Scientific Calendar

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

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Europe/Rome Abstract: After a brief introduction to the synthetic notions of Ricci curvature lower bounds in terms of optimal transportation, due to Lott-Sturm-Villani, I will discuss some applications to smooth Riemannian manifolds (joint work with Fabio Cavalletti, SISSA). These include: rigidity/stability of the Levy-Gromov inequality and an almost euclidean isoperimetric inequality motivated by the celebrated Perelman’s Pseudo-Locality Theorem for Ricci flow. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

8 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Some smooth applications of non-smooth Ricci curvature lower bounds

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Andrea MONDINO, University of Warwick

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome REGISTRATION: Visitors accommodated at the ICTP Guest Houses, will be registered upon arrival at the reception desks. Visitors NOT staying in the ICTP Guest Houses are kindly requested to complete registration formalities on Wednesday, 9 January 2019 from 8.00 - 9.00 am at the Leonardo da Vinci building, entrance area (outside the Budinich Lecture Hall). ******************************************** The “Total Energy” Workshop has been held traditionally in Trieste every two years since 1987. This year, the Workshop is about recent progress in electronic structure methods and their applications. The aim is a critical discussion of methods and of possible combinations and challenging applications. It has become one of the most popular regular events of the international ab-initio electronic structure community. This event also has the ambition to reach out to countries where the electronic structure community is not traditionally as strong as in Europe, the USA and Japan, in coherence with the missions of its traditional host institution, the ICTP. Scientific Advisory Committee: E. Artacho, University of Cambridge, UK W. Andreoni, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland  A. Baldereschi, University of Trieste, Italy R. Car, Princeton University, USA  C. Filippi, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands M. Finnis, Imperial College, London, UK R. Gebauer, ICTP, Trieste, Italy  X.-G. Gong, Fudan University, China  X. Gonze, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium E. Koch, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany  G. Kresse, University of Vienna, Austria J. Ihm, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea  R. M. Martin, Stanford University, US N. Marzari, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland F. Mauri, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy   S. Narasimhan, JNCASR, Bangalore, India  J. B. Neaton, University of California, Berkeley, USA  W. Pickett, University of California, Davis, USA  L. Reining, Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, Paris, France Directors: M. Caldas, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil M. Finnis, Imperial College, London, UK J. Neaton, University of California, Berkeley, USA  Local Organizer: A. Hassanali, ICTP, Trieste, Italy Preliminary List of Invited Speakers: O. Akin-Ojo, ICTP EAIFR, Rwanda S. Biermann, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS M. Ceriotti, EPFL C. Cocchi, Humboldt University, Berlin G. Csanyi, University of Cambridge R. Eder, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology J. Kunes, TU Wien N. Marzari, EPFL C. Miranda, University of Sao Paulo B. Monserrat, University of Cambridge S. Narasimhan, JNCSAR, Bangalore F. Neese, MPI-Mülheim E. Pavarini, Forschungszentrum Juelich C. Pignedoli, EMPA-Dübendorf S. Y. Quek, National University of Singapore A. Soluyanov, ETH Zurich M. Todorova, MPI-GmbH C. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara D. Vanderbilt, Rutgers University C. Weber, King’s College London J. Wilhelm, BASF H. Xiang, Fudan University ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

9 Jan 2019 - 11 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

19th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Material Science: Total Energy and Force Methods | (smr 3266)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Marilia Caldas (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Mike Finnis (Imperial College, London, UK), Jeffrey Neaton (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Local Organiser: Ali Hassanali

Cosponsor(s): Psi-kpsi_k, sissaInternational School for Advanced Studies

Support E-Mail: smr3266@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 09/12/2018**

Europe/Rome The 2018 ICTP Prize Ceremony will take place on Wednesday 9 January at 16.30 hrs in the Budinich Lecture Hall on the ICTP Campus, Miramare and takes place during the 19th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Material Science: Total Energy and Force Methods (smr 3266). ICTP has awarded its 2018 ICTP Prize to Luis E.F. Foà Torres of the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, and to Hongjun Xiang of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The Prize recognizes their independent contributions to the theoretical advancement of condensed matter physics of modern solid-state materials, including low dimensional and nanoscale systems. Luis E.F. Foà Torres will give a talk on "Using light as a topological switch" and Hongjun Xiang will give a talk on "Theoretical studies on new mechanisms of ferroelectricity and multiferroicity". Abstracts for the talks are available in the detailed programme at: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8818/material/0/0.pdf Each year, the ICTP Prize is given in honor of a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field in which the prize is given. The 2018 ICTP Prize is given in honour of Kun Huang (1919-2005), the renowned theoretical physicist who is a father of condensed matter and semiconductor physics in China. Huang had been a student of Nevill Mott at Bristol University and a postdoc of Nobel Laureate Max Born at Liverpool University before returning to China in 1951. Full details are in the Programme for the Ceremony. The Ceremony will be livestreamed from the ICTP website and refreshments will be served after the events. All are most welcome to attend. Related feature article available at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2018/10/ictp-prize-2018.aspx ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

9 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

2018 ICTP Prize Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera, 11 Trieste

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. Luis E.F. Foa' Torres, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Prof. Hongjun Xiang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Europe/Rome Abstract: In this talk we will prove that some abelian surfaces are modular, in the sense that there is a paramodular form whose L-series matches that of the abelian surface. During the talk we will recall the relation between automorphic representations and algebraic varieties (with special emphasis in the case of abelian surfaces), and will describe in detail the Faltings-Serre method (and its relation with deformation theory). The talk will be self contained, and only some knowledge on Galois theory will be assumed. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

10 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

On the paramodularity of typical abelian surfaces

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Ariel PACETTI, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Several million chemical compounds are known, but with 118 chemical elements the number of compounds that are stable and could be synthesized is potentially much larger. The Workshop focuses on recent developments in the prediction of crystal structures by computational methods. Thanks to enormous progresses in computational power and in algorithm development, we are now closer to the possibility to predict the structure of a material from the simple knowledge of its composition. This Workshop will be dedicated to presenting and discussing the algorithms for in-silico crystal structure prediction that were developed in the last years, focusing in particular on the approaches based on molecular modeling. We find particularly appropriate holding this conference in 2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table, since crystal structure prediction is rooted in a deep knowledge of the properties of the atoms. The Workshop will be divided into two parts: the first 3 days will be dedicated to an advanced discussion of the latest advances in the field and last 2 days will be dedicated to hands-on tutorials with structure prediction methods in combination with electronic structure and atomistic methods. A Poster Session will also be organized, and interested candidates are invited to upload a short abstract of their proposed posters during the application process (max. half page, in pdf format). Poster presentation is not mandatory, however participants are encouraged to present their results. Topics: Genetic algorithms Random search algorithms Metadynamics Machine learning methods Nucleation Atomistic methods and force fields Electronic structure methods There is no registration fee. We acknowledge Psi-k generous co-sponsorship ICTP Workshop Secretariat: smr3267@ictp.it * * * ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

14 Jan 2019 - 18 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Crystal Structure Prediction: Exploring the Mendeleev Table as a Palette to Design New Materials | (smr 3267)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Nicoletta Ivanissevich

Organizer(s): Artem Oganov (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia), Alessandro Laio (SISSA), Gautam Desiraju (IISc Bangalore, India), Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo

Cosponsor(s): Psi-kpsi_k

**DEADLINE: 02/11/2018**

Seminar

14 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Kahler Meeting: Notions of stability for cscK metrics

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Sjostrom Dyrefelt Zakarias Jon, ICTP

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Quantum optimal control allows finding the optimal strategy to drive a quantum system in a target state. We review an efficient algorithm to optimally control many-body quantum dynamics and apply it to quantum annealing, going beyond the adiabatic strategy. We present an information theoretical analysis of quantum optimal control processes and its implications. We review some recent advancements we have obtained in tensor network algorithms that enable such investigations and that can be exploited to support the development of quantum technologies via classical numerical simulations: novel approaches to study abelian and non-abelian lattice gauge theories, open many-body quantum systems and systems with long-range interactions or periodic boundary conditions. Finally, we report some theoretical and experimental applications of these approaches to relevant scenarios, such as Rydberg atoms in optical lattices and the gauge theory resulting from the mapping of classical hard problems to short-range quantum Hamiltonians. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Optimal Control, Lattice Gauge Theories, and Quantum Annealing

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Simone MONTANGERO (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy 'Galileo Galilei' University of Padova, Italy

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: In this talk I will address a coupled bulk-surface reaction-diffusion system set in a moving domain, which is a model for the process of chemo-taxis in cells. I will explain how to derive the problem and the mathematical formulation we used in order to prove existence and regularity results. An outline of such proofs will be presented, focusing on the key steps and avoiding technical details. This is a joint work with A. Alphonse and C. Elliott. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

A coupled bulk-surface reaction-diffusion system

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Joana AFONSO, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Mike Glazer is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick. He was born on May 1st 1943. His PhD research between 1965 and 1968 was under the supervision of Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London, working on the crystallography of organic mixed crystals. In 1968-1969, he was a Fellow at Harvard University, and then from 1969 to 1976 he was at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. In 1976, he was appointed Lecturer in Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory Oxford and as an Official Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College Oxford. Mike Glazer's research has mainly been in understanding the relationship between physical properties of crystals and their structures. He is perhaps best known for his classification system for tilted octahedra in perovskites. He is also one of the co-founders of Oxford Cryosystems Ltd, which supplies the world market in low-temperature apparatus for crystallographers. He is currently Editor of the Newsletter of the International Union of Crystallography. Abstract: The field of Crystallography is one of the oldest of scientific disciplines, and yet it continues to make important advances today and into the future. In this talk, I will trace the history of some important ideas that have led to some basic understanding of the structures of crystals before experimental techniques evolved to enable these theories to be tested. In the 20th century, the discovery of X-ray diffraction by crystals has led to the formation of a whole new discipline, namely X-ray Crystallography. This discovery has since then expanded to include neutron and electron scattering and has increased our knowledge of materials and biological systems. As a result, many Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work relying on crystallographic studies. Over the last 100 years many new experimental techniques have arisen, including the use of synchrotron radiation, free electron lasers and very recently major advances in the use of electron microscopes. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

15 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium on Crystallography: Then, Now, and …..?

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Prof. A.M. Glazer, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Oxford & Visiting Professor, University of Warwick, UK

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: The category of Soergel bimodules plays an essential role in (higher) representation theory and for the construction of homological invariants in knot theory. The aim of this talk is to present a generalization of Soergel category attached to a Coxeter group of type A_2. While Soergel category counts a generating bimodule per simple reflection, this generalization is obtained by taking one generator per reflection. I will give a complete description of this category through a classification of its indecomposable objects and study its split Grothendieck ring. This gives rise to an algebra which is a quotient of the corresponding affine Hecke algebra of type A_2, that can be presented by generators and relations. This is joint work with Thomas Gobet. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

17 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

On some generalizations of the category of Soergel bimodules

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Anne-Laure THIEL, Stuttgart University

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Joint ICTP-SAIFR/ICTP School on Mathematical Models of Evolution January 21 – 26, 2019 Although new experimental technology is partly responsible for the current revolution in biological research, theoretical models developed by physicists are also playing an important role in changing the way biological research is being performed. The number of theoretical physicists and applied mathematicians migrating into biology has dramatically increased throughout the world, but South America still lags behind. The one-week school on mathematical models on evolution, co-organized with the ICTP-SAIFR, UNESP, FAPESP and IFT-UNESP, will feature lectures by physicists and applied biologists who have made important contributions to this area of biological research. The school is intended for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the physical and biological sciences. This activity will be preceded by the ‘VIII Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology’. Candidates may apply either for one or both schools, and preference will be given to PhD students in South America. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses. Lecturers and courses: Population genetics and evolution – Luca Peliti (SMRI, Italy) Understanding how genetic information is transmitted across generations is at the basis of evolutionary theory. This course will review the mechanisms of reproduction, selection, mutation and drift and will be the backbone for the more specific courses below. Evolution of individuality – Paul Rainey (IAS – Massey University, New Zeland) The origins of multicellularity and cell differentiation are profound problems in biology. Overview of theory and recent experiments. The evolution of immune systems – Curtis Callan (Princeton University, USA) The immune system has the ability to respond to arbitrary pathogens. Using samples from mice it has been possible to track the evolution of the immune system from embryo to adult, revealing surprising differences between species. Ecology and evolution of viruses – Joshua Weitz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Viruses shape the fate of cells, populations, and ecosystems. These lectures will provide an overview of the nonlinear dynamics of viruses and their microbial hosts, including theory, models, and evidence for the joint influence of population and evolutionary dynamics. The program will be available in December 2018 Click here for online application Application deadline: November 4, 2018 Sao Paulo - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Jan 2019 - 26 Jan 2019

@ Sao Paulo - Brazil

Quantitative Life Sciences

Joint ICTP-SAIFR/ICTP-Trieste School on Mathematical Models of Evolution | (smr 3265)

Address: ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research IFT-UNESP (1º andar), Rua Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz 271, Bloco 2 - Barra Funda 01140-070 São Paulo, SP Brazil

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Paulo Inácio Prado (USP Brazil), Luca Peliti (SMIR-Italy), Roberto Kraenkel (IFT-Physics, Brazil), Marcus Aguiar (Unicamp-Physics, Brazil), ICTP Scientific Contact: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Researchsaifr, The São Paulo Research Foundationfapesp, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)unesp

Europe/Rome One key feature of the Internet of Things is the ability to rapidly create IoT applications, including scientific ones. This will allow collecting data from dozens, or even hundreds of low-cost, low-power scientific instruments. The lack of scientific data is an issue especially in Developing Countries, where the number of monitoring stations in limited and where data is unreliable due to lack of connectivity/intermittent power supply/poor maintenance. In order to address this demand, we propose the use of low-cost and low-power IoT nodes to complement the already deployed high-cost sparse networks for scientific data collection. While the IoT array will have inferior measurement accuracy due to the low-cost nature of the sensors, the high spatial density of the array is unique and will prove invaluable for research and operational applications. This workshop is intended to share good practices on how IoT nodes can be rapidly prototyped to carry out scientific measurements. Following a seven days hands-on technical workshop, participants will focus for two days on the requirements to develop three applications: radiation monitoring, oceanographic devices and weather stations. On the last day, the participants will share the results of their discussions/experiments. A basic knowledge of the Python language will be highly appreciated. TOPICS: Prototyping of embedded boards Introduction to microPython LoRa and LoRaWAN protocols Characteristics of analog and digital sensors Collection, analysis and the visualization of data Sensor requirements for radiative and oceanic monitoring and weather stations GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. DEADLINE: 9 November 2018 Trieste - ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Jan 2019 - 1 Feb 2019

@ Trieste -

Applied Physics

Workshop on Rapid Prototyping of Internet of Things Solutions for Science | (smr 3268)

Room: SciFabLab (EFB)

Secretary: Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Alessandro Crise (OGS), Francois Foulon (IAEA), Adrian Tompkins (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Marco Zennaro

Cosponsor(s): IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3, ITU - International Telecommunication Unionitu, Open Access Marine Observation Devicesomods, ICTP SciFabLabsfl

**DEADLINE: 09/11/2018**

Europe/Rome Several atomic, molecular, and optical systems, as well as certain condensed matter models, exhibit long-range interactions that decay with distance r as a power law 1/rα. In this talk, we will present recent results for the localization properties of correlation functions of these long-range quantum models in the presence of disorder. The latter is usually associated with exponential localization of wave functions and correlations. We demonstrate that in most situations in 1D power-law interactions imply algebraic decay of correlations. We will discuss the generality of these results and their application to experiments in atomic and molecular physics. SISSA, Via Bonomea 265 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

22 Jan 2019

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Tensor Network Methods for Probability Distribution Functions and beyond...

Speaker(s): Michele FILIPPONE (Theory of Quantum Matter, Physics, Univ. of Geneve, Switzerland)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Activity

28 Jan 2019 - 29 Jan 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Secretariat Meeting | (smr H572)

Seminar Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lectures 2019 will be given on 28, 29 and 30 January 2019 by Prof. Juan Maldacena, from the School of Natural Sciences at IAS, Princeton, USA. Juan Maldacena’s work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory, and quantum field theory. He has proposed a relationship between quantum gravity and quantum field theories that elucidates various aspects of both theories. He is studying this relationship further in order to understand the deep connection between black holes and quantum field theories, and he is also exploring the connection between string theory and cosmology. The tentative schedule for the lecture series is as follows: Monday 28 January 2019 at 16.30 hrs Lecture 1: Quantum mechanics and the geometry of spacetime. Abstract: Black holes are fascinating objects which pose interesting puzzles for quantum physics. Studying these puzzles we are led to quantum mechanical models that describe special black holes as seen from the outside. Extrapolating from these descriptions we are lead to the idea that entanglement can create geometric connections or wormholes. Moreover, quantum teleportation can be interpreted as travelling through the wormhole. Tuesday 29 January 2019 at 16.30 hrs Lecture 2: Toy models for black holes. Abstract: We will review the Sachdev Ye Kitaev model and describe how it shares some features with nearly extremal black holes. We also describe the dynamics of nearly extremal black holes. We will go over different physical phenomena, including chaos, quantum teleportation, etc, and their common manifestation in these two systems. Wednesday 30 January 2019 at 11.00 hrs Lecture 3: Toy models for black holes (part two). This will be a more technical talk based on lecture 2 above. All lectures take place in the Budinich Lecture Hall, and will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. Light refreshments will be served after the talks. All are most welcome to attend. The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lecture Series receives generous support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). For more information see: https://kfas.ictp.it/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

30 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2019: by Prof. Juan Maldacena (Lecture 3: Toy models for black holes (part two)

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Abstract: The Hardy-Littlewood maximal function is a basic operator in Analysis. We propose to discuss some of the reasons why this operator plays a central role in the area. Then we will concentrate on some of the classical results making special emphasis in the behavior of this operator in the context of Lp spaces with weights. Then we will explain some more recent results focusing in the context of Lorentz spaces which are very useful extensions of the Lebesgue spaces. We have obtained some new results for these spaces but we don't know if they are optimal. In the last part of the lecture we will discuss a very interesting variant of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function which is more singular called the strong maximal function. We will discuss briefly some classical results and we will mention some recent results which, again, we don't know if the are optimal. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

30 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Maximal function on Lorentz spaces with weights: new results, and open problems

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Carlos Perez, University of the Basque Country and BCAM - Spain

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome What is the nature of phase transitions in driven quantum systems? We address this question in two opposite regimes, a rapidly periodically driven Floquet system coupled to a bath and a slowly driven one, within a non-equilibrium renormalization group approach. In the periodically driven case, the infinitely rapidly driven limit exhibits a second order phase transition analogous to a multi-mode laser. However, we reveal that fluctuations turn the transition first order when the driving frequency is finite. This can be traced back to a universal mechanism, which crucially hinges on the competition of degenerate, near critical modes associated to higher Floquet Brillouin zones, in some analogy to the Halperin-Lubensky-Ma or Coleman-Weinberg mechanism. A physical picture is that of a fluctuation induced many-body Kapitza pendulum. The critical exponents of the infinitely rapidly driven system -- including a new, independent one -- can yet be probed experimentally upon smoothly tuning towards that limit. The opposite, slowly driven limit, is governed by the Kibble-Zurek mechanism of diabatic freeze out of the divergence of the correlation length. Recasting this problem in a systematic RG formulation, we show that the slow drive can be used to resolve not only the leading critical exponents of the underlying equilibrium problem, but the full critical exponent spectrum. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

31 Jan 2019

@ ICTP

Spin of Primordial Black Holes

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Mehrdad MIRBABAYI (ICTP)

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Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome An ICTP PREPARATORY SCHOOL will be organized the week before the "Winter College on Applications of Optics and Photonics in Food Science", i.e. from 4 - 8 February 2019, for a limited number of selected participants. The Preparatory School is specifically organised only for participants of the above mentioned Winter College, providing background tutorials and exercises designed to help participants in following College's lectures. Therefore candidates applying to the Preparatory School are expected to apply also to the Winter College. Winter College's webpage: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8643 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS SUBMISSION EXPIRED (21 OCTOBER 2018) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Feb 2019 - 8 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Preparatory School on Applications of Optics and Photonics in Food Science | (smr 3270)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

Organizer(s): Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn (NECTEC), Anna Grazia Mignani (IFAC-CNR), Cather Simpson (University of Auckland), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela

Support E-Mail: smr3270@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 21/10/2018**

Activity

5 Feb 2019 - 7 Feb 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

11 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Kahler Meeting: Variants of the cscK equation

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Jacopo STOPPA, SISSA

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract. We discuss relativistic corrections to large scale structure observables. These are expected to yield contributions comparable to fNL of a few, and therefore potentially observable in future surveys. We then focus on the large scale structure bispectrum in the squeezed limit, which couples large with small scales. Since relativity is important at large scales and non-linear loop corrections are important at small scales, the proper calculation of the observed bispectrum in this limit requires a non-linear relativistic calculation. We compute the matter bispectrum in general relativity in the weak field approximation. The calculation is as involved as existing second-order results. For the bispectrum, we find relativistic corrections to be as large as the newtonian result in the squeezed limit. In that limit relativistic one-loop contributions, which we compute for the first time, can be as large as tree level results and have the sa dependence as a primordial local non-Gaussianity signal where k is the momentum approaching zero. Moreover, we find the time dependence of the relavistic corrections to the bispectrum to be the same as that of a primordial non-Gaussianity signal. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Cosmology

The relativistic bispectrum of dark matter

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Jorge NORENA (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: The idea of studying rational maps by looking at the syzygies of the base ideal is a relatively new idea that has now become an important research topic. In this talk, we will discuss some recent results that lead to birationality criteria and formulas for the degree of rational maps that depend on the algebraic properties of the syzygies of the base ideal. Mainly, we will introduce a new algebra called "saturated special fiber ring" and we will discuss its relations with the degree and birationality of rational maps between irreducible projective varieties. Time permitting, we will also discuss some results in the problem of specializing the coefficients of a rational map. This talk is based on joint works with Laurent Busé and Carlos D’Andrea and with Aron Simis. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

12 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Saturated special fiber ring and rational maps

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Yairon CID RUIZ, Universitat de Barcelona

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

13 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Comments on flux vacua

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Shamit KACHRU (Stanford University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: The problem of understanding the global symmetries of non-holonomic mechanical systems is quite difficult. One possible approach to tackle the problem from an algebraic point of view was proposed by N. Tanaka in the 70s, through the process known as (Tanaka) prolongation. The output of the prolongation is a graded Lie algebra, whose dimension is an upper bound for the dimension of the space of symmetries. A system is called rigid if its prolongation is finite dimensional. In this talk, I will show the generic rigidity of a wide class of non-holonomic systems of step 2 (so-called Carnot groups). This result was obtained in joint work with B. Kruglivok (Tromsø), I. Markina and A. Vasil'ev (Bergen). ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

13 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Rigidity of 2-step Carnot groups

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Mauricio GODOY MOLINA, Universidad de la Frontera, Chile

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

13 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Conformally soft photons and gravitons

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Andrea PUHM (Ecole Polytechnique)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome In this talk I will review our ongoing activity on twisted bilayer graphene at the first magic angle. I will first discuss the constraints on a low energy description put forth by the spatial symmetries of the Bloch wavefunction obtained through a realistic tight-binding calculation performed on a relaxed structure. Next I will propose a minimal tight-binding model that reproduces the elementary band representation of the emergent P622 low-energy space group. Finally, I will show how the emergent symmetry shows up in the phonon spectrum, which suggests the intriguing possibility of an Exe Jahn-Teller effect as a possible mechanism to split the so-called valley degeneracy. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

14 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Playing with the Physics of Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Michele FABRIZIO (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

14 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Euclidean Wormholes and Holography

Room: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Olga PAPADOULAKI (ICTP)

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Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Abstract: One of the main issues in dynamics is to study robust phenomena (phenomena that are shared by all nearby systems). In this talk, we will be interested in robust transitivity, which means that the existence of dense orbits is shared by all nearby systems; we will discuss the necessary conditions for the existence of robust transitivity on surfaces. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

14 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

On robustly transitive endomorphisms on surfaces

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Gouveia Da Silva Wagner Ranter, ICTP

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Hair cells are the receptor cells that enable the transduction of mechanical stimuli into the nervous system of hearing and balance organs of vertebrates. The name of these cells owes to the specialized organelle located at their tip—the hair bundle. The organelle's complex structure and operation, which is enhanced by an active process, are crucial for an organ's sensory function. In my talk I will tell about a few open physical problems related to the development and operation of the hair bundle. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

15 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

A few problems in physics of hearing

Address: via Beirut 2

Room: Central Area, 2nd floor, old SISSA building

Speaker(s): Roman Belousov, QLS

Support E-Mail: qls@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

15 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Bridgeland Stability Conditions on the Category of Holomorphic Triples

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Alejandra RINCON HIDALGO, Freie Universitaet Berlin

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome The fast growing use of quantum theory in technology-oriented and information-related fields is attracting the interest of an increasing number of researchers, especially young ones. The reborn interest in quantum physics has created a unique framework in which theoretical and experimental physics can fruitfully dialogue with information theory and computer science. The School intends to convey such an interdisciplinary spirit to graduate students and young researchers and will focus upon three themes, i) Quantum dynamics in the macro-world: quantum coherence and entanglement ii) Quantum theory as an interdisciplinary paradigm: quantum information and simulation iii) Quantum physics as a technology boost: quantum devices and machines emphasizing their inter-relations and covering the relevant background material, that will be taught by nine renowned experts in the above fields. The School is followed by a more specialized Workshop in which students attending the School are invited to participate. The Workshop Web page is http://indico.ictp.it/event/8662/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

18 Feb 2019 - 22 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Advanced School on Ubiquitous Quantum Physics: the New Quantum Revolution | (smr 3273)

Address: Via Beirut, 2 - Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: ex-SISSA Main Auditorium (1st week) and LB Budinich Lecture Hall (2nd week)

Secretary: Milena Poropat

Organizer(s): Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste, Italy), Fabio Benatti (University of Trieste, Italy), Roberto Floreanini (INFN, Trieste, Italy), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

Cosponsor(s): European Project TEQ: Testing the Large Scale Limit of Quantum Mechanicsteq, European Commissionec, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleareinfn

Support E-Mail: smr3273@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/11/2018**

Activity

19 Feb 2019 - 20 Feb 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

TWAS Donor Review Meeting And OWSD Donor Review Meeting | (smr H582)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): OWSD-TWAS,

Activity

19 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

TSOSA Meeting | (smr 3377)

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

Room: Lundqvist Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

Organizer(s): Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn (NECTEC), Anna Grazia Mignani (IFAC-CNR), Cather Simpson (University of Auckland), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela

Cosponsor(s): The International Commission for Optics (ICO)ICO, The Optical Society (OSA)OSA, The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)SPIE, The European Optical Society (EOS)EOS, Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF)SIOF, The International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS)OWLS

Support E-Mail: smr3272@ictp.it

Europe/Rome The determination of four-point correlation functions of two-dimensional lattice models is of fundamental importance in statistical physics. In the limit of an infinite lattice, this question can be formulated in terms of conformal field theory (CFT). For the so-called minimal models the problem was solved more than 30 years ago, by using that the existence of singular states implies that the correlation functions must satisfy certain differential equations. This settles the issue for models defined in terms of local degrees of freedom, such as the Ising and 3-state Potts models. However, for geometrical observables in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn cluster formulation of the Q-state Potts model, for generic values of Q, there is in general no locality and no singular states, and so the question remains open. As a warm-up to solving this problem, we discuss which states propagate in the s-channel of such correlation functions, when the four points are brought together two by two. To this end we combine CFT methods with algebraic and numerical approaches to the lattice model. SISSA, Via Bonomea 265 ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

19 Feb 2019

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Seminar Start Time: 10:00

Europe/Rome A requisite to understand the general principles underlying transcriptional regulation is to define its most important players (i.e. transcription factors and cofactors) quantitatively in absolute terms. Such global and quantitative knowledge is necessary to define the range of possibilities (i.e. the general context) within which TFs perform their functions from interacting to forming complexes, to being recruited to specific genes in specific nuclear environment. Furthermore, competition between TFs (for binding sites) is thought to be an important mechanism for driving cellular differentiation with changes in the stoichiometry between LS-TFs being considered as the central mechanism underlying cell fate choice. We measure RNA-seq (transcriptomic) expression and SRM (proteomic) of a time series hematopietic stem cells differentiation into red blood cells. To study the data, first we perform a bioinformatics analysis of our samples to identify the most relevant genes. Second, we build a Gene Regulatory Network (GRN) of those genes based on previous knowledge and correlations in our time series. Third, we transform that GRN into a system of Ordinary Differential Equations to obtain a quantitative model. Fourth, we perform some knock-down experiments to validate our model. Our results show new interactions between genes and an accurate quantitative description of red blood cell development. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

22 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Mathematical modelling of red blood cell development

Address: Via Beirut 2

Room: Central Area, 2nd floor, old SISSA building

Speaker(s): Daniel Sánchez Taltavull, University of Bern, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR)

Support E-Mail: qls@ictp.it

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome The fast growing use of quantum theory in technology-oriented and information-related fields is heralding a new technological revolution based on the fruitful dialogue among theoretical and experimental physics, information theory and computer science. The Workshop follows a School of the same title focussing from a more specialized perspective upon the same three topics: i) Quantum dynamics in the macro-world: quantum coherence and entanglement ii) Quantum theory as an interdisciplinary paradigm: quantum information and simulation iii) Quantum physics as a technology boost: quantum devices and machines. Aim of the Workshop is to bring together experts that will present their latest developments thus providing all participants, among them students who attended the School, with a unique venue for sharing and discussing novel trends and ideas, integrating the fundamentals with the ongoing state of the various disciplines. The School Web page is http://indico.ictp.it/event/8648/ ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Feb 2019 - 1 Mar 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Workshop on Ubiquitous Quantum Physics: the New Quantum Revolution | (smr 3371)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Milena Poropat

Organizer(s): Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste, Italy), Fabio Benatti (University of Trieste, Italy), Roberto Floreanini (INFN, Trieste, Italy), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

Cosponsor(s): European Project TEQ: Testing the Large Scale Limit of Quantum Mechanicsteq, European Commissionec, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleareinfn

Support E-Mail: smr3371@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/11/2018**

Europe/Rome ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the International Master Course in Physics of Complex Systems organize the Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems from 25 February to 22 March 2019. Many complex systems in physics, biology, engineering and economics are characterized by a large number of interacting degrees of freedom giving rise to a non-trivial collective behavior. The theoretical and computational tools for a quantitative analysis of complex systems are often rooted in modern (statistical, quantum) physics. The Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems gives students the opportunity to get in touch with a selection of topics at the forefront of research during an intensive 4-week program. It consists of 5 courses of 9 lectures each, followed by final written tests. Lecturers and Courses: Deepak DHAR (IISER, Pune, India) Self-Organized Criticality Henri ORLAND (CEA, France) Electrostatic Interactions in Soft and Biological Matter Shahin ROUHANI (Sharif U., Tehran, Iran) Statistical Mechanics of Two Dimensional Critical Curves Mukund THATTAI (NCBS, Bangalore, India) Randomness in Biology Bence TOTH (Capital Fund Management, Paris, France) Elements of Quantitative Finance Students and young researchers from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may apply for the College. Candidates are required to solicit recommendation letters to be sent by their supervisors in support of their application. Participants should have an adequate working knowledge of English. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institutions. However, limited funds are available to partially support some participants, who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is limited and candidates should make every effort to secure support for their travel, at least partial. Attendance of lectures and completion of the final written tests are mandatory for those who are granted ICTP funding. There is no registration fee. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION Participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students are required to attend at least 80% of the courses. Attendance is monitored regularly. Taking the final exam for each course is mandatory for participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students. Grading system: Each course will be graded on a scale from 0 to 20. Marks higher than 10 correspond to pass. A final grade will be given for the overall Spring College with the following scale: E- Excellent - 5 exams passed A- Very Good - 4 exams passed B- Good - 3 exams passed C- Sufficient - 2 exams passed F- Fail - 1 or no exams passed The overall grade of participants will be published on the Spring College webpage. Certificates of attendance will be awarded only to participants who have attended at least 80% of the courses, with no exception. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Feb 2019 - 22 Mar 2019

@ ICTP

Quantitative Life Sciences

Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3274)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

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

Cosponsor(s): Politecnico di Torinopolito, Université Franco Italienneufi

Europe/Rome Abstract: I will briefly explain the notion of Bridgeland stability conditions on K3 surfaces. Then I will show some of its recent applications in classical algebraic geometry, including a new upper bound for the number of global sections of sheaves on K3 surfaces and computing higher rank Clifford indices of curves on K3 surfaces. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

27 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

Curves on K3 surfaces

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Soheyla FEYZBAKHSH, Imperial College London

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Europe/Rome Mathematical and statistical modelling of complex systems is one of the key methods to understand and master their complexity. In this talk, I will first show how Bayesian machine learning can be combined with mathematical logic (specifically, temporal and spatio-temporal logic) to provide effective tools to analyse the behaviour of complex systems, unveiling their emergent properties, and to tackle system design parameter synthesis, and model identification. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss some work in progress, extending the previous ideas to tackle (related) problems like: automatic learning of model abstractions, using also Deep Neural Networks, with applications in multiscale modelling in systems biology and in geophysics, and learning of logic-based classifiers in the context of explainable Al. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Seminar

28 Feb 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: Combining Machine Learning and Logic for Complex Systems

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Luca BORTOLUSSI (Univ. degli Studi di Trieste)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

5 Mar 2019

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): S. SOTIRIADIS (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome > > IMPORTANT: THE SCHOOL IS POSTPONED TO 2019 < < West African climate is characterized by complex atmospheric dynamics and growing anthropogenic pressures. These pressures, combined with climate change and variability, have many environmental impacts. Regional climate models include now capabilities such as interactive coupling with oceans, surface hydrology, atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemical cycles. Combined with process study and observation analysis, such systems are interesting frameworks for impact assessments over West Africa. However their complexity is such that they require high computing power and appropriate “know-how”. This point has motivated the recent development of a supercomputing center at the University of Abidjan. In this context, the school proposes theoretical and practical computing sessions on regional climate and environmental modeling. It is co-organized with the final conference of the DACCIWA project (https://www.dacciwa.eu/) so that participants can benefit from both of these events. Participants are required to have a pre-existing background in Atmospheric / Earth system science and be familiar with Linux/Unix environment. English will be the spoken language during theoretical and practical sessions. Topics: Basis of regional climate and Earth System modeling Examples of climate and Earth system studies over sub-Saharan Africa Extensive hands-on regional climate and Earth system modeling sessions using HPC facilities Review and discussion of on-going projects involving climate and Earth system modeling over sub-Saharan Africa Beyond the school : Identification of regional working groups, projects and networks Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019

@ Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire

Earth System Physics

School on Climate and Environmental Modelling in the West African Region | (smr 3243)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

Organizer(s): Fabien Solmon (ICTP), Abdourahamane Konare † (FHB Abidjan University), Catherine Liousse (Laboratoire d'Aerologie / CNRS), Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Riccardo Farneti

Cosponsor(s): Université Félix Houphouët-Boignyufhb, The National Center for Scientific Researchcnrs, Atos.netatos, Laboratoire d'Aerologieaero

Support E-Mail: smr3243@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/10/2018**

Europe/Rome 14 February 2019: CONFERENCE PROGRAMME IS ONLINE! * * * IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of the Conference: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data. ICTP does not operate through external agencies nor contacts invitees via phone calls for accommodation purposes, and, in any case, ICTP never requests credit card data. * * * THIS CONFERENCE IS CO-SPONSORED BY: MAGENTA - MAGnetic nanoparticle based liquid ENergy materials for Theromoelectric device Applications. MAGENTA project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731976. More information on MAGENTA website: https://www.magenta-h2020.eu --- The purpose of this Conference is to bring together experts and active researches working on fundamentals of thermoelectricity, new thermoelectric materials and applications. Tutorial lectures by experts in field are planned in the beginning of each topical session. There is no registration fee. Topics Thermoelectricity is now a subject of rising interest caused by the fundamental significance, technological development in creating new materials and applications both in physics and engineering. The purpose of this Conference is to bring together experts in fundamentals of thermoelectricity as well as those of materials science and applications. The list of topics to be discussed includes: • Seebeck effect as a tool for studying topological transformations of the Fermi surface in heavy fermion systems and other materials • Thermoelectric and thermo-spin-related phenomena in Dirac and Weil materials • Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic phenomena in nanodevices • Thermo-electric and thermomagnetic phenomena in superconductors • Anomalous Nernst effect and the Berry phase • Figure of merit and the ways to increase it • New materials: nanostructured metals (bismuth chalcogenides, half Heusler alloys, oxide compounds, silicon-germanium alloys) • Specifics of the Seebeck effect in electrolytes • Thermo-electrochemical reactions • Thermo-electrodiffusion in soft condensed matter • Applications of thermoelectricity in engineering Preliminary list of speakers Kakoli BHATTACHARYA, CEA Saclay Maciej BOBROWSKI, Gdansk University of Technology Jorge GARCÍA-CAÑADAS, Universitat Jaume I, Spain Xavier CRISPIN, Linköping University Benoit FAUQUÉ, ESPCI Paris Pascal GEHRING, TU Delft Andreas GLATZ, Argonne National Laboratory/NIU Christophe GOUPIL, Université Paris Diderot Valeriy GUSYNIN, Bogolyubov Inst. for Theoretical Physics Koichi IZAWA, Tokyo Institute of Technology Herbert KEPPNER, Haute Ecole-Arc, Switzerland Michail KISELEV, ICTP Yakov KOPELEVICH, UNICAMP, Brazil Yo MACHIDA, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yukka PEKOLA, Aalto University, Finland Régine PERZYNSKI, Sorbonne Université Vladimir PUDALOV, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow Mauro SGROI, Centro Ricerche Fiat, Italy Sergei SHARAPOV, Bogolyubov Inst. for Theoretical Physics Valerii SHIKIN, Institute of Solid State Physics,Chernogolovka Marianna VASILAKAKI, NCSR Demokritos, Athens Simone WIEGAND, Forschungszentrum Jülich Alois WÜRGER, Université de Bordeaux Zengwei ZHU, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology - - - Secretariat: smr3269@ictp.it ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Modern Concepts and New Materials for Thermoelectricity | (smr 3269)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

School of Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning and Delivery for Basic and Advanced Applications | (smr 3278)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Suzie Radosic

Organizer(s): Mario De Denaro (Trieste University Hospital), Carlo Cavedon (AIFM (Italian Association of Medical Physics)), Yakov Pipman (AAPM (American Association of Physics in Medicine), Colin Orton (IOMP (International Organisation of Medical Physics), Gunther Hartmann (EFOMP (European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics), Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP), Local Organiser: Renato Padovani

Cosponsor(s): International Organization for Medical Physicsiomp, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physicsefomp, Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medicaaifm, American Association of Physicsts in Medicineaapm2

Europe/Rome > > ONLINE APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! < < Deadline for submissions: 2 December 2018 The two-week School is designed for early career professionals from developing countries, ideally with 1-3 years of experience, working at relevant institutions in their home country. Candidates should have a specific career interest in, or knowledge of nuclear security, although their academic and technical background may vary. Candidates with a scientific or technical background in a discipline of relevance to nuclear security, such as nuclear physics, nuclear engineering, political science, law enforcement, and/or in related fields are especially encouraged to apply. School curriculum will include the following topics: International legal framework supporting nuclear security Identification of, and measures to address, threats against nuclear material, facilities, and activities Instruments and methods for physical protection of associated facilities. Threat and risk assessment, detection architecture, and response plan for material out of regulatory control Radiation detection instruments and detection strategies and techniques Transport security for nuclear and other radioactive material Nuclear forensics and radiological crime scene management Nuclear security culture, computer and information security, and security at major public events Measures for systematic nuclear security human resource development at the national level Additionally, there will be practical exercises designed to incorporate the acquired knowledge into national planning and procedures to protect against threats to nuclear security. Prerequisites for applying: As a prerequisite to admission to the School, all applicants will be asked to complete IAEA introductory e-learning modules on several topics in nuclear security: Overview of Nuclear Security Threats and Risks Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Material and Facilities Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Material Out of Regulatory Control Nuclear Security Threats and Risks: Cyber Threat Transport Security Information and Computer Security NMAC for Nuclear Security Radiological Crime Scene Management Physical Protection Preventive and Protective Measures against Insider Threat Use of Radiation Detection Instruments for Front Line Officers Introduction to Radioactive Sources and Their Applications The modules are available only online: http://elearning.iaea.org/m2/course/index.php?categoryid=48 The estimated time for completing the courses is between 1 and 4.5 hours. Upon successful completion of each module, the system will generate a personalized certificate. Please submit all certificates of completion (as pdf or jpg files) with the online application form for this School. In case of technical issues, please contact: nsnselearning@iaea.org. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

25 Mar 2019 - 5 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Joint ICTP-IAEA 2019 International School on Nuclear Security | (smr 3277)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

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

Cosponsor(s): IAEAiaea, PNSpns

Support E-Mail: smr3277@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 02/12/2018**

Europe/Rome ICTP's annual Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics provides pedagogical treatment of these subjects through lectures by some of the world's top string theorists. The activity is intended for theoretical physicists or mathematicians with knowledge of quantum field theory, general relativity and string theory. It is organized in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) and the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). TOPICS include: Black Holes and Quantum Information Four-dimensional Supersymmetric Dynamics from Six Dimensions Dynamics of Quantum Fields in Three and Four Dimensions The Chiral Algebra Program for Four-dimensional SCFTs Quantum Entanglement and Holography Weak Gravity Conjecture LECTURERS include: Zohar Komargodski (Stony Brook) Kyriakos Papadodimas (ICTP) Leonardo Rastelli (Stony Brook) Shlomo Razamat (Technion) Matt Reece (Harvard) Tadashi Takayanagi (Yukawa Institute) NOTE: The dealine for requesting funding was 6 January 2019. The online application is now available for those not requesting financial support (and not needing a visa to enter Italy). The deadline for submission is 20 February 2019. For any queries please e-mail smr3276@ictp.it. There is no registration fee for this activity. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

28 Mar 2019 - 5 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3276)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): E. Gava (INFN, Trieste), V. Hubeny (UC Davis), Z. Komargodski (Stony Brook), K.S. Narain (ICTP), Local Organiser: Atish Dabholkar

Cosponsor(s): Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)apctp6, Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn

Support E-Mail: smr3276@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 06/01/2019**

Europe/Rome ICTP has awarded its 2018 Dirac Medal and Prize to three distinguished physicists — Subir Sachdev of Harvard University, Dam Thanh Son of the University of Chicago, and Xiao-Gang Wen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—for their independent contributions toward understanding novel phases in strongly interacting many-body systems, introducing original cross-disciplinary techniques. ICTP's Dirac Medal, first awarded in 1985, is given in honor of P.A.M. Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of ICTP. It is awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics. The 2018 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony will take place on Thursday 28 March 2019. The detailed programme for the ceremony will follow. See the detailed feature article for more information on the 2018 awardees at: https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2018/8/dirac-medal-2018.aspx ICTP, Trieste, Italy ICTP pio@ictp.it

Ceremony

28 Mar 2019

@ ICTP, Trieste, Italy

2018 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34141 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Seminar

1 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

BASIC NOTIONS SEMINAR by Jeffrey VAALER

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Jeffrey VAALER, UT - Austin

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Colloquium

2 Apr 2019

@ ICTP, venue to be confirmed

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Eliezer Rabinovici (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste, Italy

Speaker(s): Prof. Elizer Rabinovici, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Seminar

3 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Herman VERLINDE (Princeton University)

Seminar Start Time: 14:30

Seminar

3 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories

Joint ICTP/SISSA String Seminars: Title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Shu-Heng SHAO (Princeton UNiversity)

Seminar Start Time: 16:00

Europe/Rome Overview This workshop is the second edition of a series of yearly meetings of the Dark Machines community (http://darkmachines.org/), a research collective of physicists and data scientists. The aim of the workshop is to answer cutting edge questions about dark matter with the most advanced techniques that data science provides us with. The researchers coming to this workshop will bring together expertise in particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, statistics and information science (machine learning) and plenty of time will be devoted to discussions and brainstorming. Workshop Format The workshop will have plenary sessions covering the main topics in the field of machine learning and dark matter. In addition, there will be a limited number of parallel talks. We encourage scientists interested to present their work on applications of machine learning to dark matter problems to submit their abstracts. Afternoons will be devoted to hands-on sessions, during which the participants will work on the ongoing darkmachines challenges (listed here http://darkmachines.org/#projects) or propose and start new ones. The last day of the meeting will be dedicated to the discussion related to the DarkMachines organisational issues (progress of the white paper, summary of computational challenges etc). The workshop will end on Friday at lunch time. NOTE: The deadline for requesting funding was 15 January 2019. The online application is now available for those not requesting financial support (and not needing a visa to enter Italy). The deadline for submission is 10 March 2019. For any queries please e-mail smr3280@ictp.it. In order to register for the workshop it is complusory to complete the online application form on the ICTP portal. Select "Apply here" on the top left hand side of this page. You are first asked to fill in your personal information. Please note that only your date of birth and education are mandatory fields. Reference letters are also not compulsory. However, please insert additional information if you believe that it might be useful in the selection process. Invited Speakers include: Atılım Güneş Baydin (University of Oxford) Johann Cohen-Tanugi (University of Montpellier) Jan Conrad (Stockholm University) Caterina Doglioni (Lund University) Torsten Ensslin (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) Guðlaugur Jóhannesson (University of Iceland) Jaehoon Lee (Google Brain) Nikita Moriakov (Radboud University Medical Center) Daniel Nieto (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Thomas Rajat (University of Amsterdam) Danilo J. Rezende (DeepMind, London) Pasquale Serpico (LAPTH, Annecy) David Shih (Rutgers University) Roberto Trotta (Imperial College, London) Simona Vegetti (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ) Jesus Zavala Franco (University of Iceland) Coordinators of Dark Machines Challenges include: Amir Farbin (UT Arlington) Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino) Fabian Cristian Gieseke (University of Copenhagen) Luc Hendriks (Radboud University) Fabio Iocco (ICTP-SAIFR) Erzsébet Merényi (Rice University) Sydney Otten (Radboud University) Laurence Perreault Levasseur (KIPAC, Stanford University) Maurizio Pierini (CERN) Christoph Weniger (GRAPPA, Amsterdam) Martin White (University of Adelaide) Scientific Organizing Committee: Gianfranco Bertone (GRAPPA, Amsterdam) Francesca Calore (LAPTH, Annecy) Sascha Caron (NIKEF, Nijmegen) Tommaso Dorigo (University of Padova) Gilles Louppe (University of Liège) Roberto Ruiz de Austri (IFIC, Paterna) There is no registration fee for this activity. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

8 Apr 2019 - 12 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Advanced Workshop on Accelerating the Search for Dark Matter with Machine Learning | (smr 3280)

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

Room: Giambiagi LH and Lundqvist LH

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Andrea De Simone (SISSA), Piero Ullio (SISSA), Gabrijela Zaharijas (CAC/UNG), Local Organiser: Paolo Creminelli

Cosponsor(s): Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU)ifpu, Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn

Support E-Mail: smr3280@ictp.it

Seminar

11 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: title to be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Claudio CASTELNOVO (University of Cambridge, U.K.)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Seminar

16 Apr 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Room: Leonardo Building - Luigi Stasi Seminar Room

Speaker(s): Silvio FRANZ (Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of the Conference: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data. ICTP does not operate through external agencies nor contacts invitees via phone calls for accommodation purposes, and ICTP does not request credit card data. * * * Online application is open until 10 February 2019 - - - This conference will address recent theoretical and experimental developments in quantum measurement, underscoring common themes from the perspectives of foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum information processing, quantum optics, condensed matter physics and metrology. Rooted in the early history of quantum mechanics, the field of Quantum Measurement has evolved from a purely mathematical formulation to an active research topic, embedded in a broad spectrum of subfields, ranging from quantum optics to condensed matter physics. It involves a variety of techniques, including quantum limited, fast, non-invasive measurements. As a versatile tool in an advanced quantum toolbox, quantum measurements could be empowered for the design of novel protocols, including active and passive error correction codes, quantum feedback control, precision measurements, quantum state discrimination, quantum metrology, quantum simulations and more. In this context of diversified research, this meeting will bring together expert theorists and experimentalists, employing different facets of quantum measurement, with the goal of identifying common themes, and cross-fertilizing with new ideas. A Poster Session will also be organized, and interested candidates are invited to upload a short abstract of their proposed posters during the online application process (max. half page, in pdf format). Poster presentation is not mandatory, however participants are encouraged to present their results. Topics Foundations of quantum mechanics Quantum measurement in information processing Quantum measurements in nanodevices Quantum measurement and thermodynamics Quantum metrology and precision measurements Speakers A. ACIN, ICFO, Spain Y. AHARONOV, Tel Aviv University, Israel A. AUFFEVES, Institute Neel, France M. BARBIERI, Università Roma Tre, Italy W. BELZIG, Konstanz University, Germany P. BERTET, SPEC / CEA Saclay, France Y. BLANTER, Delft University, the Netherlands R. CHAVES, Institute of Physics Natal, Brasil M. DEVORET, Yale University, USA R. EGGER, University of Dusseldorf, Germany J. EISERT, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany K. ENSSLIN, ETH, Switzerland M. GENOVESE, INRIM, Italy I. GORNI, KIT, Germany B. HUARD, LPA CNRS, France A. JORDAN, University of Rochester, USA E. KARIMI, Ottawa University, Canada A. KOROTKOV, University of California, Riverside, USA E. LAIRD, Lancaster University, UK I. LERNER, University of Birmingham, UK E. LUTZ, Stuttgart University, Germany F. MARQUARDT, MPI Erlangen, Germany M. MITCHELL, ICFO, Spain K. MURCH, Washington University in St. Louis, USA A. NITZHAN, University of Pennsylvania, USA M. SEGEV*, Technion, Israel I. SIDDIQI, UC Berkley, USA K. SNIZHKO, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel A. STEINBERG, University of Toronto, Canada M. UEDA, University of Tokyo, Japan L. VAIDMAN, Tel Aviv University, Israel V. VEDRAL, University of Oxford, UK R. VIJAY, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India H. WISEMAN, Griffith University, Australia O. ZILBERBERG, ETH, Switzerland * to be confirmed A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. Online application is open until 10 February 2019. - - - Secretariat: smr3285@ictp.it ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

29 Apr 2019 - 4 May 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Quantum Measurement: Fundamentals, Twists, and Applications | (smr 3285)

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

School on Advances in Condensed Matter Physics: New Trends and Materials in Quantum Technologies | (smr 3287)

Secretary: Milena Poropat

Organizer(s): Vladimir Falko (NGI, the University of Manchester), Davron Matrasulov (Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent), ICTP Scientific Contact: Mikhail Kiselev

Cosponsor(s): Physical Society of Uzbekistanjami, Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkenttpu1, Samarkand State Universityssu

Support E-Mail: smr3287@ictp.it

Seminar

7 May 2019

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): M. Sergey SOLODUKHIN (Université de Tours, France)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome Description: The workshop will focus on the applicability of modern FPGA-based technology for scientific computing, including a review of present state of the art, technical challenges, and opportunities for supercomputing of scientific interest with particular emphasis on non-von Neumann architectures. FPGA-based devices are characterized by its low-cost along with a huge versatility to implement different concurrent tasks and critical activities such as hard real-time data acquisition, processing and transmission. These features make these devices very attractive for frontier scientific applications. The workshop will provide a thoroughly review of present state of the art of FPGA-based architectures and design methodologies with emphasis on high performance computational applications. The workshop will consist of about 65 hours of theoretical lectures and assisted hands-on activities. The selected faculty will be composed by lecturers from prestigious universities, hi-tech companies and research institutions. The workshop will be primarily addressed to researchers, teachers and advanced students who need to master modern FPGA-based technologies for their scientific and academic activities. Topics: Modern FPGA architectures and their hybrid versions with embedded RISC processors. Design methodologies, hardware description languages, and synthesis tools. High level languages and high level synthesis. Real Time operating systems. Fine-grained reconfigurable computing. FPGA-based Systems-on-Chip: design for scalability and portability Physical implementation, optimization, and FPGA debugging techniques The workshop will include experimental sessions with hardware development platforms and software design tools. It will be also explored possible interdisciplinary collaborations. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 May 2019 - 24 May 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Advanced Workshop on Modern FPGA Based Technology for Scientific Computing | (smr 3289)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Andres Cicuttin (ICTP), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

**DEADLINE: 24/02/2018**

Europe/Rome The school focus on sun light conversion to energy and chemical fuels and on the ethical and sustainable use of natural resources. It will be a forum for discussion on new science and technology integration to ensure a sustainable future for people and planet. A sustainable development for people and planet bases on clean forms of energy and efficient and affordable recycling of resources including ‘endangered elements’. The energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables is already ongoing, but it is a slow and complex process that needs to be accelerated to avoid irreversible ecological damages from global warming. Among others renewable energy sources, conversion of solar light is central giving access not only to electricity but also to chemical fuels. However, a change of paradigm in science, technology and education is required to speed up the process and to achieve a real sustainable progress. The school aims to boost this change integrating different interdisciplinary approaches to the production of energy and chemicals from sun light and to identify solutions that are ethical, affordable and sustainable for the use of natural resources. Topics: • Energy production and sustainability of energy production • Artificial Photosynthesis • Bioinspired systems for energy conversion • Photonics for zero energy buildings • Graphene/2D materials for photovoltaics • Laser induced functionalization and nanofabrication • Elements on stress: war, sustainability and alternative solutions Speakers: L. AMIRAV, School of Chemistry, Technion, Israel A. BONOLI, Dept of Engineering, Univ. Bologna, Italy G. CERULLO, Physics Dept, Politecnico di Milano, Italy G. FARINOLA, Chemistry Dept, Univ. Bari, Italy O. JEDRKIEWICZ, IFN-CNR, Italy A. KRIEF, Chemistry Dept, University of Namur, Belgium L. KOTSEDI, Univ. South Africa and IThemba Labs, South Africa P. LAMBIN, Physics Dept, University of Namur, Belgium G. PACCHIONI, Material Science Dept, Univ. Milano Bicocca, Italy S. PIETRALUNGA, IFN-CNR, Italy S. PRATO, APE Research, Trieste, Italy J.-P. RASKIN School of Engineering, Univ. Louvain la Neuve, Belgium F. ROSEI, INRS-EMT, Varennes, Québec, Canada J. YANS, Geology Dept, University of Namur, Belgium Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. Sponsor: PhotoTrain has received funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 research & innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 722591. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

13 May 2019 - 16 May 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

School on Design, Fabrication and Application of Devices for Energy Production | (smr 3290)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Alain Krief (International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development), Lucia Serafina Scioscia (Università di Bologna), Giacomo Bergamini (Università di Bologna), Paolo Tecilla (Università di Trieste), Roberta Ramponi (IFN-CNR), Shane Eaton (IFN-CNR), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela

Cosponsor(s): Phototrain Innovative Training Networkphtraineu

**DEADLINE: 17/03/2019**

Seminar

14 May 2019

@ SISSA, Via Bonomea 265

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: To be announced

Speaker(s): T. GASENZER (Heidelberg University, Germany)

Seminar Start Time: 11:00

Europe/Rome HOW TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU REQUIRE A VISA AND/OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT If you require a visa to travel to Italy, please click on the “Apply” link on the menu to your left. A limited number of grants are available to support selected participants from developing countries. Deadline for applying is 17 March 2019. IF YOU ARE NOT REQUESTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND DO NOT NEED A VISA Please register using the following link: www.tinyurl.com/idl2019conference General travel advice for visiting ICTP can be found here: https://www.ictp.it/visit-ictp.aspx Local hotel information is available at: https://www.ictp.it/visit-ictp/accommodation/hotels.aspx Deadline for registration is 10 May 2019. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Illuminating Education conference is the Flagship Celebration of the International Day of Light 2019 held at the UNESCO Category 1 Institute ICTP in Trieste on 16 May 2019. Presentations will cover a wide range of topics, from inspiring science to practical career advice. The conference keynote speaker is ICTP Distinguished Lecturer Sir Michael Berry from the University of Bristol who will speak on Optica Fantastica - Images to Illuminate the Physics of Light, a topic ideally suited to engage interest and promote science outreach to the public of all ages. Other presentations will see a wide range of leading international speakers discuss diverse subjects such as light and development, international collaborations, issues relating to light and science education in general, career development and more. Other confirmed speakers include: Amna Abdalla Mohammed Khalid (Next Einstein Forum), Brian Liebel (Illuminating Engineering Society), Cather Simpson (University of Auckland), Jess Wade (Imperial College London), and Rachel Won (Nature Photonics). Additional presentations will be given by representatives from the International Astronomical Union, UNESCO-ICTP, and a real highlight will be a Student Session where a number of students from the international networks of our partners EPS, IAPS, IEEE, OSA, and SPIE will discuss issues both of how they promote science outreach, and how they see their careers in science developing in the future. Other speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 May 2019

@ ICTP

UNESCO International Day of Light: Illuminating Education | (smr 3375)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Suzie Radosic

Organizer(s): John Dudley (Institut FEMTO-ST, Université de Franche-Comté-CNRS), Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela

**DEADLINE: 17/03/2019**

ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics: First-Principles-based Calculations of Caloric Effects in Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Workshop on Portable X-Ray Spectrometry Techniques for Characterization of Valuable Archaeological/Art Objects | (smr 3298)

Address: Via Beirut, 7 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: SciFabLab

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Roman Padilla Alvarez (IAEA), Marco Zennaro (ICTP), Local Organiser: Claudio Tuniz

Cosponsor(s): International Atomic Energy Agencyiaea3

**DEADLINE: 05/03/2019**

Europe/Rome The goal of the school is to give a detailed overview of particle physics from the basics of Standard Model phenomenology to the most important areas where significant progress has been achieved recently. This year the school will cover both the energy and the intensity frontiers, including lectures on techniques for small scale experiments and on theoretical developments in high energy theory. TOPICS & LECTURERS: Standard Model and Flavor - Yuval Grossman (Cornell U.) Neutrino - André Luiz De Gouvêa (Northwestern U.) Collider Physics - Matthew Schwartz (Harvard U.) Beyond the Standard Model - Matthew Philip McCullough (CERN) Dark Matter - Tracy Slatyer (MIT) Formal Developments in HEP - Matthew Reece (Harvard U.) Fundamental Physics from The Precision Frontier - Robert Lasenby (Stanford U.) There is no registration fee for this activity. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Jun 2019 - 21 Jun 2019

@ ICTP

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Summer School on Particle Physics | (smr 3300)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Nadia van Buuren

Organizer(s): Markus A. Luty (UC Davis), Andrea Romanino (SISSA), Géraldine Servant (DESY Hamburg), Local Organiser: Giovanni Villadoro

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

Support E-Mail: smr3300@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/03/2019**

Europe/Rome Participation in this activity is by invitation only and no general applications can be accepted for this event. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

10 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS | (smr 3299)

Address: I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Week 1 and 2: Giambiagi; Week 3: day 4 and 5 Budinich; Week 1, 2 and partial of 3 (from 10 to 26 June): Lundqvist

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

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

Activity

17 Jun 2019 - 21 Jun 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

Advanced Summer School on Sustainable Blue Growth in the Mediterranean Region. | (smr H581)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): OGG, Dr. Mounir Ghribi,

Europe/Rome All lessons will be held at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito Campus Cumbaya http://www.usfq.edu.ec/Paginas/Inicio.aspx and Escuela Politécnica Nacional https://www.epn.edu.ec/ **DEADLINE for requesting participation is 10 MARCH 2019** Topics: Optimal Control and Applications to Biology Fluid Mechanics Machine Learning Cancer Dynamics Description continued This activity serves as an opportunity to highlight current research topics and real-world applications in applied mathematics. Students exposed to the mini-courses will learn mathematical tools used to efficiently solve real world problems. Specifically, the intention is to highlight the applications of mathematics in other disciplines as well as in industry in an effort to illustrate mathematics as a useful and necessary tool as well as a lucrative career option. Courses aim to address both theoretical aspects as well as real world applications. The courses will be complemented by additional computer lab sessions where students will solve relevant problems and be given an opportunity to run simulations and learn computational skills. In addition, students will be provided with mentoring regarding jobs in industry as well as opportunities for advanced studies in mathematics. Lecturers include: M. S. Aronna, Escola de Matemática Aplicada (FGV), Brazil J. Bedrossian, University of Maryland, U.S.A. R. Cóbe, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil D. Levy, University of Maryland, U.S.A. Organizers: M. Calahorrano, EPN, Ecuador M. G. Delgadino, Imperial College, U.K. D. C. Ramirez, USFQ, Ecuador L. D. Simonelli, ICTP, Italy G. Violini, Emeritus, CIF, Colombia Local Organizer: C. Arezzo, ICTP, Trieste, Italy Quito - Ecuador ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

17 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019

@ Quito - Ecuador

Mathematics

1st Latin American School in Applied Mathematics | (smr 3301)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Marco Calahorrano (EPN), Matias G. Delgadino (Imperial College), Dennis C. Ramirez (USFQ), Lucia Simonelli (ICTP), Galileo Violini (USFQ), ICTP Scientific Contact: Claudio Arezzo

Cosponsor(s): Escuela Politecnica Nacionalepn, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Campus Cumbayausf

**DEADLINE: 10/03/2019**

Activity

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Seyed Mehdi Vaez Allaei (University of Tehran, Iran), Davide Donadio (University of California Davis, USA), Giuliano Benenti (University of Insubria, Como, Italy), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev

**DEADLINE: 15/03/2019**

Europe/Rome For more information, please visit the following website: https://eaifr.ictp.it/events/2019-04-08-2nd-east-african-workshop-on-the-internet-of-things/ Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

24 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019

@ Kigali - Rwanda

New Research Areas

Workshop on Locomotion and Navigation from Flies to Robots | (smr 3309)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Massimo Vergassola (UCSD), Local Organiser: Antonio Celani

Cosponsor(s): Institute for Complex Adaptive Mattericam

Europe/Rome The Eastern Africa Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP) courtesy of the International Science Programme (ISP) of Sweden; jointly with ICTP, Trieste, Italy; Sida; CIMPA, DAAD, LMS/AMMSI, COMPOSITIO is organizing a three weeks summer School on Algebraic Topology and its Applications to be held at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda from 15th July to 2nd August, 2019. It is intended that the School will take the audience comprising young academic staff members and advanced graduate students (M.Sc, Ph.D and Postdoctoral Students) of Mathematics from the Eastern African region and beyond. The school is the next one in a series of schools organized under the Eastern African Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP). The most recent EAUMP schools were organized in 2015 at Makerere University, Uganda, on Experimental Pure Mathematics; in 2016 at the University of Rwanda on Number Theory; in 2017 at the University of Nairobi on Modern Functional Analysis; and in 2018 at the University of Dar es Salaam on Homological methods in Algebra and Geometry. All the schools are within one of the main aims of EAUMP which is to improve the pure mathematics in the region. The member Universities of the EAUMP are University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; University of Nairobi, Kenya; University of Zambia, Zambia; Makerere University, Uganda; University of Rwanda, Rwanda. GOALS OF THE SCHOOL To introduce participants to current trends in Algebraic Topology and its applications, including knot theory and Topological Data Science, and provide research topics for masters and PhD studies. To provide a forum for African mathematicians to interact, exchange ideas and initiate collaborations. Identify talented students for possible PhD programs. To produce digital lecture material for dissemination, which contributes to the training of master students in the Eastern Africa region. STURCTURE AND PROGRAMME As in the years 2013-2017, participants will be asked to submit mini-projects on the material studied at the School, with the best submissions receiving prizes/awards. They will work on their projects after the end of the School and will submit them during the third week of the school. Here is the detailed course plan for the School. Week 1: Introductory courses Course 1: Introductory Topology Lecturers: Balazs Szendroi (University of Oxford) and Venuste Nyagahakwa (University of Rwanda) Description: This course will introduce the basic ideas of topology, starting with an abstract definition of topological space, and treating many examples. Course 2: The Fundamental Group Lecturer: Jean-Baptiste Gatsinzi (Botswana Institute of Science and Technology) Description: The fundamental group is a basic but key algebraic invariant of a topological space. This course will define this group and give some interesting examples of how to compute it. Week 2: Intermediate courses Course 3: Manifolds Lecturer: Claudia Scheimbauer (NTNU, Trondheim) Description: Manifolds provide a very interesting class of examples of topological spaces, of great interest in applications to geometry, physics and elsewhere. This course will introduce this notion with many examples, mainly from dimensions 1, 2 and 3. Course 4: Introduction to persistent homology Lecturer: Ulrike Tillmann (University of Oxford) Description: Persistent homology, a method for computing topological features of a space at different spatial resolutions, will be explained in this course, with a view towards applications. Week 3: Advanced courses Course 5: Introduction to Knot Theory Lecturer: Mehdi Yazdi (University of Oxford) Description: A knot is a tangled piece of rope in the three dimensional space, with the two loose ends glued together. Knot theory asks questions such as: can this knot be untangled by continuously deforming the rope? Are there ways to tell two knots apart? This course will discuss the basic invariants and quantities defined for knots, together with the connection with the theory of 3-dimensional manifolds. Course 6: Topological Data Analysis Lecturer: Vidit Nanda (University of Oxford) Description: Topological data analysis is a recent and fast-growing field providing a set of new topological and geometric tools to infer global features from complex data. This course will give an introduction to this circle of ideas. SCHOOL PARTICIPATION Online application form is available at http://indico.ictp.it/event/8699/, and will close on 28th April, 2019. Alternative request for participation can be done by originating an email to kasozi@cns.mak.ac.ug copied to ssevviiri@cns.mak.ac.ug, szendroi@maths.ox.ac.uk. Only those applicants who will be successful shall be contacted. Letters of invitation will be issued to participants upon request for the processing of travel documents or soliciting for funding. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Leif Abrahamson (University of Uppsala, Sweden), Prof. Bengt-Ove Turesson (Linkoping University, Sweden), Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP, Italy), Balazs Szendroi (University of Oxford, UK), Patrick Weke (University of Nairobi, Kenya). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE David Ssevviiri (Makerere University), Juma Kasozi (Makerere University), John Mango Makerere University), Patrick Weke (University of Nairobi), Jared Ongaro (University of Nairobi), Eunice Mureithi (University of Dar es Salaam), James Makungu (University of Dar es Salaam), Michael Gahirima (UR-CST, Nyarugenge), Wellars Banzi (UR-CST, Nyarugenge), Mubanga Lombe (University of Zambia), Isaac D. Tembo (University of Zambia). Kampala - Uganda ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019

@ Kampala - Uganda

Mathematics

EAUMP - ICTP Summer School on Algebraic Topology and its Applications | (smr 3310)

Secretary: Koutou Mabilo

Organizer(s): Leif Abrahamson (University of Uppsala, Sweden), Bengt-Ove Turesson (Linkoping University, Sweden), Balazs Szendroi (University of Oxford, UK), Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (ICTP, Italy), Patrick Weke (University of Nairobi, Kenya),

Cosponsor(s): Upssala Universityuppsala, CIMPAcimpa2, DAAD, LMSlns, Foundation Compositio Mathematicafcm, EAUMPeaump

LANGUAGE English will be the official language at the School. CURRENCY Local currency is the Uganda Shilling at the foreign exchange rate of US$ 1 = 3,650 UgShs . There are many local Forex bureaus in Kampala, some of them open 24 hours. Banks and Forex bureaus accept traveler’s cheques and major credits cards are accepted at leading hotels, restaurants and super markets. VISA Visa may be required for International visitors to Kampala - Uganda. Please check with the respective local Embassy for details and other requirements. Letters of invitation will be issued to participants upon request for the processing of travel documents. FURTHER INFORMATION Dr. David Ssevviiri, Department of Mathematics, Makerere University Email: ssevviiri@cns.mak.ac.ug Cell phone: +256-778-486571 Dr. John Mango, Department of Mathematics, Makerere University Email: mango@cns.mak.ac.ug Cell phone: +256-772-649455 Dr. Juma Kasozi, Department of Mathematics, Makerere University Email: kasozi@cns.mak.ac.ug Cell phone: +256-782-308010

Europe/Rome This school will focus on coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics in upwelling systems, their biogeochemical and ecological processes, and their sensitivity to climate variability and change. Afternoons will be devoted to practical sessions involving the use of circulation models, analyses of relevant data sets, and discussion of current research. Extended topics list: • Overview of upwelling systems and their physical and biological dynamics • Oceanic circulation and the upwelling process • Atmospheric circulation in upwelling systems • Biogeochemistry and ecosystems • Atmosphere-ocean coupled dynamics, air-sea interactions, and biogeochemical feedbacks • Natural and anthropogenic climate impacts on upwelling • Global climate modeling and biases • Model-data comparisons and data visualization Speakers: A. BRACCO, Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA F. CHAI, Second Institute of Oceanography, China M. DIAKATÉ, Cheikh Anta Diop Univ., Senegal M. GARCÍA-REYES, Farallon Inst., USA R. GARREAUD, Univ. of Chile, Chile A. LAZAR, Univ. Pierre and Marie Curie, France A. MILLER, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, USA R. RYKACZEWSKI, Univ. of South Carolina, USA M. SCHMIDT, Leibniz Inst. for Baltic Sea Research, Germany T. TONIAZZO, Univ. of Bergen, Norway J. VEITCH, South African Env. Obs. Network, South Africa P. ZUIDEMA, Univ. of Miami, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Jul 2019 - 21 Jul 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

ICTP-CLIVAR Summer School on Oceanic Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems | (smr 3312)

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

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Annalisa Bracco (Georgia Institute of Technology), Alban Lazar (University Pierre and Marie Curie), Ryan Rykaczewski (University South Carolina), Thomas Toniazzo (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen), Local Organiser: Riccardo Farneti

Cosponsor(s): CLIVARusclivar2, IOC-UNESCOwestpac2

**DEADLINE: 15/04/2019**

Europe/Rome The purpose of the School is to expose graduate students and young researchers to a variety of topics, techniques and lines of research of common interest to geometers and physicists. The activity is intended for theoretical physicists and mathematicians with knowledge of Differential geometry and General Relativity. Topics: Black Holes, Modified Gravity Theories, AdS/CFT Correspondence, Einstein Constraint Equations, Mass in General Relativity, Cosmological Solutions. School Lectures: C. CEDERBAUM, University of Tubingen, Germany P. CHRUSCIEL, University of Vienna, Austria M. DAFERMOS, Princeton University, USA and University of Cambridge, UK H. REALL, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK R. SCHOEN, University of California Irvine, USA R. WALD, University of Chicago, USA T. WISEMAN, Imperial College London, UK N. YUNES, Montana State University, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

15 Jul 2019 - 26 Jul 2019

@ ICTP

Geometry , Mathematics , High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

ICTP School on Geometry and Gravity | (smr 3311)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Lorenzo Mazzieri (Università di Trento, Italy), Richard Schoen (University of California Irvine, USA), Robert Wald (University of Chicago, USA), Local Organisers: Claudio Arezzo, Paolo Creminelli

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

**DEADLINE: 30/04/2019**

Activity

22 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019

@ Sao Paulo - Brazil

High Energy Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Joint ICTP-Trieste and ICTP-SAIFR School on Observational Cosmology | (smr 3305)

Secretary: Rosanna Sain

Organizer(s): Rogerio Rosenfeld (ICTP-SAIFR), Raul Abramo (U. Sao Paulo), Mehrdad Mirbabayi (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Paolo Creminelli

Europe/Rome The School provides early stage researchers with interactive experiences of hands-on research involving table-top experiments with computer data acquisition and modeling. Participants will also take part in professional development of improved scientific communication in English. An intensive programme of laboratory experiments, mathematical modeling, and lectures give participants immersive experiences with complex systems in the physical and life sciences. Additionally, participants will present their own research in talks and posters with extensive faculty feedback to enhance the presentation quality. The faculty are eminent scientists who have conducted frontier table-top research published in leading international scientific journals. TOPICS: Biological Physics Modeling of Epidemics Soft Matter Physics Turbulence Fluid Instabilities Machine learning in table-top experiments Microfluidics Granular Materials Modeling in MATLAB - Molecular Dynamics Chemical patterns Computational Modeling SPEAKERS: P. CICUTA, University of Cambridge F. FENTON, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA A. GUMEL, Arizona State University, USA E. KOSTELICH, Arizona State University, USA J. MOLLOY, University of Cambridge B. RODENBORN, Centre College, USA M.D. SHATTUCK, The City College of New York K. SHOWALTER, West Virginia University, USA M. TINSLEY, West Virginia University, USA GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

22 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School | (smr 3314)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Pietro Cicuta (University of Cambridge), Eric J. Kostelich (Arizona State University), Michael F. Schatz (Georgia Institute of Technology), Mark D. Shattuck (The City College of New York), Local Organiser: Maria Liz Crespo

Cosponsor(s): Arizona State Universityasu

**DEADLINE: 07/04/2019**

Activity

24 Jul 2019 - 26 Jul 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

Trieste Junior Quantum Days| (smr H576)

Organizer(s): Liliana Arrachea (University of Buenos Aires), Giulio Casati (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria), Christopher Jarzynski (University of Maryland), Ronnie Kosloff (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev

**DEADLINE: 01/05/2019**

Europe/Rome During this activity, several applied/thematic workshops on Research Data Science run in parallel. Bioinformatics: This workshop focuses on building Machine Learning workflows using NGS Data. Topics include: Experimental design; Introduction to NGS data analysis; Machine Learning in NGS; and CWL. Participants should be familiar with UNIX shell and R programming language. IoT and Big Data Analytics: This workshop presents the analysis of vast amounts of data produced by embedded devices, sensors, appliances and other data-collecting systems in real time using new processes and tools for collecting, storing and processing IoT big data, event/streaming data. Participants should be familiar with software installation and programming in R or Java or Python. Professionals & corporate entities should apply for this workshop via the ITU Academy. Climate Data Sciences: This workshop will introduce Cloud-Computing based Data access, processing and visualisation tools for Climate Science, including the Copernicus climate data services platforms and the CMIP Earth System Grid. Participants will work in small project teams and should have a background in Climate Sciences and/or climate modeling. Extreme Sources of Data: This workshop introduces the basics relative to a cut-and-count particle physics analysis as performed in the ATLAS Collaboration (Large Hadron Collider). Topics to be covered include phenomenological, experimental and data-analysis aspects of the Standard Model; software development and tools for analysis and reproducible science and sharing. Participants should have taken at least one course on Particle Physics at High Education level. Individuals seeking an introduction to Research Data Science can apply to the Summer School that runs immediately before the workshops. GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants from developing countries. Professionals and corporate entities should register/apply for the Advanced Workshop on IoT and Big-Data Analytics via the ITU Academy platform. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Aug 2019 - 23 Aug 2019

@ ICTP

High Performance Computing

The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Advanced Workshops on Bio-informatics, Climate Data Sciences, Extreme Sources of Data and Internet of Things(IoT)/Big-Data Analytics | (smr 3376)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

**DEADLINE: 18/04/2019**

Europe/Rome For announcement at venue ICTP-SAIFR, click here, http://www.ictp-saifr.org/american-monsoons-progress-and-future-plans/ The Advanced School will bring together scientists and students interested in the American Monsoons (over South, Central and North America) and their role in the global monsoon system. The American monsoons are important components of the global monsoon system. A very high percentage of the annual precipitation over most of South America occurs during the summer monsoon, including subtropical regions. The economy, agriculture, water and energy resources and, consequently, the livelihoods of the great majority of South America population are heavily dependent on the summer monsoon. Also precipitation associated with the North American monsoon provides crucial water resources for Mexico, Central American countries, several island nations in the Caribbean and parts of the southwest USA. Predicting the intensity of American monsoon rainfall is not only a regional challenge, but is also relevant in the framework of a global subseasonal to seasonal forecasting system. This advanced school is fostered by the Working Group on American Monsoons, one of the regional monsoons working groups established under the coordination of the CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel. This School intends to bring together scientists and students interested in the American Monsoons (over South, Central and North America) and their role in the global monsoon system. It will allow the presentation and discussion of the progress in the research on the American monsoons in recent years as well as the planning of future activities on several subjects, as main features and life cycle, variability at several timescales (diurnal, mesoscale and synoptic timescales, intraseasonal variability, interannual variability, decadal/interdecadal variability), modulation of extreme events by climate variability, longer term variability and climate change. The school intends also to show modelling studies on American Monsoons, discuss prediction and predictability, future experiments and modelling activities. Besides the scientific presentations and discussions on the above issues, there will be a session on societal impacts and future challenges, as well as discussion of collaborative work. Topics to be covered include: Introduction and main features, including the life cycle of the monsoons (observational, modelling and prediction) Variability on diurnal, mesoscale and synoptic time scales, intraseasonal variability, subseasonal to seasonal variability (observational, modelling and prediction) Interannual variability, decadal/interdecadal variability, modulation of extreme events by climate variability, longer term variability and climate change (observational, modelling and prediction) Predictability and predictions (weather, subseasonal, seasonal and longer lead times). Statistical and modelling analysis and discussion Impacts on society and challenges: future plans for observational studies, model experiments and modelling activities. Discussions on future collaborations. Participants are encouraged to make a presentation. If interested, please submit a short abstract of the contribution (maximum 380 words in one page A4 size), attached to the online application. These presentations will be preferably in poster format. Sao Paulo - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

19 Aug 2019 - 23 Aug 2019

@ Sao Paulo - Brazil

Earth System Physics

Advanced School on American Monsoons - Progress and Future Plans | (smr 3307)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Alice M. Grimm (Federal University of Parana, Brazil), Iracema F.A. Cavalcanti (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil), Manoel Gan (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil), ICTP Scientific Contact: Fred Kucharski

Cosponsor(s): ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Researchsaifr, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysicsiugg4, US Climate Variability and Predictability Programusclivar, World Climate Research Programmewcrp, Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) project

Confirmed Speakers Pedro Silva Dias - University of São Paulo, Brazil Marcelo Barreiro - Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay Cecilia Hidalgo – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Leila Carvalho - University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Francina Dominguez - University of Illinois at Urbana, USA Rong Fu - University of Texas at Austin, USA Tereza Cavazos - Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico Alice M. Grimm - Federal University of Parana, Brazil Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti - National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Manoel Gan - National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

@ Trieste - Italy

TEQ Workshop Redefining the foundations of physics in the quantum technology | (smr H571)

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

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Organizer(s): University of Trieste, Physics Department, Prof. Angelo Bassi,

Europe/Rome DEADLINE for requesting participation: 15 MAY 2019 Organizers: A. Agrachev, SISSA, Trieste A. Bufetov, Marseille & Steklov Institute T. Grava, SISSA & Bristol A. Guionnet, ENS Lyon S. Kuksin, Paris & Shandong University Local Organizer: S. Luzzatto, ICTP, Trieste The topics to be discussed at the activity are at the forefront of current research in Random Matrix Theory, Point Processes, Dynamical Systems and Control Theory. One of the main goals of the School and Workshop is to bring this material to both established and young mathematicians from all developing countries. Mini courses will be given as well as more advanced reserach seminars. The activity will be organized as two thematic weeks on interrelated topics. Each week will consist of one or two mini courses and some seminar speakers. Week 1: Mixing and Control Central topic is the study, with the help of the mathematical control theory, of ergodic and mixing properties of dynamical systems stochastically perturbed by a very degenerate noise. This concerns the systems governed by nonlinear PDEs and ODEs. We also plan to discuss mathematical aspects of the non-equilibrium statistical physics and some other topics. Week 2: Random Matrix Theory and Point Processes The second week will focus on point processes arising in the study of random matrices such as determinantal point processes. These point processes satisfy the Kolmogorov 0-1 Law and the Central Limit Theorem of Soshnikov, are rigid in the sense of Ghosh and Peres and obey an analogue of the De Finetti Theorem. Palm-Khintchine theory for our point processs will be emphasized, as well as the connection with the theory of integrable systems. Numerous open problems will be discussed, in particular, those related to pfaffian point processes. Topics: Point process; Random matrices; Integrable probability; Integrable systems; Mixing; Stationary measure; Markov systems; Nonholonomic constraints; Controllability; Lecturers: A. Agrachev, SISSA, Trieste A. Bufetov, Marseille & Steklov Institute A. Guionnet, ENS Lyon S. Kuksin, Paris & Shandong University Speakers: F. Augeri, Weizmann, Israel F. Baudoin, Purdue Univ. C. Bordenave, Toulose, France U. Boscain, CNRS, Sorbonne Univ. A. Bufetov, MIT M. Cafasso, Angers, France *I. Corwin, Columbia University N. Cuneo, University Paris-Diderot A. de Bouard, Ecole Polytechnique A. Debussche, ENS Rennes A. Dymov, Steklov Insitute, Moscow *J-P. Eckmann, University of Geneva *L. Erdoes, Wien, Austria N. Glatt-Holtz, Tulane University H. Guan, Tsinghua University V. Jaksitch, McGill University I. Krasovsky, Imperial College M. Krishnapur, Bangalore, India *A. Kupiainen, University of Helsinki K. Mc Laughlin, Colorado State University V. Nersesyan, University of Versailles P. Nikitin, Steklov, St. Petersburg G. Olshanski, ITP, RAS, Russia S. Peche, LPSM, Paris, France Y. Qiu, CNRS, France A. Ramirez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile R. Raquepas, University Grenoble Alpes (Institut Fourier) T. Sasamoto, Chiba, Japan M. Shcherbina, Kharkov, Ukraina A. Shirikyan, Cergy-Pontoise N. Tzvetkov, University of Cergy Pontoise A. Veselov, Loughbourogh University *H-T. Yau, Harvard * to be confirmed ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

16 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019

@ ICTP

Mathematics

School and Workshop on Random Matrix Theory, Point Processes, Ergodicity and Control. | (smr 3324)

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Tamara Grava (SISSA), Alexander Bufetov (Marseille and Steklov Institute), Andrei Agrachev (SISSA), Local Organiser: Stefano Luzzatto

Europe/Rome Ergodic theory has its origins in the the work of L. Boltzmann on the kinetic theory of gases. The closely related field of dynamical systems has a much older origin, going back at least to Newtonian mechanics. Both subjects have since flourished into extremely active subjects with connections to many parts of mathematics and the physical sciences. Progress has been especially rapid in the last few years in differentiable dynamics and homogeneous dynamics. Differentiable dynamics studies flows on smooth manifolds and has links with geometry while homogeneous dynamics is the study of subgroup actions on homogeneous spaces of Lie groups and has connections to number theory. It is the aim of this two week workshop to ga ther top experts in these two subjects to deliver expositions on the state of the art in these subjects. The first week will be devoted to differentiable dynamics and the second week to homogeneous dynamics. During the programme, the Infosys-ICTS Ramanujan lectures will be delivered by Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss and the ICTS Distinguished lectures by Prof. Marcelo Viana. List of invited Speakers Week 1: Alex Blumenthal, Maryland, USA Aaron Brown, Chicago, USA Carlangelo Liverani, Rome, Italy Federico Rodriguez-Hertz, Penn State, USA Jana Rodriguez-Hertz, Shenzen, China Sebastian van Strien, Imperial College, UK Marcelo Viana, IMPA Khadim War, IMPA, Brazil Week 2: Victor Beresnevich*, University of York S. G. Dani, University of Mumbai Manfred Einsiedler, ETH Zurich Alexander Gorodnik, University of Zurich Seonhee Lim, Seoul National University Elon Lindenstrauss, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jens Marklof, University of Bristol Shahar Mozes, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Amos Nevo, Technion, Haifa Sanju Velani*, University of York Barak Weiss, Tel Aviv University *to be confirmed Minicourse Lecturers Sylvain Crovisier, Paris Sud, France Stefano Luzzatto, ICTP Both weeks will feature research talks by leading mathematicians as well as mini courses. A number of slots will be available in the program for younger participants to present their research and a poster session will also be organized. A number of slots will be available in the programme for younger participants to present their research and a poster session will also be organized. The program is jointly organised and supported by ICTS and IMPA. Program link: https://www.icts.res.in/program/etds2019 General Information: https://www.icts.res.in/program/Information-for-Participants Bangalore - India ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

23 Sep 2019 - 4 Oct 2019

@ Bangalore - India

Mathematics

Smooth and Homogeneous Dynamics - smr 3271

Room: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS

Secretary: Koutou Mabilo

Organizer(s): Marcelo Viana (IMPA), Anish Ghosh (TIFR), ICTP Scientific Contact: Stefano Luzzatto

Activity

23 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019

@ Trieste - Italy

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

Room: Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Remi Monasson (ENS Paris), Alessandro Laio (SISSA), Joachim Buhmann (ETH Zurich), Erik Aurell (KTH Stockholm), Local Organiser: Matteo Marsili

Cosponsor(s): SISSAsissa

Europe/Rome The School is a certificate course introducing participants the foundation skills and knowledge required to successfully manage and lead a nuclear energy programme. The target audience for this school are new and young nuclear professionals entering the field of nuclear energy and nuclear technology. Jointly organized by ICTP and the IAEA since 2010, the objective of this School are to: Provide an international educational experience and an opportunity for worldwide networking to future leaders and managers of nuclear energy; Raise awareness of participants about recent developments in nuclear energy; Broaden participants’ understanding on key issues and challenges associated with peaceful uses of nuclear energy; and Introduce participants to the leadership and managerial competencies needed to successfully run the national nuclear energy programme Technical visits to nuclear facilities form an essential practical element of the curriculum and students are asked to work on special projects relevant to the development of nuclear energy programmes. Participants will be selected based on an online pre-training course and a test. Topics: Introduction to the IAEA and Nuclear Technology IAEA and its Services Overview of Nuclear Applications The Concept of Risk Introduction to Key Issues and Challenges Climate Change and the Economics of Nuclear Energy An Integrated Approach to HRD and Nuclear Knowledge Management Management and Leadership in a Nuclear Organization Stakeholders Involvement and Public Communication Introduction to the IAEA’s Safety Security and Safeguards Requirements Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Security Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response Radiological Safety and Protection Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear Law Introduction to Nuclear Technology Lifecycles Nuclear Power Technologies New Nuclear Builds Basic Principles of Nuclear Power Plant Operation Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

7 Oct 2019 - 18 Oct 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School | (smr 3327)

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

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Physics and Technology of Innovative High Temperature Nuclear Energy Systems | (smr 3281)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Ibrahim Khamis (IAEA), Frederik Reitsma (IAEA), Local Organiser: Nicola Seriani

Europe/Rome This conference will focus on the observable signatures of topology in electronic, photonic, phononic, and atomic systems, with participation by leading theorists and experimentalists. The conference will offer an excellent opportunity for cross-fertilisation of ideas and an exciting learning experience for early career researchers. TOPICS: Topological insulators and superconductors Dirac and Weyl semimetals Time-dependent and non-equilibrium topological systems Photonic systems Cold atoms Phononic systems Electronic-structure and ab-initio calculations Transport properties of topological systems Experimental detection of topological properties Physics of unconventional surface states Interaction and disorder effects in topological systems Hetero- and hybrid-structures Electrodynamics in topological materials Quantum-field-theory approaches Applications and devices SPEAKERS: A. ALTLAND, University of Cologne, Germany P. ARMITAGE, Johns Hopkins University, USA L. ARRACHEA, Universidad NSM, Buenos Aires, Argentina C. W. J. BEENAKKER, Leiden University, The Netherlands A. BURKOV, University of Waterloo, Canada F. BURNELL, University of Minnesota, USA (to be confirmed) R. CLAESSEN, University of Würzburg, Germany D. CULCER, University of New South Wales, Australia K. FLENSBERG, University of Copenhagen, Denmark M. FRANZ, University of British Columbia, Canada F. GIAZOTTO, NEST NANO-CNR, Pisa, Italy M. KAWASAKI, University of Tokyo, Japan D. LOSS, University of Basel, Switzerland A. H. MACDONALD, The University of Texas at Austin, USA L. MOLENKAMP, University of Würzburg, Germany C. MORAIS SMITH, Utrecht University, The Netherlands S.-Q. SHEN, University of Hong Kong H. TAKAGI, MPI for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany K. VON BERGMANN, Hamburg University, Germany S. A. YANG, Singapore University of Technology and Design A. YAZDANI, Princeton University, USA S. ZHOU, Tsinghua University, China (to be confirmed) U. ZUELICKE, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

21 Oct 2019 - 25 Oct 2019

@ ICTP

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Conference on Signatures of Topology in Condensed Matter | (smr 3330)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Michele Governale (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Michael S. Fuhrer (Monash University, Australia), Fabio Taddei (NEST NANO-CNR, Pisa, Italy), Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte

Cosponsor(s): The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologymd, FLEET - ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologiesfleet, Istituto Nanoscienze – CNRcnrnano2

**DEADLINE: 01/07/2019**

Activity

21 Oct 2019 - 29 Oct 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Electrostatic Accelerator Technologies, Basic Instruments and Analytical Techniques | (smr 3331)

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

School and Conference on Fully-Programmable Systems-On-Chip for Scientific Instrumentation | (smr 3332)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Banty Tiru (Department of Physics, Gauhati University, India), Andres Cicuttin (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Maria Liz Crespo

Europe/Rome https://gender-gap-in-science.org Final meeting of a collaborative project (2017-2019), funded by the International Council for Science, of eleven major scientific international unions and organizations: findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations. Reducing the gender gap is a major challenge for the whole scientific community, in developed as well as developing countries, and concerns everyone, men and women. The project has concentrated its efforts on three main tasks: the Joint Global Survey with 30,000 respondents (male and female) in more than 130 countries using 8 languages, the Joint Study on Publication Patterns analyzing comprehensive metadata sources of publications of more than 500,000 scientists since 1970, a Database of Good Practices for girls and young women, parents, and organizations. TOPICS: - Report on the findings and achievements of the three tasks of the project, globally, by scientific discipline and by geographical zone - Discuss and evaluate the results of the project. - Formulate recommendations and discuss new initiatives. SPEAKERS (partial list): A. BROOKS, UNESCO (retired) T. K. CAMP, Colorado School of Mines M. GOOS, University of Limerick R. IVIE, American Institute of Physics G. LOZANO, University of Arizona H. MIHALJEVIC, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin M. F. OUEDRAOGO, African Women in Mathematics Association S. PONCE-DAWSON, Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires M. RENTETZI, National Technical University of Athens L. SANTAMARIA, Independant Researcher SOON T.-K., Institut Kimia Malaysia GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

4 Nov 2019 - 8 Nov 2019

@ ICTP

Conference on Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It? | (smr 3335)

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

Workshop on Distilling Climate Information for Sectoral Applications | (smr 3315)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Charlotte Kendra Gotangco (Ateneo de Manila University), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins

Cosponsor(s): International Union of Geodesy and GeophysicsIUGG

Activity

2 Dec 2019 - 6 Dec 2019

@ ICTP

Applied Physics

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Uncertainty Estimations for Radiation Measurements in SSDLs and Hospitals | (smr 3337)

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

Room: Euler Lecture Hall (LB)

Secretary: Suzie Radosic

Organizer(s): Paula Toroi (IAEA), Local Organiser: Luciano Bertocchi

Activity

9 Dec 2019 - 20 Dec 2019

@ Bengaluru - India

Quantitative Life Sciences

ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2019 | (smr 3338)

Secretary: Erica Sarnataro

Organizer(s): Stefano Di Talia (Duke U.), VIjaykumar Krishnamurthy (ICTS), Guillaume Salbreux (Francis Crick Inst.), Buzz Baum (UCL), ICTP Scientific Contact: Antonio Celani

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Some smooth applications of non-smooth Ricci curvature lower bounds

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19th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Material Science: Total Energy and Force Methods | (smr 3266)

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2018 ICTP Prize Ceremony

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On the paramodularity of typical abelian surfaces

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Workshop on Crystal Structure Prediction: Exploring the Mendeleev Table as a Palette to Design New Materials | (smr 3267)

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Kahler Meeting: Notions of stability for cscK metrics

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Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Optimal Control, Lattice Gauge Theories, and Quantum Annealing

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A coupled bulk-surface reaction-diffusion system

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ICTP Colloquium on Crystallography: Then, Now, and …..?

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Mathematics

On some generalizations of the category of Soergel bimodules

Activity

Quantitative Life Sciences

Joint ICTP-SAIFR/ICTP-Trieste School on Mathematical Models of Evolution | (smr 3265)

Activity

Applied Physics

Workshop on Rapid Prototyping of Internet of Things Solutions for Science | (smr 3268)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Algebraic localization of disordered long-range quantum models

Seminar

Mathematics

Hypergeometric Motives

Seminar

Mathematics

The L-functions and modular forms database project

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: Tensor Network Methods for Probability Distribution Functions and beyond...

Seminar

Mathematics

Moduli of hypersurfaces in weighted projective space

Seminar

Special seminar on 'Scientific Experience for a Woman Physicist from Gaza, Palestine"

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Seminar: Identical Suppression and Universality of the Hall Response in Interacting Quantum Lattices

Activity

InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Secretariat Meeting | (smr H572)

Seminar

Mathematics

Kahler Meeting: Examples of extremal metrics

Seminar

Salam Distinguished Lectures 2019: by Prof. Juan Maldacena (Lecture one: Quantum mechanics and the geometry of spacetime)

Seminar

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar - Topology, Symmetry, and Anomalies: Investigating Domain Wall Physics in Quantum Hall Nematic States

Seminar

Mathematics