in general and resonance reactions. Modern nuclear theories for structure and reaction modeling will be covered, together with an introduction to the use of relevant nuclear reaction codes for model calculations (TALYS nuclear reaction software).
The process of evaluation of experimental nuclear data and results of theoretical calculations will be presented, along with information, and formats, on the available major nuclear reaction data libraries. An important supplementary aim will be to enable the students to process nuclear data libraries into a form ready to be used for technological applications.
1st week - Nuclear Reaction Data Measurements and Calculation:
facilities and experimental techniques for neutron cross-section measurements
resonance data evaluation
nuclear structure and reaction models for cross-section calculations
computer exercises with TALYS nuclear model code
2nd week - Evaluation Methods and Nuclear Data for Advanced Nuclear Technologies:
nuclear data evaluation, ENDF formatting and libraries
nuclear data testing and processing with NJOY
implications of nuclear data libraries in applied simulations
computer exercises using nuclear data processing and application packages
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Petra Krizmancic
Organizer(s): Arjan Koning (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); NAPC/Nuclear Data Section), Jean-Christophe Sublet (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); NAPC/Nuclear Data Section), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz
**DEADLINE: 15/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-10-02 08:00:00
2017-10-06 22:00:00
FisMat 2017, the Italian National Conference on the Physics of Matter (including Optics, Photonics, Liquids, Soft Matter). | (smr H513)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Organizer(s): Loredana Casalis (Elettra) - Chair, Federico Becca, Cinzia Cepek, Cristina Africh (CNR-IOM), Ali Hassanali and Nicola Seriani (ICTP), Daniele Fausti (UniTS), Alessandro Silva (SISSA), Carlo Callegari, Andra Goldoni (Elettra),
Plenary Speakers: Albert Fert, Nobel laureate in physics 2007, Université Paris-Sud (France); Marc Mezard, Université Paris-Sud (France); Charles Marcus, Niels Bohr Insitute (Denmark); Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University (USA); Laurens Molenkamp, University of Wuerzburg (Germany); Giulia Galli, University of Chicago (USA); Francesco Sciortino,Università degli studi "La Sapienza" (Italy); Viola Vogel, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); Robert Feidenhans’l, European XFEL (Germany); Andrew Millis, Columbia University (USA); Alberto Diaspro, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy).
Europe/Rome
2017-10-09 08:00:00
2017-10-20 22:00:00
Joint IAEA-ICTP Essential Knowledge Workshop on Nuclear Power Plant Design Safety-Updated IAEA Safety Standards | (smr 3153)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio
Organizer(s): Peter B. Wells (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz
Europe/Rome
2017-10-09 08:00:00
2017-10-13 22:00:00
Career Development Workshop for Women in Physics | (smr 3152)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Pandora Malchose
Organizer(s): Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR), Elizabeth H Simmons (Michigan State University), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola
**DEADLINE: 10/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-10-16 08:00:00
2017-10-27 22:00:00
Advanced School on Tropical-Extratropical Interactions on Intra-Seasonal Time Scales | (smr 3155)
An increasing appreciation of intra-seasonal interactions between the tropics and extra-tropics has raised the possibility of increased predictability of significant circulation and weather anomalies in many regions. This school will introduce this new perspective to the students, giving them hands-on experience in the computer lab.
This school will introduce this new perspective to the students, giving them hands-on experience in the computer lab.
During the first week of the School, the lecturers will review the state of knowledge of Tropical- Extratropical interactions, with an emphasis on basic dynamics, and on hypotheses that can be tested with the forecasts and re-forecasts from a number of operational centers and possibly experiments with the ICTP climate model. Lectures will be held in the mornings.
In the afternoons, the students (participants) will form teams to design lab projects to explore the relationships discussed in the morning, using the S2S forecast database http://journals.ametsoc.org/ doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0017.1
and possibly design experiments with the ICTP climate model (SPEEDY) https://www.ictp.it/research/esp/models/speedy. aspx.
During the second week, the lecturers will cover more advanced research, and the participants will continue their projects, in consultation with the lecturers.
The topics center on the role of intra-seasonal interactions between the tropics and extra-tropics in increased potential predictability of significant circulation and weather anomalies in many regions
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Susanne Henningsen
Organizer(s): David M. Straus (George Mason University), Cristiana Stan (George Mason University), Andrew Robertson (IRI, Columbia University), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski
Cosponsor(s):
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
**DEADLINE: 15/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-10-18 08:00:00
2017-10-20 22:00:00
Searches for long-lived particles at the LHC | (smr H534)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): Prof. Albert de Roeck (CERN), Prof. Bobby Acharya (ICTP),
Europe/Rome
2017-10-19 11:30:00
2017-10-19 12:30:00
ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: to be announced
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Boris SVISTUNOV (Physics, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.)
Seminar Start Time: 11:30
Europe/Rome
2017-10-22 08:00:00
2017-10-24 22:00:00
Second Workshop on "Science Dissemination for the Disabled” and the follow up Scientific Fabrication Laboratories | (smr 3156)
Open technologies can and should be used to create and disseminate scientific know-how for all, as well as to facilitate the access to science for disabled people. Stressing this is the rationale behind the organization of the above-mentioned Workshops.
The aim of these events is to analyze new ways to establish and support the creation of SciFabLabs in remote areas in order to inspire curiosity and understanding in young scholars and new generations of scientists without any exclusion.
Particular attention will be paid to innovation on existing projects and technologies to be usable by people with disabilities to study science. Affordable prototypes designated and produced within Scientific Fabrication Laboratories for that purpose will be presented together with software applications for mobile and special devices.
Both activities combine in a balanced mix technical details, general overviews and sense of the possible. There will be also discussions with experts and participants about the creation of modern Scientific FabLabs and Makerspaces in developing countries designed to be open places devoted to creativity for the benefit of the whole society.
Topics:
- Technologies to support students with disability
- Interactive mobile tools to empower disabled learners
- Video lectures for impaired students
- Tools developed at SciFablabs for low-vision students
- SciFabLab and Makerspaces experiences
- Innovative use of mobile devices to promote education for all
- New applications of m-Science
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Secretary: Margherita Di Giovannantonio
Organizer(s): Local Organisers: Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda
Cosponsor(s):
ICTP SciFabLab
**DEADLINE: 15/08/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-10-23 08:00:00
2017-10-27 22:00:00
Conference on Weyl Fermions in Materials | (smr 3157)
The aim of this conference is to bring together the main experts in the field of Weyl-semimetal physics. It will be a venue to discuss the most recent developments, both from the theoretical and experimental viewpoints, and at the same time it will provide a comprehensive overview to scientists who wish to enter this field.
TOPICS:
Electronic-structure and ab-initio calculations
Material realisations
Transport properties of chiral systems
Experimental detection of Weyl quasiparticles
Physics of unconventional surface states
Interaction and disorder effects in topological systems
Hetero- and hybrid-structures
Electrodynamics in Weyl materials
Quantum-field-theory approaches
Applications and devices
Beyond Dirac and Weyl fermions
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Ave Lusenti
Organizer(s): Michele Governale (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Fabio Taddei (NEST NANO-CNR, Pisa, Italy), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev
INVITED SPEAKERS: D. BAGRETS, University of Cologne, Germany C. BEENAKKER, Leiden University, the Netherlands A. BURKOV, University of Waterloo, Canada C.-K. CHAN, University of California, Los Angeles, USA S. DAS SARMA*, University of Maryland, USA H. DING, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China M. S. FUHRER, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia M. Z. HASAN, Princeton University, USA D. PESIN, University of Utah, USA M. POLINI, IIT, Genova, Italy L. SMEJKAL, University of Mainz, Germany B. SPIVAK, University of Washington, USA A. STERN, Weizmann Institute, Israel M. G. VERGNIORY, Donostia Int. Physics Center, Spain A. VISHWANATH, Harvard University, USA H. WENG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China F. ZHANG, University of Texas at Dallas, USA * to be confirmed **DEADLINE FOR APPLYING: 01/07/2017** **DEADLINE: 01/07/2017** **DEADLINE: 01/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-11-06 07:00:00
2017-11-10 21:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Fundamentals of Vitrification and Vitreous Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization | (smr 3159)
The Workshop on Fundamentals of Vitrification and Vitreous Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilisation is jointly organized by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
PURPOSE
The Workshop is devoted to advances in understanding fundamentals of vitrification and utilization of vitreous materials in nuclear applications focusing on topics related to immobilization of nuclear wastes.
FOCUS
The workshop will bring together researchers from the area of materials science with a focus on vitreous materials for nuclear energy and will promote scientific exchange among material science experts. It will assist experts from nuclear energy research, materials science and vitrification to better understand and appreciate the wide range and full potential of glass science and technology tools and methods devoted to vitrification and properties of vitreous materials.
TOPICS
The main topics of the Workshop are:
Fundamentals of vitrification and structural changes at glass transition;
Stability of glassy state and durability of vitreous materials;
Viscous flow in vitreous materials and the viscosity of glasses and melts;
Nuclear waste vitrification and properties of vitreous wasteforms;
Self-heating and self-irradiation effects in glasses containing radioactive waste;
Theoretical methods to investigate and simulate glasses and melts at glass transition;
Uses of computer codes for study of microstructure, ageing and corrosion of glasses.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Nadia van Buuren
Organizer(s): Michael I. Ojovan (IAEA, Vienna), Russell J. Hand (University of Sheffield, UK), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo
Cosponsor(s):
IAEA
**DEADLINE: 31/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-11-06 07:00:00
2017-11-17 21:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA Training Course on Physics and Technology of Water Cooled Reactors through the Use of PC-based Simulators | (smr 3158)
Comprehensive course on understanding the physics and technology of water cooled reactors, with theoretical and hands on training. A unique course based on intuitive blended learning & flipped classroom approach. Operate a nuclear power plant from your laptop: Listen – Learn – Simulate.
The purpose of the course is to provide students, professors, engineers and other educators involved in teaching topics in nuclear energy with advanced computer simulation tools to help demonstrate various aspects related to reactor physics as well as operational response characteristics and safety systems associated with various types of WCRs. Recommended for nuclear newcomer nations that are in the process of developing their nuclear education and learning centres to support the needs of both the industry and the regulator.
Course attendees will receive complete collection of IAEA simulators and associated material. Through the use of the simulators, participants will be able to understand the behaviour and response of NPP to normal operation and abnormal conditions. Conducted by a group of highly experienced professionals, a must attend training course for deep understanding of the nuclear power plant system engineering.
TOPICS
Reactor physics and core design
Thermal hydraulics and plant design
Nuclear reactivity control, thermodynamics
Reactor stability and control in steady state and in dynamic situations
Technology design and safety system design
Simulators familiarization – PWR, BWR, VVER, CANDU, SMR (iPWR)
Plant overview and detailed system description
Plant dynamics and safety
Normal operations and transient recovery
Operations during accidents and malfunctions
Tentative list of SPEAKERS:
1. Mr Chirayu BATRA (IAEA)
2. Mr Glenn HARVEL (University of Ontario, Canada)
3. Mr Jose Carlos LIMON (Tecnatom S.A.)
4. Mr Kyong Doo, KIM (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
5. Mr Nikolay TIKHONOV (JSC VNIIAES)
6. Mr Wayne MARQUINO (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Federica Delconte
Organizer(s): Chirayu Batra (IAEA), Local Organiser: Clement Onime
DEADLINE: 1 August 2017
Europe/Rome
2017-11-06 07:00:00
2017-11-10 21:00:00
Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Research Reactors for Development of Materials and Fuels for Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems | (smr 3150)
Focus of the Workshop:
Research reactors (RR) represent a key component of the research and testing and infrastructure for understanding the irradiation effects of materials and fuels. This understanding is crucial for the development of future nuclear energy systems, many of which are based on new structural materials and fuels. Existing and planned RRs have or will have capabilities to perform a broad spectrum of R&D indispensable for the development of innovative power reactors.
The main purpose of the workshop is to provide participants with practical information and knowledge on use of RRs for R&D on development and testing of materials and fuels for nuclear energy systems. It also aims at providing a forum to share and discuss experiences, challenges, and lessons learned in the area of material testing. The workshop will present irradiation experiment fundamentals, an up-to-date status of capabilities of material testing reactors, and capabilities of related facilities.
Workshop Topics:
Capabilities of Material Test Reactors (MTRs) . Radiation Effects in Materials and Research Methods
Overview of IAEA Publication,“Research Reactors for Development of Material and Fuels for . Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems: A Compendium”
Overview of non-critical facilities in support of development of Liquid Metal-cooled Fast Neutron . Systems (LMFNS database) . MTR Test Design, and Experiment Instrumentation . Pre-Irradiation/Experiment Preparation Facilities . Post Irradiation Examination Facilities . Accelerated Screening of Irradiated Materials . Possible Next Generation Reactors – Advanced Material Research Needs . Qualifying Unique Coolants for Next Generation Reactors . Material Testing in Pulsed Research Reactors . Accelerator Testing of Materials – Complement and Comparison with MTRs . The Role of Low Power Research Reactors in Material R&D . External Beams in Reactor Material Research
Methods in Irradiation Experiment Modelling
Proposed Audience:
The workshop is intended for engineers and scientists who are involved or are interested in joining material testing programs at research reactors. The workshop will provide an opportunity, especially for participants from developing countries, to initiate networking activities facilitating access to material research facilities and R&D programmes.
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio
Organizer(s): Frances M. Marshall (IAEA, Research Reactors Section, Division Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, Department of Nuclear Energy), Ian Swainson (IAEA, Physics Section, Nuclear Applications, Division of Phy), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli
**DEADLINE: 25/07/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-11-13 07:00:00
2017-11-17 21:00:00
Conference on Frontiers in Two-Dimensional Quantum Systems | (smr 3167)
Deadline for requesting participation: 15 AUGUST 2017
This Conference will showcase the most recent progresses in the experiments on two-dimensional quantum systems, including cold-atom setups and other condensed matter systems, as well as the theoretical and numerical techniques used in their study.
The Programme will include 25 to 30 oral presentations given by invited speakers, a poster session, and a limited number of short talks selected from contributed Abstracts.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED ABSTRACTS:
In the application form, all applicants are invited to submit an Abstract (preferably using the template indicated below) for a poster presentation. A limited number of contributed Abstracts will be selected by the Organizing Committee for a short oral presentation.
TOPICS:
Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions
Two-dimensional optical lattices
Dipolar interactions
Hubbard models and their implementation
Exotic band structures
BCS-BEC evolution in two-dimensions
Metal-insulator transitions
Disorder and Anderson localization
Synthetic fields and spinor mixtures
Layered superfluids and superconductors
Speakers include:
F. Becca, CNR-IOM & SISSA
G. Booth, King’s College London
M. Capone, SISSA
C. Chin, University of Chicago
P. Corboz*, University of Amsterdam
J. Dalibard, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
T. Enss, Universität Heidelberg
R. M. Fernandes, University of Minnesota
S. Gandolfi, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. Giorgini, University of Trento
S. Jochim, Heidelberg University
C. Kollath, University of Bonn
H. Moritz, University of Hamburg
T. Paiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
P. Pieri, University of Camerino
N. Prokofev, University of Massachusetts
G. Roati, INO-CNR, LENS, Università di Firenze
G. Rohringer, Russian Quantum Center
I. Spielman*, University of Maryland & NIST
H. Terletska, University of Michigan
N. Trivedi, The Ohio State University
C. Vale, Swinburne University of Technology
S. Zhang*, The College of William and Mary
M. Zwierlein, MIT
* To be confirmed
GRANTS
A limited number of grants are available to support the travel and living expenses of selected participants, with strong priority given to participants working in a developing country and who are at the early stages of their career.
We also acknowledge financial support from:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
CECAM - Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire
THERE IS NO PARTICIPATION FEE
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Doreen Sauleek
Organizer(s): Emanuel Gull (University of Michigan, USA), Michael Koehl (University of Bonn, Germany), Carlos SA de Melo (Georgia Tech, USA), Local Organisers: Sebastiano Pilati, Andrea Trombettoni (CNR & SISSA, Italy)
Cosponsor(s):
Alexander von Humboldt
**DEADLINE: 15/08/2017** **DEADLINE: 15/08/2017**
Europe/Rome
2017-11-20 07:00:00
2017-12-02 21:00:00
Laboratory and Synchrotron X-ray Crystallography: Applications to Emerging Countries | (smr 3163)
Crystallography is an interdisciplinary science that finds application in technological areas of strategic importance for emerging countries, such as cement, mining, electronic and pharmaceutical research. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of advanced synchrotron light sources.
Crystallography enables to access the inner properties of matter and accurate atomic structures of molecules, materials, proteins and any kind of compound; without the knowledge of the structure, the functionality of a given material cannot be understood and therefore improved. Mining and cement companies use crystallography for quality and purity control and for research aimed at developing novel materials; the pharmaceutical industry uses crystallography to identify the correct polymorph and understanding the functionality of new medicines. Today synchrotron light sources complement laboratory X-ray equipment and allow access to unprecedented capabilities. Students will be encouraged to test their understanding on crystallography using single crystal and powder portable diffractometers, which will be installed on site for at least the duration of the school.
Topics:
• X-ray and neutron diffraction physics
• powder and single-crystal methods
• physical properties of crystals
• symmetry and space groups
• structural refinement
• crystallographic databases
• applications to cement, mining, electronic and pharmaceutical industries
• nano-crystallography
• bio-crystallography
• quasicrystals
• synchrotron light sources
Co-sponsored by: International Union of Crystallography; International Union of Pure and Applied Physics; Lightsources for Africa, the Americas and Middle East Project; ALBA Synchrotron; IUCr-UNESCO OpenLab.
- Senegal
ICTP
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Address: Universitè Assane Seck de Ziguinchor
Secretary: Milena Poropat
Organizer(s): Magatte Camara (University of Assane Seck, Ziguinchor (Senegal)), Claude Lecomte (Université de Lorraine (France)), Hocine Merazig (University of Constantine (Algeria)), Joe Niemela (ICTP (Trieste, Italy)), Silvia Onesti (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy)), Ignas Tonle (University of Dschang (Cameroon)), Michele Zema (IUCr and University of Pavia (Italy)), ICTP Scientific Contact: Sandro Scandolo
Cosponsor(s):
International Union of Crystallography
Europe/Rome
2017-11-20 07:00:00
2017-11-22 21:00:00
Conference on the Materials Design Ecosystem at the Exascale: High-Performance and High-Throughput Computing | (smr 3161)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Secretary: Ave Lusenti
Organizer(s): Stefano Baroni (SISSA), Pablo Ordejòn (ICN2), Stefan Blügel (FZ-Jülich), Nicola Marzari (EPFL), Carlo Cavazzoni (CINECA), José Maria Cela (BSC), Thomas Schultess (ETH Zurich), Carlo Daffara (Cloudweavers Ltd), Erwin Laure (KTH), Piero Altoè (E4), Elisa Molinari (CNR-NANO), Local Organisers: Ivan Girotto, Ralph Gebauer
Europe/Rome
2017-11-20 07:00:00
2017-12-01 21:00:00
Advanced School on Programmable System-on-Chip for Scientific Instrumentation | (smr 3160)
ICTP
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Secretary: Stanka Tanaskovic
Organizer(s): Andres Cicuttin (ICTP), Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP), Joseph Niemela (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo
Europe/Rome
2017-11-22 16:30:00
2017-11-22 18:00:00
What Research on Learning Tells Us About Teaching Physics
Biosketch: Helen Quinn, originally from Australia, is Professor Emerita of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. She received her Ph.D in physics at Stanford in 1967. She has taught physics at both Harvard and Stanford and is an internationally recognized theoretical physicist who holds the ICTP Dirac Medal, the Klein Medal (from The Swedish National Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University) as well as the Sakurai Prize (from the American Physical Society) and the Compton medal (from the American Institute of Physics, awarded once every 4 years). She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Science and the American Philosophical Society. She is a Fellow and former president of the American Physical Society.
Dr. Quinn is has been active in science education for some years. She served as Chair of the US National Academy of Science Board on Science Education (BOSE) from 2009-2014 and as a member of the BOSE study that developed the report “Taking Science to School” as well as chairing the committee for the “Framework for K-12 Science Education”, which is the basis of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that have now been adopted by multiple states in the US. In 2015 Helen was appointed by the President of Ecuador as a member of the initial “Comision Gestora” to help guide the development of the National University of Education of Ecuador.
Abstract: Almost all physicists are also physics teachers during their career. We all learned, so we think we know how to teach. But teaching as you were taught is unlikely to be the best approach. Repeated experiments at many Universities and with many students, have demonstrated what works and what does not. Dr. Quinn will summarize the work of physics education research, and talk about how to become a more effective teacher by paying attention to what this research has shown.
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy
Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
Speaker(s): Dr. Helen R. Quinn, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, USA
Seminar Start Time: 16:30
Europe/Rome
2017-12-04 07:00:00
2017-12-07 21:00:00
Elettra XXV Users’ Meeting | (smr H515)
Trieste - Italy
ICTP
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Address: Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
Organizer(s): Elettra,
Europe/Rome
2017-12-04 07:00:00
2017-12-22 21:00:00
Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology | (smr 3162)
Apply at: https://register.icts.res.in/program/qsb2017
Deadline: 1 July 2017
Bangalore - India
ICTP
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Address: ICTS Campus Survey No. 151, Shivakote, Hesaraghatta Hobli, Bengaluru - 560 089, India
Secretary: Erica Sarnataro
Organizer(s): Sidhartha Goyal (University of Toronto), Mukund Thattai (NCBS Bangalore), Luca Peliti (IAS, Princeton), Kavita Jain (JNCASR Bangalore), ICTP Scientific Contact: Matteo Marsili
Europe/Rome
2017-12-11 07:00:00
2017-12-22 21:00:00
Workshop-Conference on Earthquakes and Tsunami: Modeling and Observations | (smr 3165)
Hanoi - Viet Nam
ICTP
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Address: Vietnam
Secretary: Pandora Malchose
Organizer(s): Nguyen Huu Du (VIASM), Pham Chi Vinh (VNU Hanoi University of Sciences), Nguyen Xuan Anh (Institute of Geophysics), ICTP Scientific Contact: Abdelkrim Aoudia
Cosponsor(s):
VIASM
