Scientific Calendar

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Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual School, 1st edition Note: The lectures will be held once a week over 4 weeks on Wednesday in the early afternoon, CET time. The Conference is live-streamed on the ICTP Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics YouTube page at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYc-eBoIpXTKSVBB2nUH6ezrMbT727Cka Due to great interest, the deadline for applications is extended to 15 December 2020. 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 Tutors: T. CAN, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA W. NGAMPRUETIKORN, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA F. VICENTINI, EPFL, Switzerland Basic notions sessions will be held before the main lectures. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 Jan 2021 - 3 Feb 2021

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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: 15/12/2020**

Europe/Rome An ICTP-IAEA Virtual Meeting 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 Lecturers: P. BAZARGAN SABET, Sorbonne Université, France H. BEN ABDELOUAHED, IAEA, Austria F. DE DINECHIN, National Institut of Applied Sciences, France J. DONDO, University of San Luis, Argentina I. KONOROV, TUM, Germany S. LEVORATO, INFN, Italy G. MAGHELLA SEMINARIO, IAEA, Austria R. MELO, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Argentina F. RINCON CALLE, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain H. RONGEN, Jülich, Germany C. SISTERNA, University of San Juan, Argentina F. TESSAROTTO, INFN, Italy Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Jan 2021 - 19 Feb 2021

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Applied Physics

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

Room: Online

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**

Europe/Rome The percolation properties of random fields arise naturally in many contexts, ranging from planet science to transport in disordered systems. In this talk we will discuss new results concerning the percolation transition of long-range correlated random fields. In particular we show that the level sets of surfaces with negative Hurst exponent are conformal fractals. Moreover, we revisit and solve the long-standing problem of the percolation transition in the 2D Gaussian Free Field (GFF). We show the existence of a non-trivial transition where the level set of the GFF become "logarithmic fractals". The correlation function of such fractals is also exactly computed. VIRTUAL ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

26 Jan 2021

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics): The Topography of Random Surfaces: Percolation Transitions and Conformal Fractals

Speaker(s): Raoul SANTACHIARA (Univ. Paris-Sud, LPTMS, Orsay, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome You are cordially invited to participate in the Graduation Ceremony of the students of the 6th cycle of the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics, a two-year advanced training programme in the field of medical physics, jointly organised by ICTP and the Trieste University and co-sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The first year is spent at ICTP while the second year is dedicated to clinical professional training in a Medical Physics Department of an Italian hospital of the training network, supported by the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM). The International organisation for medical physics (IOMP) has given an international accreditation to the programme. The programme is supporting LMI countries in the development of medical physics, an applied physics sector contributing to the development, introduction and use of advanced technologies in the medical sector. Including the 12 students of this 6th cycle, so far the programme has graduated 97 medical physicists (32% female) from about 60 countries (45 from Africa, 24 from Asia, 21 from Latin America and Caribbean, 6 from Europe and 1 from Oceania). Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V5K2EomDSK6cxcxbIFOk9w After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the Webinar, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream. The tentative programme outline is as follows: Introduction: Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP), followed by Atish Dabholkar (ICTP Director), Valter Sergo (Trieste University), Deborah van der Merwe (Human Health Dept, IAEA), Slavik Tabakov (IOMP Past President, IUPESM Vice-President), Michele Stasi (AIFM), Ahmed Meghzifene (MMP External Advisor), Representative of EFOMP (tbc) Brief remarks: invited guest (tbc) Invited lecture: “Pros and Cons of Particle Therapy General overview, state of the art, future perspectives” by Professor Marco Durante (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) Degrees distribution to graduating students (Renata Longo and Atish Dabholkar). All are welcome to attend. Online ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

26 Jan 2021

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GRADUATION CEREMONY: Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (2019/2020)

As of 2020, a total of 122 students have arrived at ICTP for the combination of theoretical and practical training offered by the Masters in Medical Physics programme since it was inaugurated in 2014. These new graduates will play key practical roles in healthcare as highly trained medical physicists, involved in both individual and public health.

Europe/Rome David Spergel is the director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research interests range from the search for planets around nearby stars to the shape of the universe. Since completing his Ph.D. work, he has been interested in using laboratory experiments and astronomical observations to probe the nature of dark matter and look for new physics. Using microwave background observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, he has measured the age, shape and composition of the universe. His observations have played a significant role in establishing the standard model of cosmology. Spergel is one of the leaders of the Simons Observatory, which will include a planned millimeter-wave telescope that will allow us to take the next step in studying the microwave sky and probing the history of the universe. Spergel is co-chair of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly known as WFIRST) science team. The Roman Telescope will study the nature of dark energy, complete the demographic survey of extrasolar planets, characterize the atmospheres of nearby planets and survey the universe with more than 100 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. After 30 years at Princeton, Spergel is now retired and full-time at the Simons Foundation, and Charles Young Professor of Astronomy Emeritus on the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University where he was department chair for nearly a decade. He is associate faculty member in both the department of physics and the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton. He has been the mentor of 32 graduate students, 35 postdoctoral fellows and 60 undergraduates, and continues to advise and mentor graduate students at Princeton. Spergel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012 and was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. His work has been recognized with the Warner Prize and the Heinemann Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, Shaw Prize, Gruber Prize, and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Abstract for the Colloquium: Observations of the cosmic microwave background and measurements of the large-scale structure of the universe have revealed the initial fluctuations that grew to form galaxies. I will review measurements showing that these fluctuations were Gaussian random phase and that the basic properties of the universe appear to be described by the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model. I will report recent results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope that probe not only the initial conditions but also map the integrated matter density, integrated pressure and integrated electron monentum through gravitational lensing and the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effects. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3YbVuQHIQ4m4MZYw7svSqQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the Webinar, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream The Lecture Series takes place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2021 at 16.00 hrs each day on the same Zoom ID. The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lecture Series receives generous support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). For more information see: https://kfas.ictp.it/ ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel. Lecture 1: "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

Europe/Rome David Spergel is the director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research interests range from the search for planets around nearby stars to the shape of the universe. Since completing his Ph.D. work, he has been interested in using laboratory experiments and astronomical observations to probe the nature of dark matter and look for new physics. Using microwave background observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, he has measured the age, shape and composition of the universe. His observations have played a significant role in establishing the standard model of cosmology. Spergel is one of the leaders of the Simons Observatory, which will include a planned millimeter-wave telescope that will allow us to take the next step in studying the microwave sky and probing the history of the universe. Spergel is co-chair of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly known as WFIRST) science team. The Roman Telescope will study the nature of dark energy, complete the demographic survey of extrasolar planets, characterize the atmospheres of nearby planets and survey the universe with more than 100 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. After 30 years at Princeton, Spergel is now retired and full-time at the Simons Foundation, and Charles Young Professor of Astronomy Emeritus on the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University where he was department chair for nearly a decade. He is associate faculty member in both the department of physics and the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton. He has been the mentor of 32 graduate students, 35 postdoctoral fellows and 60 undergraduates, and continues to advise and mentor graduate students at Princeton. Spergel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012 and was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. His work has been recognized with the Warner Prize and the Heinemann Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, Shaw Prize, Gruber Prize, and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Abstract for the public talk: Observations of the microwave background, the left-over heat from the big bang, the large-scale distribution of galaxies and the properties of distant supernova have led to a remarkable simple model for our universe. With only five parameters (the density of atoms, the density of matter, the age of the universe, the amplitude of fluctuations in the early universe and their scale dependance), this model can fit a host of astronomical observations. We have now determined these basic parameters at the few percent level or better. While simple, our universe is very strange. Atoms make up only 5% of the universe, most of the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy. We do not understand how the universe began or why there is more matter than anti-matter. I will review our current understanding and look forward to future measurements that can address these big open questions. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3YbVuQHIQ4m4MZYw7svSqQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the Webinar, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream The Lecture Series takes place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2021 at 16.00 hrs each day on the same Zoom ID. The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lecture Series receives generous support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). For more information see: https://kfas.ictp.it/ ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

28 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel: Lecture 2: “Our Simple Strange Universe”

Room: Online

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

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome The 2019 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony which was due to take place in May 2020 during the ICTP Summer School on Cosmology 2020 has been re-scheduled to Friday 29 January 2021 starting at 13.30 hrs and will be online. 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. Dirac Medal lectures (25 mins each) are as follows: * "How predictive are cosmological theories?" by Professor Viatcheslav Mukhanov. Abstract: I will discuss the robust model independent predictions of the theory of quantum origin of the universe structure and confront them with the results of the recent measurements of the CMB fluctuations. * "Beginning the Universe from the maximally symmetric state in the past" by Professor Alexei A. Starobinsky. Abstract: The radical hypothesis that our Universe was in the maximally symmetric state during some period in its remote past, as much symmetric with respect to both quasi-classical background and small quantum perturbations upon it as physical laws permit this, has been realized in some rather narrow class of slow-roll inflationary models and has led to quantitative predictions about the power spectra of primordial scalar and tensor inhomogeneous perturbations which have been confirmed by observations in the former case. From the theoretical point of view, these models provided us with the wonderful possibility to apply the previously developed quantum field theory in curved space-time, more concretely, the quantum-gravitational effect of creation of particles and field fluctuations in cosmological backgrounds, to phenomena observable at the present time. The simplest viable inflationary models which I shall discuss have only one adjustable dimensionless parameter to be taken from observations. They correctly predicted deviation of the primordial scalar spectrum from the exactly scale-invariant one (n_s =1), where n_s is the spectral slope, by relating this small quantity to the ratio of the Hubble constant to the present CMB temperature. Their next most important target prediction is about the purely quantum-gravitational effect: the amplitude of primordial tensor perturbations (gravitational waves) in terms of the relation between the tensor-to-scalar ratio r and n_s: r = 3(1- n_s)^2. However, nature may require more parameters for the phenomenological description of the inflationary stage, in particular, if some of already discovered black holes would be proven to be primordial. * "The X-Ray map of the Universe with a million accreting supermassive black holes and tens of thousands of clusters of galaxies" by Professor Rashid Sunyaev. Abstract: The Orbital Observatory “Spektr-RG” (SRG) was launched to the halo orbit around the L2 point 1.5 million km away from the Earth with the PROTON launcher on July 13th, 2019. It scanned the whole sky twice already and created the map of the Universe and the “Milky Way” Galaxy in X-Rays. More than a million supermassive accreting black holes in quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei at cosmological distances up to z=6.2 are detected already. The observations of the clusters of galaxies (most massive gravitationally bound objects in the Universe) demonstrated that X-Ray sky surveys could still compete with the microwave SZ-effect sky surveys. We plan to use this giant amount of bright objects at high z to study the growth of the large scale structure of the Universe using Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations and other cosmological tests during and after reionization. I plan to mention the discovery of “eRosita Bubbles” above and below the plane of our Galaxy, detection of X-Ray emission from hundreds of stars with exoplanets, Tidal Disruption Events and very strong variability of the X-Ray sky on the half a year time scale. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT: Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mavq6fWGSlWo_ueIj-amsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the Webinar, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream. A detailed programme outline will be available shortly. 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 pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

29 Jan 2021

2019 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

Room: Online

2019 Dirac Medal lectures: "How predictive are cosmological theories?" (Professor Viatcheslav Mukhanov) "Beginning the Universe from the maximally symmetric state in the past" (Professor Alexei A. Starobinsky) "The X-Ray map of the Universe with a million accreting supermassive black holes and tens of thousands of clusters of galaxies" (Professor Rashid Sunyaev) The Dirac Medal and Awards Ceremony will be followed by the third talk in the 2020 Salam Distinguished Lecture Series (on a separate Zoom platform - see below).

Europe/Rome Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucuypqjorG9DEWT_unX9mtbmwHXtsw5b7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: In this talk I will discuss the notions of an optimal symplectic connection and stability of fibrations. The former is a PDE for a canonical choice of fibrewise constant scalar curvature Kähler (cscK) metric, for a fibration whose fibres admit cscK metrics. The latter is a notion of algebro-geometric stability for such fibrations. The goal of the talk is to explain what these notions are, partly in preparation for Michael Hallam's talk the following week. I aim to explain how the notions arose, and how they specialise to the Hermite-Einstein equation and slope stability, respectively, for the underlying vector bundle, when the fibration is the projectivisation of a vector bundle. I will survey some of the results known about these notions, and how they are related. This is joint work with Ruadhaí Dervan. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

29 Jan 2021

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP/SISSA Math Seminar on Kähler Geometry: Optimal symplectic connections and stability of fibrations

Speaker(s): Lars Sektnan (Aarhus University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Europe/Rome David Spergel is the director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research interests range from the search for planets around nearby stars to the shape of the universe. Since completing his Ph.D. work, he has been interested in using laboratory experiments and astronomical observations to probe the nature of dark matter and look for new physics. Using microwave background observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, he has measured the age, shape and composition of the universe. His observations have played a significant role in establishing the standard model of cosmology. Spergel is one of the leaders of the Simons Observatory, which will include a planned millimeter-wave telescope that will allow us to take the next step in studying the microwave sky and probing the history of the universe. Spergel is co-chair of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly known as WFIRST) science team. The Roman Telescope will study the nature of dark energy, complete the demographic survey of extrasolar planets, characterize the atmospheres of nearby planets and survey the universe with more than 100 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. After 30 years at Princeton, Spergel is now retired and full-time at the Simons Foundation, and Charles Young Professor of Astronomy Emeritus on the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University where he was department chair for nearly a decade. He is associate faculty member in both the department of physics and the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton. He has been the mentor of 32 graduate students, 35 postdoctoral fellows and 60 undergraduates, and continues to advise and mentor graduate students at Princeton. Spergel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012 and was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. His work has been recognized with the Warner Prize and the Heinemann Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, Shaw Prize, Gruber Prize, and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Abstract for the seminar talk: Can we go beyond measuring the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and recover the universe’s initial conditions? I will begin by describing some of teh observational programs that will give us a more complete picture of the large-scale structure of the universe: the Rubin Observatory, the Euclid Telescope, DESI, the Roman Space Telescope and the Simons Observatory. I will then ask whether we can forward model the universe from initial conditions to match these data sets. This challenging problem will require the use of machine learning techniques to enable rapid forward modeling of the universe. I will describe recent efforts by our group at Flatiron in this area. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3YbVuQHIQ4m4MZYw7svSqQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Should you not be able to join the Webinar, the Colloquium is also available in live streaming at: ictp.it/livestream. The Lecture Series takes place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2021 at 16.00 hrs each day on the same Zoom ID. The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lecture Series receives generous support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). For more information see: https://kfas.ictp.it/ ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

29 Jan 2021

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel: Lecture 3: "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

Seminar

2 Feb 2021

@ VIRTUAL

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

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

Speaker(s): Maciej KOCH-JANUSZ (University of Zurich UZH, Physik-Institut, Condensed Matter Theory, Zurich, Switzerland)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrd-itqTIsHtFddrq2MLucPsKFX2QeDYUA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Feb 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Monica Guica (NORDITA, Sweden)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: not available yet Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ldOihrjgoGdDgehJGX_7Q6ttuP8VSNCRB After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom event ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

5 Feb 2021

@ Zoom event

Mathematics

ICTP/SISSA Math Seminar on Kähler Geometry: Title to be announced

Speaker: Michael Hallam (Oxford University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Seminar

11 Feb 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Null Boundary Charges and Symmetries

Speaker(s): Shahin Sheikh Jabbari (IPM, Tehran, Iran)

Abstract. Formulation of theories with local symmetries in presence of boundaries has revealed interesting features, stressing further the significance of "boundary degrees of freedom" (b.d.o.f.) and the symmetries and algebras arranging the b.d.o.f. In particular, one may apply these ideas to black hole solutions to gravity theories where the horizon can be viewed as a null boundary for the set of observers outside the horizon. The b.d.o.f. and the associated charges and algebras in these examples may remedy problem of identification of black hole microstates. In this talk I provide a general discussion on the formulation of null boundary symmetries and algebras and summarise and the latest developments in realisation of the Hawking-Perry-Strominger idea.

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvdu6vpzwvEtMOgmJk_-8hVI20cRrXsZ9O After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

18 Feb 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Ben Freivogel (University of Amsterdam)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome A Joint ICTP-IAEA Virtual Meeting 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. Participants to the workshop should complete the web based training 'Safety and Quality in Radiotherapy' http://www.iaea.org/resources/rpop/resources/online-training#2 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 Lecturers: E. FORD, AAPM, USA N. JORNET, ESTRO, Spain B. MCCLEAN, EFOMP, Ireland Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Feb 2021 - 5 Mar 2021

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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 Medicineaapm3, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physicsefomp

Support E-Mail: smr3563@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/01/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting 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 22 February to 19 March 2021. 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 theoretical physics. The Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems aims to expose students to a selection of topics at the forefront of research during an intensive, 4-week programme. It consists of 5 courses of 9 lectures each. The Spring College is part of the Master programme in the Physics of Complex Systems. The 2021 Spring College will be held online and it is open to qualified Master and PhD students. Lecturers and Courses: D. BUETI, SISSA, Italy “The Neuroscience of Space, Time and Number” M. DALMONTE and A. RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, ICTP, Italy “Data Mining the Many-body Problem” M. MARSILI, ICTP, Italy “Introduction to Mathematical Economics” E. ROLDAN, ICTP, Italy “Stochastic Thermodynamics” G. SANGUINETTI, SISSA, Italy “Probabilistic Modeling and Bayesian Inference” Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021

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Quantitative Life Sciences

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alfredo Braunstein (Politecnico di Torino), Angelo Rosa (SISSA), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): Politecnico di Torinopolito, International School for Advanced Studiessissa3

Support E-Mail: smr3556@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/01/2021**

Europe/Rome An ICTP virtual meeting The “Total Energy” Workshop has been held traditionally in Trieste every two years since 1987. The Workshop is about recent progress in electronic structure methods and their applications. The aim is a critical discussion of methods and of possible combinations and challenging applications. It has become one of the most popular regular events of the international ab-initio electronic structure community. In these strange times, it is important to keep our community together and to continue to exchange information on exciting developments in our field. For this reason, we decided to opt for an on-line “micro” version of the workshop, which has been for decades an essential place for meeting and discussion. The event will take place daily from 2 pm to 5 pm CET, to allow participation from many time zones. Beside three plenary talks, we plan to have 12 contributed talks, to be chosen among the applications, and 2 poster sessions. Plenary Speakers: M. PARRINELLO, ETHZ, Switzerland N. SPALDIN, ETHZ, Switzerland A. ZUNGER, University of Colorado, USA Scientific Advisory Board: E. ARTACHO, University of Cambridge, UK (Chair) O. AKIN-OJO, EAIFR, Rwanda W. ANDREONI, EPFL, Switzerland S. BIERMANN, Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, France R. CAR, Princeton University, USA C. FILIPPI, University of Twente, The Netherlands M. FINNIS, Imperial College, UK R. GEBAUER, ICTP, Italy X.-G. GONG, Fudan University, China J. IHM, Seoul National University, Korea E. KOCH, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany G. KRESSE, University of Vienna, Austria R. M. MARTIN, Stanford University, USA F. MAURI, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy A. MOSTOFI, Imperial College London, UK S. NARASIMHAN, JNCASR, India J.B. NEATON, University of California, USA W. PICKETT, University of California, USA A. RAPPE, University of Pennsylvania, USA L. REINING, Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, France G. RIGNANESE, UC Louvain, Belgium Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 Feb 2021 - 25 Feb 2021

@ Online -

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

20th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods | (smr 3554)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Tanusri Saha Dasgupta (S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences), Francesco Mauri (University of Rome Sapienza), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Support E-Mail: smr3554@ictp.it

For applications with Talks and/or Posters: 15 January 2021 For applications without Talks and/or Posters: 7 February 2021 **DEADLINE: 07/02/2021**

Seminar

23 Feb 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Cosmology

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Valerie Domcke (CERN)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Perhaps the most promising candidate for a source of H2 in future hydrogen driven global energy economy is the electrolytic splitting of H2O. For the reductive half of this reaction, i.e. the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), Pt is the current champion catalyst and its cost and scarcity limit widespread deployment of devices based on this chemistry. The HER on Pt has been studied for decades and, for much of that time, an enormous amount of effort has been expended looking for alternative catalysts with similar activity and stability, largely without success. Part of the challenge of such materials discovery efforts is that why Pt is such an excellent HER catalyst is not well understood: there is no proposed HER mechanism that is consistent with all experimental observations (e.g. that can explain the dependence on electrolyte, Pt surface structure and pH). Experimentally characterising HER mechanism is challenging: measurements under steady-state nonequilibrium conditions cannot generally distinguish intermediates from unwanted side products and elementary processes with timescales of femtoseconds to seconds are all important in understanding reactivity. We approach this problem by performing perturbation experiments in which we alter the chemical potential of Pt electrons using a femtosecond optical pulse and monitor interfacial structure using a combination of femtosecond resolved electrical and optical techniques as the electronic excitation dissipates. In this talk I will show how experiments detecting femtosecond induced photocurrents suggest that charge transfer along the Pt-H bond can be inhibited by interfacial water structure, how the results of interface-specific vibrational spectroscopy suggest that adsorbed hydrogen readily diffuses between different types of atop adsorption sites, and how this mobility appears to dramatically change at 0 V vs. RHE. Virtual ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

24 Feb 2021

@ Virtual

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Towards an Experimental, Femtosecond-resolved, view of Hydrogen Evolution on Platinum

Speaker(s): R. Kramer Campen (Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

25 Feb 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Andrea Puhm (Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, France)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclce-uqDovHNV9rgzZXfVDV8KQVF20v6VV After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

2 Mar 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Irene Tamborra (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlfuurpz4jGdNLO7-xptbui5DKvw4zA6T9 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Mar 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Yifan Wang (Harvard University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Landau's idea of classifying phases of matter in terms of symmetry breaking is a cornerstone of modern physics. Can time-translation invariance be spontaneously broken? The possible existence of time-crystals was first addressed by Wilczek for quantum many-body systems, and together with Shapere for classical systems, launching an intense activity both theoretically and experimentally. Despite their conceptual simplicity and apparent similarity to ordinary crystals, they were experimentally observed only three years ago, eighty years after the Landau theory of symmetry breaking. The field is continuing to grow fed with new theoretical ideas and experimental works. Main goal of the conference is to bring together the most active groups in the field to exchange their latest results. Topics that will be covered in the activity include: - discrete time-crystals - continuous time-translation symmetry breaking - dissipative time crystals - time-crystals in classical systems - condensed matter physics in time crystals Speakers: V. ELTSOV, Aalto University, Finland L. GUO, MPI for the Science of Light, Germany P. HANNAFORD, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia A. HEMMERICH, University of Hamburg, Germany V. KHEMANI, Stanford University, USA A. KOSIOR, MPI for Complex Systems, Germany O. KYRIIENKO, University of Exeter, UK I. LESANOVSKY, Nottingham University, UK W.V. LIU, University of Pittsburgh, USA J. MARINO, Mainz University, Germany A. NUNNENKAMP, Cambridge University, UK A. RUSSOMANNO, MPI for Complex Systems, Germany A. SANPERA, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain M. SCHIRO, College de France, France M. SEGEV, Technion, Israel A. SHAPERE, University of Kentucky, USA H. TAHERI, University of California Riverside, USA M. UEDA, University of Tokyo, Japan P. VAN DER STRATEN, Utrecht University, The Netherlands F. WILCZEK, MIT, USA N. YAO, UC Berkeley, USA O. ZILBERBERG, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Mar 2021 - 10 Mar 2021

@ Online -

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Time Crystals | (smr 3593)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Krzysztof Sacha (Jagiellonian University, Krakow), Local Organiser: Rosario Fazio

Cosponsor(s): Trieste Institute for the Theory of Quantum Technologies (TQT)tqt

Support E-Mail: smr3593@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/02/2021**

Europe/Rome Open Science refers to an umbrella concept that combines various movements and practices aiming to make scientific knowledge, methods, data and evidence freely available and accessible for everyone, increase scientific collaborations and sharing of information for the benefits of science and society. This includes scholarly research that is collaborative, transparent and reproducible and whose outputs are publicly available. Within this framework, Citizen Science is a key element aiming inter alia to extend collaboration with societal actors beyond the scientific community by opening up practices and tools that are part of the research cycle. In this online workshop we will 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. The workshop will include a first introductory week where we will present the scientific benefits of Citizen Science, its societal impact and the latest tools and instruments. The second week will be devoted to the development of low-cost nuclear radiation, seismic and air quality sensors. Participants may choose to only attend the first week or the complete activity, i.e. including the practical work on the development of low-cost sensors. For the second week, participants will have to indicate their preference in attending one of the three practical activities dedicated to nuclear radiation, seismic or air quality sensors. Time: Lectures will be held daily from 1pm to 4pm CET. Discussions will be held using an online collaboration platform. Topics: Sustainable Development Goals and the role of technology Open Science and Citizen Science Citizen Science as Science 3D printing and the FabLab revolution The role of inexpensive technology in Citizen Science Statistical inference in scientiﬁc reasoning What to do with data from Citizen Science Projects Practical work on the development of low-cost nuclear radiation, seismic or air quality sensors Applications: Applications for the first week ONLY 'Introduction' can be submitted on this page by clicking on 'Apply here'. If you are interested in attending the second week of the workshop 'Applications' too, where we will focus on the application of citizen science in the fields of nuclear radiation, seismic and air quality monitoring, follow the link http://indico.ictp.it/event/9532/ and click on 'Apply here'. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Mar 2021 - 12 Mar 2021

@ Online -

Applied Physics

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

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

Support E-Mail: smr3565@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Please note unusual time! Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvcOmtrTMvHNZrUsJP9YhJh03cNEkBJTGy After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

11 Mar 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Jorrit Kruthoff (Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, USA)

Seminar Start Time: 17:00

Europe/Rome Open Science refers to an umbrella concept that combines various movements and practices aiming to make scientific knowledge, methods, data and evidence freely available and accessible for everyone, increase scientific collaborations and sharing of information for the benefits of science and society. This includes scholarly research that is collaborative, transparent and reproducible and whose outputs are publicly available. Within this framework, Citizen Science is a key element aiming inter alia to extend collaboration with societal actors beyond the scientific community by opening up practices and tools that are part of the research cycle. In this online workshop we will 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. The workshop will include a first introductory week where we will present the scientific benefits of Citizen Science, its societal impact and the latest tools and instruments. The second week will be devoted to the development of low-cost nuclear radiation, seismic and air quality sensors. Participants may choose to only attend the first week or the complete activity, i.e. including the practical work on the development of low-cost sensors. For the second week, participants will have to indicate their preference in attending one of the three practical activities dedicated to nuclear radiation, seismic or air quality sensors. Time: Lectures will be held daily from 1pm to 4pm CET. Discussions will be held using an online collaboration platform. Topics: Sustainable Development Goals and the role of technology Open Science and Citizen Science Citizen Science as Science 3D printing and the FabLab revolution The role of inexpensive technology in Citizen Science Statistical inference in scientiﬁc reasoning What to do with data from Citizen Science Projects Practical work on the development of low-cost nuclear radiation, seismic or air quality sensors Applications: Applications for the first week ONLY 'Introduction' can be submitted at the following link http://indico.ictp.it/event/9462/ by clicking on 'Apply here'. If you are interested in attending the second week of the workshop 'Applications' too, where we will focus on the application of citizen science in the fields of nuclear radiation, seismic and air quality monitoring, please submit your application on this page by clicking on 'Apply here'. Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

14 Mar 2021 - 19 Mar 2021

@ Online -

Applied Physics

Citizen Science with Application to Nuclear, Seismic and Air Quality Monitoring: Applications | (smr 3596)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

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

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

Support E-Mail: smr3565@ictp.it

Europe/Rome An ICTP Virtual Meeting The focus of this workshop is the variability of the Indian Ocean climate and its teleconnections on sub-seasonal to multidecadal time scales during the boreal cold season. Observational and modelling studies address topics ranging from sub-seasonal predictability to inter-decadal trends. At interannual time scales, the Indian Ocean hosts two important modes of variability: the Indian Ocean Basin Mode and the Indian Ocean Dipole. Both modes have two-way interactions with ENSO, but they may also exist independently. Through their influence on rainfall anomalies, they have important teleconnections to other tropical and extratropical regions. At sub-seasonal scales, atmospheric variability over the Indian Ocean is being widely investigated. Organized convection occurs in this region during the early phases of the MJO mode, producing global teleconnections. Furthermore, ENSO teleconnections to the Indian Ocean change on sub-seasonal timescales. At decadal timescales, the Indian Ocean shows important variability associated with a strong warming trend, which affects global decadal variability and regional climate change. Recent findings on these and related topics will be discussed at the workshop. Topics: • Teleconnections of Indian Ocean modes of variability with other tropical ocean basins • Seasonal variations of ENSO teleconnections to Indian Ocean variability • Tropical and extratropical teleconnections from Indian Ocean anomalies at intra-seasonal to decadal scales: similarity and differences across time scales • Predictability arising from Indian Ocean teleconnections • Impact of Indian Ocean warming trend on global climate Speakers include: K. ASHOK, University of Hyderabad, India M.A. BALMASEDA, ECMWF, UK S. HARDIMAN, Met Office, UK H. HENDON, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia M. HOERLING, NOAA, USA J. HURRELL, Colorado State University, USA I.-S. KANG, Second Institute of Oceanography, China F. KUCHARSKI ICTP, Italy P. KUSHNER, University of Toronto, Canada F. MOLTENI, ECMWF, UK C. STAN, George Mason University, USA D. STRAUS, George Mason University, USA F. VITART, ECMWF, UK T. WOOLLINGS, University of Oxford, UK Registration: There is no registration fee. Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

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): Martin Hoerling (NOAA), Jim Hurrell (Colorado State University), Franco Molteni (ECMWF), Cristina Stan (George Mason University), David Straus (George Mason University), Local Organiser: Fred Kucharski

Support E-Mail: smr3592@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 28/02/2021**

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdeugpjkvH9WJSnaGXi04arn1puhBRh2Y After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

23 Mar 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Cosmology

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Elisa Chisari (Utrecht University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocuCrrzgiE9csPGcOBstyEr5fORQRbvJt After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Apr 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Michele Del Zotto (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

22 Apr 2021

@ Zoom Meeting

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

Speaker(s): Mark Van Raamsdonk (University of British Columbia)

Seminar Start Time: 17:00

Europe/Rome The course programme covers scientific topics of direct relevance to the physical, chemical and radiological phenomena occurring during progression of severe accidents in Water Cooled Reactors, including an overview of past events and advanced technologies designed to cope with such events. The course aims at building a comprehensive understanding of the complex phenomena associated with progression of severe accidents in WCRs and their consequences. Knowledge transfer will be facilitated between the international expert lecturers and the young nuclear professional and engineer participants through online discussions aiming at a comprehensive understanding of the physical, chemical and radiological phenomena specific to severe accidents in WCRs. Relevant nuclear safety principles, recent advancements in scientific methods, approaches and simulation tools to assess the interrelated phenomena during different phases of severe accident progression, and the role of technologies designed to prevent progression of, and mitigate consequences from, such accidents in WCRs will be presented. Introduction: Physics of Water Cooled Power Reactors Nuclear Safety and IAEA Safety Standards for Water Cooled Power Reactors Phenomenology in Severe Accident Progression: Nuclear Fuel Degradation Relocation of Melted Fuel In-Vessel Melt Retention Reactor Vessel Failure Mechanisms Ex-Vessel Corium Cooling Early-Phase Containment Failure Late-Phase Containment Failure Physics and Chemistry of Source Term Fission Products Behaviour and Transport Hydrogen Generation, Transport and Explosion Numerical Simulations of Severe Accident Phenomena Phenomenology of Technological Challenges in Propagation of Severe Accidents and Mitigation of their Consequences: Containment Pressure Venting Prevention of Hydrogen Explosions Severe Accident Management Online - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021

@ Online -

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA 3rd Course on Scientific Novelties in the Phenomenology of Severe Accidents in Water Cooled Reactors | (smr 3571)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Alexei Miassoedov (IAEA/NENP/NPTDS), Simone Massara (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

Support E-Mail: smr3571@ictp.it

Activity

24 May 2021 - 28 May 2021

@ Online -

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics , New Research Areas (Renewable Energies)

Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Solid/Liquid Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage | (smr 3577)

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

Room: Online

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: smr3577@ictp.it

Activity

31 May 2021 - 11 Jun 2021

@ Online -

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Particle Physics | (smr 3560)

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

Room: Online

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Andrea Romanino (SISSA), Joan Elias-Miró (ICTP), Local Organiser: Giovanni Villadoro

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,

Activity

6 Dec 2021 - 10 Dec 2021

@ Seibersdorf, Wien - Austria

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Medical Physics Aspects of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Techniques | (smr 3566)

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

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Viktoriya Lvova, Adriana Pinto

Organizer(s): Karen Christaki (IAEA), ICTP Scientific Contact: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm

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

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

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GRADUATION CEREMONY: Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (2019/2020)

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Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel. Lecture 1: "What the Universe’s Baby Picture Reveals About Fundamental Physics"

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Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel: Lecture 2: “Our Simple Strange Universe”

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2019 Dirac Medal and Prize Ceremony

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ICTP/SISSA Math Seminar on Kähler Geometry: Optimal symplectic connections and stability of fibrations

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Salam Distinguished Lectures 2021 by Prof. David Spergel: Lecture 3: "Determining the Universe’s Initial Conditions”

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

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

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

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

20th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods | (smr 3554)

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Cosmology

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

CMSP Seminar (Atomistic Simulation Webinar Series): Towards an Experimental, Femtosecond-resolved, view of Hydrogen Evolution on Platinum

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

HECAP Seminar: Title to be announced

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Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

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Conference on Time Crystals | (smr 3593)

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