Scientific Calendar

Each year, ICTP organizes more than 60 international conferences, workshops, and numerous seminars and colloquia.

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Room: Adriatico Guest House (Giambiagi Lecture Hall) Lab: Adriatico Guest House Eklund Lab.

Secretary: R. Torre

Organizer(s): S.M. Radicella

Cosponsor(s): European Commissionec

Support E-Mail: smr2658@ictp.it

Europe/Rome After showing how to prove the integrated c-theorem within the functional RG framework based on the effective average action, we derive an exact RG flow equation for Zamolodchikov's c-function in two dimensions by relating it to the flow of the effective average action. In order to obtain a non-trivial flow for the c-function, we will need to understand the general form of the effective average action away from criticality, where nonlocal invariants, with beta functions as coefficients, must be included in the ansatz to be consistent. We then apply our construction to several examples: exact results, local potential approximation and loop expansion. In each case we construct the relative approximate c-function and find it to be consistent with Zamolodchikov's c-theorem. Finally, we present a relation between the c-function and the (matter induced) beta function of Newton's constant, allowing us to use heat kernel techniques to compute the RG running of the c-function. arXiv: 1312.7097 SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 005 (Ground floor) ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

21 Jan 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 005 (Ground floor)

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "A functional RG equation for the c-function"

Speaker(s): Alessandro CODELLO (SISSA)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

22 Jan 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Quiver reading seminar. Quiver representations over finite fields (II).

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

Speaker(s): Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: The quasiparticle concept is the foundation of our understanding of the dynamics of many-body quantum systems. It originated in the theory of metals, which have electron-like quasiparticles; but it is also useful in more exotic states like those found in fractional quantum Hall systems. However, modern materials abound in systems to which the quasiparticle picture does not apply, and developing their theoretical description remains one of the most important challenges in condensed matter physics. I will present an elementary description of two key models without quasiparticle excitations, both motivated by recent experiments. The first is the superfluid-insulator transition of ultracold bosonic atoms trapped in optical lattices in two spatial dimensions. Its low energy theory is a conformal field theory in 2+1 spacetime dimensions, and this fact allows us to gain insight from the AdS/CFT correspondence of string theory. The second model is the Pomeranchuk instability of two dimensional metals at which 90 degree lattice rotation symmetry is broken. Such an instability has been found to play a prominent role in many recent experiments on the high temperature superconductors in the vicinity of the "strange metal" regime. The Pomeranchuk critical point realizes a metal with a Fermi surface, but no sharp quasiparticle excitations. I will summarize our current understanding, which draws upon the methods of quantum field theory and holography. I will conclude with a perspective on the physics of the high temperature superconductors. The lectures will review key background material on Fermi liquid theory and the theory of phase transitions, and will not assume knowledge of string theory or the AdS/CFT correspondence. The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series are livestreamed and can be viewed at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/videos ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Jan 2014 - 30 Jan 2014

@ ICTP

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2014: "Theory of Quantum Matter: from Quantum Fields to Strings"

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

Seminar Start Time: 07:00

Europe/Rome A. Mellit will give a survey talk on Horn's problem following Fulton's paper "Eigenvalues, invariant factors, highest weights and Schubert calculus". Horn's problem is the characterization of the eigenvalues of the sum of two Hermitian matrices in terms of those of the summands. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

29 Jan 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Reading seminar on quiver representations and Nakajima quiver varieties.

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

Seminar

4 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Are cosmology and sterile neutrinos still good friends?

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

Speaker(s): Irene TAMBORRA (University of Amsterdan, The Netherlands)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Mobile Science (6 February 2014) followed by Science Dissemination for the Disabled (7 February 2014) m-Science as such, comprises three main subjects of interest with a great impact on the society: sensing, computing and dissemination of scientific knowledge by the use of mobile devices. As a follow up of our previous first workshop on m-Science (held in Trieste in 2010), the stateof-the-art topics to be covered are among others: • mobile data collection and environmental monitoring, e.g., in caves and Karst areas, • participatory remote sensing at large scale, • use of mobile devices to raise scientific awareness and promote education for all, • capture brainwave data to mobile devices, • access to science by the disabled. Particular attention will be paid towards innovation within a scientific environment and the existing projects and technologies to be usable by people with disabilities to study science. Trieste - Italy ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Feb 2014 - 7 Feb 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

New Research Areas

Workshop on m-Science (6 Feb), followed by: Science Dissemination for the Disabled (7 Feb) | (smr 2571)

Organizer(s): E. Canessa, C. Fonda, M. Zennaro, K. Trivedi. ICTP Local Organizer: E. Canessa

Secretary: P. Wardell

Support E-Mail: smr2571@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Given an orthonormal basis {e_n} in a de Branges space (a certain Hilbert space of entire functions), and i.i.d. random variables {a_n} with real normal distribution N(0,1), we consider the Gaussian Analytic Function: F(z)=\sum_n a_n e_n(z). In this talk, we will present some results on the distribution of the real zeroes of F(z). It is natural that this random set contains information about the underline Hilbert space. We will see that this information is enough to characterize, up to some nice isomorphism, the de Branges space. We will also show some partial results on the hole probability. We will pay special attention to the Paley-Wiener space, and the spaces associated to the Airy and Bessel functions, because these three spaces also appear in point processes related to random matrices.This talk is based on a joint work with Jordi Marzo and Jan-Fredrik Olsen. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

7 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Symmetric GAF in de Branges spaces

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

Speaker(s): Jorge Antezana (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, & IAM Buenos Aires)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in collaboration with the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the European Optical Society (EOS), the Societa Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF), the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS) will organize a Winter College on Optics: fundamentals of Photonics - Theory, Devices and Applications, which will be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 10 to 21 February, 2014. The Winter College consists of four parts. The first one presents foundations of electromagnetic optics, optical waveguides and photodetectors. The second part is dedicated to integrated optics theory, photonic circuits design, numerical simulations, special sources for integrated optics ending with special dedication to photonic materials, assembling and packing techniques. The third part of the course will be dedicated to technological applications of waveguide platform and optoelectronic circuits. Finally, the fourth part concentrates in particular photonics devices, non-linear photonics and plasmonics and ending with applications of photonics in biomedicine and renewable energy. MAIN TOPICS • Fundamental of photonics, electromagnetic optics, waveguides theory • Integrated optics, photonics circuits • Computational methods for photonic devices design and characterization • Wave guide platforms and optoelectronic circuits • Technology transfer • Photonics in biomedicine and renewable energy An ICTP PREPARATORY SCHOOL will be organized the week before the College (from 3 to 7 February 2014) for a limited number of selected participants. The Preparatory School will provide background tutorials and exercises designed to help the participants in following the College lectures. The LAMP (Laser, Atomic and Molecular Physics) program is intended for presentations by the participants. All participants are encouraged to present their own research, either in poster form or as a short oral presentation, and the program will be finalized sufficiently prior to the start of the College. Poster prizes will be awarded, sponsored by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Feb 2014 - 21 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Winter College on Optics: Fundamentals of Photonics - Theory, Devices and Applications | (smr 2572)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 34151 - Trieste (Italy)

Room: Leonardo Building (Main Lecture Hall) Lab: Adriatico Guest House Infolab.

Secretary: S. Fairclough

Organizer(s): P. Cheben, L. Ponce, J. Niemela, L. Pavesi, M.L. Calvo, M. Danailov (Local Organizer). ICTP Local Organizer: J. Niemela

Cosponsor(s): International Commission for Opticsico (ICO), Optical Society of Americaosa (OSA), International Society for Optics and Photonicsspie (SPIE), European Optical Societyeos (EOS), Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonicasiof (SIOF), US National Academy of Sciencesnas (NAS), and International Society on Optics Within Life Sciencesowls(OWLS)

Support E-Mail: smr2572@ictp.it

Quiver reading seminar

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

Speaker(s): Claudio Arezzo (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Seminar

12 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Many particle-physics in one dimension: Correlations and dynamics"

Speaker(s): Roberta CITRO (Universita' di Salerno)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Activity

20 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

TWAS Steering Committee Meeting | (smr H374)

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

Europe/Rome I will survey some results on 3-manifold groups and discuss how they allow us to decide the existence of symplectic structures on some classes of 4-manifolds. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Higher rank zeta functions for curves over finite fields

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

Speaker(s): Don B. Zagier (Max Planck Institut für Mathematik, Bonn)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 14:00

Seminar

27 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR - A conjecture on virtual properties of Kähler groups

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

Speaker(s): Stefano Vidussi (University of California at Riverside)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The first part of the talk will aim to motivate slope stability for quivers using GIT via the Hilbert-Mumford criterion. In the second part, we investigate reasonable abelian subcategories of derived categories. Combining these two notions, in a sensible manner, will eventually lead us towards the definition of stability conditions on derived categories. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Feb 2014

@ ICTP

Learning seminar on Bridgeland Stability conditions III - "Quiver stability/ t-structures"

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

Speaker(s): Tarig Abdelgadir (ICTP)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome The Telecommunications/ICT for Development Laboratory (T/ICT4D) of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), in collaboration with the International elecommunication Union - Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU/BDT), the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) and the National Institute of Telecommunications (NIT, Poland), is organising a School on Open Spectrum and Applications of White Spaces Technologies to be held in Trieste from 3 to 14 March 2014. In the last couple of years a new opportunity for spectrum use has emerged in the form of TV White Spaces (TVWS). Originally conceived as a technology that could take advantage of the guard bands or "white spaces" that were left between television channels to prevent interference, TVWS has the potential to address research challenges of remote academic institutions, as well as opening up alternatives for building community wireless networks. Traditional spectrum allocation methods are unlikely to be able to cope with the exponential growth in demand for broadband access in emerging markets. There is a pressing need to examine alternative models of spectrum allocation. Dynamic spectrum sharing based on software and cognitive radio can play a significant role in tomorrow's telecommunication systems. With the final goal of connecting Research and Education Centres to the Internet with low cost means to improve Internet access, the School will examine the state of the art in Open Spectrum and TVWS technologies and emerging regulations. The school will address the latest information from TVWS pilots around the world and will include hands-on sessions. The following key topics will be discussed: • Radio Physics • Software Defined Radio • Cognitive Radio • Open Spectrum Acess • TV White Spaces Technologies Case studies from TV White deployments will be presented. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Mar 2014 - 14 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

New Research Areas

Workshop on Advanced Techniques for Scientific Programming and Management of Open Source Software Packages (10-21 March), followed by LAMMPS Users and Developers Workshop and Symposium (24-28 March) | (smr 2574)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 34151 - Trieste (Italy)

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler + Lundqvist Lab: Adriatico Guest House Infolab.

Secretary: N. Ivanissevich

Looking for light top squarks: rummaging through the data

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

Speaker(s): Diptimoy GHOSH (Universita' La Sapienza, Roma)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Tropical geometry has nowadays several, different facets related to algebraic gometry, commutative algebra, symplectic geometry, optimization, low-dimensional topology, knot theory and physics. In the context of enumerative geometry the idea is to replace objects from algebraic geometry by combinatorial objects, we say we tropicalize these objects. The key feature of tropicalization is that important information about the objects (related to the problem studied) is conserved. After a recap of basic notions, I will give an overview of recent achievements of tropical enumerative geometry and discuss current directions of research. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Tropical and Enumerative Geometry

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

Speaker(s): Franziska Schroeter (Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Seminar

20 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Entanglement thermodynamics

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

Speaker(s): Mohsen ALISHAHIHA (IPM, Tehran, Iran)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna, Austria) is organizing a Workshop on "Nuclear Structure and Decay Data: Theory and Evaluation" to be held at ICTP in Trieste from 24 - 28 March 2014. The Workshop constitutes a unique opportunity for scientists to gain extensive and up- to-date training on the evaluation of nuclear structure and decay data, as developed to produce the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF) and Nuclear Data Sheets for use and adoption by the nuclear physics community. Reliable evaluated nuclear structure and decay data are of vital importance in a large number of energy and non- energy based applications such as power generation, materials analysis, dosimetry and medical diagnostics, as well as basic nuclear physics and astrophysics. Important features of these needs are satisfied by the work undertaken by the International Network of Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (NSDD) Evaluators. The main products of this worldwide network are the recommended data files and evaluated decay data. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Mar 2014 - 28 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Structure and Decay Data: Theory and Evaluation | (smr 2575)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 34151 - Trieste (Italy)

Room: Adriatico Guest House (Giambiagi Lecture Hall) Lab: Adriatico Guest House Eklund Lab.

Secretary: S. Radosic

Organizer(s): P. Dimitriou (IAEA), J. Tuli (BNL) ICTP Local Organizer: C. Tuniz

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

Support E-Mail: smr2575@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Abstract: I will explain results of T. Bridgeland about the spaces of stability conditions on curves, quivers and K3 surfaces. If time permits, I will give an idea of DT-invariants and the wall-crossing phenomena. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

25 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Learning seminar on Bridgeland stability conditions - "Stability conditions on curves, quivers and K3 surfaces, wall crossing"

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

Speaker(s): Anton Mellit (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Helical modes, in which the momentum and spin quantum numbers are strongly coupled, have recently appeared in the front line of one-dimensional physics through the discovery of materials exhibiting the quantum spin-Hall effect. The fascinating conduction properties of the edge states of such materials is determined not just by the naturally strongly correlated nature of one-dimensional quantum systems, but also through the helical nature of such modes. In this presentation, I will consider two examples of helical modes. The first arises in the edge states of the quantum spin-Hall effect, where I will consider how the helical structure of the states influences the Kondo effect when one traps a single spin within a double constriction. The second example appears when domain walls are induced into the quantum Hall state of bilayer graphene under appropriate gating. I will demonstrate that one-dimensional helical modes form on this kink, which may then be tuned through a quantum phase transition in the Z_2 universality class. The helical nature of the modes means the two phases on either side of this transition have distinct conducting properties, in particular one is superfluid and the other is insulating. References: C.-W. Huang, S.T. Carr, D. Gutman, E. Shimshoni and A.D. Mirlin, PRB 88, 125134 (2013) V. Mazo, C.-W. Huang, E. Shimshoni, S.T. Carr and H.A. Fertig, arXiv:1309.1563 ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Seminar on Disorder and strong electron correlations: "Charge transport: The rise of the helical modes"

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

Speaker(s): Sam T. CARR (University of Kent)

Seminar Start Time: 11:30

Seminar

27 Mar 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Colloquium

3 Apr 2014

@ ICTP

Where are we heading?

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

Speaker(s): Nathan SEIBERG (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, USA)

Colloquium Start Time: 08:00

Activity

3 Apr 2014 - 5 Apr 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

EPS Council | (smr H361)

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): J. Niemela (ICTP)

Europe/Rome We report experimental data and theoretical analysis of Coulomb drag between two closely positioned graphene monolayers in a weak magnetic field. Close enough to the neutrality point, the coexistence of electrons and holes in each layer leads to a dramatic increase of the drag resistivity. Away from charge neutrality, we observe nonzero Hall drag. The observed phenomena are explained by decoupling of electric and quasiparticle currents which are orthogonal at charge neutrality. The sign of magnetodrag depends on the energy relaxation rate and geometry of the sample. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Apr 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Seminar on Disorder and strong electron correlations: "Giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality"

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

Speaker(s): Boris NAROZHNY (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology )

Seminar Start Time: 12:30

Seminar

3 Apr 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 128 (first floor)

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Single Molecules: From Force Spectroscopy to Molecular Evolution"

Speaker(s): Felix RITORT (Universitat de Barcelona)

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics is organizing, in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, a Conference on Open-Source Tools for Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to be held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 6 to 11 April 2014. INTRODUCTION A growing trend in educational institutions is the use of various electronic and other computer based aids as tools for enhancing the teaching and learning experience. From simple electronic aids such as presentation slides, web based learning management systems and more complex audio-video based learning/collaborative systems are now widely used in many scientific and academic environments. This conference brings together scientists and educators with an aim on sharing experiences along-side practical demonstrations of various open-source tools/techniques for enhancing teaching, learning and research in the STEM disciplines. TOPICS TO BE COVERED DURING THE ACTIVITY INCLUDE: •Introduction to e-learning •Tools for enhancing course management. •Tools for enhancing teaching •Tools for enhancing collaborative learning •Tools for enhancing grading (assignments, tests and examinations) •Tools for enhancing practical laboratory work PARTICIPATION This activity is aimed primarily at scientists, educators and other support staff that currently use or plan to deploy electronic or computer based tools/aids in supporting teaching, learning and research in a STEM discipline. Participants from all countries, which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA, may attend the workshop, however, since this is a regional activity, priority will be given to applicants coming from the region. As the School will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, a limited number of students from developed countries are also welcome to attend. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institutions. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare (or at least half fare). However, limited funds are available for some participants, who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is available only to those attending the entire activity. There is no registration fee. Tegucigalpa - Honduras ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 Apr 2014 - 11 Apr 2014

@ Tegucigalpa - Honduras

New Research Areas

Conference on Open-source Tools for Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) | (smr 2508)

Secretary: M. Di Giovannantonio

Organizer(s): C. Onime (ICTS/ICTP), A. E. Euceda (Honduras)

Cosponsor(s): Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Hondurasunah

Support E-Mail: smr2508@ictp.it

Activity

8 Apr 2014 - 9 Apr 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

The Future of Elettra | (smr H377)

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): Elettra Sincrotrone

Seminar

8 Apr 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Phenomenology of Particle Physics

ICTP Mini Symposium on Particle Physics Phenomenology

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

Seminar Start Time: 08:00

Activity

14 Apr 2014 - 17 Apr 2014

Covariant and non-covariant double string theory

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

Speaker(s): Raffaele MAROTTA (University of Naples, Italy)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Abstract. Holography can be used to study the physics of strongly coupled quantum field theories at finite density, which may be at work in certain real materials. However, the conservation of momentum in these field theories means that they have unrealistic transport properties, such as an infinite electrical conductivity. I will give a summary of recent progress in constructing gravitational solutions which are dual to field theories which dissipate momentum. I will explain how these gravitational solutions are related to theories of massive gravity, and what the transport properties of the dual field theories are. Finally, I will describe a simple mechanism, which is natural from the holographic point of view, by which strongly interacting metals can acquire a linear in temperature resistivity, as is observed in the strange metal phase of the cuprates. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

24 Apr 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Momentum dissipation and charge transport in holography

Mathematics

Persistence and stability properties of powers of ideals (II)

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

Speaker(s): Ayesha Asloob Qureshi (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome The purpose of this college is to address the capability gap that exists in many developing countries and help build necessary expertise to identify NAMAs in the energy system development and to assess their effectiveness in combating climate change. As the major source of GHG emissions, the energy system will inevitably be affected by international environmental agreements targeted at avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Since over two-thirds of the projected increase in world energy demand is expected to occur in developing countries, their energy technology choices and investment decisions will have considerable impact on the international efforts towards mitigation of climate change. As an important contribution to these efforts, the international community under UNFCCC has agreed that developing countries submit (voluntary) plans on National Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) aimed at avoiding/reducing future GHG emissions. Hence, there is a need not only to identify and evaluate cost-effective NAMAs but also to better understand the challenges and opportunities for the development of energy systems under alternative and/or complementary response actions to climate change at national and international levels. Reconciling the national actions on climate and policies on energy with international targets is extremely challenging. During the college the above themes will be addressed through a series of lectures and hands-on laboratory classes using state-of-the-art modelling tools. Topics include: Energy options and climate change threats, Major issues in equitable international climate regime, Scientific uncertainties and their impact on energy and climate policy formulation, Methods for assessment of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 May 2014 - 9 May 2014

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Identification and Assessment of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Energy System Development to Help Combat Climate Change | (smr 2580)

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

Room: Leonardo Building (Euler Lecture Hall)

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Conformal Invariance of Critical Fluctuations in d=3

Speaker(s): Slava RYCHKOV (CERN and Universite' Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

Seminar Start Time: 12:00

Seminar

6 May 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Duality and higher-derivative corrections

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

Speaker(s): Mohammad Hadi GODAZGAR (King's College, Cambridge, UK)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Activity

7 May 2014 - 13 May 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

TWAS - Science and Diplomacy | (smr H375)

Room: AGH Kastler + Lundqvist

Secretary: Sara Dalafi - TWAS

Seminar

8 May 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Generalized geometry in eleven dimensions

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

Speaker(s): M.M. GODAZGAR (King's College, Cambridge, UK)

Seminar Start Time: 12:00

Europe/Rome Regional climate models (RCMs) are widely used tools to produce high resolution climate simulations at regional scales. The ICTP regional climate modeling system, RegCM, is one of the most used RCMs worldwide, with applications ranging from regional process studies to paleoclimate, climate change, chemistry-climate and biosphere-atmosphere interactions. A new version of the model, RegCM4, has been completed and released in 2012, but new features are being included for release during this workshop, such as the CLM4.5 land surface scheme, a new cloud microphysics scheme and coupling with the MIT Ocean model. As in previous workshops of this series, this event will provide lectures and extensive hands-on sessions on the theory of regional climate change and regional climate modeling as well as on the use of the RegCM4 modeling system. The focus of the present workshop will be on the application of the RegCM4 within the international program CORDEX (COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment. The primary aim of CORDEX is to produce a new generation of large multi-model ensembles of regional climate change projections over domains covering all continental areas of the world for use in impact assessment and adaptation studies. The RegCM community contributes to CORDEX through the completion of numerical experiments over different CORDEX domains. The workshop is thus intended to provide a forum to assess and intercompare these experiments within the context of the goals of CORDEX. The workshop is also aimed at providing a forum for current and future model users to discuss relevant issues and formulate needs and priorities for further model development and dissemination. A limited number of participants is envisioned, with proven experience in climate modeling and a strong interest in using the RegCM4 system for regional climate studies. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

12 May 2014 - 23 May 2014

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Seventh ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models | (smr 2581)

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

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Quivers reading seminar "Inversion of the recursion for counting semi-stable representations over finite fields"

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

Speaker(s): Anton Mellit (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome This year the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) celebrates its first 50 years. To bolster such an important milestone, the Centre's Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) is organizing the first Trieste Mini Maker Faire, in collaboration with Maker Media Inc. and the Immaginario Scientifico Science Centre, to be held on Saturday 17 May 2014 at ICTP's Miramare Campus. Makers will gather to showcase the results of their creativity and to share their ideas with the general public. Maker Faire is a global movement aiming to inspire, educate and entertain curious and creative minds of all ages. The Trieste Mini Maker Faire will bring together and uncover makers, inventors, scientists, crafters, artists and all other passionate creative enthusiasts from the Triveneto region of Italy as well as Slovenia, Croatia, Austria and beyond. While showing their projects, participants will also share their passion for making and inspire visitors to make things themselves. Special attention will be given to ideas and projects of educational interest and aimed at developing countries. For details of the event see website: www.makerfairetrieste.it This first Trieste Mini Maker Faire will be preceded by a meeting of experts which will gather to discuss on new technologies available for the dissemination of science. Participation to the expert meeting is BY INVITATION ONLY ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2014 - 17 May 2014

@ ICTP

New Research Areas

Expert Meeting on Technology Trends on Science Dissemination and Trieste Mini Maker Faire (17 May 2014) | (smr 2606)

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

Room: Leonardo Building (Euler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: M. Di Giovannantonio

Organizer(s): E. Canessa, C. Fonda, M. Zennaro. ICTP Local Organizer: E. Canessa

Cosponsor(s): Maker Media Inc. maker, Immaginario Scientifico Science Centreis

Support E-Mail: smr2606@ictp.it

Euler LH on 16 May only.

Activity

19 May 2014 - 23 May 2014

@ ICTP

New Research Areas , Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Material Challenges in Devices for Fuel Solar Production and Employment | (smr 2582)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Secretary: A. Lusenti

Organizer(s): T. Bligaard, N. Bonini, A. De Vita, S. Fabris, R. Gebauer, S.C. Roy, N. Seriani. ICTP Local Organizer: R. Gebauer

Cosponsor(s): European Science Foundationesf, Psi-kpsi-k

Support E-Mail: smr2582@ictp.it

Seminar

20 May 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Subrieamannian Geometry and Dynamical Systems

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

Speaker(s): Slobodan Simic (San Jose State University, San Jose CA, USA)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 12:00

Europe/Rome We predict, using a free-energy calculation, that the quantum phase transition between the U(1) quantum spin liquid (QSL) and antiferromagnet (AFM) phases in certain pyrochlore quantum spin ice is first order rather than second order. This change in order from second to first order is induced by gauge fluctuations, which are explicitly taken into account at gauge theory level in our effective low-energy theory. We therefore have identified a fluctuation-induced first-order quantum phase transition in pyrochlore quantum spin ice. We explicitly derive the quantum free-energy description of this QSL-to-AFM phase transition and predict that it is a weakly first-order phase transition. We also briefly discuss the experimental relevance of this result. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

22 May 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Seminar on Disorder and strong electron correlations: "Fluctuation-induced first-order quantum phase transition of the U(1) spin liquid in a pyrochlore quantum spin ice"

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

Speaker(s): Imam MAKHFUDZ (Université Paul Sabatier, LPT - Toulouse)

Seminar Start Time: 12:30

Activity

25 May 2014 - 1 Jun 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

OLIFIS | (smr H355)

Room: AGH (Lundqvist Lecture Hall)

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the Master in the Physics of Complex Systems (http://www.polito.it/pcs) will organize the Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems from 26 May to 20 June 2014. Many complex systems in physics, biology, engineering and economics are characterized by a large number of interacting degrees of freedom giving rise to a non-trivial collective behavior. The theoretical and computational tools for a quantitative analysis of complex systems are often rooted in modern (statistical, quantum) physics. The Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems aims to give students the opportunity to get in touch with a selection of topics at the forefront of research, during an intensive 4-week program. It consists of 5 courses of 9 lectures each, followed by final written tests. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 May 2014 - 20 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 2584)

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

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Secretary: S. Fairclough

Organizer(s): A. Gambassi, M. Marsili, S. Franz, A. Pelizzola. ICTP Local Organizer: M. Marsili

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

Support E-Mail: smr2584@ictp.it

Activity

26 May 2014 - 30 May 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

IAEA hosted activity | (smr H357)

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Europe/Rome IoT describes a system where items in the physical world, and sensors within or attached to these items, are connected to the Internet via wireless and wired Internet connections. These sensors can use various types of local area connections such as RFID, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee. Sensors can also have wide area connectivity such as GSM, GPRS, 3G, and LTE. The physical objects that are being connected will possess one or more sensors. Each sensor will monitor a speciﬁc condition such as location, vibration, motion and temperature. In IoT, these sensors will connect to each other and to systems that can understand or present information from the sensor’s data feeds. IoT data differs from traditional computing. The data can be small in size and frequent in transmission. The number of devices, or nodes, that are connecting to the network are also greater in IoT than in traditional PC computing. Machine-to-Machine communications and intelligence drawn from the devices and the network will allow businesses to automate certain basic tasks without depending on central or cloud based applications and services. These attributes present opportunities to collect a wide range of data but also provide challenges in terms of designing the appropriate data networking and security. Cotonou - Benin ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 May 2014 - 30 May 2014

@ Cotonou - Benin

New Research Areas

Workshop on Internet of Things | (smr 2686)

Organizer(s): M. Zennaro, Roch. H. Glitho, Jules Degila

Secretary: T/ICT4D Secretariat

Support E-Mail: mzennaro@ictp.it

LIMITED PARTICIPATION UPON INVITATION ONLY

Europe/Rome The purpose of the Workshop is to bring together researchers working on various aspects of disordered systems and those working on spontaneous coherence effects in optical systems, in particular Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons and random lasing. TOPICS: • Polariton BEC in disorder; • Atomic BEC in disorder; • Disordered photonics and random lasing; • Anderson localization; • Disordered superconductors; • Glasses. In addition to the invited talks, contributed oral presentations and posters by participants are also most welcome. Should you be interested, kindly submit a short one-page abstract along with your online application form. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

26 May 2014 - 30 May 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Coherent Phenomena in Disordered Optical Systems | (smr 2583)

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

Room: LB (Euler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: M. de Comelli

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Secretary: P. Wardell

Organizer(s): R. Murenzi, J.-P. Antoine, B. Torresani, I. Daubechies, H. Feichtinger. ICTP Local Organizer: S. Luzzatto

Cosponsor(s): TWAStwas

Support E-Mail: smr2585@ictp.it

Europe/Rome DIRECTORS Idris Assani (University of North Carolina, USA) Stefano Luzzatto (ICTP, Italy) Marcelo Viana (IMPA, Brazil) LOCAL ORGANIZERS Moussa Balde (Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal) Mouhamed Moustapha Fall (AIMS, Senegal) Diaraf Seck (Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal) Mini-courses: Hyperbolic isomorphisms in Banach spaces (Jose F. Alves, University of Porto, Portugal) Idris Assani (to be confirmed), (University of North Carolina, USA) One-Dimensional Group Actions (Christian Bonatti, Université de Bourgogne, France) Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory (Zoltán Buczolich, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) Differentiable Ergodic Theory (Stefano Luzzatto, ICTP, Italy) Interval Exchange Maps and Translation Surfaces (Marcelo Viana, IMPA, Brazil) The fields of Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory constitute very active areas of research with connections to many other areas of mathematics, such as topology, differential geometry, control theory, functional analysis and probability theory. They also have strong connections to several areas of mathematical physics and other disciplines such as biology and engineering. This school will be an introduction to some current topics in the modern theory of Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, and is aimed primarily at students at the Master's level. Specific background in Dynamics or Ergodic Theory is preferred but not required, whereas a very strong general mathematical background and maturity is essential. Dakar - Senegal ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Jun 2014 - 14 Jun 2014

@ Dakar - Senegal

Mathematics

ICTP-NLAGA School in Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory | (smr 2622)

Secretary: K. Mabilo

Organizer(s): I. Assani, S. Luzzatto, M. Viana. Local Organizers: M. Balde, M. Moustapha Fall, D. Seck

Cosponsor(s): Le Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherchemesr, Université Cheikh Anta Diopucad, AIMS Sénégalaims, NLAGA Projectnlaga, Simons Foundationsimons, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Sénégal

Support E-Mail: smr2622@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Site-occupancy disorder, defined as the non-periodic occupation of lattice sites in a crystal structure, is a ubiquitous phenomenon in solid-state physics and chemistry. Examples are mineral solid solutions, synthetic non-stoichiometric compounds and metal alloys. The experimental investigation of these materials using diffraction techniques only provides averaged information of their structure. However, many properties of interest in these solids are determined by the local geometry and degree of disorder, which escape an “average crystal” description, either from experiments or from theory. In this talk, I will introduce a methodology for the computer simulation of site-disordered solids, based on the consideration of configurational ensembles and statistical mechanics [1, 2]. The number of occupancy configurations is reduced by taking advantage of the crystal symmetry of the lattice. Thermodynamics and non-thermodynamic properties are then defined from the statistics in the symmetry-adapted configurational ensemble. I will briefly discuss some recent applications of this methodology and of its generalization to grand-canonical ensembles [3-7]. 1. R. Grau-Crespo, S. Hamad, et al., Symmetry-adapted configurational modelling of fractional site occupancy in solids. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 2007. 19: 256201. 2. R. Grau-Crespo and U. V. Waghmare. Simulation of crystals with chemical disorder at lattice sites. In Molecular Modeling for the Design of Novel Performance Chemicals and Materials. Edited by Beena Rai. CRC Press Inc. ISBN 9781439840788 (2012). 3. R. Grau-Crespo, K. C. Smith, et al., Thermodynamics of hydrogen vacancies in MgH2 from first-principles calculations and grand-canonical statistical mechanics. Physical Review B, 2009. 80: 174117 4. K. C. Smith, T. S. Fisher, U.V. Waghmare, R. Grau-Crespo, Dopant-vacancy binding effects in Li-doped magnesium hydride. Physical Review B, 2010. 82: 134109. 5. R. Grau-Crespo, N. H. De Leeuw, et al., Phase separation and surface segregation in ceria-zirconia solid solutions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2011. 467: 1925-1938. 6. S. E. Ruiz-Hernandez, R. Grau-Crespo, et al., Mg/Ca partitioning between aqueous solution and aragonite mineral: a molecular dynamics study. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012. 18: 9828-9833. 7. P. Rivero, I.D.P.R. Moreira, R. Grau-Crespo, S. N. Datta, F. Illas. General model for explicitly hole-doped superconductor parent compounds: Electronic structure of Ca2-xNaxCuO2Cl2 as a case study. Physical Review B, 2013. 88, 085108. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Informal seminar on Chemical Physics: "Ensemble approaches to the computer simulation of site-disordered solids"

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

Speaker(s): Ricardo GRAU-CRESPO (University of Reading, U.K.))

Seminar Start Time: 12:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: I will give a basic introduction to these polynomials, which play an important role in representation theory and encode the cohomology class of Schubert cycles in flag varieties. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

5 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Schubert polynomials

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

Speaker(s): Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Activity

8 Jun 2014 - 13 Jun 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

TWAS - Science and Diplomacy | (smr H376)

Room: AGH Kastler + Lundqvist

Secretary: Sara Dalafi - TWAS

Europe/Rome The aim of this Workshop is to familiarize physicists, working in radiation dosimetry laboratories or lecturers teaching radiation dosimetry, with procedures and methodologies that should be utilized for the determination of uncertainties in medical radiation dosimetry. Contrary to earlier practice, when the terms error and uncertainty were used interchangeably, the modern approach distinguishes between these two concepts. Traditionally, an error has been viewed as having two components, namely a random component and a systematic component. According to present definitions, an error is the difference between a measured value and the true value. If errors were known exactly, the true value could be determined; in reality, errors are estimated in the best possible way and corrections are made for them. Therefore, after application of all known corrections, errors do not need any further consideration and the quantities of interest are uncertainties. An error has both a numerical value and a sign. In contrast, the uncertainty associated with a measurement is a parameter that characterizes the dispersion of the values “that could reasonably be attributed to the measurand”. This parameter is normally an estimated standard deviation. An uncertainty, therefore, has no known sign and is usually assumed to be symmetrical. It is “a measure” of our lack of exact knowledge, after all recognized systematic effects have been taken into count by applying appropriate corrections. Uncertainties of measurements are expressed as relative standard uncertainties and the evaluation of standard uncertainties is classified into type A and type B. The method of evaluation of type A standard uncertainties is by statistical analysis of a series of observations, whereas the method of evaluation of type B standard uncertainties is based on means other than statistical analysis of a series of observations. The IAEA, understanding the need to provide practical guidance on the estimation of measurement uncertainty in dosimetry, has incorporated a specific section on this topic in relevant publications on radiation dosimetry, such as the IAEA TRS-398 (Absorbed Dose Determination in External-Beam Radiotherapy An-International Code of Practice for Dosimetry Based on Standards of Absorbed dose toWater), IAEA TRS-454 (Quality Assurance for Radioactivity Measurement in Nuclear Medicine), IAEA TRS-457 (Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology: An International Code of Practice) and IAEA TEC DOC-1585 Measurement Uncertainty: A Practical Guide for Secondary-Standards Dosimetry Laboratories). ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Jun 2014 - 13 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Determination of Uncertainties of Measurements in Medical Radiation Dosimetry | (smr 2616)

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

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Anderson Localization on the Bethe Lattice: Non-ergodicity of Extended States"

Speaker(s): Vladimir E. KRAVTSOV (CM&SP Section, ICTP, Trieste, Italy)

Seminar Start Time: 12:00

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is orgamzing a "Fifth International Conference and School Geometry, Dynamics, Integrable Systems - GDIS 2014: Bicentennial of The Great Poncelet Theorem and Billiard Dynamics", to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 16 June to 27 June 2014. The main aim of the school is to introduce young participants into these exciting topics and prepare them for the week long conference to follow the school. The first week on the activity is devoted to a school that will give an overview of recent developments and interrelations between geometry and dynamical systems, with a special focus on mathematical billiards and integrable systems. The school will provide a background in algebraic geometry, theory of measured foliations and flat surfaces, the discrete integrable systems, 2-2 correspondences, the QR T maps, and the mechanical background of the billiard systems. The second week will be an international conference, where leading experts will report on the newest developments in the field of integrable dynamical systems and their geometry. The event will mark the bicentennial of the great Poncelet theorem. Topics Mathematical Billiards Flat surfaces and exchange transformations Classical Integrable Systems Algebro-Geometric Methods in Dynamical Systems N onholonomic mechanics Rigid-Body and Multi-Body Dynamics ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 Jun 2014 - 27 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Fifth International Conference and School Geometry, Dynamics, Integrable Systems – GDIS 2014: Bicentennial of The Great Poncelet Theorem and Billiard Dynamics | (smr 2586)

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

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: K. Mabilo

Organizer(s): B. Dubrovin, V. V. Kozlov, V.Dragovic, A. Borisov. ICTP Local Organizer: L. Goettsche

Cosponsor(s): National Science Foundationnsf, USA.

Support E-Mail: smr2586@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Abstract: The notion of Poincaré rotation number for homeomorphisms of the unit circle is generalized to the case of homeomorphisms of a general compact abelian one–dimensional solenoidal group, which is also a one–dimensional foliated space; specifically, the theory is developed for the algebraic universal covering space of the circle (the adèle class group of the rationals). Poincaré’s dynamical classification theorem is also generalized to homeomorphisms of solenoids whose rotation element is an irrational element (i.e., monothetic generator) of the given group. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

16 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Poincaré Theory for compact abelian one-dimensional solenoidal groups

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

Speaker(s): Alberto Verjovsky (Instituto de Matematicas UNAM Cuernavaca, Mexico)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: I briefly present a thorough analysis of the electromagnetic response of strongly coupled neutral plasmas described by the gauge/gravity correspondence. The coupling of the external electromagnetic field with the tower of quasi-normal modes of the plasmas supports the presence of various electromagnetic modes with different properties. Among them we underline the existence of negative refraction with low dissipation for a transverse non-hydrodynamical mode. Previous hydrodynamical approaches have shown the ubiquitous character of negative refraction in charged plasmas and the absence thereof in neutral plasmas. The results I present here extend the analysis to neutral plasmas beyond the hydrodynamical regime. As an application of these new insights, I will succinctly discuss the case of the quark gluon plasma in the temperature dominated regime. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Electromagnetic response of strongly coupled plasmas

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

Speaker(s): Daniele MUSSO (ICTP)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: I will briefly survey some techniques to count the number of points over that certain character varieties have over finite fields. The formulas involve character tables of finite groups of Lie type and Hecke algebras as well. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

19 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Speaker(s): Valery V. Kozlov (Moscow State University)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 18:00

Seminar

24 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

To be announced

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

Speaker(s): Daniel GRUMILLER (Vienna University of TechnologyAustria)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Colloquium

25 Jun 2014

@ ICTP

Experiments Big and Small

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

Speaker(s): Savas DIMOPOULOS (Stanford University, USA)

Colloquium Start Time: 08:00

Activity

30 Jun 2014 - 11 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School | (smr 2591)

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

Room: AGH Kastler, Denardo, Lundqvist LHs, UN R.

Secretary: G. De Meo

Organizer(s): H. L. Swinney, M. Schatz, M. Shattuck. ICTP Local Organizers: J. Niemela, M.L. Crespo .

Cosponsor(s): American Physical Society (APS)aps

Support E-Mail: smr2591@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, is organizing a Conference on Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Condensed Matter and String Theory, to be held in Trieste from 30 June to 4 July 2014. Small fluctuations of systems at equilibrium or weakly driven near equilibrium satisfy a universal relation known as the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, which connects spontaneous fluctuations to the linear response. The search for similar relations for systems far from equilibrium has been an important problem for many years with applications in Condensed Matter and Atomic Molecular Optical systems, as well as ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and at Large Hadron Collider. Presently, many important questions remain unanswered, such as identifying the relevant time scales for relaxation and thermalization, finding whether there is an equivalent of the KAM theorem for quantum systems, understanding the effect of disorder and driving, among others. Making progress on those questions will require a close collaboration between experimentalists and theorists, as well as a the exchange of ideas and approaches between different fields. This Conference will help catalyze interactions between the Condensed Matter/AMO physicists working on problems far from equilibrium with their counterparts in the High Energy physics community. It will also allow interested scientists to enter this exciting new area of research through a daily pedagogical talk. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 Jun 2014 - 4 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Condensed Matter and String Theory | (smr 2590)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): M. Mueller, K.S. Narain, L. Pando Zayas, M. Rigol, A. Scardicchio

Secretary: N. Ivanissevich

Support E-Mail: smr2590@ictp.it

Activity

30 Jun 2014 - 11 Jul 2014

@ Kigali - Rwanda

Applied Physics

African School on Space Science: Related Applications and Awareness for Sustainable Development of the Region | (smr 2631)

Room: College of Science and Technology, Kigali, Rwanda

Secretary: S. Tanaskovic

Organizer(s): C. Amory (LPP-CNES), P. Doherty (ISR-Boston College), S. Radicella (ICTP); KIST Local Organzier: J. Uwamahoro; ICTP Local Organizer: B. Nava

Cosponsor(s): The Institute of Scientific Research of Boston College (ISR)isr, Republic of Rwanda - Ministry of Educationrwanda, the University of Rwanda (UR)ur, College of Science and Technology Rwandacst, Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)scostep, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)jsps, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)icg

Support E-Mail: smr2631@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, along with the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China, is jointly organizing the "Advanced School on PDEs in Geometry and Physics", to be held at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China, from 30 June to 11 July 2014. DIRECTORS Claudio Arezzo (ICTP, Trieste) Li Jiayu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and USTC, Hefei) Tian Gang (Princeton and Beijing) MAIN TOPICS • HEAT EQUATION • CURVATURE FLOWS • EXTREMAL METRICS AND STABILITY • COMPLEX MONGE-AMPERE EQUATIONS The main focus of the school will be on various aspects of elliptic and parabolic equations on real and complex manifolds aimed primarily at graduate students and young postdoc and researchers working in Geometric Analysis and Differential Geometry. Six-hour lecture courses will be given by the following lecturers: H.-J. Hein (University of Nantes, France) Y. Rubinstein (University of Maryland, U.S.A.) J. Streets (University of California at Irvine, U.S.A.) Three-hour lecture courses will be given by Q. Zhang (University of California at Riverside, U.S.A.) Z.L. Zhang (Capital Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China) A number of advanced one-hour seminars will be given during the school by the following speakers: R. Bamler (Berkeley), P. Eyssidieux (Grenoble), T. Mabuchi (Osaka), C. Spotti (Paris), Xiaohua Zhu (Beijing). PARTICIPATION Scientists and students from all countries which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may attend the School. As it will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of this language. Although the main purpose of the Center is to help research workers from developing countries, a limited number of students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to attend. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by the home institution. However, limited funds are available for some participants, to be selected by the organizers. Such financial support is available only for those who attend the entire activity. There is no registration fee. Hefei - People's Republic of China ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 Jun 2014 - 11 Jul 2014

@ Hefei - People's Republic of China

Mathematics

Advanced School on PDEs in Geometry and Physics | (smr 2625)

Secretary: M. Poropat

Organizer(s): C. Arezzo, Jiayu Li, Tian Gang. ICTP Local Organizer: C. Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): School of Mathematical Sciencessms-ustc, University of Science and Technology of Chinaustc, Hefei, P.R. China

Support E-Mail: smr2625@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, jointly with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune is organizing a Summer School on Materials Simulations Theory And Numerics to be held in Pune, India from 30 June to 12 July 2014. In the proposed school we plan to cover ground state density functional theory (OFT) as well as advanced techniques. OFT has become an important tool in the area of materials research, to understand properties of materials, to complement/understand experimental results, and design new materials. The school is divided into two weeks. The first week is intended for all participants, and will cover the following topics: Basics of ground state OFT and Kohn-Sham equations Pseudopotentials Structural optimization Hybrid functionals Spin polarization including non-collinear magnetism and spin-orbit interactions DFT+U Ab initio molecular dynamics The second week of the school will be restricted to participants with considerable prior experience with OFT calculations, and will cover the following topics: Density functional perturbation (DFPT) theory Time dependent OFT GW approximation Berry phase and modern theory of polarization Computational Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Efficient use of HPC and Parallelization The morning sessions of the school will consist of lectures on the basic principles and methodologies followed by research talks (covering experimental and theoretical aspects) showing their applications. The afternoon sessions will consist of hands-on tutorials where the participants will do simple calculations using the Quantum ESPRESSO distribution Pune - India ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

30 Jun 2014 - 12 Jul 2014

@ Pune - India

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

MASTANI: Summer School on MAterials Simulation Theory And NumerIcs | (smr 2626)

Secretary: R. del Rio

Organizer(s): Prasenjit Ghosh (IISER Pune, India), Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR, Bangalore, India), Stefano de Gironcoli (SISSA, Trieste, Italy), Ralph Gebauer (ICTP, Trieste, Italy). Local Organizer in India: Mukul Kabir (IISER Pune, India)

Cosponsor(s): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)iiser, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)jncasr, Quantum ESPRESSO Foundationqef, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)sissa

Support E-Mail: smr2626@ictp.it

Europe/Rome as a preparation to the mini course by Beilinson we are going to go through Berstein's lectures on D-modules. We will start tomorrow at 2.30pm in the Stasi room. The first installment will be given by Anton Mellit. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

1 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Lectures on D-modules

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

Speaker(s): Anton Mellit (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Seminar

3 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Color-Kinematics Duality for Scalar Amplitudes in the Regge Limit

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

Speaker(s): Miguel A. VAZQUEZ-MOZO (University of Salamanca, Spain)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Activity

7 Jul 2014 - 11 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Conference on String Phenomenology | (smr 2592)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Secretary: Z. Makkawi

Organizer(s): F. Quevedo, B. Acharya, L. Aparicio, M. Cicoli, R. Valandro

Cosponsor(s): Italian Institute for Nuclear Physicsinfn

Support E-Mail: SP2014@ictp.it

email: SP2014@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics - CIMPA) are jointly organizing the activity "Algebraic Number Theory and Applications", to be held in Dangbo, Benin from 7 to 19 July 2014. PURPOSE OF THE ACTIVITY Algebraic number theory is a very active field of mathematics. The purpose of the activity is to introduce the subject and its application to cryptography. After given courses in elementary arithmetic, algebraic numbers and p-adic numbers, we will focus on the basics of elliptic curves and finite fields. Applications will also figure prominently in the programme, (see courses 'Introduction to cryptography' and 'Elliptic curves and cryptography'. Moreover, we plan to cover the explicit construction of elliptic curves over finite fields with group of point of large prime order (as needed by cryptographic applications) via complex multiplication. TOPICS to be covered by the activity include: 1.Introduction aux formes quadratiques binaires (Speaker : Claude Levesque, Université Laval, Canada) 2.Introduction to the elementary arithmetic (Speaker : Alain Togbe, Westville, USA) 3.Introduction to the algebraic number theory (Speaker : Franscesco Pappalardi, Roma, Italy) 4.Elliptic curves and cryptography (Speaker : Jorge Jimenez Urroz, UPC, Barcelona, Spain) 5.Diophantine equations (Speaker : Florian Luca, Morelia, Mexico) 6.Introduction to the theory of finite fields with application to error correcting codes (Speaker : Michel Waldschmidt, Paris 6, France) 7.Introduction to p-adic numbers (Speaker : Adriana Salerno, Lewiston, USA) Dangbo - Benin ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Jul 2014 - 19 Jul 2014

@ Dangbo - Benin

Mathematics

Algebraic Number Theory and Applications | (smr 2627)

Secretary: M. Di Giovannantonio

Organizer(s): ICTP Local Organizer: F. Rodriguez Villegas

Cosponsor(s): Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquéescimpa

Support E-Mail: smr2627@ictp.it

Seminar

7 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Legendrian Knots, constructible sheaves and wild character varieties

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

Probing holography with probe branes. I: Generalities

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

Speaker(s): Micha MOSKOVIC (Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Isolated integrable quantum systems do not relax to a thermal state even locally due to the extra conserved quantities that they possess. The so-called Generalized Gibbs Ensemble (GGE) was proposed to capture the steady state of integrable systems, but it has not been put to a stringent test for genuinely interacting systems. In the talk I will review our work on the non-equilibrium time evolution of the spin-1/2 anisotropic Heisenberg (XXZ) spin chain, where we found that short-ranged spin correlators in the long-time limit deviate significantly from predictions based on the GGE hypothesis. By computing the asymptotic spin correlators within the quench action formalism based on exact overlaps, however, we find excellent agreement with the numerical data. I will show why this result can be considered as conclusive evidence for the failure of the GGE and I will discuss the possible implications of this finding. SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 138 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Jul 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 138

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Quantum Quenches in the XXZ Spin Chain and the Generalized Gibbs Ensemble"

Speaker(s): Marton KORMOS (Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Hungary)

Seminar Start Time: 12:00

Europe/Rome Recent high-precision and high-throughput measurements of biological networks dynamics have uncovered interesting results. Namely, many biological systems appear to be critical (so that their dynamics can be classified into a handful of universal classes), or are described with high accuracy by surprisingly simple, phenomenological models. I will explore a handful of simple theoretical models inspired by these observations, suggesting plausible explanations for this emergence of coarse-grained simplicity from complex microscopic structures. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

New Research Areas

QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY SEMINAR: "Simple Behavior of Complex Biological Networks"

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

Speaker(s): Ilya NEMENMAN (Emory University, Depts. of Physics & Biology, Atlanta, U.S.A.)

Seminar Start Time: 17:00

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy will organize a School on Non-linear Dynamics, Dynamical Transitions and Instabilities in Classical and Quantum Systems, to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 14 July to 1 August 2014. The School aims at covering a selection of modern topics at the interface between Condensed Matter Physicsand Statistical Mechanics, classical and quantum, with an emphasis on aspects of non-equilibrium physics: • Steady States, Patterns and Scaling in Driven Systems • Growth Processes • Classical and Quantum Turbulence • Nonlinear Quantum Dynamics • Quantum Gases out of Equilibrium • Numerical Methods out of Equilibrium • Entropy Generation and Transport far from Equilibrium ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

14 Jul 2014 - 1 Aug 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Non-linear Dynamics, Dynamical Transitions and Instabilities in Classical and Quantum Systems | (smr 2594)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Secretary: M. de Comelli

Organizer(s): P. Calabrese, A. Lamacraft, P. Le Doussal, A. Silva. ICTP Local Organizer: M. Müller

Support E-Mail: smr2594@ictp.it

NEW DEADLINE FOR APPLICANTS NOT REQUESTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT: 25 May 2014

Activity

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Finite multiple zeta values II

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

Speaker(s): Don B. Zagier (Max Planck Institute, Bonn)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: We consider the Universe deep inside the cell of uniformity which is of the order of 190 Mpc. At these scales, the Universe is filled with inhomogeneously distributed discrete structures (galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies), which perturb the background Friedmann model. Here, the mechanical approach is the most appropriate to describe the dynamics of the inhomogeneities which is defined, on the one hand, by gravitational potentials of inhomogeneities and, on the other hand, by the cosmological expansion of the Universe. As an example, we consider the collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda in future. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

29 Jul 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Cosmology

Discrete cosmology: mechanical approach to the late-time Universe

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

Speaker(s): Alexander ZHUK (Astronomical Observatory, Odessa National University, Ukraine)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Physics Topics: • Theoretical Physics • Experimental Physics • Applied Physics • Monte Carlo Generators • Detector Simulation • Diagnostics and Instrumentation • Data Analysis • Grid and Computing For the participants: Please find below some useful information regarding your travel to Dakar, Senegal: - a valid passport is necessary to travel by air to Senegal - students not citizens of the the West African country will need a visa for Senegal - a vaccination against yellow fever is required - other vaccinations are highly recommended (Hepatitis A & B) - anti malaria treatment is also recommended Dakar - Senegal ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Aug 2014 - 23 Aug 2014

@ Dakar - Senegal

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Seminar

7 Aug 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Heterotic NS5-branes from closed string tachyon condensation

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

Speaker(s): Inaki GARCIA ETXEBARRIA (Max-Planck Institute for Physics, Munich)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome The Workshop will address fundamental aspects, recent advances, and applications of numerical and experimental methods in fluid dynamics. It will focus on advanced instrumentation, measurement concepts, and scientific fundamentals that enable new methods and applications of instrumentation in this field to train physicists, engineers and computer scientists from Latin-American and Caribbean countries. The scope of the course is to promote new experimental methods, instruments, measurement techniques, and data analysis routines for both laboratory and industrial applications as well as to coordinate international activities in this area. By focusing on theory and applications, the workshop will also provide an interesting intersection of emerging development of methods as well as a unique opportunity to learn about recent theoretical advances in the field including analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches. The lectures will focus on a variety of topics from fundamental fluid dynamics to micro- and nano-fluidic applications to multiphase flows, measurement of the Soret coefficients, thermocavitation, optical manipulation, heavy oil production and transportation, self-mixing sensor for fluid-flow mapping, experimental and computational issues of granular flows, and numerical simulations of fluid-dynamic systems using SPH. It is also expected to stimulate collaborations among Latin-American and Caribbean scientific communities for the production of projects and other initiatives which will enhance the availability of public domain technical resources especially for research and education in developing countries. Main topics 1. Basics in microfluidic device fabrication, and how to make it simple (Oscar Martinez); 2. Numerical simulations of fluid-dynamic systems using SPH and other methods (Jaime Klapp); 3. Thermal convection at high Rayleigh and Taylor numbers (Joseph Niemela); 4. Experimental investigation of thermal diffusion in binary fluid mixtures using thermal lens spectroscopy (Mladen Franko); 5. The fluid dynamics of vortex formation in coalesced drops (José R. Castrejón-Pita); 6. Diffuse-interface modeling of liquid-vapor phase separation in droplets (Leonardo Sigalotti and Jaime Klapp); 7. Physical principle and applications of self-mixing effect. An overview of self-mixing sensing applications in fluids. Flow profile measurements in micro-channels using the optical feedback interferometer sensing technique. (Tierry Bosch); 8. Fatigue life and dynamic behavior of submarine pipelines subjected to slug flow and vortex-induced vibrations (Armando Blanco; 9. Experimental and computational issues of granular flows (Leonardo Trujillo); 10. Measurements of Statistical and Dynamical Forces in Silos. Infrared Thermography for Thermo-Fluid-Dynamics in Fractured and Homogeneous Porous Media (Abraham Medina and Abel López; 11. Flow in microchannels (Luis Rojas-Solórzano); 12. Multiphase flow issues for selection of heavy-oil transportation methods (Adriana Brito; 13. Generation of vortices, turbulence and thermodynamics of an atomic trapped superfluid (Vanderlei Bagnato); 14. On the use of thermal wave methods for characterization of nanofluids (Ernesto Marín Moares); 15. Vorticity in a periodic forced flow (Gerardo Ruíz Chavarría): 16. ABACUS-CINVESTAV a Strategic Supercomputer Center for Research in Mexico (Isidoro Gitler). 17. Solar granulation and their impact on chemical abundances (Claudio Mendoza) Tentative Speakers: 1. Jaime Klapp, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares and Cinvestav-Abacus, Mexico; 2. Joseph J. Niemela, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; 3. Vanderlei Bagnato, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil; 4. Ernesto Marín Moares, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología Aplicada, IPN, México; 5. Mladen Franko, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia; 6. José R. Castrejón-Pita, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 7. Oscar Martinez, UBA, Argentina; 8. Leonardo Trujillo, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Venezuela; 9. Abraham Medina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico; 10. Abel López, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico; 11. Luis Ponce, IPN, Tampico, Mexico; 12. Adriana Brito, Intevep-PDVSA, Venezuela; 13. Armando Blanco, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Venezuela; 14. Luis Rojas-Solórzano, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Venezuela; 15. Gerardo Ruíz Chavarría, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM; 16. Isidoro Gitler, Cinvestav-Abacus 17. Claudio Mendoza, Centro de Física, IVIC Co-sponsors and partner organizations: • International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, Italy. • Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, IVIC, B. R. Venezuela • Latin-American Center for Physics (CLAF). • National Institute for Nuclear Research, ININ, Mexico. • Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología FONACIT, B.R. Venezuela. • Intevep-PDVSA, Venezuela. • Cinvestav-ABACUS, Mexico. • Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics (SVMF) • Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco. San Antonio de los Altos - Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of) ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Aug 2014 - 22 Aug 2014

@ San Antonio de los Altos - Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of)

Applied Physics

First ICTP-IVIC Latin-American Advanced Workshop on Numerical, Instrumentation and Measurement Methods in Fluid Dynamics | (smr 2629)

Secretary: L. Iannitti

Organizer(s): J. Niemela, L. Sigalotti, J. Klapp, H. Cabrera. ICTP Local Organizer: J. Niemela

Cosponsor(s): Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC)ivic, Latin-American Center for Physics (CLAF)claf, National Institute for Nuclear Research (ININ)inin, Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONACIT)fonacit, Instituto de Tecnología Venezolana para el Petróleo (INTEVEP)intevep, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV)cinvestav, Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics (SVMF)svmf, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalcouam

Support E-Mail: smr2629@ictp.it

Venue: IVIC

Activity

11 Aug 2014 - 15 Aug 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

IAEA "Advanced Workshop on Innovative Materials for Fusion Applications" | (smr H368)

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): IAEA

* ACTIVITY CANCELLED *

Europe/Rome Abstract: We introduce a signed count of real polynomials which gives rise to a real analog of Hurwitz numbers in the case of polynomials. The invariants obtained allow one to show the abundance of real solutions in the corresponding enumerative problems: in many cases, the number of real solutions is asymptotically equivalent (in the logarithmic scale) to the number of complex solutions. This is a joint work with Dimitri Zvonkine. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

14 Aug 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Seminar Start Time: 12:30

Europe/Rome The 10th edition of the School of Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM School) is jointly organized by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). On top of recognizing a decade of successful cooperation between the IAEA the ICTP, 2014 will also mark ICTP’s 50th anniversary. PURPOSE - The School is a certificate course aiming to provide specialized education and training on development and implementation of knowledge management programmes in nuclear science and technology organizations. FOCUS - The School focuses on methodologies and practices, and explores various dimensions of NKM such as processes and tools, challenges and benefits, culture influence, relationship with human resource development, information technology for knowledge preservation and sharing, etc. Learning is supplemented with real life examples, good practices and lessons learned from NKM programmes in different types of nuclear organizations. The aim is to encourage ‘forward thinking’ and to make theory and insights directly applicable in the workplace. TOPICS - The main topics of the School are: • Nuclear Knowledge and Knowledge Management Fundamentals; • Developing Policies and Strategies in Managing Nuclear Knowledge; • Managing Nuclear Information Resources; • Human Resources Development, Risk of Knowledge Loss and Knowledge Transfer; • Practical Guidance and Best practices on NKM. LOCATION - The School will be taking place in Trieste, Italy at the ICTP premises. DURATION - 25th to 29th August 2014. DELIVERY METHODS – The School starts before going to Trieste, with a pre-training done via e-learning. This pre-training introduces applicants to the fundamentals of NKM, and ensures a common understanding of the basics, allowing a more efficient and valuable interaction with peers and lecturers during the face-to-face in-class training that follows. Once in ICTP, topics are introduced through presentations delivered by recognized experts, followed by case studies, practical and breakout sessions where the participants will have the opportunity to discuss issues and solutions. An NKM group project is also developed over the week. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE - The invitation to the School is extended to young professionals from the nuclear field that have - or may in the near future have – a lead role in managing nuclear knowledge. Experts and scientists from countries that are members of the UN, UNESCO or IAEA may attend. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help researchers from developing countries through a programme of training activities within a framework of international co-operation, a limited number of participants from developed countries are also welcome. Due to organizational reasons, the total number of participants is limited. The School will be conducted in English therefore participants must have adequate language knowledge. SELECTION PROCEDURE - The selection procedure has two phases. The applicants are first screened based on their qualification, skills, abilities and experience. The pre-selected group will then undertake the online pre-training course (on an e-learning platform) and a test. The results from the test will be one of the final elements considered in the final selection of participations for the School. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Aug 2014 - 29 Aug 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Knowledge Management | (smr 2600)

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

A universal correction to higher spin entanglement entropy

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

Speaker(s): Justin DAVID (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome In this talk I'm going to present some of the experiments and projects that are currently active at the Universidad de Costa Rica in the area of nanoscience. In particular I'm going to mention some projects where the support of DFT and MD calculations will have a relevant impact in the interpretation and comprehension of present experimental results. In the second part, I'm going to focus on a specific project: "Ca-Co phosphates as catalysts in water electrolysis". This project aims to study the catalytic properties of Pakhomovskyite. Pakhomovskyite is a vivianite structure with layers of cobalt phosphate structures that are joined together by hydrogen bonds. This structure has been proposed for various cobalt based catalysts. The main advantage is that the structure can sustain changes in oxidation state while the same structure remains. The experimental results lead to important questions in water splitting catalysis. Nevertheless, none theoretical work has been done in this material. Therefore, in the present project we aim to use DFT calculations in order to study its magnetic and electronic properties, allowing us to select the best candidates to be synthesized later by the experimental group. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Aug 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Informal seminar on: "Nanoscience in Costa Rica and Computational study of Pakhomovskyite electronic and magnetic properties"

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

Speaker(s): Federico A. MUÑOZ ROJAS (Universidad de Costa Rica, Jan Jose )

Seminar Start Time: 12:30

Activity

30 Aug 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

IUPAP C-13 2014 | (smr H369)

Room: AGH (Lundqvist Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): S. Scandolo (ICTP)

Cosponsor(s): International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)iupap

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in collaboration with the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU), the Institute for Physical Research of NAS (IPR of NAS), the LT-Pyrkal cjsc, and the faculty of Physics of Yerevan State University (YSU) will organize the 2nd International Symposium on Optics & its Applications (OPTICS-2014), which will be held at Yerevan and Ashtarak, Armenia, from 1 to 5 September, 2014. Co-organizing student chapters: the YSU & NAS SPIE Armenian Student Chapter, and the BMSTU SPIE & OSA Student Chapters. Cosponsors: the Optical Society (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the RAU, and the LT-Pyrkal Directors: Gagik Buniatyan (LT-PYRKAL, Armenia) Maria L. Calvo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Narine Gevorgyan (RAU, Armenia / ICTP, Italy) Angela Guzman (CREOL, USA) Joseph Niemela (ICTP, Italy) Aram Papoyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia) Hayk Sarkisyan (RAU, Armenia / YSU, Armenia) International Advisory and Program Committees: Chairmen: David Blaschke (University of Wroclaw, Poland / JINR Dubna, Russia), and David Sarkisyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia) Roman Alaverdyan (YSU, Armenia), Levon Aslanyan (YSU, Armenia), Marcis Auzinsh (University of Latvia, Latvia), Stefano Bellucci (Frascati National Laboratory INFN, Italy), Michael Berry (University of Bristol, UK), Aranya Bhattacherjee (University of Delhi, India), Konstantin Bliokh (Advanced Science Institute RIKEN, Japan / IRE, Ukraine), Dmitry Budker (University of California at Berkeley, USA), Vigen Chaltykyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia), Miltcho Danailov (Elettra, Italy), Carlos Duque (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), Vladimir Gerdt (JINR Dubna, Russia), Gayane Grigoryan (IPR of NAS, Armenia), Rafik Hakobyan (YSU, Armenia), Alexey Kavokin (University of Southampton, UK), Eduard Kazaryan (RAU, Armenia), Arsen Khvedelidze (Institute of Mathematics, Georgia), Albert Kirakosyan (YSU, Armenia), Radik Kostanyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia), Takayuki Miyadera (Kyoto University, Japan), Levon Mouradian (YSU, Armenia), Atom Muradyan (YSU, Armenia), Armen Nersessian (YSU, Armenia / ICTP, Italy), Avinash Pandey (University of Allahabad, India), Luis Ponce (CICATA IPN, Mexico/Universidad de Havana, Cuba), Hartmut Ruhl, (LMU, Germany), Armin Scrinzi (LMU, Germany), Marat Soskin (Institute of Physics NASU, Ukraine), Sergue Vinitsky (JINR Dubna, Russia), Gert von Bally (Centre for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, Germany), Ruben Zadoyan (Newport Technology & Applications Center, USA) Local Organizing Committee: Coordinator: Paytsar Mantashyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia); Managers: David Hayrapetyan (RAU, Armenia) and Artsrun Martirosyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia); Melanya Grigoryan (Integrator Ltd, Armenia), Astghik Kuzanyan (IPR of NAS, Armenia), Lilit Mantashyan (Guw-Re Ltd Educational Centre, Armenia) Topics: Optical properties of nanostructures Quantum optics & information Singular optics and its applications Laser spectroscopy Strong field optics Nonlinear & ultrafast optics Photonics & fiber optics Optics of liquid crystals Mathematical methods in optics This scientific event will provide good opportunity for optics & photonics field scientists and industrial companies for information exchange. The objective of this symposium is to bring together leading specialists and young scientists working on various aspects of optics, to discuss the most recent developments in that area. OPTICS-2014 will combine: invited plenary lectures, sectional reports, presentations of young scientists (there will be special awards from the SPIE Armenian Students Chapter for the best student’s contributions), poster presentations, laboratory tours, exhibition and excursion. Preliminary List of Speakers: Alber Gernot, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany Bellucci Stefano, Frascati National Laboratory INFN, Italy Bergou Janos, City University of New York, USA Berry Michael, University of Bristol, UK Bhattacherjee Aranya, University of Delhi, India Blaschke David, University of Wroclaw, Poland / JINR Dubna, Russia Bliokh Konstantin, Advanced Science Institute RIKEN, Japan / IRE, Ukraine Cabrera Humberto, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research IVIC, Venezuela Calvo Maria L., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Cowan Thomas, HZDR, Germany Dennis Mark, University of Bristol, UK Desyatnikov Anton, Australian National University, Australia Duque Carlos, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia Ekers Aigars, University of Latvia, Latvia Garcia Martin E., Universitaet Kassel, Germany Ghulinyan Mher, CMM-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Hatsagortsyan Karen, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany Kavokin Alexey, University of Southampton, UK Khvedelidze Arsen, Mathematical Institute, Georgia Machnikowski Pawel, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Manko Vladimir, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia Muminov Khikmat, Physical-Technical University, Tajikistan Niemela Joseph, ICTP Trieste, Italy Pandey Avinash, University of Allahabad, India Petrosyan David, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Greece Ponce Luis, CICATA IPN, Mexico/Universidad de Havana, Cuba Reinholz Fred, University of Luebeck, Germany Reinholz Heidi, University of Rostock, Germany Rhodes William T., Florida Atlantic University, USA Ruhl Hartmut, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany Scrinzi Armin, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany Shahbazyan Tigran, Jackson State University, USA Szafranska Monika, National Institute of Telecommunications, Wroclaw, Poland Vekua Temo, University of Hannover, Germany Vinitsky Sergue, JINR Dubna, Russia von Bally Gert, Centre for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, Germany Zadoyan Ruben, Newport Technology & Applications Center, USA Materials of symposium will be published in ADVANCED SCIENCE FOCUS Yerevan-Ashtarak - Armenia ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Sep 2014 - 5 Sep 2014

@ Yerevan-Ashtarak - Armenia

Applied Physics

2nd International Symposium on Optics and its Applications | (smr 2633)

Secretary: A. Lusenti

Organizer(s): G. Buniatyan, M.L. Calvo, N. Gevorgyan, A. Guzman, A. Papoyan, H. Sarkisyan. ICTP Local Organizer: J. Niemela

Cosponsor(s): the Optical Society (OSA)osa, the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)spie, the International Commission for Optics (ICO)ico, the RAUrau, and the LT-Pyrkalltp

Support E-Mail: smr2633@ictp.it

Europe/Rome This two-week activity consists of a school on aspects of computational algebra and number theory with an emphasis on modular forms and L-functions in the first week and a more focused workshop on the same theme in the second week. The school is intended for advanced graduate students and young researchers. During the school there will be lectures on both theoretical and computational aspects of algebra and number theory, including a general introduction to scientific computing. The afternoons will be devoted to concrete hands-on computational projects. The workshop in the second week will also have a computational bent, being part of the research project LMF: L-functions and Modular Forms (a six year Programme Grant from EPSRC, grant reference EP/K034383/1). The High Performance Computing staff at ICTP will take part of the workshop with the goal of helping the interested participants make the jump from desktops to bigger machines. Lecturers for the school: Gonzalo Tornaria (Univ. Nacional del Uruguay) Vladimir Dokchister (Univ. of Warwick) Axel Kohlmeyer (ICTP) Masha Vlasenko (Univ. College Dublin) Anton Mellit (ICTP) Speakers: David Roberts (Univ. Minnesota, Morris) Henri Cohen (Univ. De Bordeaux I) John Cremona (Univ. of Warwick) Pascal Molin (Univ Paris, Diderot) Bill Allombert (Univ. of Bordeaux I) Kiran Kedlaya (Univ. of California, San Diego) Ariel Pacetti (Univ. de Buenos Aires) David Farmer (American Inst. of Mathematics) Mehmet Haluk Sengun (Univ. of Warwick) Lassina Dembele (Univ. of Warwick) Ahmad El-Guindy (Texas AM Qatar) Vasily Golyshev (Moscow) Stefan Reiter (Univ. of Bayreuth) PARTICIPATION Scientists and students from all countries which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may attend the School. As it will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries, through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, a limited number of students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to attend. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by the home institution. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare (or at least half-fare). However, limited funds are available for some participants. Priority for funding will be given to candidates who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Sep 2014 - 12 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Advanced School and Workshop on L-functions and modular forms | (smr 2602)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Secretary: P. Krizmancic

@ Trieste - Italy

SISSA Mediab JCOM International Masterclasses | (smr H384)

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

Room: AGH

Minimal String Theory from Douglas string equation

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

Speaker(s): Alexander BELAVIN (Landau Institute, Moscow)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome A characterization of a Kondo system using only entanglement measures is provided. For this purpose: I shall firstly analyze a spin realization of the single channel Kondo model and show how one can determine the Kondo screening length by a measure of entanglement. I then show how the entanglement with the impurity “stored” in the Kondo cloud may be used to generate distance independent long range entanglement between the end point of a Kondo spin chain. SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 5 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 Sep 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 5

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Kondo Physics from a Quantum Information Perspective"

Speaker(s): Pasquale SODANO (IIP, Natal, Brazil)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Activity

15 Sep 2014 - 19 Sep 2014

@ Rabat - Morocco

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

School on Advances in Quantum Information: Theory and Applications | (smr 2634)

Secretary: N. Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): A. Bassi, F. Benatti, Y. Hassouni, M. El Baz, A. Scardicchio

Cosponsor(s): Mohammed V University-Agdalumvar, COST Action MP1600cost, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)aims, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physicspi, African Laser Centre’s (ALC)alc

Support E-Mail: smr2634@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, is organizing an Advanced Workshop on "Interdisciplinary View in Chromosome Structure & Function", to be held in Trieste, Italy, from 15 - 19 September 2014. Understanding how the genetic material is organized in space in eukaryotes and bacteria is one of the big challenges of current molecular biology. It is now clear that the complexity of the cellular machinery is so profound that its full comprehension can be pursued only through the joint efforts of scientists coming from cross-related disciplines like molecular biology, systems biology, bioinformatics and physics. This Workshop aims at bringing scientists from these different disciplines in a real interdisciplinary context. The state-of-the-art of experimental, modeling and physical aspects in chromosome organization will be discussed, with particular emphasis on future important challenges. Topics include: -High-throughput and imaging methods for chromosome structure and dynamics; -Gene regulatory networks in eukaryotes and bacteria: experiments and modeling; - Large-scale physical modeling and simulation of chromosome structure; - System biology of gene expression and regulation. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Sep 2014 - 19 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

New Research Areas

Advanced Workshop on Interdisciplinary Views on Chromosome Structure and Function | (smr 2604)

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

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): A. Rosa, M. Nicodemi, A. Pombo, F. Kepes. ICTP Local Organizer: M. Marsili

Laboratories: LB Lab

Secretary: G. De Meo

Support E-Mail: smr2604@ictp.it

10 PCs needed in LB Lab.

Activity

15 Sep 2014 - 19 Sep 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

SISSA Masterclass on "Developing Successful Exhibitions" | (smr H365)

Room: AGH Giambiagi + Lundqvist

Organizer(s): SISSA Medialab

NOW SMR2688

Europe/Rome We seek to convene a training workshop in Sub-Saharan Africa designed to build capacit in the detection, understanding, and mitigation of natural geohazards, and in the development of alternative energy solutions. The 10-day training course for African geoscientists will provide strategic guidance to the international community based on lessons learned from natural hazards and sustainable energy exploration in sub-Saharan KIGALI - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Sep 2014 - 25 Sep 2014

@ KIGALI - Rwanda

Earth System Physics

Workshop on Geophysical Monitoring and Modeling for Sustainable Energy and Geohazard Solutions | (smr 2624)

Organizer(s): C. Ebinger, A. Ayele, Local organizers, Rwanda: Marie-Christine Gasingirwa ICTP: A. Aoudia

Secretary: S. Henningsen

Cosponsor(s): Republic of Rwanda, Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)rwanda, National Science Foundation (NSF)nsf, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)iugg

Support E-Mail: smr2624@ictp.it

Europe/Rome Abstract. We hereby introduce and extensively study a class of non-polynomial higher derivative theories of gravity that realize a ultraviolet (UV) completion of Einstein general relativity. These theories are unitary (ghost free) and at most only one-loop divergences survive. The outcome is a class of theories super-renormalizable in even dimension and finite in odd dimension. Moreover, we explicitly prove in D=4 that there exists an extension of the theory that is completely finite and all the beta functions vanish even at one-loop. These results can be easily extended in extra dimensions and it is likely that the higher dimensional theory can be made finite too. Therefore we have the possibility for "finite quantum gravity" in any dimension. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

18 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Super-renormalizable & Finite Gravitational Theories

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

Speaker(s): Leslaw RACHWAL (Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Activity

22 Sep 2014 - 27 Sep 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

Data assimilation in biogeochemical cycles | (smr H386)

Room: AGH Kastler (1st day only) then AGH Infolab

Organizer(s): Max Planck Institute - Department of Biogeochemical Systems

Laboratories: AGH Infolab.

Secretary: S. Henningsen

Europe/Rome Local organizing Committee: Yassine Hassouni, Chair (UMVA, Rabat) Asmae Arbaoui, Communications (UMVA, Rabat) Morad El Baz, co-Vice-Chair/Treasurer (UMVA, Rabat) El Houssine El Rhaleb, Registration (UMVA, Rabat) Mohamed Regueragui (UMVA, Rabat) Morad El Belkacemi (UMVA, Rabat) International organizing Committee: A. Bassi (University of Trieste) F. Benatti (University of Trieste) Aziz Bouchene (University of Toulouse) Daniel Braun (University of Tuebingen) Jihane Mimih (American Physical Society, Ridge, NY) Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP Trieste) ICTP Local Organizer: A. Scardicchio (Trieste) QUANTUM AFRICA STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: B. Sanders (Calgary) F. Benatti (Trieste) A. Buchleitner (Freiburg) A. Ekert (Singapore) P. Knight (London) F. Petruccione (Durban) N. Turok (Waterloo) QUANTUM AFRICA PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR: M. Plenio (Ulm) Alain Aspect (Institut d’Optique Paris) Angelo Bassi (Trieste) Michael Berry (Bristol) Mohamed Bourennane (Stockholm) Luiz Davidovich (Rio de Janeiro) Jiangfeng Du (USTC Hefei) Morad El Baz (UMVA, Rabat) Khalid Bouziane (IUR, Rabat) Fesseha Kassahun (Addis Ababa) Abdel-Shafy Fahmy Obada (Al-Azhar, Cairo) Gerard Milburn (Queensland) Michele Mosca (Waterloo) Mio Murao (Tokyo University) Terry Rudolph (Imperial College, London) Herman Uys (CSIR Pretoria) Rienk van Grondelle (VU Amsterdam) DESCRIPTION The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in collaboration with the University Mohamed V Agdal in Rabat and with the support of the European COST Action MP1006, the African Institue for Mathematical Sciences and the African Laser Centre, is organizing the "3rd Quantum Africa Conference: Advances in Quantum Sciences", from 22 to 26 Sep 2014, to be held at University Mohamed V Agdal in Rabat, Morocco. The last years have witnessed fast growing developments in the use of quantum mechanics in technology-oriented and information-related fields, including metrology, nano-devices development, biophysics together with computation, communication and cryptography. Topics as quantum entanglement, quantum coherence and decohering phenomena both in microscopic and mesoscopic systems have been attracting the interest of a growing number of researchers, especially young ones from developing countries. Quantum Africa 3 is the third conference in the Quantum Africa series, which is held biennially in Africa. The Quantum Africa conference series aims to engender exchanges and collaborations between African countries and between Africa and the rest of the world, enable Africa to play a leading research and development role in quantum science and technology, raise African stakeholder awareness of opportunities. The Conference will cover the following topics: quantum biology, quantum control, quantum communication, quantum dynamics, quantum foundations, quantum information processing, quantum materials, quantum metrology, quantum optics, quantum spintronics and ultrafast phenomena. PARTICIPATION Application is open to all qualified participants from countries which are members of the UN, UNESCO and IAEA. The Organizers will select participants upon evaluation of the application forms, accessible through this webpage (see below link). As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants are borne by their home institutions. Some funds are available for a limited number of applicants who are nationals of, and working in, developing countries. As scarcity of funds allows travel to be granted only in a few exceptional cases, every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare from their home country. Such financial support is available only to those attending the entire Conference. Upon communication of positive selection outcome, selected candidates will be asked to settle a conference fee, as follows: • Euro 250 for senior participants; • Euro 150 for junior participants (postdocs and students) to be paid to the University Mohamed V Agdal, Rabat (see http://www.fsr.ac.ma/QA3/). Those who wish to present a contributed talk (of 20 minutes), are kindly requested to upload title and abstract while going through the online application procedure. File should be in pdf format. Rabat - Morocco ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Sep 2014 - 26 Sep 2014

@ Rabat - Morocco

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Quantum Africa Conference 3: Advances in Quantum Sciences | (smr 2683)

Secretary: N. Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Directors: A. Bassi, F. Benatti, Y. Hassouni, M. El Baz, A. Scardicchio (ICTP Organizer)

Support E-Mail: smr2683@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna, Austria) will jointly organize this Workshop to be held at the ICTP in Trieste from 22 to 26 September 2014. The Workshop will continue a long tradition of workshops on nuclear theory initiated in late sixties. The Workshop represents a unique forum where nuclear scientists and engineers can get extensive and up-to-date information on the whole 'know-how' of nuclear data, from the physics of nuclear reactions to the production and validation of evaluated nuclear data files. In the era of vanishing expertise and infrastructure due to low support for nuclear reactor activities, this type of training is important, particularly in view of challenges posed by emerging innovative fuel cycle concepts, enhanced safety requirements and radioactive waste incineration. The purpose of the Workshop is to train scientists and engineers from both developing and developed countries in modern nuclear reaction theory, nuclear data production and validation, and data use, with particular emphasis on applications in nuclear reactor physics, design and safety. Participants will gain an overview of modern computer codes relevant to these topics. Furthermore, they will be introduced to the online retrieval of nuclear data. ICTP Home Page: http://www.ictp.it/ IAEA Home Page: http://www.iaea.org/ IAEA Nuclear Data Section Page: http://www-nds.iaea.org/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Sep 2014 - 26 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data for Nuclear Power Applications | (smr 2605)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 34151 - Trieste (Italy)

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): R. Capote Noy (IAEA - Vienna). ICTP Local Organizer: C. Tuniz

Laboratories: AGH Eklund Lab.

Secretary: E. Brancaccio

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

Support E-Mail: smr2605@ictp.it

Seminar

23 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

To be announced

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

Speaker(s): Fernando LOMBARDO (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Seminar Start Time: 07:00

Activity

23 Sep 2014 - 26 Sep 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

11th meeting on Active Galactic Nuclei of the Italian AGN Community | (smr H363)

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): P. Monaco

Europe/Rome Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss the characterization of domains maximizing the first non-zero Neumann eivgenvalue on a general cylinder. We will also present our study of overdetermined problem which arises from the Hadamard formula for this eigenvalue. A joint work with Tobias Weth ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

23 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Optimizing the first nonzero Neumann eigenvalue on the cylinder

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

Speaker(s): Mouhamed Moustapha Fall (AIMS, Senegal)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 15:30

Activity

24 Sep 2014 - 26 Sep 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

Inter Agency Travel Network | (smr H371)

Room: LB (Main Lecture Hall)

Europe/Rome An impartial game is a game in which two players, taking turns, make a move allowed in the game, each having complete information and where no chance is involved. The allowed moves, in any given state in the game, are the same for both players. In normal play, a player unable to move looses. In this talk I will discuss the remarkable fact that all impartial games are essentially the same. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

25 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Basic Notions Seminar "Impartial Games"

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

Speaker(s): Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP)

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Seminar

26 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): C. Arezzo (ICTP)

Europe/Rome In this talk, based on a detailed symmetry analysis, I will state the general rules to build up the effective low energy field theory describing a system of electrons weakly interacting with the lattice degrees of freedom. The basic elements in the construction are the invariant tensors that keep track of the microscopic discrete symmetries into the coarse-grained action. The approach can be applied to lattice systems in arbitrary dimensions and in a systematic way to any desired order in derivatives. I will show the application of the method to the honeycomb lattice and re-obtain the well-known effective action for graphene, containing Dirac fermions coupled to a fictitious gauge field. The talk is based on the results of arXiv:1303.3442 SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 138 (first floor) ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

30 Sep 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building, Room 138 (first floor)

New Research Areas

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Low energy electron-phonon effective action from symmetry analysis"

Speaker(s): Nicolas GRANDI (La Plata University, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

30 Sep 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Cosmology

To be announced

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

Speaker(s): Sreenath VIJAYAKUMAR (Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Seminar

2 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Quantum Correction to Kahler Metric of String Effective Action

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

Speaker(s): Jin U KANG (Kim II Sung University, Dem. Rep. Korea)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: A bifurcation theory for random dynamical systems (ie dynamical systems with noise) is still only in its infancy. We discuss several recent developments on the basis of the very simple example of a pitchfork bifurcation in the presence of so-called additive noise. My presentation will touch upon recent joint work with Mark Callaway, Martin Rasmussen, Doan Thai Son and Christian Rodrigues. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

3 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Towards a bifurcation theory of random dynamical systems

Room: Luigi Stasi Room

Speaker(s): Lamb Jeroen (Imperial College) - jeroen.lamb@imperial.ac.uk

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Seminar

3 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Twistor Origin of Superstring

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

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall

Quantum Corrections to Extremal Black Hole Entropy

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

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Shailesh LAL (Seoul National University, Korea)

Seminar Start Time: 17:30

Activity

18 Oct 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

Inauguration ceremony of Latin American Film Festival | (smr H388)

Room: LB (Budinich Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): Festival del Cinema Latino Americano - APCLAI (Associazione per la Promozione della Cultura Latino Americana in Italia). Director: R. Diaz

Europe/Rome ChArMEx is part of the international and interdisciplinary metaprogramme MISTRALS (Mediterranean Integrated STudies at Regional and Local Scales). Its aim is to assess the present and future state of the atmospheric environment in the Mediterranean Basin, and its impacts on the regional climate, air quality and marine biogeochemistry, in a context of strong regional anthropogenic and climatic pressures. This region shows high level of ozone and aerosol during summertime. It is a receptor area of long-range transport of atmospheric pollution. It is also considered a hot-spot of climate change, with significant projected summertime warming and precipitation decrease that have the potential to further enhance atmospheric pollutants and natural aerosol concentrations. The Workshop will focus on different approaches to study Mediterranean atmospheric chemistry and climate such as satellite observations, airborne and ground measurements, and modelling. Recent results of the ChArMEx experiment will also be discussed. It is intended to promote scientific exchanges and collaborations between participants. As such it is open to scientists and students interested in atmospheric chemistry, aerosols and climate-chemistry interactions in the Mediterranean region climate. Talks from participants are welcome, and a Poster Session will also be included in the programme. ICTP encourages applicants to submit a short one-page abstract along with their online application form. Preliminary List of Speakers and Topics: Augustin COLETTE (INERIS, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France): Air quality-climate interactions Véronique DUCROCQ (CNRM Météo-France, Toulouse, France): HyMeX projet on the hydrological cycle Cécile GUIEU (LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France): MERMEX project on Marine ecosystems response Wolfgang JUNKERMANN (KIT/IMK-IFU, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany): Aerosols in the Mediterranean William LAHOZ (NILU, Kjeller, Norway): Air quality and contributions from assimilation Paolo LAJ (LGGE, Grenoble, France): ACTRIS network for atmospheric research observations Jos LELIEVELD (MPIC, Mainz, Germany): Modeling atmospheric chemistry-climate interactions Nikos MIHALOPOULOS (Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Greece): Aerosol chemistry Etienne RUELLAN (INSU CNRS, Paris, France): Regional multidisciplinary programme MISTRALS Giorgio di SARRA (ENEA, Rome, Italy): Mineral dust ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

20 Oct 2014 - 24 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

4th International Workshop CHArMEx - the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment | (smr 2610)

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

Room: LB (Budinich Lecture Hall)

Secretary: M. de Comelli

Organizer(s): F. DULAC, E. HAMONOU, M. MALLET, M. SICARD, F. SOLMON. ICTP Local Organizer: F. Solmon

Cosponsor(s): MISTRALS/ChArMEx-Francecharmex

Support E-Mail: smr2610@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/07/2014**

Seminar

21 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Cosmology

Inflation from Minkowski space

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): David PIRTSKHALAVA (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Since Paleolithic times, humans have tried to read biological behavior through animal and plant traces. Over the centuries, this art of survival has evolved into a discipline halfway between Earth Sciences and Life Sciences: Ichnology. This seminar discusses the fundamentals of the study of traces, presenting robust techniques to decipher the ichnological alphabet – from worm burrows to dinosaur footprints. Special attention will be paid to the application of quantitative techniques such as fractal geometry, network theory and artificial life. Fossil and modern environments will be explored, underlining the (paleo)biological significance of 600 millions of years of bioturbation in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, burrows, footprints, borings, coprolites are fossil behavior and, as such, they are a valuable tool in sedimentary geology, evolutionary biology and paleontology. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

22 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences , New Research Areas

Seminar in QUANTITATIVE LIFE SCIENCES: "From worm burrows to dinosaur footprints: An ichnological journey into biological behavior"

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

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Andrea BAUCON (Univ. Milan, Italy and UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional, Portugal)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Colloquium

22 Oct 2014

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Cosmology , Colloquium

Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: Toward an Observational Proof of Cosmic Inflation

Room: LB - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Eiichiro KOMATSU (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany)

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Seminar

24 Oct 2014

Applied Physics

Un tributo all'inventiva italiana: ieri, oggi e domani

Room: AGH - Kastler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Giovanni De Sandre, Gastone Garziera, Alessandro Ranellucci (Make in Italy)Paolo Possamai (Direttore - Il Piccolo, Trieste)

Seminar Start Time: 10:00

Europe/Rome This Workshop is meant to showcase several new approaches to the experimental and theoretical understanding of superconductors and superfluids, comparing solid-state and ultracold-atoms advances with the aim of a cross-fertilization between the two fields. It will feature topics that are rapidly developing, ranging from novel (time-resolved and k-resolved) optical spectroscopies to new trapping and imaging methods for ultracold gases, with the unifying contribution of different theoretical approaches, such as Dynamical Mean-Field theory, Diagrammatic and Quantum Monte Carlo methods. Special attention will be devoted to the exotic superfluid and superconducting states which arise from the interplay between pairing, correlations, disorder and reduced dimensionality. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

27 Oct 2014 - 31 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Probing and Understanding Exotic Superconductors and Superfluids | (smr 2612)

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

Room: LB (Budinich Lecture Hall)

Secretary: D. Sauleek

Organizer(s): M. Capone, A. Georges, S. Giorgini, R. Grimm and D. Van der Marel ICTP Local Organizers: S. Pilati and V. Kravtsov

Cosponsor(s): ERC Grant SUPERBADerc, Istituto Officina dei Materialicnr-iom, ICAMicam, NSF Grant DMR-0844115nsf and BEC Center (Univ. Trento)bec

Support E-Mail: smr2612@ictp.it

Deadline date was set for 1 July 2014, then extended for Cost Free applications to 7 September 2014**DEADLINE: 07/09/2014**

Activity

27 Oct 2014 - 14 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

New Research Areas

School on Parallel Programming and Parallel Architecture for HPC and Developer School for HPC applications in Earth Sciences + Symposium on HPC and Data-Intensive Applications in Earth Sciences | (smr 2613)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 34151 - Trieste (Italy)

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Secretary: R. del Rio

Organizer(s): I. Girotto, A. Kohlmeyer, U. Singe, C. Onime, C. Cavazzoni, S. Salon, G. Giuliani, R. Farneti

Cosponsor(s): Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)ogs - Partnership for Advanced Computer in Europe (PRACE)prace, CINECAcineca

Support E-Mail: smr2613@ictp.it

LIMITED PARTICIPATION**DEADLINE: 26/10/2014**

Activity

27 Oct 2014 - 31 Oct 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

SISSA Masterclass on "Developing Successful Museums and Science Centres" | (smr H366)

Room: AGH Kastler + Lundqvist

Organizer(s): SISSA Medialab

NOW SMR2688

Seminar

28 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: Conformal partial waves, building blocks of the conformal bootstrap

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

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Hugh OSBORN (University of Cambridge, UK)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

28 Oct 2014

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: N=3 and N=4 anti-de Sitter vacua of maximal supergravity

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

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Mario TRIGIANTE (Politecnico di Torino)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The school comprises different modules, containing lectures and practical applications. Starting with an introduction to climate modelling and different downscaling approaches, focus will be given to spatial and temporal variability in statistical and dynamical downscaling. Methods for validating spatial and temporal aspects will be discussed. PLEASE NOTE: - Participants are requested to present their own research in a short presentation (3 slides, 5 minutes) on Monday afternoon. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Nov 2014 - 8 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

3rd VALUE Training School: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling | (smr 2780)

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

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: S. Henningsen

Organizer(s): E. Hertig, D. Maraun, M. Widmann, J.M. Gutierrez Llorente, R. Wilcke ICTP Local Organizer: E. Coppola

Cosponsor(s): European Cooperation in Science and Technologycost

Support E-Mail: smr2780@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 10-10-2014**

Europe/Rome Introduction: Plasma-wall interaction in fusion devices encompasses a wide variety of processes. On a short timescale these include deposition of energetic plasma particles (primarily hydrogen and helium) into the surface, physical and chemical sputtering of surface material into the plasma, and reflection and desorption of particles from the surface. On a longer timescale the processes include diffusion of hydrogen and helium in the wall and changes in surface composition, morphology and material microstructure due to plasma bombardment and (in a reactor) neutron irradiation. Together these processes are extremely important in determining the plasma performance, the lifetime of plasma-facing components, trapping and retention of the tritium fusion fuel in the wall, and ultimately the feasibility of fusion power production. The gap between what is known about plasma-material interaction and what is needed to design a fusion reactor is most severe for the effects of radiation damage on hydrogen retention properties of plasma-facing materials. Computations are particularly important for this problem, because experiments cannot fully simulate the radiation conditions in a fusion device. Appropriate computational materials tools range from statistical or otherwise averaged (binary collision approximation, kinetic Monte Carlo) and mechanical (molecular dynamics) models to semiempirical (tight binding) density functional theory codes and first principles quantum mechanical codes for inhomogeneous materials. Any of these codes has its own needs for fundamental data, which are in many cases obtained by parameterization of results of other calculations. Purpose: The conference is intended to bring together researchers from the areas of fusion energy science and materials science in order to review advances in computational studies of plasma-material interaction processes and the evolution of material microstructure in fusion devices. Within this area the programme will emphasize work that is relevant to hydrogen (tritium) trapping and transport in candidate fusion reactor wall materials. This includes modelling of the effects of irradiation upon material microstructure and modelling to understand the influence of microstructure on hydrogen trapping and transport. Participants with a background in plasma-wall interaction in fusion experiments should return from the conference with a richer understanding of the wide range of computational methods that are used for development of plasma-material interaction data and material properties data for fusion plasma and fusion materials modelling. Participants from the area of materials science should obtain guidance about new work that is most needed to improve understanding of plasma-material interaction processes and material damage processes that are relevant for fusion energy development. The conference format is meant to encourage new collaborations on computational studies of plasma-material interaction in fusion devices. Topics: The conference programme will emphasize uses of the more fundamental computational tools (based on quantum mechanics) and parameterization of results from such tools in the form of interaction potentials and transition rates for applied studies. Specific topics include the following. * Direct uses of ab initio and semi-empirical quantum mechanical codes for study of materials microstructure, trapping and transport of hydrogen and helium in fusion wall materials. * Optimization of parameters in semi-empirical codes and parameterization of results of quantum mechanical calculations in the form of interaction potentials and transition rates for classical models. * Molecular Dynamics, Binary Collision Approximation and Kinetic Monte Carlo studies of plasma-material interaction, radiation damage processes and material and surface evolution. * Multi-method and multi-scale simulations; acceleration approaches. * Uncertainty estimation and uncertainty propagation from quantum mechanical calculations through interaction potentials to outputs of longer time-scale calculations. * Parameterization of material microstructure and its effect on mobility and trapping of hydrogen and helium in fusion wall materials. * Simulation and interpretation of diagnostics of material microstructure, radiation damage, hydrogen and helium in fusion materials and plasma-material interaction Participants will be active researchers in the subject area of the conference and we expect a scientific contribution (talk or poster) from each participant. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

3 Nov 2014 - 7 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Conference on Models and Data for Plasma-Material Interaction in Fusion Devices | (smr 2614)

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

Room: LB (Euler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: A. Lusenti

Organizer(s): B.J. Braams, H.K. Chung. ICTP Local Organizer: S. Scandolo

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

Support E-Mail: smr2614@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 06/07/2014**

Europe/Rome Who are the most influential players in a social network? What's the origin of an epidemic outbreak? The answer to simple questions like these can hide incredibly difficult computational problems, that require powerful methods for the inference, optimization, and control of dynamical processes on large networks. I will present a statistical mechanics approach to inverse dynamical problems in the idealized framework provided by simple models of irreversible contagion and diffusion on networks (linear threshold model, susceptible-infected-removed epidemic model). Using the cavity method (belief propagation), it is possible to explore the large-deviation properties of the dynamics and develop efficient message-passing algorithms to solve optimization and inference problems even on large networks. SISSA ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Nov 2014

@ SISSA

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: Inverse problems for spreading dynamics on networks.

Address: Via Bonomea 265 - Trieste

Room: Cinema Room - 1st floor

Speaker(s): DALL'ASTA Luca (Universite' Paris XI, Orse')

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Colloquium

4 Nov 2014

Seeking a sustainable model for scientific simulation

Room: LB - Budinich Lecture Hall

Cosponsor(s): Robert J. HARRISON

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Activity

5 Nov 2014 - 6 Nov 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

EU- Russia Year of Science: A Window on Physics, Biology and Technology | (smr H387)

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Cosponsor(s): Italian Embassy in Moscowmae-moscow, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)sissa, ICTP, Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn and Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubnajinr

Seminar

6 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Asymptotics (Basic Notions Seminar)

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Mexico and Central America are vulnerable regions to extreme climatic events that causes socio-economical and natural disasters. Central America is a hot spot for climate change impact (Giorgi, 2006), being one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change. Recent simulations performed with RegCM, contributing to the Coordinated Regional climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) over Central America have shown that the use of regional climate models allows for a better representation of the local climate features and meso-scale phenomena, such as for example tropical cyclones compared with coarser resolution Global Models. Therefore, the main purpose of the workshop will be to provide extensive sessions focused on the implementation of techniques to carry out analysis of climate variability and climatic change in this area. The use of the regional climate model RegCM4 model will be shown as a tool to study climate-related phenomena at high resolution. This workshop will be organized with lectures and lab sessions which intend to provide a background on climate studies focused over Central America and Mexico, addressing issues like theory of regionaI climate dynamics and climatic change. One aim of the workshop is to start a community of users of Regional Climate Modeler focused over Mexico and Central America inline with the CORDEX framework. A limited number of participants is envisioned, with proven experience in handling climate data, and that have interest in starting to use the RegCM4 as a tool for regional climate studies. Ensenada - Mexico ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Nov 2014 - 14 Nov 2014

@ Ensenada - Mexico

Earth System Physics

First Workshop on Climate Change, Variability and Modeling over Central America and Mexico | (smr 2637)

Secretary: S. Radosic

Organizer(s): R. Fuentes Franco, F. Giorgi, E. Coppola, F Graef, E. Pavia. ICTP Local Organizer: F. Giorgi

Cosponsor(s): Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Educationcicese

Support E-Mail: smr2637@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/08/2014**

Activity

10 Nov 2014 - 14 Nov 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

SISSA Masterclass on "Bridging the Gap between Science and Society" | (smr H367)

Room: AGH Kastler + Lundqvist

Organizer(s): SISSA Medialab

NOW SMR2688

Activity

10 Nov 2014 - 14 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Assessment of Degradation Mechanisms of Water-cooled Nuclear Reactors and Primary Components: Current Issues and Future Challenge with EC/JRC | (smr 2644)

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

Room: LB (Euler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: S. Henningsen

Organizer(s): K.-S. Kang, A. Zeman, M. Bieth. ICTP Local Organizer: S. Scandolo

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

Support E-Mail: smr2644@ictp.it

* ACTIVITY CANCELLED *

Europe/Rome ABSTRACT We investigate the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) in integrable models, focusing on the spin-1/2 isotropic Heisenberg (XXX) chain. We verify that ETH holds for typical eigenstates (weak ETH scenario). Specifically, using a numerical implementation of state-of-the-art Bethe ansatz results, we study the finite-size scaling of the eigenstate-to-eigenstate fluctuations of the reduced density matrix. Fluctuations are normally distributed, and their standard deviation decays in the thermodynamic limit as L^{-1/2}, with L the size of the chain. This is in contrast with the exponential decay that is found in generic non-integrable systems. Finally, we investigate the entanglement properties of the excited states of the XXX chain. We numerically verify that typical mid-spectrum eigenstates exhibit extensive entanglement entropy (i.e., volume-law scaling). SISSA, Santorio Building ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

11 Nov 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) and integrability in quantum spin chains"

Address: Via Bonomea 265

Room: Cinema Room, 1st floor

Speaker(s): ALBA Vincenzo (LMU Munich)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: Atiyah and Bott famously showed that Borel-Weil-Bott and the equivariant localization theorem for the flag manifold imply a proof of the Weyl-Character formula. I'll explain how generalizing this in a certain way to some infinite dimensional Kac-Moody requires that certain limits be switched for some infinite-dimensional varieties, together with an idea of Graeme Segal, and give some new sufficient conditions for when this may be done. This all sounds a bit technical, but I really won't assume very much. ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 Nov 2014

Mathematics

Switching limits in geometric representation theory

Room: LB - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Carlsson

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Seminar

13 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Gamma rays from dark matter in the Inner Galaxy?

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Jennifer SIEGAL-GASKINS (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is organizing, in collaboration with the Pakistani National Centre for Physics (NCP), a School on LHC Physics to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 25 August to 5 September 2014. INTRODUCTION The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest particle accelerator ever built in the history in terms of energy and luminosity. LHC is currently under operation at European Organization for Nuclear Physics (CERN), Geneva. The discovery of the Higgs Boson was announced by two big LHC experiments called CMS and ATLAS on July 4, 2012. PURPOSE The purpose of this School is to introduce young researchers in particular graduate students how to analyze the data from LHC. Several countries in the region are working on LHC such as: China, India, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan. This particular School is organized in the same spirit as the CMS Data Analysis Schools (CMSDAS) organized on regular basis by CERN and Fermilab. The School will serve the purpose of regional school. TOPICS The real goal of the School is “from raw data to physics publication”. During the School we plan to cover the following areas: •Standard Model and Beyond •Higgs Searches and Searches for Exotic Particles •Detector Physics •Event Generator •Analysis tools for LHC data Supplementary lectures related to various programming tools needed to analyze LHC data will cover •Operating System (Linux)/Programming Languages (C++, Python, Perl) •Root/Event Generator – Pythia •CMSSW •Data Access using Grid •Statistical Techniques and Fitting data using Roofit FORMAT The two-week school will consist of morning sessions devoted to inspirational plenary talks combined with the execution of a series of so-called "short" and "long exercises" that will represent the main goal of the School. The first part of the School will be devoted to "short exercises" (several hours duration) to cover all of the objects from jets to muons, as well as various techniques from event generators to setting upper limits. During a 2.5 days intensive session, focused teams of about 6-8 students each, will perform "long exercises", i. e. detailed physics measurements using LHC data. Both short and long exercises will be designed and facilitated by teams of 2-3 experts. Some long exercises go beyond the current state of the art of the corresponding CMS analysis PARTICIPATION Scientists and students from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA, may attend the School, however, since this is a regional activity, priority will be given to graduate researchers and research scientists from the region. As the School will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, a limited number of students from developed countries are also welcome to attend. As a rule travel and subsistence expenses for participants should be borne by their home Institutions. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare (or at least half fare). However, limited funds are available for some participants who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is available only for those attending the entire activity. There is no registration fee. Activity Secretariat At NCP e-mail: hcncp2014@ncp.edu.pk Phone: +92-51-2077360 At ICTP e-mail: smr2632@ictp.it Phone: +39 40 2240 551 Telefax: +39 40 2240 7551 Islamabad - Pakistan ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

17 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2014

@ Islamabad - Pakistan

LHC Physics , High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Speaker(s): Nabil IQBAL, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: We are principally interested on determinant calculation and on eigenvalues with multiplicities determination of the regular representation of group algebra element. We first briefly review the representation of group algebra and its connection with arrangements of hyperplanes. After that, we expose the determinant calculations of elements of the group algebra of the symmetric group and of the hyperoctahedral group. We also expose the eigenvalues with multiplicities determination of an element of the group algebra of the symmetric group. Then, we finish with the presentation of an open problem which is the eigenvalues with multiplicities determination of an element of the group algebra of the hyperoctahedral group. ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

19 Nov 2014

Mathematics

Spectral Properties of Group Algebra Elements

Room: LB - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Support E-Mail: math@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Abstract. I will discuss the physics of dark matter models featuring composite bound states carrying a large conserved dark "nucleon" number. The properties of sufficiently large dark nuclei may obey simple scaling laws, and we find that this scaling can determine the number distribution of nuclei resulting from Big Bang Dark Nucleosynthesis. For plausible models of asymmetric dark matter, dark nuclei of large nucleon number, e.g. > 10^8, are synthesised, with the number distribution taking one of two characteristic forms, independent of many details of the initial conditions and small-number interactions. I will also briefly discuss the constraints arising from the novel dark sector energetics, possible modifications to astrophysical processes, and the potential direct detection signals. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

20 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Big Bang Synthesis of Nuclear Dark Matter

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Edward HARDY, ICTP

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Activity

22 Nov 2014 - 23 Nov 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

Fisica, Medicina, Arte e Spiritualità | (smr H380)

Room: LB (Budinich Lecture Hall)

Secretary: Smile Service

Organizer(s): AMeC, Associazione Medicina e Complessità

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, Centre International de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees (CIMPA), Nice, France, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan (UADY), Merida, Mexico, are jointly organizing the School and Workshop on Singularities in Geometry, Topology, Foliations and Dynamics. This event is co-sponsored by ICTP, CIMPA, UNAM, UADY and CONACYT. The School will take place at Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM, Unidad Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Mexico, from 24 November to 5 December, and the Workshop will take place at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico, from 8 to 19 December 2014. Singularity theory is a crossroad of various areas of mathematics and science in general. In the last 5 years we have seen striking developments, both within singularity theory itself and in its relations with other areas of mathematics. The purpose of this event is to present some of the basic foundations of singularity theory, as well as recent results that brings us up to the boundary of our present knowledge in various topics. Particular emphasis will be given to the theory of singularities in geometry, topology, foliations and dynamics. The first two weeks (24 November - 5 December) will be a ICTP-CIMP A School on the following topics: Local polar varieties in the study of singularities of spaces and maps (Bernard Teissier, France); Theorie elementaire des feuilletages holomorphes (Dominique Cerveau, France); Feuilletages holomorphes singuliers (Frank Loray, France); Dynamical Systems and valuations (Felipe Cano, Spain); Arc spaces and the Nash problem (Javier Fernandez de Bobadilla, Spain); Characteristic classes of singular varieties (Jean-Paul Brasselet, France); Poincare Hopf's theorem on singular varieties (Jose Seade, Mexico); Invariants of holomorphic foliations (Laura Ortiz, Mexico); Singularites et valuations: interactions entre geometrie et algebre commutative (Mark Spivakovsky, France); Introduction to mixed singularities and their applications (Mutsuo Oka, Japan); Singularities and tropical geometry (Fuensanta Aroca, Mexico) and (Lucia Lopez de Medrano, Mexico). Up-to-date information about the Programme of the School can be found at the activity website: www.matcuer.unam.mx/eventos/sing2014 The Workshop will be held during the third and fourth weeks (8 -19 December), with the participation of renown experts. Cuernavaca - Mexico ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Nov 2014 - 19 Dec 2014

@ Cuernavaca - Mexico

Mathematics

School and Workshop on Singularities in Geometry, Topology, Foliations and Dynamics | (smr 2640)

Secretary: D. Sauleek

Organizer(s): J.L. Cisneros-Molina, A. Libgober, L. Ortiz Bobadilla, J. Snoussi and M. Spivakovsky Local Organizer: C. Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA)cimpa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)unam, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY)uady, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)conacyt

Support E-Mail: smr2640@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/07/2014**

Europe/Rome The aim of this course is to provide advanced knowledge to meet the increasing need of radiation protection and safety of patients undergoing radiotherapy procedures. The course will: - disseminate information on lessons learned from radiotherapy incidents and accidents that have occurred in the past - train participants in the critical aspects of radiotherapy safety learning and implementation - train participants in methods for retrospective and prospective risk analysis in radiotherapy Radiotherapy has long been an effective way of treating cancer and it is estimated that 50-60% of patients with cancer would benefit from radiotherapy. Expanding radiotherapy into areas with limited current access 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. It is worth considering that there have been more deaths and early acute health effects due to radiation accidents in medical uses than due to any other source, including accidents at nuclear facilities. While there is a broad agreement by experts that radiotherapy is a very safe form of treatment, where more than 5 million treatments are delivered annually in the world, there is also recognition that safety measures need to be further progressed at several levels for this complex and rapidly developing medical specialty. The need to develop leadership in radiation safety in radiotherapy is acute. ICTP is a world renowned centre for training in physics and allied sciences and IAEA has developed lead in medical radiation protection. A program under the umbrella of both these organizations is expected to attract right talent and has potential to meet objectives of both organizations effectively. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Meeting on Training in Patient Safety in Radiotherapy | (smr 2593)

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

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Secretary: S. Radosic

Organizer(s): O. Holmberg (IAEA), ICTP Local Organizers: L. Bertocchi, R. Padovani

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

Support E-Mail: smr2593@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 31/08/2014**

Europe/Rome Systems with disparate timescales are ubiquitous in physics and biology. Efficient modeling dictates to restrict the description to the slower processes and not to fully resolve the faster ones. The seminar will discuss this general issue in stochastic systems with multiple timescales. In particular, the presentation will address the behavior of thermodynamics upon changing the level of resolution. Stefano Bo will show how for non-equilibrium systems, under quite general conditions, properties of the fast dynamics still affect thermodynamics on the slower scales therefore compromising a description of the full system in terms of slow variables only. Finally, two relevant examples will be given concerning Brownian motion and a simple biochemical network. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

24 Nov 2014

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Seminar in QUANTITATIVE LIFE SCIENCES: "Irreversibility and dissipation in multiple-scale systems"

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

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Stefano Bo University of Turin, Physics Department

Support E-Mail: qls@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

26 Nov 2014

Mathematics

Unirationality and rationality of Ueno-Campana manifolds

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: Many complex systems respond to a continuous input of energy by an accumulation of stress over time, interrupted by sudden energy releases called avalanches. Recently, it has been pointed out that several basic features of avalanche dynamics are induced at the microscopic level by relaxation processes, which are neglected by most models. We have studied a minimal modification of a well-known model of avalanche dynamics, in which we take into account the presence of "relaxation processes". Precisely, we study a viscoelastic interface driven in a disordered medium. In mean-field, we prove that our model interface has a periodic behavior (with a new, emerging time scale), with avalanche events that span the whole system. We compute semi-analytically the friction force acting on this surface, and find that it is compatible with classical friction experiments. In finite dimensions (2D), the mean-field system-sized events become local, and numerical simulations give qualitative and quantitative results in good agreement with several important features of real earthquakes. SISSA, Santorio Building ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

28 Nov 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "Viscoelastic Interfaces Driven in Disordered Media & Applications to Friction"

Address: Via Bonomea 265 Trieste

Room: Cinema Room, 1st floor

Speaker(s): François Landes, ICTP

Seminar Start Time: 15:00

Europe/Rome Co-organized and co-sponsored by The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, jointly with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), are organizing a Workshop on the Use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for Scientific Applications, to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 1 to 5 December 2014. The event is co-organized and co-sponsored by the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems ICG, with sponsorship from the United States of America and the European Commission. The Workshop will discuss state-of-the-art applications with emphasis on the scientific exploration of the Earth's environment using GNSS and review on-going and planned initiatives as well as new research programmes utilizing GNSS ground- and space-based measurements to observe ionospheric and space weather phenomena. Cooperative efforts and international partnerships for capacity-building, training and research, including the activities of the ICTP will also be presented. The Workshop programme will include plenary sessions and sufficient time for discussions among participants to identify the priority areas where pilot projects should be launched and examine possible partnerships that could be established. The Local Organizing Committee will arrange a half-day technical tour during the Workshop. Thematic sessions I. Policies and Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Development II. GNSS-based Application Areas III. GNSS Reference Station System and Services IV. National, Regional and International Initiativies/Experiences in GNSS Implementation and Uses V. GNSS and Space/Atmosphere Weather Monitoring VI. Capacity Building, Training and Education in the Field of GNSS VII. Discussion Session ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 5 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

United Nations/ICTP Workshop on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) | (smr 2617)

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

Room: LB (Budinich Lecture Hall)

Secretary: M. de Comelli

Organizer(s): S. GADIMOVA (UNOOSA, Vienna), S.M. RADICELLA (ICTP, Trieste). ICTP Local Organizer: B. NAVA

Cosponsor(s): United Nationsun, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)icg

Support E-Mail: smr2617@ictp.it

Submission Deadline for those not asking financial support: 5 October 2014Limited participation.**DEADLINE: 22/08/2014**

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 2 Dec 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

OWSD Executive Board Meeting | (smr H392)

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

Room: AGH (Lundqvist Lecture Hall)

Secretary: L. Mungapen - OWSD

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 12 Dec 2014

@ Sao Paulo - Brazil

Cosmology , High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Joint SAIFR-ICTP School and Workshop on Observational Cosmology | (smr 2638)

Secretary: R. Sain

Organizer(s): R. Abramo, P. Creminelli, A. Melchiorri, R. Rosenfeld, R. Sheth. ICTP Local Organizers: P. Creminelli, R. Sheth

Cosponsor(s): ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (SAIFR)saifr

Support E-Mail: smr2638@ictp.it

Venue: IFT-UNESP, Sao Paulo

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, is organizing a Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology from 1 to 12 December 2014. It will be directed by V. Balasubramanian (Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA and CUNY Graduate Center, USA) and A. Treves (SISSA, Italy). The School is part of the Programme in Biology between ICTP and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) in Bangalore, India. New experimental techniques are opening windows on biological mechanisms inside the cell and in the brain, making these systems accessible to quantitative investigation. These advances have shown the importance of the concerted interaction of many agents in producing overall behaviors, and call for an understanding of biological functions at the systemic level. The series of Winter Schools in Quantitative Systems Biology, initiated in 2012, responds to the need to provide physicists with a broad exposure to quantitative problems in the study of living systems. The school is particularly targeted to young researchers, especially at the Ph.D and postdoc level who either work in this area or hope to do so. The 2014 School will focus on Systems Neuroscience and cover different aspects of this rapidly developing field, such as: • Neural coding and dynamics • Connectomics • Statistical inference in large neural datasets • Optogenetics and gene expression in the brain • Sensory systems: vision, olfaction, audition • Computational neuroscience • Synaptic plasticity, learning and memory • Neuroscience of reward and decision making • Spatial cognition • Higher order cognitive processes Series of lectures in these topics will be given by an array of distinguished speakers. Research seminars associated with the school will also provide a venue for scientific exchange at the cutting edge. Directors V. BALASUBRAMANIAN Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA and CUNY Graduate Center, USA A. TREVES SISSA, Italy Scientific Committee A. Celani (ICTP, Italy) N. Chandra (IISc, India) S. Jain (Univ. of Delhi, India) M. Marsili* (ICTP, Italy) A. Sengupta (Rutgers State Univ., USA) M. Thattai (NCBS, India) M. Vendruscolo (Univ. Cambridge, UK) * local organizer Invited Lecturers: Stefano Fusi (Columbia, USA) Kate Jeffery (UCL, UK) Etienne Koechlin (ENS Paris, France) Venkatesh Murthy (Harvard, USA) Maria Neimark Geffen (Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA) Botond Roska (FMI, Switzerland) Wolfram Schultz (Univ. Cambridge, UK) Tatyana Sharpee (Salk Institute, USA) Misha Tsodyks (Weizmann Institute, Israel) Fred Wolf (Univ. Göttingen, Germany) Invited Speakers include: Mohammad Herzallah (Al Quds, Palestine) Emilio Kropf (Leloir Institute, Argentina) Gabriel Mindlin (Univ.Buenos Aires, Argentina) Remi Monasson (ENS Paris, France) Yasser Roudi (NTNU, Norway) Gasper Tkacik (IST, Austria) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 12 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Winter School in Quantitative Systems Biology | (smr 2618)

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

Room: AGH Kastler L.H. (1-9 December) then LB Budinich Lecture Hall (10-12 December)

Secretary: F. Delconte

Organizer(s): V. Balasubramanian, A. Treves. ICTP Local Organizer: M. Marsili

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

Support E-Mail: smr2618@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/06/2014**

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Italy) and the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC, Costa Rica) will jointly organize a Latin-American FPGA School on Advanced Instrumentation, to be held in Santa Clara, Costa Rica, from 1 to 19 December 2014. The last three days of the school will be dedicated to the first regional Conference on Advanced Instrumentation (CRIA 2014) to be also held at Costa Rica TEC from 17 to 19 December 2014. Specific information about the Conference can be found a at http://cria2014.instrumentacionavanzada.net/ PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL The aim of school is to introduce physicists, engineers, computer scientists and other scientists to FPGA design methodologies focusing applications in scientific instrumentation. The school will represent a unique opportunity for many of the participants to gain skills for designing and developing complete high performance systems for scientific applications at low cost. Since the main barrier to exploit this technology is knowledge, this school will contribute to generate know how through hands-on experimental activities with state of the art hardware and software. The participants will count on international highly qualified lecturers and laboratory assistants who are selected professionals from academy, research centers and industry. This will contribute to provide a balanced perception and deeper understanding about limitations, trends and potentialities of this key technology. The School will contain about 35 hours of lectures and 35 hours of tutorials and assisted hands on laboratory sessions. During the last three days of the school, the selected applicants will also participate to the first regional conference on advanced instrumentation (CRIA 2014). It is expected to enhance the capabilities of researchers, teachers, and engineers in exploiting cost-effective programmable logic devices for their instrumentation needs and R&D for scientific and academic purposes. By promoting networking and open international collaborations and by stimulating a community of experimental scientists with the necessary skills and willingness to contribute to collaborative open hardware/software research projects, this school will contribute to alleviate the lack of stimuli and isolation that typically afflicts many professionals from developing countries. ---------------------------------------------- El Centro Internacional de Física Teórica Abdus Salam (ICTP, Italia ) y el Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) organizarán conjuntamente la Escuela Latinoamericana de FPGA en Instrumentación Avanzada que se celebrará en Santa Clara, Costa Rica, del 1 al 19 diciembre, 2014. Los tres últimos días de la Escuela estarán dedicados a la Primera Conferencia Regional sobre Instrumentación Avanzada (CRIA 2014 http://cria2014.instrumentacionavanzada.net/) que también se celebrará en el TEC del 17 al 19 diciembre de 2014 Objetivo de la Escuela Introducir físicos, ingenieros , informáticos y otros científicos experimentales a las metodologías de diseño de FPGA con énfasis en aplicaciones en instrumentación científica. La Escuela representará una oportunidad única para muchos de los participantes para adquirir habilidades de diseño y desarrollo de sistemas de alta complejidad y bajo costo para aplicaciones científicas y de educación superior. Dado que la principal barrera para explotar esta tecnología es el conocimiento, esta Escuela contribuirá a generar know-how por medio de actividades experimentales con hardware y software de última generación. Los participantes contarán con profesores y asistentes internacionales altamente calificados provenientes del mundo académico, científico e industrial, contribuyendo de este modo a proporcionar una percepción equilibrada y una comprensión más profunda acerca de las limitaciones, tendencias y potencialidades de esta tecnología clave. La Escuela prevé aproximadamente 35 horas de clases teóricas y 35 horas de prácticas de laboratorio con supervisión y asistencia técnica. Como parte de la escuela, los últimos tres días , serán dedicados a la participación a la Primera Conferencia Regional sobre Instrumentación Avanzada (CRIA 2014). Como resultado principal se espera mejorar las capacidades de investigadores , profesores, e ingenieros en la explotación de dispositivos lógicos programables para sus necesidades de investigación y desarrollo de instrumentación avanzada. También se espera promover la creación de redes y colaboraciones internacionales para proyectos de hardware y software abiertos. La Escuela se propone paliar la falta de estímulos y aislamiento que frecuentemente afecta a muchos profesionales en países en vías de desarrollo. Santa Clara - Costa Rica ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 19 Dec 2014

@ Santa Clara - Costa Rica

Applied Physics

Latin American Conference and FPGA School on Advanced Instrumentation | (smr 2641)

Secretary: S. Tanaskovic

Organizer(s): A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, C. Meza Benavides, ICTP Local Organizer: Maria Liz Crespo, Local Organizing Committee: R. Gonzalez, R. Pereira-Arroyo.

Cosponsor(s): Tecnológico de Costa Ricatec2, Centro de Transferencia Tecnológica y Educación Continuactec

Support E-Mail: smr2641@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/08/2014**

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, in collaboration with the University of Buenos Aires, CLIVAR, and CONICET, is organizing a Workshop on "South Atlantic Circulation Variability and Change: Integrating Models and Observations" to be held from December 1-5, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. VENUE Fundación Pablo Cassará, Avenida de Mayo 1194, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires OBJECTIVES The workshop will bring together theoreticians, modelers and observationalists interested in the South Atlantic Ocean region and its interactions with other basins. The activity has a strong training component intended for students and young researchers from South American countries. Participants will have the opportunity to be in contact with experts from the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) community and other researchers that have an interest in the region and its effects on global circulation. The workshop will convey state-of-the-science knowledge and understanding of the subject, leading participants to improvements in their research, knowledge transfer and developing new professional links. STRUCTURE Day 1 and 2: Teaching seminars, oriented to advanced students and young researchers, on the Meridional Overturning Circulation and general ocean circulation in the Southern Ocean and South Atlantic: Modelling, Observations and Theory. Topics will include: - The South Atlantic Circulation -Modelling the Coastal and Regional Circulation in the South Atlantic - The Southern Ocean and global implications - Observations in the South Atlantic Day3: Presentations on South Atlantic general topics. Topics will include: -Recent advances in our understanding of the South Atlantic - Recent modelling studies, global and regional, of the South Atlantic - In-situ observations: past, on-going and future projects Afternoon poster session where students and researchers may present their work. Day 4 and 5: SAMOC & South Atlantic dedicated Workshop. In collaboration with the SAMOC Initiative. All lectures and training sessions will be held in the English language and proficiency in English is a requirement for selection. Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for the poster. Limited funds are available to support the attendance of junior scientists from South America. There is no registration fee for the workshop. Buenos Aires - Argentina ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Dec 2014 - 5 Dec 2014

@ Buenos Aires - Argentina

Earth System Physics

Workshop on South Atlantic circulation variability and change: integrating models and observations | (smr 2635)

Address: Fundación Pablo Cassará, Avenida de Mayo 1194

Secretary: P. Malchose

Organizer(s): A. Piola, M. Saraceno, L. Sitz, R. Farneti. ICTP Local Organizer: R Farneti

Cosponsor(s): Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)uba,Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)iai, US Climate Variability and Predictability Program (CLIVAR)usclivar, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)conicet,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationnoaa,U.S. Department of Energydoe

Support E-Mail: smr2635@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 01/10/2014**

Seminar

2 Dec 2014

@ SISSA, Santorio Building

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "One dimensional KPZ growth equation and its replica solution"

Address: Via Bonomea 265 Trieste

Room: Cinema Room, 1st floor

Speaker(s): Pasquale CALABRESE (SISSA)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: A mechanism to generate flavour hierarchy via 5-dimensional wave-function localization is revisited in the context of an SO(10) grand unified theory. An extra-dimension compactified on an orbifold generates different zero-mode profiles for fermions of different charges. Utilizing suitable scalar fields, a predictive model for fermion masses and mixing is constructed and shown to be viable with the current data. All the Yukawa couplings in the model are of order unity while the hierarchies among different fermions result from the wave-function profiles. The naturalness of anarchical Yukawa couplings and predictions for various observables in the lepton sector will be discussed. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

4 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Phenomenology of Particle Physics

An ordered anarchy from 5-dimensional S0(10)

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Ketankumar PATEL, INFN, Sezione di Padova

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, is organizing a School in Computational Algebra and Number Theory, to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 5 – 10 December 2014. Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad de la República Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, 11300, Montevideo, Uruguay This school is a satellite of FoCM'14 TOPICS AND FACULTY Teresa Krick (Universidad de Buenos Aires) Arithmetic Nullstellensätze and Applications The purpose of these lectures is to introduce Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, a cornerstone in Algebraic Geometry, and comment on its effective aspects, including degree and height aspects when the defining field admits a notion of height. We will introduce the ingredients used to obtain sharp estimates, which can be useful on their own, and present some applications (by others) to problems on finite fields. Christophe Ritzenthaler (Université Rennes 1) Elliptic Curves and its Applications to Cryptography The course will be a brief introduction to elliptic curves and its applications to cryptography and is divided into 4 lectures: - definition(s) of an elliptic curve, group law, isomorphisms, torsion points, Weil pairing. - elliptic curves over finite fields: two proofs of Hasse-Weil bound. - elliptic curves over finite fields: how to count points? Overview of the different methods. - application to cryptography: protocols, attacks and zoology of the existing models. Peter Stevenhagen (Universiteit Leiden) Algebraic Number Theory - roots of the topic: Fermat, Euler, quadratic reciprocity. - algorithmic requirements for the theory, e.g. in view of the number field sieve. - working in number rings: integrality, (explicit) ideal factorization - geometry of numbers, finiteness theorems (class group, Dirichlet unit theorem). - Dedekind zeta function, computing fundamental number field invariants, - local-global aspects: local fields, adeles, ideles. - number field sieve. Montevideo - Uruguay ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

5 Dec 2014 - 10 Dec 2014

@ Montevideo - Uruguay

Mathematics

School in Computational Algebra and Number Theory | (smr 2642)

Address: Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad de la República Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, 11300

Organizer(s): G. Tornaria, T. Krick, P. Stevenhagen, F. Rodriguez Villegas. ICTP Local Organizer: F. Rodriguez Villegas

Secretary: G. De Meo

Support E-Mail: smr2642@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/10/2014**

Europe/Rome (Basic Notions Seminar) Abstract: Although at first the standard definitions of cohomology may seem very strange, I will show how cochain complexes and cohomology arise naturally from the seemingly-trivial study of locally constant functions on smooth manifolds. As applications, we will see that a manifold cannot retract to its boundary, and that there is no orientation-reversing diffeomorphism of CP^2. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

5 Dec 2014

11 Dec 2014 - 12 Dec 2014

@ Trieste - Italy

International Workshop on Advances in X-ray Imaging | (smr H399)

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

Room: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Secretary: Sincrotrone

Organizer(s): Sincrotrone Trieste

The activity will also use Euler and Lundqvist for parallel sessions

Colloquium

11 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Building Brains: Establishing Neuroscience Research Infrastructure in the Developing World

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Mohammad HERZALLAH, Al Quds University, Palestine

Colloquium Start Time: 17:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: We consider genus one fibrations for F-theory, with their fibers realized as hypersurfaces in the toric varieties associated to the 16 reflexive 2D polyhedra. For all of these we determine the gauge groups, matter representations, 6D matter multiplicities and 4D Yukawa couplings of their corresponding effective theories in a base independent way. We also explore the network of Higgsings relating these theories. Geometrically, such Higgsings correspond to extremal transitions induced by blow-ups in the 2D toric varieties. We recover the 6D effective theories of all 16 toric hypersurface fibrations upon successive Higgsings from the thee theories that exhibit Mordell-Weil torsion. We find that the three Calabi-Yau manifolds without section, whose fibers are given by the toric hypersurfaces in P^2, P^1x P^1 and the recently studied P^2(1,1,2), yield F-theory realizations of SUGRA theories with discrete gauge groups Z_3, Z_2 and Z_4. In these three manifolds, we also find codimension two I_2-fibers supporting matter charged only under these discrete gauge groups. This opens up a whole new arena for model building with discrete global symmetries in F-theory. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Toric hypersurface fibrations for F-theory and their Higgs branches

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Damian MAYORGA PENA, University of Bonn, Germany

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), is organizing an Advanced Workshop on Structural Biology: using Synchrotron Radiation to Visualise Biological Molecules to be held at the ICTP from 15 -19 December 2014. The objective of this Workshop is to expose the participants to the methodologies used to solve macromolecular structures, using synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques. Structural biology is an interdisciplinary research area, requiring expertises from both the life sciences and the physical sciences, so it is often difficult to educate and train young scientists with the necessary breath of experience. The Workshop is meant to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the fields of macromolecular crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering, and aims to bridge the gap between physics and biology by covering the entire process, starting from the gene to obtain the atomic structure. A few practical sessions will provide the students with some hands-on experience in some of the subjects covered by the lectures. This event is part of a joint initiative between ICTP, IAEA, Elettra and SESAME, the Middle East Synchrotron Radiation facility in Jordan. Topics will include: Protein production; Crystallization; MX data collection and processing; MX structure determination; Refinement; Model building; Hands-on sessions will include: Crystallization; Synchrotron data collection; Data processing; Refinement & Model building. SAXS data collection and structure determination; Complementary techniques. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Dec 2014 - 19 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Applied Physics , Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Advanced Workshop on Structural Biology: Using Synchrotron Radiation to Visualise Biological Molecules | (smr 2578)

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

Room: AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Secretary: D. Sauleek

Organizer(s): Directors: Silvia Onesti and Zehra Sayers. ICTP Local Organizers: Nadia Binggeli and Joseph Niemela.

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)iaea, Elettra Sincrotroneelettra, International Union of Crystallography(IUCR)iucr, European Crystallographic Association(ECA)eca, Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME)sesame

Support E-Mail: smr2578@ictp.it

Due to logistic laboratory reasons, this activity has "Limited Participation"Deadline extended**DEADLINE: 08/09/2014**

Seminar

17 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: Holographic Fermi surfaces from String Theory

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Steven S. GUBSER, Princeton University, USA

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

17 Dec 2014

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: Space-Time Symmetries of the Quantum Hall Effect

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Son Thanh DAM, University of Chicago, USA

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

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Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "Finite temperature correlations in the 1D Lieb-Liniger Bose gas"

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Colloquium on Condensed Matter Physics: "Kinks and failure in isostatic networks"

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Applied Physics

Second Training Session of TREGA: Training on EGNOS-GNSS in Africa (a Project funded by the European Union) | (smr 2658)

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics seminar: "A functional RG equation for the c-function"

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Mathematics

Quiver reading seminar. Quiver representations over finite fields (II).

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Salam Distinguished Lectures 2014: "Theory of Quantum Matter: from Quantum Fields to Strings"

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Mathematics

Reading seminar on quiver representations and Nakajima quiver varieties.

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Applied Physics

Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics: Fundamentals of Photonics - Theory, Devices and Applications | (smr 2570)

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , LHC Physics

Advanced Workshop on LHC Physics and Cosmology | (smr 2619)

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GenderInSite Coordinating Group Meeting | (smr H373)

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Mathematics

SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR - Membership problem for 3-manifold groups

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Phenomenology of Particle Physics

Are cosmology and sterile neutrinos still good friends?

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New Research Areas

Workshop on m-Science (6 Feb), followed by: Science Dissemination for the Disabled (7 Feb) | (smr 2571)

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Mathematics

Symmetric GAF in de Branges spaces

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Applied Physics

Winter College on Optics: Fundamentals of Photonics - Theory, Devices and Applications | (smr 2572)

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Winter School on Fluid Dynamics | (smr H362)

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Old and New Results on the Three Dimensional Ising Model"

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Mathematics

Nichols algebras and a combinatorial model for Schubert Calculus

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Mathematics

Quiver reading seminar

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: Deformations of special geometry: in search of the topological string

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High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP-SISSA String Seminars: New maximal Supergravities

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Informal seminar on Chemical Physics: "Non-radiative deactivation mechanisms of electronically excited phenylalanine in model peptides"

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Mathematics

SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR - Constructions of generalized complex structures of different type.