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In its new strategic plan, ICTP announced new research areas it will pursue in fields related to existing ones which could have significant interdisciplinary research potential, especially in their possible impact on developing countries. Those fields are:
Energy is a topic of key importance for developing countries, which have special needs for energy use and production. This new ICTP research area will concentrate on different sources of energy (with a focus on renewable energy) and their impact in the developing world. The area complements current activities of the Earth System Physics and Condensed Matter Physics sections, in particular the latter section's computational modelling of different materials relevant for energy conversion and storage. The hope is that such research could be implemented in collaboration with other local and national institutions.
The systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe, and transform information and its applications in computing systems is an ever-growing field that somehow now mirrors the role that theoretical physics used to play years ago when ICTP was founded. It has direct impact on society as a whole, and can be implemented in developing countries through improved access to computers via the internet. It is directly related to development and has important financial implications. This activity could be considered as a natural extension of the mathematics group to more applied areas. Expanding the scope of this new group to include quantum computing could also link with current research interests at ICTP and the University of Trieste.
A local cluster of computers would provide a world-class facility for the Centre's scientists and visitors. This will be needed for independent computational resources at ICTP for the existing groups (mostly Condensed Matter and Earth System Physics) and for the proposed new sections mentioned above.
Europe/Rome 2018-03-19 07:00:00 2018-03-23 21:00:00 School on Electron-Phonon Physics from First Principles | (smr 3191) A preliminary version of the programme is online and will be kept updated. Please note that applicants selected for participation are expected to take part in all sessions of the School starting on Mon. 19 March at 8 a.m. and ending on Fri. 23 March at 6 p.m. Participants should please take it into account when making travel plans to secure attendance from the very beginning of the activity till the end. * * * The School addresses senior PhD students and experienced researchers with prior working knowledge of DFT. Theoretical and hands-on training will focus on ab-initio calculations of many properties relating to the electron-phonon interaction, for applications in condensed matter physics, materials physics, and nanoscience. Starting from an introduction to the background on electron-phonon physics and related materials properties from the point of view of ab-initio calculations, we will show the participants how to perform cutting- edge electron-phonon calculations using a suite of electronic structure codes, including EPW, Wannier90, Quantum ESPRESSO, and ABINIT. Topics: • Density functional perturbation theory • Electron-phonon coupling • Phonon-assisted optical absorption • Maximally-localized Wannier functions • Temperature dependence of the electronic bandstructure • Electronic transport using the Boltzmann transport equation • Phonon-driven superconductivity Lecturers: S. de Gironcoli, SISSA P. Giannozzi, University of Udine F. Giustino, University of Oxford X. Gonze, Univ. Catholique of Louvain E. Kioupakis, University of Michigan E. R. Margine, Binghamton University-SUNY G. Pizzi, EPFL S. Poncé, University of Oxford 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. Deadlines for application: expired * * * ICTP Secretariat contact: smr3191@ictp.it ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 19 Mar 2018 - 23 Mar 2018
» School on Electron-Phonon Physics from First Principles | (smr 3191)
Europe/Rome 2018-03-19 07:00:00 2018-03-23 21:00:00 Entrepreneurship Workshop for Scientists and Engineers | (smr 3190) Background and purpose The Institute of Physics (IOP) and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics are organising a weeklong workshop for science and engineering students and graduates from low-to-middle income countries who are interested in developing entrepreneurial skills. Participants will be introduced to the process of innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer and the commercialisation of ideas and inventions. They will benefit also from the international perspectives and insights of leading experts in the field. Topics covered Scientists and engineers as entrepreneurs; opportunity and value assessment; intellectual property (IP); basics of patenting; IP management and global IP protection; business plan fundamentals; technology readiness levels; invention to product; timelines and processes; tools for financial estimations; pitching for cash; networking, communication and presentation skills; case studies and group projects. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 19 Mar 2018 - 23 Mar 2018
» Entrepreneurship Workshop for Scientists and Engineers | (smr 3190)
Europe/Rome 2018-07-09 08:00:00 2018-07-20 22:00:00 ICTP-CIMPA School: AGRA III (Aritmética, Grupos y Analisis III) | (smr 3222) ICTP-CIMPA School: AGRA III (Aritmetica, Grupos y Analisis III) from the 9 - 20 July 2018 in Cordoba, Argentina to held at the Academia Nacional de Ciencias and at FaMAF http://www.anc-argentina.org.ar/web/actividades/bienvenida www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/agra3/ Deadline for requesting participation: 4 MARCH 2018 The area of the School is number theory, broadly understood - analytic, algebraic, combinatiorial, with links to groups and geometry. All of the course topics lie at thematic intersections. The course on Galois representations will focuse on their connections with modular forms and elliptic curves. The course on arithmetic groups will involve familiarizing students with topics in group theory and modular forms. Equidistribution in a diophantine context will be the main subject of a course. Another lecture series will focus on analysis, combinatorics and discrete geometry. The study of curves over finite fields, and the resulting codes, will allow for an accessible introduction to deep issues in algebraic geometry, with immediate applications. Finally, the course on primes, parity and analysis will combine classical tools and the use of entropy and independence. The plan is, then, to introduce advanced students to a variety of fields and tools and to notable recent developments. Scienfific Committee: Michael Harris Harald Helfgott Roberto Miatello Nuria Vila Oliva Fernando Rodriguez Villegas Local Committee: Maria Chara Emilio Lauret Ariel Pacetti Ricardo Podesta Diego Sulca co-sponsors: Academia Nacional de Ciencias Alexander von Humboldt Centre International de Mathematiques Pures et Appliques (CIMPA) Facultad de Matematica, Astronomia, Fisica y Computacion (FAMAF) Foundation Compositio Mathematica Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (UNC) Cordoba - Argentina ICTP pio@ictp.it 9 Jul 2018 - 20 Jul 2018
» ICTP-CIMPA School: AGRA III (Aritmética, Grupos y Analisis III) | (smr 3222)
Europe/Rome 2018-09-17 08:00:00 2018-09-21 22:00:00 Advanced Workshop on Technology for Sustainable Development: Low-Cost Tools to support Scientific Education | (smr 3238) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 17 Sep 2018 - 21 Sep 2018
» Advanced Workshop on Technology for Sustainable Development: Low-Cost Tools to support Scientific Education | (smr 3238)