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Europe/Rome The aim of the Winter College is to offer Ph.D. students and early career researchers training in quantum optics and quantum information. The College will also offer insight in the new quantum technologies involving the generation and manipulation of photonic and matter-like states. Quantum Optics, which studies how individual quanta of light interact with atoms and molecules, has been one of the most active research fields in the last years. Such endeavours have led to a deep understanding of the fundamental properties of light-matter interaction and its use to control and engineer quantum systems. Currently, taking advantage from properties like entanglement, nonlocality and coherence, photons and atoms are the key elements for quantum technologies applications. In particular, quantum information science has flourished everywhere in the world, including developing countries. Theoretical and experimental research is thriving, and leading the way to new technological developments. The Winter College will present the basic concepts as well as the most up-to-date research in Quantum Optics. An ICTP PREPARATORY SCHOOL will be organized the week before the College (from 4 - 8 February 2020) for a limited number of selected participants: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9020/ Topics: • Introduction to Quantum Optics • From Quantum Optics to Quantum Information • Open quantum systems • Modern Technologies for Quantum Photonics • Hybrid quantum optics platforms for quantum technologies • Quantum optics platforms for quantum simulation • Continuous-variable quantum information processing • Quantum cyber-security • Quantum optomechanics • Machine learning for quantum technologies • Beyond quantum mechanics Lecturers: M. Barbieri, University Roma Tre (Italy) A. Bassi, University of Trieste (Italy) I. Bloch, LMU, Munich and Max Plank Institute for Quantum Optics (Germany) B. Brecht, University of Paderborn (Germany) M. Carlesso, University of Trieste (Italy) M. Danailov, ELETTRA (Italy) I. De Vega, LMU Munich (Germany) V. Dunjko, Leiden University (The Netherlands) E. Karimi, University of Ottawa (Canada) V. Karimipour, Sharif University of Technology (Iran) M. Kim, Imperial College London (UK) K.-S. Lim, University of Malaya (Malaysia) M. Malik, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh (UK) M. Palma, University of Palermo (Italy) S. Pirandola, University of York (UK) O. Romero-Isart, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Austria) A. Serafini, University College London (UK) Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Feb 2020 - 21 Feb 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Winter College on Optics: Quantum Photonics and Information | (smr 3424)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Veronica Ahufinger (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste), Mauro Paternostro (Queen's University Belfast), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela

Cosponsor(s): International Society for Optics and Photonicsspie, Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonicasiof, International Commission for Opticsico, The Optical Societyosa, European Optical Societyeos, International Society on Optics Within Life Sciencesowls

Support E-Mail: smr3424@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/10/2019**

Europe/Rome SLIDES + other material available at: https://github.com/marcozennaro/uganda-2020 Directors: N. Bonimpa, Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) L. Chemane, Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) M. Kashorda, Kenya Education Network (KENET) M. Mushi, Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) J. Sansa-otim, Makarere University, Uganda M. Zennaro, ICTP, Italy ICTP Scientific Contact: M. Zennaro, ICTP, Italy The involvement of National Research and Education Networks (NREN) in East Africa is key for the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) applications in the region, as they can host the access infrastructure to foster research in IoT and to serve the IoT community at large. The growth of the Internet of Things will depend crucially on the establishment of a low cost infrastructure to handle traffic generated by IoT nodes. Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) solutions based on open standards that address the requirements of scalability, heterogeneity, security and complexity will be presented in the Workshop. We will focus on The Things Network (TTN), an initiative to build a world-wide open source infrastructure to facilitate a public Internet of Things. TTN operates by allowing users to share the access to gateways. We think NRENs in the region should play a leading role in hosting this infrastructure. As TTN allows for low-bandwidth communications over long distances, it can facilitate the deployment of applications relevant to East African countries. Topics: • Wireless solutions for IoT; • LoRa and LoRaWAN protocols; • Prototyping of sensor boards; • Planning and deployment of a LPWAN network; • Collection and visualization of the data. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from East Africa. There is no registration fee. The Workshop is organized in collaboration with: UbuntuNet Alliance Internet Society MoRENet - Mozambique Research and Education Network Makarere University, Uganda Kenet - Kenya Education Network RENU - Research and Education Network for Uganda TERNET - Tanzania Education Research Network NSRC - Network Startup Resource Center Makerere - Uganda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

17 Feb 2020 - 21 Feb 2020

@ Makerere - Uganda

New Research Areas

Workshop on LPWAN Solutions for the Internet of Things | (smr 3437)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Lourino Chemane (Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet), Mozambique), Meoli Kashorda (Kenya Education Network (KENET), Kenya), N. Mbonimpa (Research & Education Network for Uganda (RENU), Uganda), Magreth Mushi (Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET), Tanzania), Julianne Sansa-Otim (Makerere University, Uganda), ICTP Scientific Contact: Marco Zennaro

Cosponsor(s): Internet Societyisoc2, Makerere Universitymak_univ, UbuntuNet Alliance For Research & Education Networkingubuntunet, Research and Education Network for Ugandarenu, Kenya Education Networkkenet, The Mozambique Research and Education Networkmorenet, Tanzania Education and Research Networkternet, Network Startup Resource Centernsrc

**DEADLINE: 06/12/2019**

Europe/Rome Abstract. Not every effective theory of fields and gravitational interactions at low energy can be embedded into a consistent theory of gravity at short distances. I will discuss how fundamental properties of scattering amplitudes, such as unitarity and causality of the underlying fundamental theory, can be used to spot inconsistent theories of gravity at low-energy, and hence throw them in the so-called EFT "swampland". I will focus on three main applications: the weak gravity conjecture for the physics of extremal black holes; and modified gravity theories such as Galileons and massive gravity, of interest for late-time cosmology. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Feb 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Impossible Theories of Gravity

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Brando BELLAZZINI (IPHT, Paris, France)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: The goal of this talk is to construct the quotient stack by a smooth group scheme and to see that it is an Artin stack. The talk will be divided into four parts. First, we define the algebraic space over a fixed scheme S. Algebraic spaces are sheaves on the big étale site Sch/S with the representable diagonal morphism and an étale covering. Then, we give the original definition of the stack. Stacks are categories fibered in groupoid over a site for which every covering is of effective descent. We also provide a necessary and sufficient condition for a category fibered in groupoid to be a stack. Third, we define the Artin stack. Artin stacks are stacks over the big étale site Sch/S with the representable diagonal morphism and an smooth covering. Here, algebraic spaces play a role to describe property of morphisms of stacks. Finally, given a smooth group scheme G acting on a scheme X over S, we construct the quotient [X/G] and check that [X/G] satisfies the all conditions to be a stack, moreover an Artin stack. If time allows, we will provide some examples of quotient stacks. SISSA ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Feb 2020

@ SISSA

Mathematics

Introduction to stacks

Address: Via Bonomea, 265, Trieste

Room: Room 133

Speaker(s): Hayato Morimura (SISSA)

For further information about the seminar please visit: http://users.ictp.it/~arincon/AGS.html

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge to public health worldwide. Mobile elements such as plasmids play a crucial role in Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and AMR spread. Understanding plasmid evolution and mobility is fundamental to unravel the population genetics of plasmid-encoded genes, especially antibiotic genes. The combination of breakthroughs in sequencing and computational approaches has led to a new vision of the eco-evolutionary processes involved in HGT dynamics of pathogens. The School and Workshop will focus on modelling efforts to integrate genomic, experimental and computational results, to build a unified framework to tackle the expansion of plasmid-borne AMR. The Workshop will be preceded by the one-week introductory School on bacterial evolution, population genetics and epidemiology. The School introduces general concepts in those disciplines and focuses on their applications to AMR and plasmids. State-of-the-art methods used in genetic research on plasmids will be covered. Invited Speakers and Lecturers include: Stephanie Bedhomme, CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier Sebastian Bonhoeffer, ETH Zurich Alessandra Carattoli, Sapienza University, Rome Trinad Chakraborty, JLU Gießen Teresa Coque, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, IFOM and University of Milan Alejandro Couce, Imperial College London Luca Ferretti, Big Data Institute, Oxford Jacopo Grilli, ICTP Lars Hansen, University of Copenhagen Michael Lässig, University of Cologne Bruce Levin, Emory University James McInerney, University of Manchester Itzik Mizrahi, Ben-Gurion University Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Chiara Poletto, INSERM - Sorbonne University Adam Roberts, LSTM, Liverpool Alvaro San Millan, IRYCIS, Madrid Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig Willem Van Schaik, University of Birmingham Arjan de Visser, Wageningen University Rob Willems, UMC Utrecht Applications for the Workshop ONLY can be submitted here Applications for both the School and the Workshop can be submitted here We recognise the importance of childcare provision at conferences and are committed to supporting attendance of delegates with young children who would otherwise be unable to attend. While we are unable to provide on site childcare services, please contact us if you are in this position and you would like to apply. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Feb 2020 - 6 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

School and Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3425)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Fernando de la Cruz (Universidad de Cantabria & Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria), Richard Neher (Biozentrum - University of Basel), Alice Ledda (Imperial College London), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis Imperial College Londonmrc_gida

Support E-Mail: smr3425@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/01/2020**

Europe/Rome ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the International Master Course in Physics of Complex Systems, organize the Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems from 24 February to 20 March 2020. Many complex systems in physics, biology, engineering and economics are characterized by a large number of interacting degrees of freedom giving rise to a non-trivial collective behavior. The theoretical and computational tools for a quantitative analysis of complex systems are often rooted in modern (statistical, quantum) physics. The Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems gives students the opportunity to get in touch with a selection of topics at the forefront of research during an intensive 4-week program. It consists of 5 courses of 9 lectures each, followed by final written tests. Lecturers and Courses: Mahesh Bandi (OIST, Okinawa, Japan) Fluctuations and Information in Physical Systems Ramakrishna Ramaswamy (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India) Synchrony in nonlinear dynamical systems Sidney Redner (Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA) A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics Alessandro Silva (SISSA, Trieste, Italy) Quantum systems out of equilibrium Lenka Zdeborova (CNRS, Paris, France) Statistical Mechanics toolbox for Machine Learning Students and young researchers from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may apply for the College. Candidates are required to solicit recommendation letters to be sent by their supervisors in support of their application. Participants should have an adequate working knowledge of English. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institutions. However, limited funds are available to partially support some participants, who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is limited and candidates should make every effort to secure support for their travel, at least partial. Attendance of lectures and completion of the final written tests are mandatory for those who are granted ICTP funding. There is no registration fee. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION Participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students are required to attend at least 80% of the courses. Attendance is monitored regularly. Taking the final exam for each course is mandatory for participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students. Grading system: Each course will be graded on a scale from 0 to 20. Marks higher than 10 correspond to pass. A final grade will be given for the overall Spring College with the following scale: E- Excellent - 5 exams passed A- Very Good - 4 exams passed B- Good - 3 exams passed C- Sufficient - 2 exams passed F- Fail - 1 or no exams passed Certificates of attendance will be awarded only to participants who have attended at least 80% of the courses, with no exception. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 NOVEMBER 2019 ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Feb 2020 - 20 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3427)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Alfredo Braunstein (Politecnico Torino), Andrea Gambassi (SISSA), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): Politecnico di Torinopolito, SISSA-International School for Advanced Studiessissa, Université Franco Italienneufi, Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento SCIENZA APPLICATA E TECNOLOGIA (DISAT)disat1

Europe/Rome --- IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of its activitiesl: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact the ICTP Secretariat at smr3426@ictp.it --- This SCHOOL is part of a two-week event consisting of Week 1: School on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (24 - 28 February 2020) Week 2: Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (2 - 6 March 2020). * * * Practical information provided by the organizers in Morocco is available here PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME is available for download here! ======================================================= The topics of these activities (School, 24 - 28 February, and Workshop, 2 - 6 March) are at the forefront of current research in the field of quantum technologies, a fast growing research area involving questions of both fundamental and practical relevance. What are role and value of coherence and entanglement in solid state devices in quantum information, and in the working and efficiency of mesoscopic quantum engines? What are the mechanisms behind thermalization of closed quantum systems and what is the role of non-Markovianity in the physics of quantum information? These and other issues will be covered during the School and subsequent Workshop addressed to graduate students and junior researchers, providing them with the opportunity of a good training and the possibility to meet some leading experts in the field. 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. Topics: Open Quantum Systems Non-equilibrium Quantum Dynamics Complex Quantum Systems Quantum Machine Learning Many-body Quantum Systems Physical Foundations of Quantum Information Lecturers: Giuliano BENENTI, University of Insubria, Italy Andreas BUCHLEITNER, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany Steve CAMPBELL, University College Dublin, Ireland Dariusz CHRUŚCIŃSKI, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, Poland Elisa ERCOLESSI, University of Bologna, Italy Matteo PARIS, University of Milano, Italy Related Workshop webpage: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9155/ ICTP Secretariat for both School and Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (24 February - 6 March 2020): Nicoletta Ivanissevich, e-mail: smr3426@ictp.it Al Hoceima - Morocco ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Feb 2020 - 28 Feb 2020

@ Al Hoceima - Morocco

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale | (smr 3426)

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Alexia Auffèves (Institut Néel-CNRS, Grenoble), Fabio Benatti (University of Trieste), Abderrahim El Allati (University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Al Hoceima), Morad El Baz (University Mohammed V, Rabat), Yassine Hassouni (University Mohammed V, Rabat), Massimo Palma (University of Palermo), Mauro Paternostro (Queen's University, Belfast), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonello Scardicchio

Cosponsor(s): Université Abdelmalek Essaadiuae, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Al-Hoceimaftsh, Facolté Pluridisciplinaire de Nadorfpn, Hassan II Academy of Science and Technologyhassan2, CNRST - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Techniquecnrst, Provincial Association for the Support of Proximity Activitiesapaap

------------ See also related Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (smr.3500), 2 - 6 March 2020 --- FIRST DEADLINE: 10 November 2019 --- SECOND DEADLINE 24 November 2019 (only for applicants not requesting financial support, nor needing visa)**DEADLINE: 10/11/2019**

Europe/Rome A central tenant in the classification of phases is that boundary conditions cannot affect the bulk properties of a system. We have uncovered striking, yet puzzling, evidence of a clear violation of this assumption. We use the prototypical example of an XYZ chain with no external field in a ring geometry with an odd number of sites and both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions. In such a setting, even at finite sizes, we are able to calculate directly the spontaneous magnetizations that are traditionally used as order parameters to characterize the system's phases. While when ferromagnetic interactions dominate, we recover the expected behavior, when the system is governed by one antiferromagnetic interaction, the magnetizations decay algebraically to zero with the system size and are not staggered, despite the AFM coupling. We term this behavior ferromagnetic mesoscopic magnetization. With two competing AFM interactions a third, new type of order can emerge, with a magnetization profile that varies in space with an incommensurate pattern. This modulation is the result of a ground state degeneracy which leads to a breaking of translational invariance. The transition between the two latter cases is signaled by an intensive discontinuity in the first derivative of the ground state energy: this is thus not a standard first-order QPT, but rather looks like a boundary QPT, in a system without boundaries (a Boundary-less Wetting Transitions), but with frustrated boundary conditions. SISSA, Via Bonomea 265 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

25 Feb 2020

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: The Frustration of Being Odd: Boundary Conditions and Bulk, Local Order

Speaker(s): Fabio FRANCHINI (Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

25 Feb 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Bootstrapping N=4 super-Yang-Mills amplitudes to high loop orders

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Lance J. DIXON (SLAC, Stanford, USA)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: A classical problem in probability theory is to understand the behaviour of centred and scaled sums of independent identically distributed (iid) random variables. A well known result in this area is the central limit theorem which loosely states that if X_1, X_2, ... is an iid sequence of mean 0 random variables of finite variance then (1/\sqrt{n}) \sum_{j=1}^{n} X_j will converge in distribution to a Gaussian random variable. Generalisations of the central limit theorem exists for the case that the variance of the X_i is no longer finite, in this case the scaling 1/\sqrt{n} is altered and the limiting distribution may no longer be Gaussian. One may generalise even further and consider all weak limit points of the sequence (1/A_n)(\sum_{j=1}^n X_j). It turns out that under some very mild restrictions all the limit points of this sequence have distribution belonging to the same class - namely they are semi-stable. In this talk we will be interested in what happens when the iid sequence X_1, X_2, ... is replaced by a deterministic one. We will take a particular map T:[0,1] \to [0,1] (a so called wobbly intermittent map) and a function u:[0,1] \to R and replace the sequence X_1, X_2, ... with the sequence u, u \circ T, u \circ T^2, .... I will present recent work joint with M. Holland and D. Terhesiu in which we show that for all functions u belonging to wide class the sequence u, u \circ T, u \circ T^2, ... will satisfy semi-stable limit theorems. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

26 Feb 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Semi-stable laws for wobbly intermittent maps

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Douglas Coates (Exeter University, UK)

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Seminar

27 Feb 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Crunching Away the Cosmological Constant Problem

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Michael GELLER (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome --- IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of its activitiesl: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact the ICTP Secretariat at smr3426@ictp.it --- This WORKSHOP is part of a two-week event consisting of Week 1: School on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (24 - 28 February 2020) Week 2: Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (2 - 6 March 2020). * * * Useful information provided by the organizers in Morocco is available here ======================================================= The topics of these activities (School, 24 - 28 February, and Workshop, 2 - 6 March) are at the forefront of current research in the field of quantum technologies, a fast growing research area involving questions of both fundamental and practical relevance. What are role and value of coherence and entanglement in solid state devices in quantum information, and in the working and efficiency of mesoscopic quantum engines? What are the mechanisms behind thermalization of closed quantum systems and what is the role of non-Markovianity in the physics of quantum information? These and other issues will be covered during the School and subsequent Workshop addressed to graduate students and junior researchers, providing them with the opportunity of a good training and the possibility to meet some leading experts in the field. 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. Topics: Open Quantum Systems Non-equilibrium Quantum Dynamics Complex Quantum Systems Quantum Machine Learning Many-body Quantum Systems Physical Foundations of Quantum Information Speakers: Mohammed AZZOUZ, International University of Rabat Morocco Adil BELHAJ, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco Koen BERTELS, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands El Houssaine EL BOUDOUTI, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco Daniel BRAUN, Institut für Theoretische Physik Universität Tübingen, Germany Mohammed DAOUD, Université Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco Gabriele DE CHIARA, Queen's University of Belfast, UK Gian Luca GIORGI, IFISC, CSIC-UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Giacomo GUARNIERI School of Physics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Nikolay KIESEL, University of Vienna, Austria Eric LUTZ , Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stuttgart, Germany Stefano MANCINI, University of Camerino, Italy Daniel MANZANO, University of Granada, Spain Gonzalo MANZANO PAULE, ICTP, Italy Giovanna MORIGI, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany * Francesco PLASTINA, Calabria University, Italy Jorden SENIOR, Aalto University School of Science, Finland Bassano VACCHINI, La Statale University of Milan, Italy Robert WHITNEY, LPMMC CNRS Grenoble, France Karol ZYCZKOWSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland * to be confirmed ======================================================= DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS OVER ======================================================= Related School webpage: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9023/ ICTP Secretariat for both School and Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (24 February - 6 March 2020): Nicoletta Ivanissevich, e-mail: smr3426@ictp.it Al Hoceima - Morocco ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

2 Mar 2020 - 6 Mar 2020

@ Al Hoceima - Morocco

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale | (smr 3500)

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Alexia Auffèves (Institut Néel-CNRS, Grenoble), Fabio Benatti (University of Trieste), Abderrahim El Allati (University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Al Hoceima), Morad El Baz (University Mohammed V, Rabat), Anass El Haddadi (University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Al Hoceima), Yassine Hassouni (University Mohammed V, Rabat), Taoufik Mourabit (University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Al Hoceima), Mauro Paternostro (Queen's University, Belfast), Massimo Palma (University of Palermo), Yahya Tayalati (University Mohammed V, Rabat), El Hassane Zerouali (University Mohammed V, Rabat), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonello Scardicchio

Cosponsor(s): Université Abdelmalek Essaadiuae, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Al-Hoceimaftsh, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées d'Al-Hoceimaensah, Facolté Pluridisciplinaire de Nadorfpn, Hassan II Academy of Science and Technologyhassan2, CNRST - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Techniquecnrst, Provincial Association for the Support of Proximity Activitiesapaap

------------ See also related School on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (smr.3426), 24 - 28 February 2020 --- FIRST DEADLINE: 10 November 2019 --- SECOND DEADLINE: 24 November 2019 (only for applicants not requesting financial support, nor needing visa)**DEADLINE: 10/11/2019**

Europe/Rome Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge to public health worldwide. Mobile elements such as plasmids play a crucial role in Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and AMR spread. Understanding plasmid evolution and mobility is fundamental to unravel the population genetics of plasmid-encoded genes, especially antibiotic genes. The combination of breakthroughs in sequencing and computational approaches has led to a new vision of the eco-evolutionary processes involved in HGT dynamics of pathogens. The School and Workshop will focus on modelling efforts to integrate genomic, experimental and computational results, to build a unified framework to tackle the expansion of plasmid-borne AMR. The Workshop will be preceded by the one-week introductory School on bacterial evolution, population genetics and epidemiology. The School introduces general concepts in those disciplines and focuses on their applications to AMR and plasmids. State-of-the-art methods used in genetic research on plasmids will be covered. Invited Speakers and Lecturers include: Stephanie Bedhomme, CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier Sebastian Bonhoeffer, ETH Zurich Alessandra Carattoli, Sapienza University, Rome Trinad Chakraborty, JLU Gießen Teresa Coque, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, IFOM and University of Milan Alejandro Couce, Imperial College London Luca Ferretti, Big Data Institute, Oxford Jacopo Grilli, ICTP Lars Hansen, University of Copenhagen Michael Lässig, University of Cologne Bruce Levin, Emory University James McInerney, University of Manchester Itzik Mizrahi, Ben-Gurion University Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Chiara Poletto, INSERM - Sorbonne University Adam Roberts, LSTM, Liverpool Alvaro San Millan, IRYCIS, Madrid Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig Willem Van Schaik, University of Birmingham Arjan de Visser, Wageningen University Rob Willems, UMC Utrecht Applications for the Workshop ONLY can be submitted here Applications for both the School and the Workshop can be submitted here We recognise the importance of childcare provision at conferences and are committed to supporting attendance of delegates with young children who would otherwise be unable to attend. While we are unable to provide on site childcare services, please contact us if you are in this position and you would like to apply. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

2 Mar 2020 - 6 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3498)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Cosponsor(s): MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis Imperial College Londonmrc_gida

Support E-Mail: smr3425@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/01/2020**

Seminar

2 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

How will we do mathematics in 2030?

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Michael DOUGLAS (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNY, New York)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

3 Mar 2020

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): Marco PICCO (LPTHE, Paris, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

5 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Gauthier DURIEUX (Technion Department of Physics, Haifa, Israel)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome This hands-on activity brings together participants and resource persons from IT units/departments of scientific institutions that have deployed or are considering deploying small to medium sized HPC equipment to share standards, experiences and best-practices for the design, management of Data centers for HPC equipment. You must be from an IT unit/department to apply. Topics: Data Centre: Facilities planing; provisioning, networking and optimization of power and cooling, etc Installation, provisioning, configuration and maintenance of computer clusters/servers, storage and software. Day-to-day operations of HPC systems including systems administration, monitoring and performance optimization. Installation and maintenance of system software stack and tools, building and deploying open source software and supporting scientific applications. Other topics: Green data centers; harnessing cloud based resources. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Mar 2020 - 20 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

High Performance Computing

Hands-on Workshop on Design, Installation and Management of HPC Data Centers for Scientific Institutions | (smr 3430)

Address: via Beirut, 2-4 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: ex SISSA Room D

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Guarav Bajpai (University of Rwanda, Rwanda), Hakizumwami Birali Runesha (University of Chicago, USA), Paul Caleja (Cambridge University, UK), Happy Sithole (CHPC/CSIR South Africa), Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Local Organiser: Clement Onime

Cosponsor(s): University of Cambridge, UKcambridge, University of Chicago, USAucm2, The National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure System (NICIS)nicis

Support E-Mail: smr3430@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 07/01/2020**

Europe/Rome Conference venue is Hotel Ponta Verde in Praia do Francês. Please, find detailed information on the local website. https://geometry-maceio.sciencesconf.org The "Workshop on Differential Geometry” has become a traditional event that takes place every year in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, during the Brazilian summer, congregating renowned international experts and members of the Brazilian geometry community. The 2020 edition will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event, which has been organized since 2011 by the Institute of Mathematics of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL). There will be a balance of topics that are active in Brazil and research directions that need to be stimulated and further developed. In the first week 5 advanced mini courses will be given by international experts while the second week will be devoted to research seminars. Applicants should specify if they want to take part to only one of the two weeks of the Workshop. Topics: • Minimal surfaces, constant mean curvature surfaces • Kahler geometry, extremal metrics • Mathematical relativity, stability/rigidity phenomena • Mean curvature ow • Gluing and desingularization techniques, phase transition PDEs Minicourses: Lucas Ambrozio, University of Warwick Joel Fine, Université Libre de Bruxelles Laurent Hauswirth, Université de Marne-la-Vallée Celso Viana, University of California - Irvine Lu Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison Invited Speakers: Sérgio Almaraz, Universidade Federal Fluminense Claudio Arezzo, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Gérard Besson, Institut Fourier - Université de Grenoble José María Espinar, Universidad de Cadiz Abigail Folha, Universidade Federal Fluminense Ailana Fraser, University of British Columbia Gregory Galloway, University of Miami Casey Kelleher, Princeton University* Levi Lima, Universidade Federal do Ceará Vanderson Lima, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Jorge Lira, Universidade Federal do Ceará Andrea Loi, Università di Cagliari Andrea Malchiodi, Scuola Normale Superiore Ana Menezes, Princeton University Frank Pacard, École Polytechnique Paolo Piccione, Universidade de São Paulo Álvaro Ramos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Tristan Rivière, ETH Zürich Richard Schoen, University of California - Irvine Gang Tian, Beijing University Feliciano Vitorio, Universidade Federal de Alagoas Jun-cheng Wei, University of British Columbia Xi-Ping Zhu, Sun Yat-sen University *To be confirmed Attention for application to the 2nd week of the "Workshop on Differential Geometry - Week 2", 16 - 20 March 2020 go to link: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9228/ Maceio - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Mar 2020 - 13 Mar 2020

@ Maceio - Brazil

Mathematics

Workshop on Differential Geometry Week 1 | (smr 3431)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Marcos Petrucio Cavalcante (Federal University of Alagoas), Fernando Codá Marques (Princeton), ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnelcapes, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Developmentcnpq, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Matemáticainctmat, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemáticasbm, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoasfapeal, Universidade Federal de Alagoasufal

**DEADLINE: 10/01/2020**

Europe/Rome In this workshop we will present new advances in Citizen Science and we will try to understand how to balance low cost scientiﬁc tools and academic rigor. We will present several examples of successful Citizen Science projects, including nuclear monitoring, seismic sensors and air quality monitoring. Topics: Sustainable Development Goals and the role of technology 3D printing and the FabLab revolution Fast advances in low cost sensors and detectors Beneﬁts from advances in signal processing, analysis and transmission Statistical inference in scientific reasoning The role of inexpensive technology in Citizen Science What to do with data from Citizen Science Projects Open Access to data Practical work on the development of low cost nuclear radiation monitors, seismic sensors and air quality monitors. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. In partnership with: ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Mar 2020 - 20 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Citizen Science with Application to Nuclear, Seismic and Air Quality Monitoring | (smr 3429)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Davide Storti (UNESCO), Francois Foulon (IAEA), Local Organiser: Marco Zennaro

Cosponsor(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizationunesco, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3429@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 09/01/2020**

Seminar

10 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Physics Seminar: Quantum Computing Methods for Quantum Chemistry and Interacting Many-body Systems

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Antonio MEZZACAPO (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, U.S.A.)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

10 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Vasilis NIARCHOS (University of Crete, Greece)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Conference venue is Hotel Ponta Verde in Praia do Francês. Please, find detailed information on the local website. https://geometry-maceio.sciencesconf.org The "Workshop on Differential Geometry” has become a traditional event that takes place every year in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, during the Brazilian summer, congregating renowned international experts and members of the Brazilian geometry community. The 2020 edition will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event, which has been organized since 2011 by the Institute of Mathematics of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL). There will be a balance of topics that are active in Brazil and research directions that need to be stimulated and further developed. In the first week 5 advanced mini courses will be given by international experts while the second week will be devoted to research seminars. Applicants should specify if they want to take part to only one of the two weeks of the Workshop. Topics: • Minimal surfaces, constant mean curvature surfaces • Kahler geometry, extremal metrics • Mathematical relativity, stability/rigidity phenomena • Mean curvature ow • Gluing and desingularization techniques, phase transition PDEs Minicourses: Lucas Ambrozio, University of Warwick Joel Fine, Université Libre de Bruxelles Laurent Hauswirth, Université de Marne-la-Vallée Celso Viana, University of California - Irvine Lu Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison Invited Speakers: Sérgio Almaraz, Universidade Federal Fluminense Claudio Arezzo, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Gérard Besson, Institut Fourier - Université de Grenoble José María Espinar, Universidad de Cadiz Abigail Folha, Universidade Federal Fluminense Ailana Fraser, University of British Columbia Gregory Galloway, University of Miami Casey Kelleher, Princeton University* Levi Lima, Universidade Federal do Ceará Vanderson Lima, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Jorge Lira, Universidade Federal do Ceará Andrea Loi, Università di Cagliari Andrea Malchiodi, Scuola Normale Superiore Ana Menezes, Princeton University Frank Pacard, École Polytechnique Paolo Piccione, Universidade de São Paulo Álvaro Ramos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Tristan Rivière, ETH Zürich Richard Schoen, University of California - Irvine Gang Tian, Beijing University Feliciano Vitorio, Universidade Federal de Alagoas Jun-cheng Wei, University of British Columbia Xi-Ping Zhu, Sun Yat-sen University *To be confirmed Attention for application to the 1st week of the "Workshop on Differential Geometry - Week 1", 9 - 13 March 2020 go to link: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9028/ Maceio - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 Mar 2020 - 20 Mar 2020

@ Maceio - Brazil

Mathematics

Workshop on Differential Geometry Week 2 | (smr 3503)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Feliciano Vitorio (Federal University of Alagoas), Abraão Mendes (Federal University of Alagoas), Marcio Batista (Federal University of Alagoas), Marcos Petrucio Cavalcante (Federal University of Alagoas), ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo

**DEADLINE: 10/01/2020**

Europe/Rome Collective behavior is a distinctive trait of human and animal societies. The School aims at providing a thorough introduction to basic notions and advanced topics in this subject from the viewpoints of physics, biology, computer science and robotics. Provisional list of Speakers: Hugues Chaté, CEA, Paris Iain Couzin, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz Deborah Gordon, Stanford University Marcelo Magnasco, Rockefeller University, New York Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico David Sumpter, University of Uppsala Guy Theraulaz, CRCA, Toulouse Havana - Cuba ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 Mar 2020 - 27 Mar 2020

@ Havana - Cuba

Quantitative Life Sciences

School on Collective Animal Behaviour | (smr 3432)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Roberto Mulet (University of Havana, Cuba), Ernesto Altshuler (University of Havana, Cuba), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonio Celani

Seminar

17 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Mari-Carmen BANULS (MPI for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

17 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Dionysios ANNINOS (King's College London)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Eddie Farhi was trained as a theoretical particle physicist but has also worked on astrophysics, general relativity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Dr. Farhi obtained his B.A. and M.A. in physics at Brandeis University in the US before getting his Ph.D. in 1978 from Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Georgi. He was then on the staff at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland before joining MIT in 1982. At MIT, Farhi taught undergraduate courses in quantum mechanics and special relativity. At the graduate level he has taught quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, particle physics and general relativity. He won three teaching awards at MIT and in 2000, 2001, and 2002 he lectured the freshman physics course, "8.01." From 2004 until 2016, he served as Director of MIT's Center for Theoretical Physics and in 2018 he retired from his position as the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT. Edward Farhi is currently Principal Scientist at Google working on quantum computation. More details on the talk will follow. The event will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. All are most welcome to attend. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

18 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium by Dr. Eddie Farhi: title to be confirmed

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Dr. Eddie Farhi, Google, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Seminar

19 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Primordial black hole dark matter from inflation

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Guillermo BALLESTEROS (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The two-week School is designed for early career professionals from developing countries, ideally with 1-3 years of experience, working at relevant institutions in their home country. Candidates should have a specific career interest in, or knowledge of nuclear security, although their academic and technical background may vary. Candidates with a scientific or technical background in a discipline of relevance to nuclear security, such as nuclear physics, nuclear engineering, political science, law enforcement, and/or in related fields are especially encouraged to apply. School curriculum will include the following topics: International legal framework supporting nuclear security Identification of, and measures to address, threats against nuclear material, facilities, and activities Instruments and methods for physical protection of associated facilities Threat and risk assessment, detection architecture, and response plan for material out of regulatory control Radiation detection instruments and detection strategies and techniques Transport security for nuclear and other radioactive material Nuclear forensics and radiological crime scene management Nuclear security culture, computer and information security, and security at major public events Measures for systematic nuclear security human resource development at the national level Prerequisites: As a prerequisite to admission to the School, all applicants will be asked to complete the following IAEA introductory e-learning modules on several topics in nuclear security: Overview of Nuclear Security Threats and Risks Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Material and Facilities Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Material Out of Regulatory Control Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Cyber Threat Transport Security Information and Computer Security NMAC for Nuclear Security Radiological Crime Scene Management Physical Protection Preventive and Protective Measures against Insider Threat Use of Radiation Detection Instruments for Front Line Officers Introduction to Radioactive Sources and Their Applications The modules are available online: http://elearning.iaea.org/m2/course/index.php?categoryid=48 The estimated time for completing the courses is between 1 and 4.5 hours per module. Upon successful completion of each module, the system will generate a personalized certificate. Please submit all certificates of completion (as pdf or jpg files) with the online application form for this School. In case of technical issues, please contact: CLP4NET.Contact-Point@iaea.org Additionally, there will be practical exercises designed to incorporate the acquired knowledge into national planning and procedures to protect against threats to nuclear security. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 Mar 2020 - 3 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA 2020 International School on Nuclear Security | (smr 3433)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Dmitriy Nikonov (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)iaea, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairsmae3

Support E-Mail: smr3433@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 06/12/2019**

Hosted Activity

23 Mar 2020 - 3 Apr 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Ergodicity Economics | (smr H604)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): London Mathematical Laboratory,

Seminar

23 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Benoit VERMERSCH (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Saint Martin D'Heres, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

25 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Clay CORDOVA (University of Chicago, USA)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

25 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Entanglement islands and the information paradox

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Raghu MAHAJAN (Princeton University and IAS, USA)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome ICTP's annual Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics provides pedagogical treatment of these subjects through lectures by some of the world's top string theorists. The activity is intended for theoretical physicists or mathematicians with knowledge of quantum field theory, general relativity and string theory. It is organized in collaboration with the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). LECTURERS include: Ahmed Almheiri (IAS) Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche) Clay Córdova (University of Chicago) Douglas Stanford (Inst. Advanced Study, Princeton) Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University) TOPICS include: Quantum information and black holes Entanglement and quantum field theory Anomalies in quantum field theory Semiclassical dynamics and resurgence During the School, the ICTP Prize Award Ceremony will take place to honor the contributions of Basudeb Dasgupta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India) and Suvrat Raju (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru). NOTE: The deadline for requesting funding was 1 January 2020. Should you still wish to request participation, without funding and don't need a Visa to enter Italy, please do so (Apply here) by 1 March 2020. There is no registration fee for this activity. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 Mar 2020 - 3 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3434)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): A. Dabholkar (ICTP), E. Gava (ICTP and INFN), V. Hubeny (UC Davis), Z. Komargodski (Stony Brook & Weizman Institute), K.S. Narain (ICTP), Local Organiser: K. Papadodimas

Cosponsor(s): the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn

Support E-Mail: smr3434@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2020**

Seminar

26 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Luca VECCHI (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

31 Mar 2020

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Joint ICTP/IFPU Colloquium - Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Julien LESGOURGUES (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The 2019 ICTP Prize in honour of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was awarded to Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India and Dr. Suvrat Raju, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Shivakote, Bengaluru, India. The 2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony will take place on 1 April 2020. The prize recognises Professor Basudeb Dasgupta (India) for innovative theoretical contributions to neutrino and dark-matter physics, especially to the understanding of collective neutrino oscillations. Dasgupta pioneered the field of collective neutrino flavor evolution in extreme astrophysical environments, such as those in supernovae, which helped the understanding of these spectacular and phenomenologically rich events. The prize recognises Professor Suvrat Raju (India) for new insights into the holographic description of black-hole interiors, for clarifying the nature of subtle non-local effects in quantum gravity, and for contributions to the study of the AdS/CFT correspondence. The feature article on the 2019 ICTP Prize winners is at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2019/10/ictp-prize-2019.aspx Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, born on 19 October 1910 in Lahore, Punjab, British India, is one of the most renowned and prolific Indian scientists. He worked on a great variety of subjects, making groundbreaking discoveries in different fields. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 1983 for "theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars". The 2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony will take place during the Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics (http://indico.ictp.it/event/9031/). All are welcome to attend. The event will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. Light refreshments will be served after the event. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

1 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

2019 ICTP Prize Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34152 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Europe/Rome Nano/mesoscale mechanical and rheological response with dissipation has become, thanks to the very broad range of experimental/theoretical approaches, a novel local diagnostic and even spectroscopic tool, as well as a playground of sophisticated non-equilibrium statistical physics. The physics of nanoscale mechanical dissipation is relevant to sliding nanofriction, to technological themes such as lubrication or finger-touchscreen friction, to soft and granular matter, to nanofrictional emulation in optical lattices, to active matter, to quantum and classical processes in noncontact AFM, and beyond. Between condensed matter physics, nanomechanics, materials science and engineering, this interdisciplinary area is of considerable conceptual value as a modern subject in non-equilibrium physics, and of the potential relevance of neighbouring fields such as fatigue, wear, lubrication, rheology, and biomechanics. As is well established in ICTP Trieste since 1995, we will collect the world community active in these fields, including groups in emerging countries, mixing theoretical, simulation and experimental highlights, and identifying future directions of motion of research in this lively arena. Topics: From dissipation to superlubricity Atomistic friction of 2D layered materials Nanomanipulation and dynamics of nano-objects at surfaces Tribology of confined systems and lubricants under shear Frictional dynamics in soft and active matter Friction in powders and granular systems Fundamentals of friction theory Electronic, magnetic and quantum friction Surface and bulk processes and transitions detected by noncontact AFM dissipation Tribochemistry, triboelectricity, biotribological effects Trends in experimental and computational techniques Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts of proposed poster contributions. A number of short oral presentation slots will be available for some of them upon selection. Speakers: A. BENASSI, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Italy R. BENNEWITZ, Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany X. CAO, University of Konstanz, Germany X. CHENG, University of Minnesota, USA G. DE VILHENA, University of Basel, Switzerland A. ERDEMIR, Argonne National Laboratory, USA N. ESPALLARGAS, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Norway A. GIACOMELLO, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy E. GNECCO, University of Jena, Germany N. GOSVAMI, Indian Institute of Technology, India B. GOTSMANN, IBM Zurich Laboratories, Switzerland T. HEIMBURG, University of Copenhagen, Denmark E. KOREN, Technion, Haifa, IL Q. LI, Tsinghua University, China H. LÖWEN, University of Düsseldorf, Germany M. MA, Tsinghua University, China T. MA, Tsinghua University, China N. MANINI, University of Milan, Italy L. MARKS, Northwestern University, USA J. M. MARTIN, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France R. PAWLAK, University of Basel, Switzerland M. ROBBINS, Johns Hopkins University, USA A. SIRIA, Ecole normale Supérieur Paris, France M. URBAKH, Tel Aviv University, Israel Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Apr 2020 - 9 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Dissipation Mechanisms in Nano/Mesoscale Tribological Systems | (smr 3435)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ernst Meyer (University of Basel), Andrea Vanossi (CNR/IOM and SISSA), Quanshui Zheng (Tsinghua University Beijing), Local Organiser: Erio Tosatti

Cosponsor(s): Tsinghua Universitytsing, University of Baselunibas, International School for Advanced Studiessissa3, European Research Councilerc, Istituto per l’Officina dei Materialicnr-iom

Support E-Mail: smr3435@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/02/2020**

Hosted Activity

6 Apr 2020 - 7 Apr 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Advanced light sources for medical and life science imaging and analysis

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste,

Seminar

7 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Jan ROSSEEL (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

8 Apr 2020

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): Jacopo VITI (IIP & ECT, UFRN, Natal, Brazil)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

14 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Elli POMONI (DESY, Germany)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Hosted Activity

15 Apr 2020 - 17 Apr 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

TWAS and illycaffè networking event | (smr H594)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): TWAS,

Europe/Rome Deadline for applications extended to 23 February 2020. Writing software has become central to research in many fields of science. This school aims to give early-career scientists an introduction to a variety of topics that help them to write efficient, clean, maintainable and long-lived code that is useful beyond solving an immediate problem. In a mixture of talks and many hands-on sessions, the focus lies on showing best practices and building fundamental skills in creating, extending and collaborating on modular and reusable software. Topics: • Python / shell scripts as glue code • Introduction to computer architectures and software optimization • Modular, reusable software design • Effective collaborative development with multiple co-authors • Version control and release cycles • Automated testing frameworks • Structured documentation • Management of open source scientific packages • Continuous integration & deployment • Conversational development Lecturers: A. CORBETTA, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands A. FARNUDI, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran I. GIROTTO, ICTP, Trieste, Italy D. GRELLSCHEID, University of Bergen, Norway & ICTP, Trieste, Italy S. HOLMGEIRSDOTTIR, These Ways AS, Bergen, Norway S. RICHTER, DESY, Hamburg, Germany 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. Participants are expected to have some experience in a programming language, this course is not suitable for beginners in programming. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Apr 2020 - 1 May 2020

@ ICTP

High Performance Computing

8th Workshop on Collaborative Scientific Software Development and Management of Open Source Scientific Packages | (smr 3436)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alessandro Corbetta (Eindhoven University of Technology), David Grellscheid (ICTP), Local Organiser: Ivan Girotto

Support E-Mail: smr3436@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 23/02/2020**

Europe/Rome The School targets young scientists to introduce them to the exceptional research opportunities offered by synchrotron and free-electron-laser (FEL) facilities worldwide for exploring the properties of all types of matter. The school will provide an overview of the production and characteristics of synchrotron and free-electron-laser light, its interaction with matter and the numerous experimental methods enabled by these interactions that have become indispensable tools spanning over all domains of basic and applied research. The school lecturers will demonstrate the multidisciplinary applications and the most recent instrumental developments and science breakthroughs in the fields relevant to their expertise. The program will also include discussions of the lecturers with the students, talks describing the open access to these facilities based on the merits of the proposed project and possible industrial application. Demonstration sessions will be organized at the beamlines of Elettra’s synchrotron and FEL facilities. Topics: • Production of Synchrotron and FEL Radiation • Properties of Synchrotron and FEL Light • Photon-Matter Interactions • Photon Transport and Beamline Instrumentation • X-ray Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy • Photoelectron Spectroscopy Methods • X-ray Diffraction Methods • X-ray Scattering Techniques - SAXS, WAXS, XPCS, RIXS • Imaging Techniques using Synchrotron and FEL Light • X-ray and IR Spectromicroscopy. • Time-resolved Approaches and non-linear X-ray Optics Program Scientific Committee: • Alessandro Migliori (IAEA) • Edward Mitchell (ESRF, OpenSESAME) • Ian Swainson (IAEA) • Maya Kiskinova (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste) • Nadia Binggeli (ICTP) • Sekazi Mtingwa (LAAMP, IUPAP) • Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg, AfLS) Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Apr 2020 - 1 May 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics , Applied Physics

School on Advanced Light Sources: Principles, Methods and Multidisciplinary Applications | (smr 3439)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maya Kiskinova (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste), Alessandro Migliori (IAEA), Ian Swainson (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli

Cosponsor(s): Elettra Sincrotrone Triesteelettra, International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, Lightsources for Africa, the Americas and Middle East Projectlaamp

Support E-Mail: smr3439@ictp.it

Deadlines: For applications needing financial support and/or visa: 15 January 2020 For applications not needing financial support and/or visa: 01 March 2020 **DEADLINE: 01/03/2020**

Europe/Rome The aim of the conference is to give young researchers from academia and industry the opportunity to gather and present their results related to high-dimensional statistical problems, as arising in machine learning, inference or statistical physics. The focus is on the analytical and rigorous technics that allow to study i) the information theoretic limits and phase transitions phenomena; ii) the algorithmic limits; and iii) the rough energy landscapes arising in these problems. Typical problems in high-dimensions include the detection and estimation of noisy signals (compressed sensing, PCA and tensor decomposition etc), the analysis of (deep) neural-networks and their learning and generalization dynamics, the detection of communities in large networks, or disordered spin systems. While these problems may seem of different natures, they actually share many similarities in their common phenomenology and the tools used to analyze them. The core of the field is made of a very active, diverse and quickly expanding community of physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, information theorists and engineers, with the common desire to tackle increasingly challenging problems at the forefront of data science. This conference aims at reenforcing the links among this interdisciplinary community, and in particular of its youngest theory-oriented members, and to bring forward the latest development happening in the high-dimensional world. Topics: • High-dimensional probability and statistics • Theoretical machine learning • Theoretical computer science • High-dimensional inference and signal processing • Information theory • Statistical physics of disordered systems Speakers: A. AUFFINGER, Northwestern University, USA A. BANDEIRA, ETHZ, Switzerland (TBC) A. BARRA, Salento University, Italy Q. BERTHET, Google Paris, France E. BOIX, MIT, USA M. BRENNAN, MIT, USA G. BRESLER, MIT, USA L. BUDZYNSKI, ENS Paris, France Y. DESHPANDE, MIT, USA A. EL-ALAOUI, Stanford, USA M. GABRIÉ, NYU, USA S. GOLDT, ENS Paris, France A. JAGANNATH, Waterloo University, Canada M. LELARGE, INRIA, France A. LOKHOV, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA C. LUCIBELLO, Bocconi University, Italy C. LUNEAU, EPFL, Switzerland A. MAILLARD, ENS Paris, France S. MEI, Stanford, USA E. MINGIONE, EPFL, Switzerland M. MONDELLI, IST, Austria N. MUELLER, Frankfurt University, Germany Y. POLYANSKIY, MIT, USA V. ROS, ENS Paris, France M. SAENZ, ICTP, Italy L. SAGLIETTI, ENS Paris, France L. SEGUN, Facebook Paris, France (TBC) S. SEN, Harvard, USA E. SUBAG, NYU, USA P. SUR, Harvard, USA D. TANTARI, Bologna University, Italy P. URBANI, IPHT Saclay, France Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Apr 2020 - 24 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Youth in High-dimensions: Machine Learning, High-dimensional Statistics and Inference for the New Generation | (smr 3438)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Florent Krzakala (ENS Paris, France), Jean Barbier (ICTP), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Support E-Mail: smr3438@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2020**

Seminar

21 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Jakub ZAKRZEWSKI (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

21 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Raffaele Tito D'AGNOLO (IPHT, Saclay, France)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Hosted Activity

24 Apr 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Congresso Regionale di Cardiologia 2020 | (smr H624)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Key Congressi Trieste,

Seminar

28 Apr 2020

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): J.P. GARRAHAN (University of Nottingham, U.K.)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

30 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP News and Views Seminars: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Anatole von LILIENFELD (ChemSpaceLab, University of Basel, Dept. of Chemistry, Basel, Switzerland)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

30 Apr 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Francesco RIVA (CERN)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) has potential for soil moisture monitoring of agricultural land. The results can be used for irrigation scheduling and extreme weather event forecasting. Remote sensing can extrapolate the acquired soil moisture data to larger areas. The increasing demand for food production due to population increase and climatic hazards requires improving land management practices. One of major demands is to support the decision processes by reliable and representative information on soil moisture, which is difficult to obtain by conventional soil moisture measurements. CRNS is a much more suitable technique for this purpose since it is non-invasive and has a large footprint overcoming the problem of soil moisture spatial microvariability. The data acquired from CRNS measurements can be used for scientific tasks such as validation of hydrological models and remote sensing soil moisture products, as well as for practical land management and environmental applications such as soil moisture management under rainfed agriculture, irrigation scheduling, drought management and flood forecast. Topics: Basic principles of soil moisture measurements using Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) Methodological challenges: footprint extension, heterogeneity mapping, root depth moisture interpolation, biomass impact Hydrological models as a tool used for land management Use of remote sensing and soil moisture products for land management Use of CRNS data for hydrological modeling Use of CRNS data for validation of remote sensing soil moisture products Use of CRNS data for rainfed agriculture Use of CRNS data for irrigation scheduling Use of CRNS data for drought management Use of CRNS data for flood forecast Speakers: B. BAUER-MARSCHALLINGER, TU Wien, Austria T. FRANZ, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA The applicants should have background in agricultural sciences, earths sciences or physics and the experience in research activities at the field of soil water management and use of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS). The applicants from institutions having already own CRNS and running CRNS measurements at stationary monitoring sites will be preferred. Experience with remote sensing is also welcomed, but not mandatory. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on the Use of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Management and Validation of Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Maps | (smr 3440)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Emil Fulajtar (Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Subprogramme), Local Organiser: Paolo Creminelli

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)iaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3440@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/01/2020**

Seminar

5 May 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Massimo D'ELIA (Dept. of Physics, University of Pisa, Italy)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

5 May 2020

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Francesco D'ERAMO (University of Padova)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The deadline has been extended to: 28 January 2020 This two-week workshop provides early-stage career researchers with a quantitative understanding of the impact of radiation damage on materials for existing fission and proposed fusion reactors. The emphasis is on the conceptual progression of theoretical and experimental techniques across spatial and time scales from atomistic descriptions to the macroscopic behaviour of bulk material. Topics: • Irradiated material: defect production and damage metrics • Dose-rate, damage energies, atomic displacement • Neutron-induced defects: transmutation, activation, depletion • Nuclear kinematics • Primary damage and beyond: cascades, voids, swelling • Correlation and prediction of material behaviour under irradiation • Paradigms for irradiation testing • Ion irradiation as a proxy for neutrons • Multiscale modelling of defects in nuclear materials • Evolution of surfaces under irradiation • The effect of neutron and surrogate radiation on the properties of fusion-relevant materials • Prospects for high-entropy alloys in nuclear materials applications • Hydrogen isotope deposition, trapping and permeation Further information about the Radiation Damage in Nuclear Systems: from Bohr to Young, can be found on the Atomic and Molecular Data Unit website at the following link: https://www-amdis.org/workshops/ictp-2020 Lecturers: Sergei Dudarev, UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK Yves Ferro, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), France Mark Gilbert, UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK Wim Haeck, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Wolfgang Jacob, IPP-Garching, Germany Juan Knaster, Fusion for Energy, European Union Alexander Knowles, University of Birmingham, UK Sergio Lozano-Perez, University of Oxford, UK Lorenzo Malerba, CIEMAT, Spain Sabina Markelj, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Jaime Marian, University of California, USA Dmitry Matveev, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany Kai Nordlund, University of Helsinki, Finland Jeremy Pencer, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canada Thomas Schwarz-Selinger, IPP-Garching, Germany Marta Serrano, CIEMAT, Spain Jean-Christophe Sublet, IAEA Udo von Toussaint, IPP-Garching, Germany Gary Was, University of Michigan, USA Steven Zinkle, University of Tennessee, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 May 2020 - 22 May 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Radiation Damage in Nuclear Systems: from Bohr to Young | (smr 3443)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Celine Cabet (CEA, France), Kalle Heinola (IAEA), Christian Hill (IAEA), Wolfgang Jacob (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany), Sabina Markelj (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Jean-Christophe Sublet (IAEA), Gary Was (University of Michigan, USA), Steven Zinkle (University of Tennessee, USA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3443@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/01/2020**

Europe/Rome Regional climate models (RCMs) are widely used tools to produce high resolution regional climate simulations, and the ICTP Earth System Physics section maintains the RegCM system, which is used by a wide scientific community. Currently, the most advanced version of the RegCM system is RegCM4, released in 2012, and incrementally augmented during the last 8 years. A new version of the model, however, is being developed, which will constitute the basis for the next RegCM version, RegCM5. In particular, RegCM5 will include a new non hydrostatic dynamical core, more accurate and much faster than the one available in RegCM4. In particular, this will allow the model to be more easily applied at convection-permitting resolutions (1-3 km). A Beta version of RegCM5 has been developed and the workshop will focus on the testing of this new version using different domains and resolutions. Differently from previous workshops of this series, this one will be shorter and more focused on lab sessions, although some theoretical lectures will still be presented. The workshop will thus be more directed towards expert users of the model, although some new users are also welcome. Topics: Basic principles of regional climate modeling Climate change at regional scales The Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) The RegCM regional climate model system Modeling at convection-permitting resolutions Speakers: M. ASHFAQ, ORNL, USA T. CAVAZOS, CICESE, Mexico J. CIARLO, ICTP E. COPPOLA, ICTP X. GAO, IAP, Beijing, China F. GIORGI, ICTP G. GIULIANI, ICTP R. GLAZER, ICTP P. MALGUZZI, CNR-ISAC, Italy G. NARISMA, Ateneo de Manila, Philippines E. PICHELLI, ICTP M. REBOITA, U. Federal de Itajuba, Brazil A. TORRES ALAVEZ, ICTP Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 May 2020 - 16 May 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

10th ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models | (smr 3441)

Address: via Grignano, 9I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Erika Coppola (ICTP), Xuejie Gao (IAP, Beijing, China), Gemma Narisma (Ateneo de Manila, Philippines), Michelle Reboita (U. Federal de Itajuba, Brazil), Local Organiser: Filippo Giorgi

Support E-Mail: smr3441@ictp.it

DEADLINE: 13/03/2020

Europe/Rome The purpose of the School is to provide an introduction to the current state of research in cosmology and astroparticle physics. It is intended for beginning graduate students, as well as more senior non-expert researchers interested in the field. TOPICS & LECTURERS: CMB - Y. Ali-Haimoud (NYU) Dark Energy - F. Vernizzi (IPhT, Saclay) Dark Matter - C. Weniger (Amsterdam) Gravitational Waves - C. Caprini (APC, Paris) Inflation - V. Domcke (DESY, CERN & EPFL) Introduction to Cosmology - N. Kaiser (ENS) Large Scale Structure - M. LoVerde (Stony Brook) Statistical Methods in Cosmology - R. Trotta (SISSA) During the School, the 2019 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony will take place to honor the contributions of V. Mukhanov, A. Starobinsky and R. Sunyaev. There is no registration fee for this activity. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 May 2020 - 22 May 2020

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Cosmology 2020 | (smr 3467)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Paolo Creminelli (ICTP), Ravi Sheth (UPenn), Local Organiser: Mehrdad Mirbabayi

Cosponsor(s): the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn

Support E-Mail: smr3467@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2020**

Europe/Rome A biosketch and abstract will be defined in due course. The talk will take place on 12 May 2020 at 16.00 in the Euler Lecture Hall @ ICTP. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

12 May 2020

@ ICTP

ICTP CMSP Colloquium by Prof. Juan Knaster: title to be defined

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. Juan Knaster, Deputy Director, ITER Programme and former head of the IFMIF/EVEDA facility

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Seminar

13 May 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Liam McALLISTER (Cornell University, USA)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

13 May 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Christopher HERZOG (King's College, London)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:DejaVuSerif; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:DejaVuSerif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Modern superconducting materials of interest tend to exhibit a complex interplay of many-body ordering tendencies. This requires an understanding of the ensuing multicomponent field theories, their microscopic origins and macroscopic responses. This program will bring together experimentalists, experts working on macroscopic properties and experts working on the underlying microscopic physics that leads to these complex states. The goal will be to achieve an in depth understanding of important physical properties including magnetic response, transport and thermoelectric properties, nature of topological excitations, and fluctuation-induced phases. This will be achieved through an emphasis on the following material systems: twisted bilayer graphene; iron-based superconductors; unconventional superconductivity in Sr2RuO4; UTe2 and related ferromagnetic superconductors; Bi2Se3 based nematic superconductors; j=3/2 superconductors; and novel 2D superconductors Topics: Topological superconducting phases Broken time-reversal superconductors Superconductivity with competing orders Topological Majorana edge states Novel superconducting gap structures Superconductivity from correlated electrons Speakers: A. BERNEVIG, Princeton University A. BLACK-SCHAFFER, Uppsala University G. BLUMBERG, Rutgers University J.-P. BRISON, CEA N. BUTCH, University of Maryland J. CARLSTROM, Stockholm University A. CAVALLERI, MPSD A. CHUBUKOV, University of Minnesota D. EFETOV, ICFO Y. FENG, Chinese Academy of Sciences V. GRINENKO, IFW-Dresden E. HASSINGER, MPI Dresden C. HICKS, MPI Dresden J. KANG, Soochow University A. KAPITULNIK, Stanford University H.-H. KLAUSS, TU Dresden R. LORTZ, HKUST A. MACKENZIE, MPI Dresden V. MADHAVAN, UIUC E.-G. MOON, KAIST M. OSHIKAWA, University of Tokyo J. PAGLIONE, UMD A. PASUPATHY, Columbia University S. RAGHU, Stanford University A. RAMIRES, ICTP-SAIFR A. SAMOILENKA, KTH M. SIGRIST, ETH Zurich M. SILAEV, University of Jyväskylä C. TIMM, TU Dresden C. VARMA, University of California Y. YANASE, Kyoto University S. YIP, Academia Sinica Taipei ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 May 2020 - 22 May 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Superconductivity: from Microscopic Mechanisms to Topology to Macroscopic Properties | (smr 3445)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Egor Babaev (KTH The Royal Institute of Technology), Daniel Agterberg (University of Wisconsin), Oskar Vafek (University of Florida), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

Support E-Mail: smr3445@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2020**

Europe/Rome DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED: 22 FEBRUARY 2020 The School is organized in collaboration with the Simon Bolivar University. Directors: I. Girotto (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) A. Kohlmeyer (ICTP, Trieste, Italy & Temple University, Philadelphia, US) L. Paheco (Simon Bolivar University) J.Y. Reyes (Simon Bolivar University) P.A. Sepulveda (Simon Bolivar University) ICTP Scientific contact: I. Girotto (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) The School has the goal of teaching participating scientists about modern computer hardware and programming to provide a foundation for future computational research using HPC, through an intensive programme with focus on practical skills. School participants will learn to improve the efficiency of their research codes, and to parallelize them. Lectures on a selection of technical aspects of modern HPC hardware will be mixed with introductions to widely used parallel programming tools and libraries. The hands-on sessions will allow participants to practice on small example problems of general scientific interest. Example topics will cover numerical methods and parallel strategies, as well as data management. The programme specifically addresses the needs of scientists using, writing, or modifying HPC applications. It will be mainly based on fundamental HPC- relevant features in widely used scientific software for high-performance computing: • Computer architectures for HPC and how to optimize for them • Parallel programming tools (MPI & OpenMP) • Parallel programming best pactices • High-performance libraries for the solution of common math problems • Floating-point math.. Speakers: I. Girotto (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) A. Kohlmeyer (ICTP, Trieste, Italy & Temple University, Philadelphia, US) F. Posada (ICTP, Trieste, Italy & Temple University Philadelphia, US) M. Brenes (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland ) J. Aguilar Mena (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain) Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants from developing countries, with priority given to young scientists from Latin America. Accommodation and meals are covered for all participants coming from outside Baranquilla. There is no registration fee. Baranquilla - Colombia ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

@ Baranquilla - Colombia

High Performance Computing

3rd Latin American Introductory School on Parallel Programming and Parallel Architecture for High Performance Computing | (smr 3444)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): A. Kohlmeyer (Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.), L. Pacheco (Simon Bolivar University), J.Y. Reyes (Simon Bolivar University), P.A. Sepulveda (Simon Bolivar University), ICTP Scientific Contact: I. Girotto

Cosponsor(s): Euro EXAeuroexa, Universidad Simón Bolívarusb, Macondo Lab Universidad Simón Bolivarmacondo

**DEADLINE EXTENDED: 22/02/2020** **DEADLINE: 22/02/2020**

Seminar

21 May 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Suvankar DUTTA (IISER, Bhopal, India)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The 2019 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony will take place on Friday 22 May 2020 during the ICTP Summer School on Cosmology 2020 (smr3467) ICTP awarded its 2019 Dirac Medal and Prize to three physicists whose research has made a profound impact on modern cosmology. Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Alexei Starobinsky (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics) and Rashid Sunyaev (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) share the prize for “their outstanding contributions to the physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with experimentally tested implications that have helped to transform cosmology into a precision scientific discipline by combining microscopic physics with the large scale structure of the Universe.” All three winners have made important contributions to the understanding of the early Universe in the context of inflationary cosmology. The feature article is available at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2019/8/dirac-medal.aspx More details and the programme outline will follow. All are welcome to attend the events which will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. Light refreshments will be served. About the ICTP Dirac Medal First awarded in 1985, ICTP's Dirac Medal is given in honor of P.A.M. Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of the Centre. It is awarded every year on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics. For more details about the prize and a list of past winners, see: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-dirac-medal.aspx. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

22 May 2020

@ ICTP

2019 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34152 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Hosted Activity

24 May 2020 - 30 May 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

"Ad un passo dalle IPhO" | (smr H596)

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

Room: Lundqvist Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Prof.Luigi Censi, OLIFIS,

Europe/Rome The purpose of the Workshop is to bring together scientists working on the characterization of electrochemical interfaces at the atomistic level, and developing characterization methods, to discuss developments, current challenges, and perspectives. The workshop is dedicated to the characterization of electrochemical interfaces by means of advanced experimental and theoretical techniques. The focus will be on the understanding at atomic level of interface structure and stability, charge dynamics and charge transfer, chemical adsorption and reactivity. Space will be devoted to advances in interface-sensitive characterization techniques. Consequences of the progress in the field will be discussed in the context of applications to catalysis, energy conversion and storage, and environmental remediation. Topics: • Atomic structure of electrochemical interfaces • Charge dynamics and charge transfer • Electrochemical reactions at interfaces • Interface-sensitive experimental techniques • Computer simulations of electrochemical interfaces Applicants should submit a title and abstract for a poster to be presented at the workshop. Title and abstract of accepted posters will be publicly available. Speakers: A. BIEBERLE-HÜTTER, DIFFER, the Netherlands R. KRAMER CAMPEN, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany K. CHAN, Technical University of Denmark J. CHENG, Xiamen University, China A. COWAN, Liverpool University, UK T. CUK, University of Colorado Boulder, USA J. DURRANT, Imperial College London, UK M.-P. GAIGEOT, University Paris Saclay, France J. GIBBS, University of Alberta, Canada A. GROSS, University of Ulm, Germany M. IANNUZZI, University of Zürich, Switzerland T. E. JONES, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany J. LIBUDA, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany W. LIU, Fudan University, China N. MARZARI, EPFL, Switzerland A. PASQUARELLO, EPFL, Switzerland D. PRENDERGAST, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA B. ROLDAN CUENYA, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany K. ROSSO, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA R. SCHLÖGL, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany M. SPRIK, University of Cambridge, UK P. STRASSER, TU Berlin, Germany J. TANG, University College London, UK F. M. TOMA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA M. TODOROVA, MPI for Iron Research, Germany R. VAN DE KROL, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics , New Research Areas

Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Solid/Liquid Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage | (smr 3447)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Simone Piccinin (CNR-IOM, Italy), Marialore Sulpizi (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany), Nicola Seriani (ICTP), Local Organiser: Ralph Gebauer

Support E-Mail: smr3447@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 25/02/2020**

Europe/Rome Life is a nonequilibrium phenomenon, requiring the constant consumption of energy to circumvent the pernicious effects of fluctuations. Recent advances in experimental techniques and in the theory of nonequilibrium processes offer new opportunities for the study of fluctuations in biological systems. What are the energetic costs of key processes needed to sustain life at the cellular level? What statistical features are unique in biological systems? How can we harvest energy efficiently from living matter? What is the biological relevance of fundamental results such as the fluctuation theorems and the thermodynamic uncertainty relation? This workshop aims at gathering active scientists (experimentalists and theorists) from different domains across physics and biology who have made significant contributions to address fluctuations in living systems. The workshop will provide a unique framework for researchers from developing countries to establish a scientific dialogue with their counterparts from around the world performing cutting-edge research in physics and biology. Students and early career scientists will get a flavour of the possibilities and outstanding questions in biophysics. The aim of the workshop is to discuss existing efforts on understanding nonequilibrium fluctuations using biological and physical methods, but more importantly, to identify future questions in this domain and the collaborations that will help to answer them. Key topics include: Sensory systems, oscillators and memory Active matter Cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics Molecular motors Nonequilibrium thermodynamics ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Signatures of Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Life | (smr 3446)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Jordan Horowitz (University of Michigan), Saar Rahav (Technion), Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore), Edgar Roldan (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani

Cosponsor(s): EMBOembo, ICAM-Institute for Complex Adaptive Mattericam

Seminar

28 May 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Nabamita BANERJEE (IISER, Bhopal, India)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome --- IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of the School: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact smr3449@ictp.it and local organizers. --- ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE WELCOME UNTIL 5 MARCH 2020 ! Follow relevant "Apply here" link on the left side, or click here * * * The African School series on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA) is planned on a biennial basis since 2010. Previous schools were held in Cape Town, South Africa (2010), Eldoret, Kenya (2012), Johannesburg, South Africa (2015), Accra, Ghana (2016), and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018). The aim of the School is to introduce young African researchers and students to the theory of electronic structure and other atomistic simulation methods, with an emphasis on the computational methods for practical calculations. The School will cover introductory concepts such as: electronic structure theory, density functional theory and functionals, phonons, magnetism, enhanced sampling methods in molecular dynamics, ab-initio molecular dynamics, etc. It will also cover more advanced topics and applications of these methods to the structural, mechanical and optical properties of materials, and to the properties of biological systems. The School will include hands-on tutorial sessions based on public license codes (including, but not limited to, the "Quantum Espresso" package). During the second week students will be asked to split up in teams and work on specific projects under the guidance of the lecturers and mentors. - - - DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 5 MARCH 2020 (midnight, Italy time) This School adheres to IUPAP policies on scientific freedom, affirming non-discrimination on the basis of such factors as ethnic origin, religion, citizenship, language, political stance, gender, or age. IUPAP calls special attention on conference policies on Free Circulation of Scientists (section 1), and on Harassment (section 4) . --- ICTP Secretariat contact: smr3449@ictp.it Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Jun 2020 - 12 Jun 2020

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

6th African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA-2020) | (smr 3449)

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Omolulu Akin-Ojo (EAIFR), G. Gebreyesus Hagoss (University of Ghana), Sinéad Griffin (LBNL), Richard Martin (Stanford University), Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR Bangalore), Steve Ndengue (EAIFR), Nicola Seriani (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Nicola Seriani

Cosponsor(s): EAIFReaifr, MARVELmarvel, Thomas Young Centretyc, Centre for Doctoral Training on Theory and Simulation of Materials (TSM-CDT)tsm-cdt, IUPAPiupap, National Institute for Theoretical Physicsnithep

**DEADLINE: 05/03/2020**

Europe/Rome Prof. David Hilton Wolpert is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist. He is a professor at Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of three books, three patents, over one hundred refereed papers, and has received numerous awards. His name is particularly associated with a group of theorems in computer science known as "no free lunch". Prof. Wolpert obtained a B.A. in Physics at Princeton University (1984), then attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he took the degrees of M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1989). More information is available at: davidwolpert.weebly.com More details on the talk will follow. The talk will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the event. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

3 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. David Wolpert: title to be confirmed

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. David Wolpert, Santa Fe Institute, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome The deadline has been extended to 31 December 2019. 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. 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. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Jun 2020 - 19 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School | (smr 3451)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Maria Elena Urso (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

**DEADLINE: 31/12/2019**

Hosted Activity

8 Jun 2020 - 10 Jun 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

YOUthDIG | (smr H625)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): EuroDIG,

Hosted Activity

10 Jun 2020 - 12 Jun 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

European Dialog on Internet Governance, EuroDIG | (smr H610)

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

Room: Ex-SISSA Main Lecture Hall

Organizer(s): EuroDIG,

Europe/Rome The workshop will cover novel methods developed to understand non-perturbative phenomena in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, in the non-supersymmetric realm. The topics include the formulation of non-perturbative dualities in QFT and their application in condensed matter systems; the study of symmetries and their anomalies, including the most modern incarnations, and the constraints they put on the non-perturbative dynamics; the investigation of quantum information theoretic methods and their interplay with QFT concepts like causality, entanglement entropy, and so forth; the analysis of aspects of the swampland, through the application of string theory to phenomenological and cosmological problems. The topics will be spread over two weeks of the workshop roughly according to the order they are listed. Each day there will be 1-2 long talks and possibly a discussion session. Most of the talks will include a pedagogical overview of the subject. There will be ample time left for discussion and the initiation of new collaborations. Topics: Dynamics of non-supersymmetric QFTs Generalized symmetries and their anomalies Quantum information in QFT and quantum gravity Swampland conjectures and quantum gravity Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Jun 2020 - 26 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

New Pathways in Explorations of Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity Beyond Supersymmetry - II | (smr 3454)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Francesco Benini (SISSA), Atish Dabholkar (ICTP), Leopoldo Pando Zayas (University of Michigan), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard University), Local Organiser: Pavel Putrov

Cosponsor(s): Italian Institute for Nuclear Physicsinfn

Support E-Mail: smr3454@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/04/2020**

Activity

15 Jun 2020 - 3 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development | (smr 3453)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB) -> week 1 and 2 + 3 days week 3; Budinich Lecture Hall (LB) -> 2 last days week 3; Diploma Program Room B,D

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mark Howells (KTH), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins

Support E-Mail: smr3453@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

16 Jun 2020 - 18 Jun 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

IODP SEP2006 | (smr H599)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Dr. Michele Rebesco, OGS,

Europe/Rome The deadline has been extended to 31 December 2019. 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 and knowledge transfer; • Practical guidance and good practices on NKM. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Jun 2020 - 26 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

16th Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management School | (smr 3455)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler and Lundqvist Lecture Hall + Meeting Room with glass doors

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): John Roberts (IAEA), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

**DEADLINE: 31/12/2019**

Hosted Activity

22 Jun 2020 - 26 Jun 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Summer School in Sustainable Blue Growth edition 2020 | (smr H627)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Giorgia Rivoira, OGS, Mounir Ghribi, OGS,

Activity

22 Jun 2020 - 3 Jul 2020

@ São Paulo - Brazil

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

2nd Joint ICTP and SAIFR School on Particle Physics | (smr 3459)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Rogério Rosenfeld (IFT and ICTP-SAIFR), Enrico Bertuzzo (USP, Brazil), Joan Elias-Miró (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Giovanni Villadoro

Seminar

23 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Alice BERNAMONTI (INFN, University of Florence)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Information on Call for Makers will follow in due time. 2019 edition web site: https://trieste.makerfaire.com/about/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

27 Jun 2020 - 28 Jun 2020

@ ICTP

ICTP-SDU Maker Faire - ESOF 2020 Science in the City Festival | (smr 3456)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

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

Support E-Mail: smr3456@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The goal is to bring together leading researchers worldwide in complex analysis, geometry, and dynamics, with the aim of enhanced future collaboration. These fields are strongly interrelated, and in order to be able to solve deep challenging problems it is becoming necessary to pursue synergies among them to a bigger degree than in the past. Topics: Holomorphic approximation theory L2 techniques, plurisubharmonic functions, complex pluripotential theory Complex dynamics in higher dimensions Holomorphic directed systems, contact systems Applications of complex analysis to minimal surfaces Flexibility versus rigidity in complex geometry Cauchy-Riemann geometry Monge-Ampėre equations and Kähler manifolds There have been major recent advances in all these topics which the speakers will report on. It is becoming increasingly evident that a deeper level of cooperation will be needed for further progress. Speakers: A. ALARCÓN, University of Granada, Spain D. ANGELLA, University of Firenze, Italy F. BRACCI, University of Rome II-Tor Vergata, Italy F. DENG, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China B. DRINOVEC DRNOVŠEK, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia P. EBENFELT, University of California-San Diego, USA V. GUEDJ, University of Toulouse, France J.-M. HWANG, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Korea S. KOLODZIEJ, University of Cracow, Poland F. KUTZSCHEBAUCH, University of Berne, Switzerland B. LAMEL, University of Vienna, Austria F. LÁRUSSON, University of Adelaide, Australia S. NEMIROVSKI, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russia H. PETERS, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands D. PHONG, Columbia University, USA T. OHSAWA, Nagoya University, Japan N. SHCHERBINA, University of Wuppertal, Germany B. STENSØNES, NTNU, Norway L. STUDER, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain J. WINKELMANN, Bochum University, Germany E. F. WOLD, University of Oslo, Norway E. WULCAN, University of Gothenburg, Sweden M. XIAO, University of California-San Diego, USA A. ZIMMER, Louisiana State University, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

29 Jun 2020 - 3 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Complex Analysis, Geometry and Dynamics ECM-ICTP 2020 | (smr 3457)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Xiangju Zhou (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaojun Huang (Rutgers University), John Erik Fornaess (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Franc Forstneric (University of Ljubljana), Local Organiser: Claudio Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): 8th European Congress of Mathematicsecm1, European Mathematical Societyems1

Support E-Mail: smr3457@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/03/2020**

Activity

29 Jun 2020 - 3 Jul 2020

@ Cape Town - South Africa

Strings Conference 2020 (Strings-Math and Strings) | (smr 3506)

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

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Jeff Murugan (UCT), Pallab Basu (WITS), Robert de Mello Koch (WITS), Kevin Goldstein (WITS), Shajid Haque (UCT), Shinji Hirano (WITS), Vishnu Jejjala (WITS), Nathan Moynihan (UCT), Sanjay Ramgoolam (WITS & QMUL), Jonathan Shock (UCT), Joao Rodrigues (WITS), Amanda Weltman (UCT), Kostas Zoubos (Pretoria), ICTP Scientific Contact: Kyriakos Papadodimas

Cosponsor(s): Department of Science & Innovation, South Africa, National Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Research Foundation, Clay Foundation and IAS, Princeton

Hosted Activity

2 Jul 2020 - 1 Aug 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

London Mathematical Laboratory Summer School | (smr H616)

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

Organizer(s): Isaac Perez Castillo, LML,

Europe/Rome IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of its activitiesl: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact the local organization or ICTP Secretariat at smr3458@ictp.it - - - Deadline for application is over - - - The aim of the Biennial Africal School of Fundamental Physics and Application is to build capacity to harvest, interpret, and exploit the results of current and future physics experiments and to increase proficiency in related applications. The school is based on a close interplay between theoretical, experimental, and applied physics. The participating students are selected from all over Africa. A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants. The school also offers a workshop to train high school teachers, an outreach to motivate high school pupils and a physics conference to support a broader participation of African research faculties. The duration of the school allows for networking-interactions among the participants. Access and participation in fundamental science is an important right. Through this work, it is hoped that the community of scientists who are at the forefront of science is enhanced and diversified thus fulfilling the mission of international research and education. Main topics: 1. Nuclear and Particle Physics; 2. Astrophysics and Cosmology; 3. Accelerators, Radiation and Medical Physics; 4. Material Physics; 5. High Performance Computing; 6. Physics Education; 7. Physics Communciation; 8. Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; 9. Quantum Information There will be lectures / talks in theory and experiment in the above fields, some of which are applied physics, and hands-on exercises on computing-related aspects. For full information please visit https://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/asp2020/ Marrakesh - Morocco ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Jul 2020 - 24 Jul 2020

@ Marrakesh - Morocco

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

6th Biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications | (smr 3458)

Address: Cadi Ayyad University

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (BNL), Anne E. Dabrowski (CERN), Christine Darve (ESS, Lund), Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London), Fernando Ferroni (GSSI-INFN), Steve Guy Muanza (CNRS-IN2P3, Marseille), ICTP Scientific Contact: Bobby Samir Acharya

**DEADLINE: 15/01/2020**

Hosted Activity

10 Jul 2020 - 13 Jul 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

TWAS-AAAS Summer Workshop on Science Diplomacy. | (smr H621)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): TWAS,

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

Activity

13 Jul 2020 - 17 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Physics and Technology of Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems | (smr 3461)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Chirayu Batra (IAEA), Vladimir Kriventsev (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3461@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/04/2020**

Europe/Rome The Advanced School 'Frontiers of Nanomechanics' will recapitulate the fundamental concepts of nano and optomechanical systems and introduce the key concepts behind future potential nano- and optomechanical technologies. The school will consist of eight lectures series (two times one hour) delivered by international experts. These lecture series reflect the fields which currently attract the highest scientific interest and/or application potential and cover landmark implementations of nanomechanical systems. They also represent a good balance between experimental and theory perspectives, fundamental recurrent topics and modern topics which only developed in the last couple of years, as well as between classical and quantum mechanical aspects of nanomechanics. The lecture series will be complemented by practical, hands-on mini-project sessions supervised by the lecturers. The results of the mini-projects which will be presented at the end of the school. Lecture Topics: Introduction to nanomechanics (Andrew Cleland, University of Chicago, USA) Nanomechanical resonators coupled to spins (Ania Jayich, University of California in Santa Barbara, USA) Nonlinear dynamics of nanomechanical systems (Mark Dykman, Michigan State University, USA) Topological mechanics (Sebastian Huber, ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Basics of quantum cavity optomechanics (Aashish Clerk, University of Chicago, USA) Optomechanical crystals and quantum cavity optomechanics experiments (Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, USA) Quantized phonons and superconducting qubits (Yiwen Chu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Non-Hermitean scenarios in nanomechanical systems (Jack Harris, Yale University, USA) Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 Jul 2020 - 17 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Frontiers of Nanomechanics | (smr 3460)

Address: via Grignano. 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Yaroslav Blanter (TU Delft), Florian Marquardt (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light), Eva Weig (University of Konstanz), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev

Support E-Mail: smr3460@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/04/2020**

Europe/Rome ICTP-EAIFR DSU2020 web page: https://eaifr.org/events/dsu-2020/ The Dark Side of the Universe (DSU) is a series of international workshops in cosmology and astro-particle physics. The workshops bring together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark sector of the Universe, and relate them to ongoing and future experiments. The 16th event of the series will be hosted by ICTP-EAIFR in Kigali, Rwanda from 13 to 17 July 2020. Topics covered include: dark matter dark energy cosmic rays neutrino physics large-scale structure black holes gravitational waves physics beyond the standard model Speakers include: Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (NYU, USA) Francesca Calore (LAPTH, France) Kiwoon Choi (CTPU-IBS, South Korea) Basudeb Dasgupta (TIFR Mumbai, India) Ruth Durrer (Geneva, Switzerland) Silvia Galli (IAP Paris, France) Joerg Jaeckel (Heidelberg, Germany) Shaaban Khalil (Cairo, Egypt) Eiichiro Komatsu (MPA, Germany) Manuel Meyer (Erlangen, Germany) Chiara Mingarelli (U. Connecticut & Flatiron Institute, USA) Shinji Mukohyama (YITP, Japan) Ajith Parameswaram (ICTS Bangalore, India) Mario Santos (U. of the Western Cape, South Africa) Ignacy Sawicki (CEICO, Czech Republic) Leonardo Senatore (Stanford, USA) Ravi Sheth (UPenn, USA) Thomas Schwetz-Mangold (KIT Karlsruhe, Germany) Piero Ullio (SISSA, Italy) Mark Vogelsberger (MIT, USA) Steering Committee members: Csaba Balazs (Monash U., Australia) Genevieve Belanger (LAPTh-CNRS, France) Kiwoon Choi (CTPU-IBS, South Korea) David Delepine (Guanajuato U., Mexico) Peter Dunsby (Cape Town U., South Africa) Christiane Frigerio Martins (U. de Sao Paulo, Brazil) Joern Kersten (Bergen U., Norway) Shaaban Khalil (Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt) Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, South Korea) Yann Mambrini (LPT CNRS-Univ Paris Sud 11, France) Carlos Muñoz (IFT UAM-CSIC, Spain) Keith Olive (Minnesota U., USA) Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy) Qaisar Shafi (Delaware U., USA) Fumihiro Takayama (YITP, Japan) Yu-Feng Zhou (KITPC/ITP-CAS, China) PLEASE NOTE that most fields in the APPLICATION FORM are optional. Junior researchers and those requesting financial support are encouraged to provide more detailed information. Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 Jul 2020 - 17 Jul 2020

@ Kigali - Rwanda

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DSU2020 (The Dark Side of the Universe) | (smr 3452)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Joern Kersten (Bergen U., Norway), Roy Maartens (UWC, South Africa & Portsmouth, UK), Shoaib Munir (ICTP-EAIFR, Rwanda), Marcello Musso (ICTP-EAIFR, Rwanda), Riccardo Sturani (IIP, Brazil), Filippo Vernizzi (IPhT Saclay, France), Gabrijela Zaharijas (Nova Gorica U., Slovenia), ICTP Scientific Contact: Paolo Creminelli

Support E-Mail: smr3452@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 13/04/2020**

Europe/Rome ICRA is a biannual international conference series started in 1974. It brings together well-established experts and young researchers in representation theory and in allied fields where representation theory is applied. The first week will consist of a workshop with six lecture series, including introductory talks and on topics of particular current interest, such as recent links to both topological data analysis and to mathematical physics. One of the lecture series will be devoted to the mathematical heritage of Ragnar Buchweitz. The second week will be a conference with invited speakers in addition to contributed talks, both in plenary and in parallel sessions. Topics: Representation theory of algebras and its applications, including: -Topological Data Analysis -Cluster algebras -Non-commutative algebraic geometry -Modular representation theory. Workshop Speakers : M. BOTNAN, Amsterdam P. ETINGOF, MIT S. FOMIN, Michigan S. IYENGAR, Utah B. KELLER, Paris 7 S. SCHROLL, Leicester Conference Speakers: P. BALMER, UCLA A. BARBIERI, Sheffield M. CAORSI, former SISSA T. HAUSEL, IST Austria L. WILLIAMS, Harvard S. WITHERSPOON, Texas Scientific Committee: J. ASADOLLAHI, Isfahan C. GEISS, Mexico City O. IYAMA, Nagoya B. KELLER, Paris S. OPPERMANN, NTNU J. PEVTSOVA, Washington R. SCHIFFLER, Connecticut S. SCHROLL, Leicester J. TRLIFAJ, Prague M. VAN DEN BERGH, Hasselt 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 a registration fee, but this is waived for supported participants from developing countries. For further information regarding the International Conference on Representations of Algebras, ICRA 2020 Workshop and Conference please visit the following link: https://wiki.math.ntnu.no/icra2020/start Applications for both the Workshop and the Conference can be submitted here Applications for the Conference ONLY can be submitted here ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Jul 2020 - 31 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

International Conference on Representations of Algebras, ICRA 2020 Workshop and Conference | (smr 3463)

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

Room: All lecture halls in LB (included Stasi) as well as in AGH; ex-SISSA Auditorium

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Lidia Angeleri Hugel (Verona), Aslak Bakke Buan (NTNU), Giovanni Cerulli Irelli (Roma), William Crawley-Boevey (Bielefeld), Henning Krause (Bielefeld), Francesca Mantese (Verona), Maria Julia Redondo (Bahia Blanca), Oeyvind Solberg (NTNU), Jie Xiao (Tsinghua), Local Organiser: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas

Cosponsor(s): Bielefeld Universityubf, Università di Verona - Dipartimento di Informaticaunivr, Norwegian University of Science and Technologyntnu, IPM-Isfahanipm3, Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche, Geometriche e le loro Applicazionignsaga2

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**DEADLINE: 15/04/2020**

Activity

23 Jul 2020 - 24 Jul 2020

@ Rome - Italy

Mediterranean Youth Mathematical Championship | (smr 3505)

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

Secretary: Koutou Mabilo

Organizer(s): Giorgio Patrizio (INDAM), Giandomenico Boffi (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma), Federico Cinquepalmi (MIUR), ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo

Activity

27 Jul 2020 - 31 Jul 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

International Conference on Representations of Algebras, ICRA 2020 Conference | (smr 3502)

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

Room: All lecture halls in LB (included Stasi) as well as in AGH; ex-SISSA Auditorium

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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**DEADLINE: 15/04/2020**

Activity

31 Jul 2020 - 10 Aug 2020

@ Shaanxi - People's Republic of China

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

2nd International High Energy Physics School in Western China | (smr 3464)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Andrea Romanino (SISSA, Italy), Yongtao Zhao (XJTU, Shaanxi, China), C. -P. Yuan (MSU, USA), Tie-Jiun Hou (NEU, Liaoning, China), Sayipjamal Dulat (XJU, Xinjiang, China), Xurong Chen (IMP, Gansu, China), Nu Xu (IMP, Gansu, China), ICTP Scientific Contact: Bobby Samir Acharya

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Europe/Rome The Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School in Ghana (https://coessing.org) is an international collaboration aimed at building capacity in oceanographic and environmental sciences in Ghana specifically, and Africa more generally. Marine issues of great importance to Ghana include fisheries, piracy, pollution, shipping and port management, and the recent advent of offshore oil drilling. We held schools in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and ICTP co-organized the school in 2018. We hold the school every year, alternating between Regional Maritime University and University of Ghana, which are both located in Ghana’s capital city of Accra. In 2020, for the 6th summer in a row, we will host a summer school. It will be the third school hosted at the University of Ghana. During the summer school, around 100 African participants receive a broad general training in marine and environmental sciences. At the same time, a subgroup of participants receive more specific training in their areas of interest, through conducting a short research project on specialized topics related to ocean biogeochemistry, ocean modeling, satellite oceanography, data analysis, and seagoing oceanography. The emphasis in this project track is on hands-on research rather than on lectures. Project track participants will thus have a chance to spend an entire week working closely under the guidance of the instructors, deepening their knowledge of their topic of interest, and presenting their projects on the last day of the school.  We believe that repeat visits are the key to establishing meaningful long-term connections between western and African scientists. Our long-term goals for the school include developing a research and education network of marine and environmental scientists in several African countries. Topics: • Coastal ocean dynamics • Environmental science • Oil and gas basin development • Shoreline geomorphology • Organic and isotope biogeochemistry • Satellite and field oceanography • Numerical modeling of the ocean • Data analysis techniques Speakers: Prof. E. L. Shroyer, Oregon State University, USA Prof. Adam Simon, University of Michigan, USA Prof. Aline Cotel, University of Michigan, USA Dr. Paige Martin, Columbia University, USA Prof. Andrew Lucas, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Dr. Madeline Foster-Martinez, University of New Orleans, USA Dr. D. Menemenlis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA Dr. E. Nyadjro, Mississippi State University, USA Dr. J. K. Ansong, University of Ghana, Legon Dr. W. Johnson, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Dr. C. Buckingham, Universite Bretagne Occidentale, France Dr. S. Howden, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA Dr. A. M. Lamptey, University of Ghana, Legon Prof. B. K. Arbic, University of Michigan, USA Dr. R. Farneti, Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy Accra - Ghana ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 8 Aug 2020

@ Accra - Ghana

Earth System Physics

The Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School in Ghana 2020 | (smr 3462)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Edem Mahu (University of Ghana, Legon), Brian K. Arbic (University of Michigan, USA), Sam Addo (University of Ghana, Legon), ICTP Scientific Contact: Riccardo Farneti

Cosponsor(s): Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School Ghanaghana21, University of Ghanaughana, The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysicsiugg4, National Science Foundationnsf2, University of Michiganumich

**DEADLINE: 01/06/2020**

Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 14 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Portable Detectors for In-situ Radiation Measurements | (smr 3466)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alexander Mauring (IAEA, TEL, NAEL), Roman Padilla Alvarez (IAEA, NSIL, NAPC), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

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Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 21 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

High Performance Computing

The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School and Advanced Workshops | (smr 3468)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH) week 1, 2 and 3 and Lundqvist week 3

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Stefnao Monti (IAEA), Fotis Psomopoulos (ELIXIR/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Sarah Jones (University of Glasgow, UK), Raphael Cobe (UNESP, Brazil), Marcela Alfaro Cordoba (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica), Louise Bezuidenhout (University of Oxford, UK), Chirayu Batra (IAEA), Ekpe Okorafor (Big Data Academy, Accenture, USA & AUST), Leonid Serkin (CERN), R Murenzi (TWAS), Rob Quick (Indiana University, USA), Hugh Shanahan (Royal Holloway University, UK), Simon Hodson (CODATA, France), Uli Singe (ICTP), Adrian Tompkins (ICTP), Marco Zennaro (ICTP), Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Local Organiser: Clement Onime

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Europe/Rome This School offers the students concrete and effective mathematical tools from algebra, group theory and geometry that can be applied to any scientific field. Below is a description of the courses. Advanced Linear Algebra The course starts by reviewing some basic ideas from a first course in linear algebra: matrices up to similarity, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, characteristic polynomial and diagonalisation. It then moves on to the Jordan canonical form. The aim is to cover also bilinear forms, multilinear forms and tensor products. After which we introduce the tensor, symmetric and exterior algebra with a view to representations of the general linear group. Groups, Counting and FFT We introduce the basic definitions in group theory using finite groups of rotations in 3-dimensional Euclidean space as examples. We then go on to use it in counting problems culminating in counting the number of ways one may colour faces of a cube with m-colours up to rotational symmetry. All of these lead to Maschke’s theorem and basic character theory. The aim is to use them to calculate character tables of some basic examples of groups and decompose some natural representations. Some applications of representation theory of finite groups, like the Fast Fourier Transform FFT, will be discussed. Introduction to Lie Algebras Lie Algebras are mathematical objects which, besides being of interest in their own right, elucidate problems in several areas in mathematics. The classification of the finite-dimensional complex Lie algebras is a beautiful piece of applied linear algebra. The aims of this course are to introduce Lie algebras, develop some of the techniques for studying them, and describe parts of the classification mentioned above, especially the parts concerning root systems and Dynkin diagrams. Modular Forms Modular forms are special functions on the complex upper half-plane. They are characterised by a functional equation which depends on an integer k, called the weight. These functions have beautiful properties - for example, the space of modular forms of a given weight is finite dimensional. Modular forms are naturally connected with many areas in mathematics, including the theory of lattices and quadratic forms, and various problems in number theory. The course will give an elementary introduction to modular forms. We will see how the space of modular forms of any weight k can be calculated explicitly. We will also study concrete examples of modular forms and their properties in detail, including the so-called Eisenstein series and the discriminant function. Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 14 Aug 2020

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Mathematics

EAUMP-ICTP School: Topics in Concrete Mathematics | (smr 3465)

Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio

Organizer(s): Omololu Akin-Ojo (EAIFR), Celestin Kurujyibwami (Rwanda), Balazs Szendroi (Oxford), ICTP Scientific Contact: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas

Cosponsor(s): Eastern Africa Universityhttp://www.eaump.org/, The London Mathematical Societyhttps://www.lms.ac.uk/, Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquéeshttp://www.cimpa-icpam.org/, Foundation Compositio Mathematicahttp://www.compositio.nl/index.html

**DEADLINE: 05/04/2020**

Hosted Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 7 Aug 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Science Diplomacy Summer Course | (smr H618)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): TWAS,

Europe/Rome Update: All participants are cordially invited to attend a Special Event and Reception on Sunday, 2 August from 18:00 to 20:00. The El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a strong driver of significant weather and climate anomalies across the globe. ENSO is probably one of the most studied phenomena in climate research, but there are still many open research questions, which will be discussed in this school. Also ENSO teleconnections continue to be an area of very active research. They include not only effects on the circulation over the mid-latitudes (Europe, Asia, North America, South America), but also a strong influence on the Asian Monsoon. The Monsoon also has its own set of teleconnections not all of which are related to ENSO. It will be very helpful for researchers and students alike to learn the latest advances in the understanding of ENSO dynamics and its broad range of teleconnections. One emphasis of this workshop will be the Asian Monsoon, which is a complex phenomenon of great importance to the regional agriculture and hence to the well-being of a very significant population. In recent years there has been an advance in understanding of how the Monsoon is affected by, and interacts with, the tropical ocean basins, the adjoining land masses, mid-latitudes and the stratosphere. Topics: Tropical ocean (ENSO) dynamics, including phenomenology ENSO theory, modeling, prediction Decadal Variability and long term trends ENSO teleconnections Decadal variations of interannual teleconnections Inter-basin connections Tropical-extratropical teleconnections Lecturers: S. BORDONI, University of Trento M. CANE, Columbia University A. CAPOTONDI, University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL R. CHATTOPADHYAY, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology A. CHERCHI, INGV E. GUILYARDI, LOCEAN/IPSL F.-F. JIN, University of Hawaii I.-S. KANG, SIO B. KIRTMAN, University of Miami M. L'HEUREUX, NOAA M. LENGAIGNE, Institut de recherce pour the developpement (IRD) M. MCPHADEN, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory F. MOLTENI, ECMWF A. MOURA, INPE A. SANTOSO, CSIRO E. SARACHIK, University of Washington C. WANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences A. WITTENBERG, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory S.-P. XIE, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Aug 2020 - 14 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

3rd Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Tropical Oceans, ENSO and their Teleconnections | (smr 3485)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Antonietta Capotondi (University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL), David Straus (George Mason University), Jagadish Shukla (George Mason University), Riccardo Farneti (ICTP), Adrian Tompkins (ICTP), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski

Cosponsor(s): NOAA Climate Variability and Predictabilitynoaa3, NOAA Modeling, Analysis, Prediction and Projection (MAPP)noaa2, NSF Physical Oceanographynsf2, US CLIVARusclivar, CLIVARusclivar2

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**DEADLINE: 01/05/2020**

Activity

17 Aug 2020 - 21 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Precision Theoretical Approaches to Correlated Electrons | (smr 3469)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Evgeny Kozik (King's College London, London, UK), Alessandro Toschi (Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev

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Activity

17 Aug 2020 - 21 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Quantum Microwaves, Heat Transfer and Many-body Physics in Mesoscopic Superconducting Devices | (smr 3470)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Pandora Malchose

Organizer(s): Ciprian Padurariu (Ulm University), Björn Kubala (Ulm University), Wiebke Guichard (Institut Neel, CNRS, Grenoble), Joachim Ankerhold (Ulm University), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio

Hosted Activity

24 Aug 2020 - 25 Aug 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

C-13 IUPAP Meeting | (smr H615)

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

Room: Lundqvist Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Joe Niemela,

Activity

24 Aug 2020 - 4 Sep 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Geometry of Discrete Actions | (smr 3471)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): David Dumas (University of Illinois at Chicago, U. S. A.), Bertrand Deroin (Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France), John Parker (University of Durham, U. K.), José Seade (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Local Organiser: Lothar Göttsche

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Europe/Rome The School provides early stage researchers with interactive experiences of hands-on research involving table-top experiments with computer data acquisition and modeling. Participants will also take part in professional development of improved scientific communication in English. An intensive programme of laboratory experiments, mathematical modeling, and lectures gives participants immersive experiences with complex systems in the physical and life sciences. Additionally, participants will present their own research in talks and posters with extensive faculty feedback to enhance the presentation quality. The faculty are eminent scientists who have conducted frontier table-top research published in leading international scientific journals. Topics: Biological Physics Modeling of Epidemics Soft Matter Physics Turbulence - Flow analysis by imaging particles Fluid Instabilities—Digital movies to determine dynamics Machine learning in table-top experiments Microfluidics Granular Materials Modeling in MATLAB - Molecular Dynamics Maker Movement Techniques--Microcontrollers Chemical patterns Computational Modeling Speakers will include: A. BROWN, University of Edinburgh, UK B. HUNT, University of Maryland, College Park, USA M. POLIN, University of Warwick, UK T. SOLOMON, Bucknell University, USA L. CRISTOFOLINI*, University of Parma, ITALY A-S. SMITH*, FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg, GERMANY * to be confirmed Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Aug 2020 - 4 Sep 2020

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Applied Physics

Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School | (smr 3472)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Eric Kostelich (Arizona State University, USA), Teuta Pilizota (The University of Edinburgh, UK), Michael F Schatz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Mark Shattuck (The City College of New York, USA), Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

Cosponsor(s): Arizona State University (ASU)asu, Georgia Techgt, The University of Edinburghuniv_edinb

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Ceremony

27 Aug 2020

@ ICTP

2020 Postgraduate Diploma Programme Graduation Ceremony and 2020 Spirit of Salam Award Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34152 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Activity

7 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP-CECAM School and Workshop on Molecular Dynamics and its Applications to Biological Systems | (smr 3483)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alessandra Magistrato (SISSA), Christian Micheletti (SISSA), Angelo Rossa (SISSA), Giovanni Bussi (SISSA), Alessandro Laio (SISSA), Edgar Roldan (ICTP), Alex Rodriguez (ICTP), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali

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Activity

7 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

College on Medical Physics: Medical Imaging Physics and Technology - Capacity Building in Developing Countries | (smr 3473)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Suzie Radosic

Organizer(s): Dr Mario De Denaro (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste), Prof Slavik Tabakov (King's College London UK), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi

Europe/Rome Adiabatic quantum computing and quantum annealing are promising technologies to be used in the near future quantum devices. The conference will deal with academic and basic research on these topics, with a broad focus, including quantum approximate optimization (QAOA) and other variational quantum approaches, and in close connection with the neighbouring fields of Quantum Simulations and Quantum Computation. It will bring together top-world experts in quantum technologies from different areas of condensed matter, photonics and atomic-and-molecular physics to discuss together their latest results and viewpoints. The scientific focus will be on conceptual, theoretical, and experimental trends. The meeting will collect, as is well established in Trieste, the world community active in these fields, for fruitful encounters and exchanges, and with an intense mixing of theoretical, simulation and experimental experiences, including emerging countries, in line with the mission of ICTP. Supplementing about 25 invited speakers, a number of shorter contributed will also be selected among applications. Topics: Role of entanglement Role of dissipation Role of non-stoquasticity Quantum complexity Non-adiabatic quantum computing Variational quantum algorithms Counter-diabatic driving Theoretical and numerical models of adiabatic quantum computing Non-traditional quantum driving including inhomogeneous driving and reverse annealing Digitized quantum annealing Quantum machine learning Speakers: D. AHARONOV*, Hebrew University, Israel C. BALDWIN, JQI Maryland, USA Y. BANDO, TITECH, Japan R. BLATT*, University of Innsbruck, Austria F. CATALIOTTI, University of Florence, Italy J.-M. CUI*, USTC Hefei, China A. DAS, IACS Kolkata, India A. DUTTA, IIT Kanpur, India E. FARHI*, Google, USA G. GUERRESCHI, Intel, USA I. HEN, UCLA, USA D. LIDAR, USC, USA S. LLOYD, MIT, USA G. M'BENG, University of Innsbruck, Austria S. MONTANGERO, University of Padova, Italy M. OHZEKI, Tohoku University, Japan G. PAGANO, Rice University, USA F. RICCI-TERSENGHI, University of Rome, Italy E. RIEFFEL, NASA, USA B. SANTRA, IIT Delhi, India V. SMELYANSKIY, Google, USA I. TAVERNELLI, IBM Zurich, Switzerland M. TROYER*, Microsoft, USA B. WHALEY, UCB, USA T. YAMAMOTO, NEC, Japan Note: * to be confirmed Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Sep 2020 - 11 Sep 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Quantum Annealing/Adiabatic Quantum Computation | (smr 3474)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Giuseppe E. Santoro (SISSA), Hidetoshi Nishimori (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Wolfgang Lechner (IQOQI), Local Organiser: Antonello Scardicchio

Cosponsor(s): Centre Européen de Calcule Atomique et Moléculaire, CECAM-IT-SISSA-SNScecam2, Trieste Institute for the Theory of Quantum Technologies, TQTtqt

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Activity

14 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Frontiers of Matter Wave Optics | (smr 3475)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Markus Arndt (University of Vienna), Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste), Andrea Trombettoni (CNR-IOM and SISSA), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

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Europe/Rome --- IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of its activitiesl: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact the ICTP Secretariat at smr3480@ictp.it --- Descriptive abstract: Collective quantum phenomena under non-equilibrium conditions is an active topic of research, with many open questions of great conceptual and practical interest. Out-of-equilibrium many-body systems can give rise to much richer scenarios than in thermodynamic equilibrium, and their understanding is becoming increasingly relevant for a wide range of experimental platforms. The purpose of this conference is to bring together leading experts of many-body open quantum system to represent the state of the art in the field, the most recent theoretical ideas and techniques, and the increasing number of relevant experimental platforms. The conference aims to promote interactions and further research advances, and to provide an overview of the most recent progress to young researchers entering the field. Topics will include: Dissipative phase transitions Measurement-based many-body state preparation Quantum state engineering by driving and dissipation Arrays of coupled QED or optomechanical cavities Random quantum circuits and other mesoscopic systems Trapped ions and Rydberg atoms in optical lattices Atomic condensates in optical cavities Keldysh and renormalization-group method Speakers: D. ANGELAKIS, National University of Singapore I. CARUSOTTO, Università di Trento J. CHALKER, Oxford University C. CIUTI, Université Paris Diderot S. DIEHL, Universität zu Köln R. EGGER, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf M.P.A. FISHER, University of California Santa Barbara I. GORNYI, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology A. KAMENEV, University of Minnesota I. LESANOVSKY, University of Nottingham S. MONTANGERO, Università di Padova K. MURCH, Washington University in St. Louis R. ORUS, Donostia International Physics Center P. RABL, Atominstitut, TU Wien P. RIBEIRO, Universidade de Lisboa M. SCHIRÓ, IPhT, CEA-Saclay T. SHI, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences A. SHNIRMAN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology K. SNIZHKO, the Weizmann Institute of Science L. TIAN, University of California Merced --- FURTHER INFO AND ONLINE APPLICATION SOON AVAILABLE --- Beijing - People's Republic of China ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020

@ Beijing - People's Republic of China

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Dissipative Quantum Many-Body Systems | (smr 3480)

Address: CSRC - Beijing Computational Science Research Center

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Stefano Chesi (Beijing CSRC, P.R. China), Aashish Clerk (University of Chicago, USA), Yuval Gefen (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Yingdan Wang (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China), ICTP Scientific Contact: Rosario Fazio

Activity

28 Sep 2020 - 2 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Biosphere - Climate Interactions in Earth System Models at Global and Regional Scales | (smr 3477)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Klaus Fraedrich (MPI-Hamburg), Jost Von Hardenberg (CNR-ISAC), Cosimo Solidoro (OGS), Filippo Giorgi (ICTP), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski

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Activity

28 Sep 2020 - 2 Oct 2020

@ Kigali - Rwanda

African Physical Society (AfPS) International Conference | (smr 3476)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Amna Abdallah (Georg August Universitaet Goettingen, Germany), Akintayo Adedoyin (University of Botswana, Botswana), Stephane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany), Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Italy), Omololu Akin-ojo (EAIFR, Rwanda), Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists, USA), Najeh Thabet Mliki (Université de Tunis El Manar.Tunisia), Moses Jojo Eghan (University of Cape Coast, Ghana), Mmansae Diale (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Ahmadou Wague (Universita Chiek Ante Diop, Senegal), Gebremedhn Gebreyesus (University of Ghana, Ghana), ICTP Scientific Contact: Ali Hassanali

Activity

28 Sep 2020 - 2 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Dosimetry in Radionuclide Therapy and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine | (smr 3478)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Gian Luca Poli (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Support E-Mail: smr3478@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

28 Sep 2020 - 4 Oct 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Italian Quantum Information Science Conference (IQIS 2020) | (smr H626)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): Rosario Fazio, Head CMSP/ ICTP,

Activity

5 Oct 2020 - 16 Oct 2020

@ Rabat - Morocco

Applied Physics

African Workshop on GNSS and Space Weather | (smr 3479)

Secretary: Elizabeth Brancaccio

Organizer(s): Sharafat Gadimova (UNOOSA, International Committee on GNSS), Patricia Doherty (Boston College, USA), Sandro Radicella (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Bruno Nava

Activity

5 Oct 2020 - 9 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA 3rd Course on Scientific Novelties in the Phenomenology of Severe Accidents in Water Cooled Reactors | (smr 3481)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mr. Abdallah Amri (IAEA/NSNI/SAS), Mr. Alexei Miassoedov (IAEA/NENP/NPTDS), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli

Support E-Mail: smr3481@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

5 Oct 2020 - 9 Oct 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

OWSD Early Career Fellowship Programme Orientation Workshop | (smr H613)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): OWSD-TWAS,

Activity

5 Oct 2020 - 16 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Seismic Tomography and Earth Structure | (smr 3482)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Local Organiser: Abdelkrim Aoudia

Support E-Mail: smr3482@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory constitute a vibrant and exciting field of current research in pure mathematics, with lots of connections to other areas such as probability theory, differential geometry, ODEs, and potential applications to such diverse areas as natural and biological sciences, economics, engineering, climate and disease modeling and many others. It can be thought of as a modern development of classical theories of Differential Equations and the fundamental concepts and guiding ideas go back more than a century to pioneering thinkers such as Poincaré, Birkhoff and Kolmogorov. Its interest and importance has only grown in time and several Fields Medals have been awarded in the area. The present Workshop is part of a long standing tradition of Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory activities at ICTP that was initiated by J. Palis and C. Zeeman in the early 1980s, and continued by Ya. Sinai, J.-C. Yoccoz and others. It will address a wide range of topics in this field, including: • dynamics of one-dimensional maps • homoclinic and heteroclinic behavior, fractal dimensions • partially hyperbolic systems, dominated splittings • singular hyperbolic flows • conservative dynamics, KAM theory • dynamics in homogeneous spaces • billiards, interval exchanges, Teichmüller flows • dynamics of rational and entire functions • symbolic dynamics, thermodynamic formalism • stochastic behavior of deterministic systems • Lyapunov exponents, nonuniform hyperbolicity The list of invited speakers reflects the diversity of these subjects. Their lectures will constitute the basis of the programme, but posters sessions are also planned, which will give participants an opportunity to present their works. Speakers: Artur AVILA, IMPA Rio de Janeiro and Zurich Pierre BERGER, Paris Christian BONATTI, Dijon Sylvain CROVISIER, Paris Danijela DAMJANOVIC, KTH, Stockholm Laura DEMARCO, Northwestern Lorenzo DIAZ, PUC, Rio de Janeiro Giovanni FORNI, Maryland Adam KANIGOWSKI, Maryland Holly KRIEGER, Cambridge Isabelle LIOUSSE, Lille Carlangelo LIVERANI, Rome Luna LOMONACO, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro Micheal LYUBICH, Stony Brook Alba MÁLAGA, ICERM, Brown Luca MARCHESE, Paris Stefano MARMI, Scuola Normale Pisa Gustavo MOREIRA, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro Maria Jose PACIFICO, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro Liviana PALMISANO, Durham Enrique PUJALS, CUNY, New York and IMPA, Rio de Janeiro Federico RODRIGUEZ-HERTZ, Penn State Samuel SENTI, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro Barabara SCHAPIRA, Rennes Khadim WAR, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro Amie WILKINSON, Chicago ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

12 Oct 2020 - 16 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Workshop on Dynamical Systems | (smr 3420)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Jacopo De Simoi (Toronto, Canada), Corinna Ulcigrai (Zurich, Switzerland), Marcelo Viana (IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Local Organiser: Stefano Luzzatto

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**DEADLINE: 01/07/2020**

Activity

19 Oct 2020 - 23 Oct 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA International School on Radioactive Waste Cementation | (smr 3484)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Ian A. Gordon (IAEA, NEFW), Rebecca A. Robbins (IAEA, NEFW), Willie Maeyer (IAEA, NEFW), Michael I.Ojovan (Imperial College London), Celine Cau Dit Coumes (CEA), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo

Support E-Mail: smr3484@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

19 Oct 2020 - 23 Oct 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

OWSD International Conference | (smr H617)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): OWSD-TWAS,

Hosted Activity

26 Oct 2020 - 30 Oct 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

CLUSTER3: A view from Italy on galaxy clusters in the 21st century | (smr H601)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Andrea Biviano, INAF-OATS, Paolo Creminelli, ICTP,

Activity

26 Oct 2020 - 6 Nov 2020

@ Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Earth System Physics

Integrating Climate Data, Predictions and Projections into Health Planning | (smr 3442)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Solomon Gizaw (University of Addis Ababa), Mike Wimberly (University of Oklahoma, USA), Madeleine Thomson (IRI, USA), Addisu Semie (LMD, Paris, France), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins

Activity

9 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Impact and Risk Relevant Climate Information from Global Scale Projections to Local Scale Climate Hazards | (smr 3450)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall, Euler Lecture Hall, Stasi Seminar Room, LB Informatics Lab

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen, Pandora Malchose

Organizer(s): Robert Vautard (IPSL), Alex Ruane (NASA), Roshanka Ranasinghe (IHE), Local Organiser: Erika Coppola

Hosted Activity

9 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

Science Diplomacy Alumni Review Meeting | (smr H623)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): TWAS,

Activity

12 Nov 2020 - 16 Nov 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Medical Physics Aspects of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3492)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Karen Christaki (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3492@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

16 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020

@ Trieste - Italy

ELETTRA Users workshop | (smr H620)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): Elettra-Sincrotrone,

Activity

17 Nov 2020 - 19 Nov 2020

@ Buenos AIres - Argentina

Earth System Physics

Conference on Regional Climate Modeling and Extreme Events over South America: Results from the CORDEX-Flagship Pilot Study | (smr 3428)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Silvina Solman (University of Buenos Aires/CIMA-CONICET, UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA), Marcelo Barreiro (University of the Republic), Maria Laura Bettolli (University of Buenos Aires/CONICET), Marta Llopart (UNESP), Rosmeri Porfirio da Rocha (IAG/USP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Erika Coppola

Activity

23 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Risk Assessment in Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3487)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Debbie Gilley (IAEA), Jenia Vassileva (IAEA), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3487@ictp.it

Activity

23 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020

@ Trivandrum - India

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Light-matter Interactions: Theory and Experiments at the Border with Biology | (smr 3488)

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Anna Painelli (University of Parma, Italy), Luca Grisanti (IRB, Zagreb, Croatia), Eric Vauthey (Université de Genève, Switzerland), Ravindra Venkatramani (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India), K. George Thomas (IISER-TVM, Thiruvananthapuram, India), Ankona Datta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India), Mahesh Hariharan (IISER-TVM, Thiruvananthapuram, India), ICTP Scientific Contact: Ali Hassanali

Activity

30 Nov 2020 - 18 Dec 2020

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on FPGA-based SoC and its Applications for Nuclear and Related Instrumentation | (smr 3490)

Address: via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Mladen Bogovac (IAEA), Francois Foulon (IAEA), Andres Cicuttin (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

Support E-Mail: smr3490@ictp.it

Activity

30 Nov 2020 - 11 Dec 2020

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology: Quantitative Approaches in Ecosystem Ecology | (smr 3486)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Simon Levin (Princeton University), Matteo Marsili (ICTP), Jacopo Grilli (ICTP), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani

Activity

7 Dec 2020 - 18 Dec 2020

@ Bombay - India

Mathematics

IITB-ICTP-TIFR Workshop on Physics, Geometry and Number Theory | (smr 3491)

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

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): D. Zagier (Max-Planck Institute, Bonn & ICTP), A. Gadde (TIFR Mumbai), U. Anandavardhanan (IIT Bombay), Atish Dabholkar (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Pavel Putrov

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Applied Physics

Winter College on Optics: Quantum Photonics and Information | (smr 3424)

Activity

New Research Areas

Workshop on LPWAN Solutions for the Internet of Things | (smr 3437)

Seminar

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Impossible Theories of Gravity

Seminar

Mathematics

Introduction to stacks

Activity

Quantitative Life Sciences

School and Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3425)

Activity

Quantitative Life Sciences

Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3427)

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale | (smr 3426)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: The Frustration of Being Odd: Boundary Conditions and Bulk, Local Order

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Bootstrapping N=4 super-Yang-Mills amplitudes to high loop orders

Seminar

Mathematics

Semi-stable laws for wobbly intermittent maps

Seminar

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Crunching Away the Cosmological Constant Problem

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Quantum Information Theory and Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale | (smr 3500)

Activity

Quantitative Life Sciences

Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3498)

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

How will we do mathematics in 2030?

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Seminar

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Title to be announced

Activity

High Performance Computing

Hands-on Workshop on Design, Installation and Management of HPC Data Centers for Scientific Institutions | (smr 3430)

Activity

Mathematics

Workshop on Differential Geometry Week 1 | (smr 3431)

Activity

Applied Physics

Citizen Science with Application to Nuclear, Seismic and Air Quality Monitoring | (smr 3429)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Physics Seminar: Quantum Computing Methods for Quantum Chemistry and Interacting Many-body Systems

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Activity

Mathematics

Workshop on Differential Geometry Week 2 | (smr 3503)