Scientific Calendar

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Europe/Rome The School is live-streamed on the ICTP QLS YouTube page at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3cvRkdfO-76JKosmx1tiXw Virtual meeting The Winter School on Quantitative System Biology has been held every year since 2012 at ICTP in Trieste, Italy and ICTS in Bangalore, India in alternating years. The topic of the 2020 School is Ecosystems Ecology, with a special focus on quantitative methods and modelling techniques. Ecology views biological systems as composed of many interdependent parts, whose interactions between themselves and the environment span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales (from cells to the biosphere). This incredible complexity of interactions parallels often with the simplicity of emergent statistical patterns of abundance and biodiversity, as well as nutrient cycling. Describing quantitatively the dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems requires therefore a broad range of mathematical and modelling techniques. Thanks to new experimental and sequencing techniques, community and ecosystem ecology are experiencing a revolution, as they are transitioning from a traditionally data-poor discipline to a data-rich one. This change presents new challenges and new possibilities for ecologists, physicists, and mathematicians around the world. This advanced school will focus on ecosystems, and it aims at providing an integrated perspective of both experimental and theoretical approaches. The topics covered include: • Ecological networks; • Population and community dynamics; • Macroecology, including ecosystems and landscapes; • Ecological interactions; • Ecological Communities in-vitro. Ecology has extremely important applications, from environmental preservation to disease eradication. Most ecologists in the majority of developing countries have strong applied expertise, but they are not up to date with the most recent theoretical and quantitative tools and results. Applied ecologists, with some quantitative background, could strongly benefit from this school, both in terms of exposure to fundamental questions in ecology, and of quantitative methods that they could apply to their research. On the other hand, the strong expertise in quantitative and theoretical tools (e.g., dynamical systems theory, stochastic processes, random matrix theory) of physicists and mathematicians from developing countries is sometimes dissipated to study problems of secondary relevance. This school could offer them exposure to up-to-date problems in quantitative ecology, where those theoretical tools could find interesting and novel applications. Lecturers: S. ALLESINA, University of Chicago, USA J. BASCOMPTE, University of Zurich, Switzerland D. FISHER, Stanford University, USA M. GATTO, Politecnico di Milano, Italy V. GUTTAL, Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc, India J. LEVINE, Princeton University, USA A. MARITAN, University of Padua, Italy J. O'DWYER, University of Illinois, USA M. PASCUAL, University of Chicago, USA A. RINALDO, EPFL, Switzerland A. SANCHEZ, Yale University, USA D. SEGRÈ, Boston University, USA C. STAVER, Yale University, USA J. WEITZ, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA J. YEAKEL, University of California, MERCED, USA Scientific Advisory Committee: V. BALASUBRAMANIAN, University of Pennsylvania, USA A. CELANI, ICTP, Italy S. JAIN, University of Delhi, India V.K. KRISHNAMURTHY, ICTS, Bangalore, India M. MARSILI, ICTP, Italy M. THATTAI, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 Nov 2020 - 18 Dec 2020

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Quantitative Life Sciences

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

Cosponsor(s): International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)icts

Support E-Mail: smr3486@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/11/2020**

Europe/Rome Jointly organized with Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Please click here for further information https://www.pks.mpg.de/scqm20/ The last two decades have witnessed the development of an increasingly interdisciplinary approach to the theory of strongly correlated systems interfacing with quantum field or quantum information theory and more recently with artificial intelligence. This has been accompanied by rapid experimental progresses, both in solid state and atomic physics platforms. The aim of this virtual school is to present a broad-spectrum introduction to the field of strongly correlated systems, with particular attention dedicated to cross- disciplinary aspects. The school is structured combining pedagogical lectures with several small scale, 'pyramidal' tutoring for some of the lectures, a series of 'overview' selected seminars, and a poster session. It will be a particular goal to foster scientific interactions, where we eagerly await also initiative actions and contributions by the participants. Topics include Computational approaches to correlated quantum matter Quantum many-body dynamics Frustrated magnets and topology Quantum information Programmable quantum devices Lattice gauge theories Invited Speakers A. BROWAEYS (FR) G. CARLEO (CH) C. CASTELNOVO (UK) A. GEORGES (US) T. HATSUDA (JP) V. KHEMANI (US) C. KOLLATH (DE) B. LAKE (DE) R. MELKO (CA) M. PALMA (IT) F. VICENTINI (CH) U.-J. WIESE (CH) Scientific Coordinators M. COLLURA, SISSA, Italy M. DALMONTE, ICTP, Italy M. HEYL, MPIPKS, Germany D. LUITZ, MPIPKS, Germany Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 Nov 2020 - 18 Dec 2020

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Virtual Winter School on Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter | (smr 3591)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): David Luitz (MPIPKS), Markus Heyl (MPIPKS), Mario Collura (SISSA), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

Support E-Mail: smr3591@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx The school will cover key aspects of fully-programmable Systems-On-Chip (SoC) technology and its applications to Nuclear and related instrumentation. The aim is to familiarize participants with underlying software design tools and hardware platforms through tutorials and project examples in the field of nuclear applications. Traditional FPGA devices have been utilized in many nuclear and related instruments for the past few decades, allowing multiple and parallel processing of signals from radiation detectors and other sensors. These features make instruments more compact by reducing number of required processors and minimizing complexity of analog electronics for signal processing. In the last few years new programmable SoC emerged which integrate the software programmability of powerful processors with the hardware configurability of FPGAs. In the first two weeks, participants will be familiarized with software automation tools and hardware setups based on SoC, through theoretical lectures, tutorials and assisted hands-on laboratory sessions. Programming at the block logic level as well as processor level will be performed and interfacing with a wide variety of modular platforms will be undertaken. In the third week, participants will do projects and build embedded instruments for Nuclear and related applications. Candidates willing to propose open research projects are especially encouraged to apply. Topics: System on Programmable Chip architecture and design methodologies Software Automation Tools Hardware/Software System Design FPGA and VHDL for Modeling and Logic Synthesis Embedded C Language Programming High level synthesis Real-time operating system Analog to digital and digital to analog conversions Real-time data acquisition, processing and transmission Digital pulse processing techniques Particle detectors Laboratory Sessions for Hands On Training and Experimentation 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

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 * CANCELLED * | (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

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3490@ictp.it

Europe/Rome In this talk I will discuss some recent developments in the study of entanglement in 1+1 and 2+0 dimensions quantum field theories. The seminar is divided into two parts, which are self-contained. In the first half I will review results for entanglement dynamics obtained in the scaling limit of the Ising spin chain, by using a form factor perturbation theory. Speculations about thermalization at large times and its absence will be given; this is a published joint work with O. Castro-Alvaredo, M. Lencses and I. Szecsenyi. In the second part, I will explain how genus two partition functions in CFTs with c<1 can be calculated using the conformal bootstrap. Such partition functions appear in the study of the mutual information and negativity and so-far there was no general technique to determine them. If not already in zeitnot, I will discuss two examples: the Lee Yang and the Ising CFT. The second part is an ongoing collaboration with F. Ares. Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

1 Dec 2020

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): Entanglement entropies and the modular bootstrap for $Z_3$ Riemann surfaces

Speaker(s): Jacopo VITI (IIP-UFRN, Natal, Brazil and INFN Florence, Italy)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtfu6spzIrG9M_P6bgdw0Hz28iTDMoaAN8 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

1 Dec 2020

@ Zoom Meeting

Cosmology

The Effective Field Theory for Hydrodynamics and its Analytic Properties

Speaker(s): Ashish Shukla (Perimeter Institute, Canada)

Abstract. Hydrodynamics provides an effective description for many-body systems near thermal equilibrium. The success of the paradigm rests on the idea that the dynamics of such near-equilibrium systems can be captured by a very small number of parameters, such as the temperature and fluid velocity, and their derivatives. For instance, relativistic hydrodynamics, which is applicable to systems which respect the Lorentz symmetry, has been immensely successful in understanding the properties of the Quark-Gluon plasma that is produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and CERN. In this talk, I will start by reviewing the construction of hydrodynamics in terms of a derivative expansion, followed by a discussion of the equilibrium generating functional and its properties. Interestingly, though the standard formulation of hydrodynamics captures the dissipative aspects of the system quite well, it does not take into account the effects of the underlying thermal fluctuations efficiently. One can remedy the situation to some extent by using the stochastic approach, where one can introduce random Gaussian fluctuations and derive an effective action. However, this approach has its limitations, as the structure of the interaction terms in the effective action is quite restricted. Recently, an effective field theory (EFT) approach based on the Schwinger-Keldysh (SK) formalism has been proposed, which systematically captures the effects of the underlying fluctuations, making use of symmetries. In the second part of the talk, I will review the construction of the stochastic as well as the SK effective actions for a theory of charge diffusion. I will then discuss a simplifying limit of the SK diffusive EFT, where the sound modes effectively decouple from the dynamics. I will discuss one-loop corrections to the retarded and symmetric correlators in this model, with special emphasis on the role played by the KMS symmetry in ensuring the correct analytic structure for the theory as required by the limit of thermal equilibrium, providing a strong consistency check on the EFT framework.

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lecture 1: Geometry of surfaces without conjugate points Abstract: This lecture focuses on the general geometric aspect of surfaces without conjugate points. This includes properties of such surfaces and definition of the ideal boundary of the universal cover. We will also define the geodesic flow in this lecture. Kindly register in advance for these meetings (you only have to register once to attend all events): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-igqjouE917PnJKgmidMHmi3lDa58se After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This lecture is to be considered as part of the ICTP Math Associates Seminars Series, being targeted to a general audience. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

1 Dec 2020

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 1

Speaker(s): Khadim War (IMPA)

References: [1] V. Climenhaga, G. Knieper, K. War, Uniqueness of the measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flow on certain manifolds without conjugate points. Accepted for publication in Advances in Mathematics. [2] V. Climenhaga, G. Knieper, K. War, Closed geodesic on surfaces without conjugate points. Preprint. [3] G. Knieper, Differentialgeometrie, Lecture notes.

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Giulia Galli is the Liew Family professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. She also holds a Senior Scientist position at Argonne National Laboratory, where she is the director of the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials. Prior to joining UChicago, she was Professor of Chemistry and Physics at UC Davis (2005-2013) and the head of the Quantum Simulations group at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL, 1998-2005). She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the International School of Advanced Studies in Italy. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), American Association for the Advancement of Science and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the National Academy of Sciences. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the LLNL Science and Technology Award, the US Department of Energy Award of Excellence, the Materials Research Society Theory Award, the APS David Adler Lectureship in Materials Physics, the Feynman Nanotechnology Prize in Theory, the medal of the Schola Physica Romana and the Tomassoni-Chisesi award by the Sapienza University of Rome. Her research activity is focused on the development and use of theoretical and computational methods to understand and predict the properties and behavior of materials (solids, liquids and nanostructures) from first principles (https://galligroup.uchicago.edu/). Abstract: Materials are enablers of innovation in science and technology and have brought about revolutionary changes to society: familiar examples are the materials used in transistors and in batteries that have become omnipresent in our daily lives. In this talk we will tell an atomic-level story of how we can predict and design materials for next generation technologies, by combining theories based on quantum mechanics, software running on high performance computers and ever-growing amounts of data. We aim to tackle two outstanding challenges: designing sustainable materials to efficiently capture solar energy and enable technologies deployable in both developed and developing countries, and inventing materials to build radically novel sensors and computers, to move in earnest into the quantum information age Register in advance for this ICTP Colloquium at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vlt76aWZRdeM0RR_904uvg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the talk, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming on the day at: ictp.it/livestream All are welcome to attend. ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

2 Dec 2020

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Giulia Galli on "Materials and Molecules Through In-silico Lenses"

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. Giulia Galli, University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkfu-srDsqG90ZCXIrQzK1g6HrtsZKJPRt After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Dec 2020

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Topological Vertex/anti-Vertex and Supergroup Gauge Theory

Speaker(s): Yuji Sugimoto (University of Science and Technology, Anhui, P.R. China)

Abstract. In this talk, I propose the new kind of topological vertex, called anti-vertex, which gives the partition function of supergroup gauge theory. First, I will explain some backgrounds of topological strings and supersymmetric gauge theories. After that, I will explain how we find the anti-vertex and some applications of the anti-vertex. Reference: arXiv:2001.05735, arXiv:1905.01513

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lecture 2: Measure of maximal entropy via Patterson-Sullivan measures Abstract: : This lecture focuses more on the dynamical aspect of the geodesic flow. We will define the measure of maximal entropy and give its construction via the Patterson-Sullivan measures on the ideal boundary. Kindly register in advance for these meetings (you only have to register once to attend all events): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-igqjouE917PnJKgmidMHmi3lDa58se After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This lecture is to be considered as part of the ICTP Math Associates Seminars Series, being targeted to a general audience. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Dec 2020

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 2

Speaker: Khadim War (IMPA)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome The hypothesis that water may possess a second critical point located at deeply supercooled conditions was formulated in an effort to provide a thermodynamically consistent interpretation for numerous experimentally-observed anomalies of water. While the preponderance of evidence is consistent with the existence of a second critical point, no unambiguous experimental proof has been found to date. Computer simulations can bypass the main challenge to experiments, rapid crystallization, but require computational efforts that prevented the rigorous verification of the presence of a second critical point in accurate water models up to now. Here, we use the histogram reweighting and large-system scattering calculations to investigate computationally two molecular models of water, TIP4P/2005 and TIP4P/Ice, widely regarded to be among the best classical force fields for this substance. We show that both models possess a metastable liquid-liquid critical point at deeply supercooled conditions and that this critical point is consistent with the 3-d Ising universality class. Next-generation challenges in this field include i) bringing higher accuracy (i.e. quantum mechanical accuracy) models to better performance so that above-mentioned analyses (finite-size scaling via histogram reweighting and large-system scattering) would be possible to perform ii) developing advanced sampling techniques to accelerate the sampling of slow-relaxation events, such as long-range correlations near criticality. Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Dec 2020

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Liquid-liquid critical point in realistic models of water

Speaker(s): Gül H. ZERZE (Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University, NJ 08544, U.S.A.)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February up to 26 June as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx Bombay - India ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Dec 2020 - 18 Dec 2020

@ Bombay - India

Mathematics

IITB-ICTP-TIFR Workshop on Physics, Geometry and Number Theory * CANCELLED * | (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

Europe/Rome Lecture 3: Some statistical properties of the geodesic flow Abstract: : In this lecture we will prove that the measure of maximal entropy constructed above is unique and therefore ergodic. We will also prove that the geodesic flow is mixing with respect to the measure of maximal entropy. Kindly register in advance for these meetings (you only have to register once to attend all events): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-igqjouE917PnJKgmidMHmi3lDa58se After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

8 Dec 2020

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 3

Speaker: Khadim War (IMPA)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome ICTP has awarded the 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries to Carolina Araujo of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Prize Ceremony takes place at ICTP (via remote) on Wednesday 9 December 2020 at 15.00 hrs (CET/Trieste time). The prize is in recognition of Araujo's outstanding work in algebraic geometry, in particular in birational geometry and the theory of extremal rays, of which she gave important applications, in particular obtaining a characterization of projective spaces and hyperquadrics; for her work in the study and classification of Fano varieties, and her study of algebraic foliations. Araujo has also played a key role in promoting women in mathematics and in the organization of important mathematical activities. Araujo specializes in algebraic geometry, including birational geometry and foliations. She has been a Simons Associate with ICTP since 2015, and is the vice president of the Committee for Women in Mathematics at the International Mathematical Union. The programme for the ceremony will include a talk by Professor Caucher Birkar (University of Cambridge, UK) on "Algebraic geometry and beyond". ICTP administers the Ramanujan Prize jointly with the Department of Science and Technology (DST, Government of India), and the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The prize is awarded annually to a researcher from a developing country who is less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the year of the award, and who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country. Researchers working in any branch of the mathematical sciences are eligible. A more detailed programme will follow soon. The events will be livestreamed from the ICTP website All are welcome to attend. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gejri_kDRKan47M4-LwV7g After registration you will receive a confirmation with the link and password. Livestreaming on the day is at: video.ictp.it/livestream ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

9 Dec 2020

2020 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony and a Celebration of Mathematics

Room: Online

The Prize Ceremony takes place (via remote) on Wednesday 9 December 2020 at 15.00 hrs (CET/Trieste time). The Prize is awarded to Professor Carolina Araujo, IMPA, Brazil. The programme for the ceremony will include a talk by Professor Caucher Birkar, University of Cambridge, UK.

Seminar

10 Dec 2020

@ VIRTUAL

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): to be announced

Speaker(s): Alexi MORIN-DUCHESNE (Mathematical Physics, Univ. Catholique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApd-qtrjIpHdIYiZH5YnpD6eseufCIWjMo After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. ZOOM Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Dec 2020

@ ZOOM Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Valentina Forini (City University of London, UK)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Lectures 4 and 5: Counting the closed geodesics Abstract: In these two lectures we prove a Margulis-type asymptotic estimate for the number of free homotopy classes of closed geodesics. This can be seen as the prime geodesic theorem in this setting of surfaces without conjugate points. Kindly register in advance for these meetings (you only have to register once to attend all events): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-igqjouE917PnJKgmidMHmi3lDa58se After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Dec 2020

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lectures 4 and 5

Speaker: Khadim War (IMPA)

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Seminar

15 Dec 2020

@ VIRTUAL

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): to be announced

Speaker(s): Naftali R. SMITH (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris and LPTMS, Orsay, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Ned S. Wingreen received a B.S. in Physics from California Institute of Technology in 1984, and his Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from Cornell University in 1989 as a Hertz Fellow. Wingreen is currently a theoretical physicist and the Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences at Princeton University. He is a member of the Department of Molecular Biology and of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, where he is currently Director of Graduate Studies. He is the Associate Director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, and is also associated faculty in the Department of Physics. Working with Yigal Meir, Wingreen formulated the Meir-Wingreen Formula which describes the electric current through an arbitrary mesoscopic system. Abstract: DNA sequencing has revealed hundreds to thousands of microbial species coexisting in all natural habitats, including inside human hosts. However, resource-competition models predict that the number of species in steady coexistence cannot exceed the number of resources - the so-called “paradox of the plankton”. To address this puzzle, we model how trade-offs in metabolic abilities level-the playing field among competing microbes. Our model spontaneously reproduces several notable features of natural ecosystems, including high diversity, keystone species, and population dynamics. More information on the link for registration will follow shortly. All are welcome to participate. ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

16 Dec 2020

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Ned Wingreen on "Modeling microbial diversity"

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. Ned Wingreen, Princeton University, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual School, 1st edition This online school is the first in a series of events to be held during 2021 under the joint title “The Hitchhiker's Guide to Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics” whose goal is to sketch a roadmap of current exciting research directions in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics. These events are aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as young researchers interested in learning more about different subjects, both from the developing world and elsewhere. The lectures will be held once a week over 4 weeks in January and February 2021 and will lead the students from basic notions to the open problems in each topic. Each week one of the four lecturers will present 1h of basic notions + 1h of a colloquia style lecture, with ample time for discussions. The first series of lectures will be dedicated to Machine Learning (ML) and its intersections with Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics. How can statistical physics help in understanding the theory behind ML techniques? What are the most fruitful applications of ML methods to condensed matter physics? The lectures will answer these and other questions related to ML and many-body quantum systems, quantum computing, and material physics. Lecturers: G. CARLEO, EPFL, Switzerland J. CARRASQUILLA, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Canada B. CHENG, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom D. SCHWAB, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA Basic notions sessions will be held before the main lectures. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 Jan 2021 - 3 Feb 2021

@ Online -

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Machine Learning for Condensed Matter | (smr 3589)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Rosario Fazio (ICTP), Ali Hassanali (ICTP), Asja Jelic (ICTP), Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia (ICTP), Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP), Local Organiser: Asja Jelic

Support E-Mail: smr3589@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 30/11/2020**

Europe/Rome The school will cover key aspects of fully-programmable Systems-On-Chip (SoC) technology and its applications to Nuclear and related instrumentation. The aim is to familiarize participants with underlying software design tools and hardware platforms through tutorials and project examples in the field of nuclear applications. Traditional FPGA devices have been utilized in many nuclear and related instruments for the past few decades, allowing multiple and parallel processing of signals from radiation detectors and other sensors. These features make instruments more compact by reducing number of required processors and minimizing complexity of analog electronics for signal processing. In the last few years new programmable SoC emerged which integrate the software programmability of powerful processors with the hardware configurability of FPGAs. In the first two weeks, participants will be familiarized with software automation tools and hardware setups based on SoC, through theoretical lectures, tutorials and assisted hands-on laboratory sessions. Programming at the block logic level as well as processor level will be performed and interfacing with a wide variety of modular platforms will be undertaken. In the third week, participants will do projects and build embedded instruments for Nuclear and related applications. Candidates willing to propose open research projects are especially encouraged to apply. Topics: System on Programmable Chip architecture and design methodologies Software Automation Tools Hardware/Software System Design FPGA and VHDL for Modeling and Logic Synthesis Embedded C Language Programming High level synthesis Real-time operating system Analog to digital and digital to analog conversions Real-time data acquisition, processing and transmission Digital pulse processing techniques Particle detectors Laboratory Sessions for Hands On Training and Experimentation Speakers will include: P. BAZARGAN SABET, Sorbonne Université, France J. DONDO, University of San Luis, Argentina N. JOVALEKIC, TTTech Computertechnik AG, Austria I. KONOROV, TUM, Germany S. LEVORATO, INFN, Italy F. RINCON CALLE, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain H. RONGEN, Jülich, Germany C. SISTERNA, University of San Juan, Argentina F. TESSAROTTO, INFN, Italy ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 Jan 2021 - 5 Feb 2021

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on FPGA-based SoC and its Applications for Nuclear and Related Instrumentation | (smr 3562)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 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

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3562@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 10/01/2021**

Seminar

27 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 1: Colloquium on "What the Universe’s Baby Picture reveals About Fundamental Physics"

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. David Spergel, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, USA

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Seminar

28 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 2: Public Talk on “Our Simple Strange Universe”

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. David Spergel, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, USA

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Seminar

29 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 3. Seminar Talk on "Determining the Universe’s Initial Conditions”

Room: Online

Speaker(s): Prof. David Spergel, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, USA

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome The workshop aims to enhance knowledge on performing retrospective and prospective risk analysis and managing unintended and accidental patient exposure in advanced radiotherapy techniques, thus contributing to strengthening patient safety while delivering high quality radiotherapy services. It is estimated that 50-60% of patients with cancer would benefit from radiotherapy. Expanding radiotherapy into areas with limited current access and introducing new more effective treatment techniques has the potential to save a great number of lives, but it is mandatory that the expansion is done with safety in mind, considering the complexity of this high-technology treatment modality and the potential for serious consequences when something goes wrong. The workshop would seek to target experienced medical physicists working in radiotherapy departments in hospitals. The workshop is particularly relevant to participants coming from hospitals intending to introduce new radiotherapy techniques. Participants will become acquainted with their international peers and will have a unique opportunity to establish links for their mutual support. Topics: Link between quality and safety in radiotherapy Factors responsible for the safe delivery of radiotherapy services Lessons learned from radiotherapy incidents and accidents that have occurred in the past Potential incidents in IMRT, SBRT, IGRT, IORT, 3D brachytherapy, etc. Reporting and learning from unintended events IAEA safety reporting and learning system SAFRON Measures to prevent unintended and accidental exposure Methods for retrospective and prospective risk analysis Distribution of responsibilities for patient safety Radiation safety culture Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Feb 2021 - 5 Mar 2021

@ Online -

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Risk Assessment in Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3563)

Room: Online

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, The European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncologyestro1, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm2, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physicsefomp

Support E-Mail: smr3563@ictp.it

Activity

22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3556)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Angelo Rosa (SISSA), Alfredo Braunstein (Politecnico Torino), Jacopo Grilli (ICTP), Antonio Celani (ICTP), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Support E-Mail: smr3556@ictp.it

Activity

8 Mar 2021 - 19 Mar 2021

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Citizen Science with Application to Nuclear, Seismic and Air Quality Monitoring | (smr 3565)

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 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

Activity

15 Mar 2021 - 17 Mar 2021

@ Online -

Earth System Physics

Workshop on Indian Ocean Variability and Teleconnections | (smr 3592)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): In-Sik Kang (Second Institute of Oceanography), Cristina Stan (George Mason University), David Straus (George Mason University), Martin Hoerling (NOAA), Jim Hurrell (Colorado State University), Franco Molteni (ECMWF), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski

Support E-Mail: smr3592@ictp.it

Hosted Activity

26 Jun 2021 - 27 Jun 2021

@ Trieste - Italy

YouthDIG 2021 | (smr H630)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH) and Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): EuroDIG,

Hosted Activity

28 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2021

@ Trieste - Italy

EuroDIG 2021 | (smr H629)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Organizer(s): EuroDIG-ICTP, Local Organizer: Marco Zennaro,

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Quantitative Life Sciences

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

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Virtual Winter School on Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter | (smr 3591)

Activity

Applied Physics

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

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): Entanglement entropies and the modular bootstrap for $Z_3$ Riemann surfaces

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Cosmology

The Effective Field Theory for Hydrodynamics and its Analytic Properties

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Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 1

Colloquium

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Giulia Galli on "Materials and Molecules Through In-silico Lenses"

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Topological Vertex/anti-Vertex and Supergroup Gauge Theory

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Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 2

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Liquid-liquid critical point in realistic models of water

Activity

Mathematics

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

Seminar

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lecture 3

Ceremony

2020 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony and a Celebration of Mathematics

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): to be announced

Seminar

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Title to be announced

Seminar

Mathematics

ICTP Math Lecture Series on Dynamics of the Geodesic Flow on Surfaces Without Conjugate Points - Lectures 4 and 5

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): to be announced

Colloquium

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Ned Wingreen on "Modeling microbial diversity"

Activity

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Machine Learning for Condensed Matter | (smr 3589)

Activity

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on FPGA-based SoC and its Applications for Nuclear and Related Instrumentation | (smr 3562)

Seminar

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 1: Colloquium on "What the Universe’s Baby Picture reveals About Fundamental Physics"

Seminar

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 2: Public Talk on “Our Simple Strange Universe”

Seminar

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel no. 3. Seminar Talk on "Determining the Universe’s Initial Conditions”

Activity

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Risk Assessment in Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3563)