ICTP: Scientific Calendar (2012)

16 January - 24 January

School on Strongly Coupled Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Collaboration(s): SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) & INFN (Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Organizer(s): K. Agashe (U. of Maryland), C. Grojean (CERN & CEA/Saclay), R. Rattazzi (EPFL), M. Serone (SISSA & ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: *** EXPIRED ***
E-mail: smr2326@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

23 January - 27 January

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Fusion Plasma Modelling using Atomic and Molecular Data
Organizer(s): IAEA: B.J. Braams and Hyun K. Chung. Local Organiser: J. Niemela
E-mail: smr2327@ictp.it
Activity Information

25 January - 27 January

Workshop on Strongly Coupled Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Collaboration(s): SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) & INFN (Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Organizer(s): K. Agashe (U. of Maryland), C. Grojean (CERN & CEA/Saclay), R. Rattazzi (EPFL), M. Serone (SISSA & ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: *** EXPIRED ***
E-mail: smr2326@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

30 January - 3 February

Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics: Advances in Nano-Optics and Plasmonics
Organizer(s): Directors: M. Bertolotti, N. Zheludev, Z. Ben Lakhdar - Local Organizers: J. Niemela, M. Danailov
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: EXPIRED (14 October 2011)
E-mail: smr2397@ictp.it
Activity Information

6 February - 17 February

Winter College on Optics: Advances in Nano-Optics and Plasmonics
Co-sponsor(s): International Commission for Optics (ICO), Optical Society of America (OSA), International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), European Optical Society (EOS), Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF), US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Photonics Society (IEEE), International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS)
Organizer(s): Directors: M. Bertolotti, N. Zheludev, Z. Ben Lakhdar - Local Organizers: J. Niemela, M. Danailov
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: EXPIRED (14 October 2011)
E-mail: smr2328@ictp.it
Activity Information

6 February - 24 February

ICTP-ITU/BDT School on Sustainable Wireless ICT Solutions for Environmental Monitoring
Organizer(s): Sandro M. Radicella (ICTP), Mario Maniewicz and Ryszard Struzak (ITU/BDT)
E-mail: smr2329@ictp.it
Activity Information

20 February - 2 March

Advanced School on Scientific Software Development: Concepts and Tools
Co-sponsor(s): PRACE, IBM, eXact lab srl, CNR/IOM Democritos
Organizer(s): S. Cozzini (CNR/IOM/Uos/SISSA Trieste), A. Balaz (SCL, Institute of Physics Belgrade), G. Giuliani (ICTP Trieste/University of L'Aquila)
E-mail: smr2330@ictp.it
Activity Information

19 March - 27 March

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics
Collaboration(s): the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP), the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Organizer(s): E. Gava (INFN), S. Minwalla (Tata Institute), K.S. Narain (ICTP), S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP), E. Silverstein (Stanford University)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 January 2012 - EXPIRED -
E-mail: smr2331@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

19 March - 30 March

School on Synchrotron and FEL Based Methods and their Multi-Disciplinary Applications
Organizer(s): Directors: Nadia Binggeli (ICTP), Maya Kiskinova (Elettra) and Francoise Mulhauser (IAEA)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: extended for applicants at own cost : 21 February 2012
E-mail: smr2332@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

11 April - 1 May

Workshop on Science Applications of GNSS in Developing Countries (11-27 April), followed by the: Seminar on Development and Use of the Ionospheric NeQuick Model (30 April-1 May)
Organizer(s): S.M. Radicella (ICTP), Patricia H. Doherty (USA)
E-mail: smr2333@ictp.it
Activity Information

16 April - 19 April

AIP Industrial Physics Forum 2012: Capacity Building for Industrial Physics in Developing and Emerging Economies
Co-sponsor(s): ICTP, American Institute of Physics and TWAS
Organizer(s): AIP: Philip W. Hammer; ICTP: Joseph Niemela (Local Organizer)
E-mail: smr2334@ictp.it
Activity Information

23 April - 27 April

Joint ICTP-TWAS Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries
Organizer(s): Directors: Surya Raghu, Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan, Joseph Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 November 2011
E-mail: smr2335@ictp.it
Activity Information

23 April - 27 April

From Genes to Atomic Structures: an Introduction to Synchrotron-Based Structural Biology
Co-sponsor(s): IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ), IUCr (International Union of Cristallography ), Douglas Instruments Ltd.
Organizer(s): Silvia Onesti and Giorgio Paolucci. Local Organiser: Joseph Niemela
E-mail: smr2336@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

7 May - 18 May

Sixth ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models
Organizer(s): F. Giorgi, R. Anyah, R. Porfirio Da Rocha, P. Ruti.
E-mail: smr2337@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

7 May - 18 May

International School on Nuclear Security
Co-sponsor(s): the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Organizer(s): IAEA: A. Braunegger-Guelich; ICTP: C. Tuniz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 20 January 2012 (expired)
E-mail: smr2338@ictp.it
Activity Information

21 May - 25 May

Workshop on Atmospheric Deposition: Processes and Environmental Impacts
Co-sponsor(s): Co-Sponsored by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - IUGG
Organizer(s): F. Dentener, C. Galy-Lacaux. Local Organiser: F. Solmon
E-mail: smr2339@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

21 May - 8 June

ICTP-ESF School and Conference in Dynamical Systems
Co-sponsor(s): European Science Foundation, PRONEX - Dynamical Systems/CNPq, DynEurBraz, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Organizer(s): Organisers: S. Luzzatto (ICTP), M. Viana, J-C Yoccoz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 29 February 2012 - Deadline extended if NOT requesting financial support NOR visa assistance
E-mail: smr2340@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

4 June - 7 June

Scientific m-Learning
Organizer(s): E. Canessa, C. Fonda, M. Zennaro (SDU, ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 12 March 2012
(Limited Participation)
E-mail: smr2342@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

4 June - 15 June

Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Safety Assessment Institute Workshop
Collaboration(s): with International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Organizer(s): IAEA: M. Mellinger-Deroy and P. Wells. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2343@ictp.it
Activity Information

8 June

ICTP eJournals Delivery Service (eJDS) for Scientists in Developing Countries: 10th Anniversary
Organizer(s): H. Cerdeira, M. Blume, E. Canessa and SDU
E-mail: smr2344@ictp.it
Activity Information

11 June - 29 June

ICTP-ESF School and Conference on Geometric Analysis
Co-sponsor(s): European Science Foundation (ESF)
Organizer(s): C. Arezzo (ICTP), F. Pacard, R. Schoen, Gang Tian
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 31 January 2012
E-mail: smr2345@ictp.it
Activity Information

18 June - 29 June

School and Workshop on Computational Algebra and Number Theory
Organizer(s): H. Cohen, G. Tornaria, W. Stein, F. Rodriguez Villegas; Local Organiser: R. Ramakrishnan
E-mail: smr2346@ictp.it
Activity Information

2 July - 13 July

Summer School on Quantum Many-Body Physics of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Molecules
Organizer(s): A. Perali, C. Sa de Melo, C. Salomon, S. Yip. Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev
E-mail: smr2348@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)
Attention!! New Venue: Leonardo Building, Main Lecture Hall

9 July - 13 July

Workshop on Effective Gravity in Fluids and Superfluids
Co-sponsor(s): Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanti (SISSA)International School for Advanced Studies
Organizer(s): Directors: Joseph Niemela (ICTP), W.G. Unruh (Canada), Silke Weinfurtner (SISSA)
E-mail: smr2355@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

16 July - 20 July

Workshop on Quantum Simulations with Ultracold Atoms
Organizer(s): I. Bloch, M. Inguscio, M. Lewenstein, A. Trombettoni, G. Mussardo (Local Organiser)
E-mail: smr2350@ictp.it
Activity Information

16 July - 27 July

Summer School on Cosmology
Collaboration(s): the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Organizer(s): S. Borgani (INAF - OATS), P. Creminelli (ICTP), A. Paranjape (ICTP), E. Sefusatti (ICTP) U. Seljak (UC & LBNL Berkeley & Zürich U.), R. Sheth (ICTP & UPenn)
E-mail: smr2354@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 July - 2 August

Workshop on Large Scale Structure
Collaboration(s): the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Organizer(s): S. Borgani (INAF - OATS), P. Creminelli (ICTP), A. Paranjape (ICTP), E. Sefusatti (ICTP) U. Seljak (UC & LBNL Berkeley & Zürich U.), R. Sheth (ICTP & UPenn)
E-mail: smr2354@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 July - 10 August

Targeted Training Activity: El Nino Southern Oscillation Monsoon in the Current and Future Climate
Co-sponsor(s): Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences - Pune, India; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) - Denmark; National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC; Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Interactions (COLA) - USA
Organizer(s): J. Shukla, E. Sarachik, J.M.Wallace, F. Kucharski (and Local Organiser)
E-mail: smr2356@ictp.it
Activity Information
Co-sponsors and partner organizations:
- Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences - Pune, India
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) - Denmark
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC
- Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Interactions (COLA) - USA

6 August - 17 August

Innovations in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems: School and Workshop
Co-sponsor(s): ICAM-12CAM, INTEL BIOMAT (funded by ESF), University of Tokyo/RIKEN and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Organizer(s): P. Coleman, A. Chubukov, A. Schofield, Hai-Hu Wen, H. Takagi. Local Organiser: E. Tosatti
E-mail: smr2357@ictp.it
Activity Information

6 August - 17 August

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Structure Decay Data: Theory and Evaluation
Organizer(s): D.H. Abriola, J.K. Tuli. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2358@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

13 August - 24 August

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Physics of Radiation Effect and its Simulation for Non-Metallic Condensed Matter
Organizer(s): IAEA: Aliz Simon and Andrej Zeman; Local Organiser: Sandro Scandolo
E-mail: smr2359@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

20 August - 24 August

Workshop on Majorana Fermions, Non-Abelian Statistics and Topological Quantum Information Processing
Organizer(s): Y. Oreg, G. Rafael, A. Stern, F. von Oppen. Local Organiser: Mikhail Kiselev
E-mail: smr2360@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

20 August - 31 August

School on Large Scale Problems in Machine Learning and Workshop on Common Concepts in Machine Learning and Statistical Physics
Co-sponsor(s): SNN Adaptive Intelligence, Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Organizer(s): H.J. Kappen, M. Opper, R. Zecchina. Local Organiser: M. Marsili
E-mail: smr2361@ictp.it
Activity Information

27 August - 31 August

Workshop on Complex Quantum Systems: Non-Ergodicity, Glassiness and Localization
Organizer(s): C. Chamon (Boston), R. Moessner (MPI Dresden), M. Mueller (ICTP), A. Scardicchio (ICTP), F. Zamponi (ENS Paris)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Deadline expired
E-mail: smr2362@ictp.it
Activity Information

27 August - 7 September

ICTP-UNDP Wireless Training Workshop for Africa Adaptation Programme
Organizer(s): M. Zennaro, E. Pietrosemoli
E-mail: smr2524@ictp.it
Activity Information

3 September - 7 September

Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Knowledge Management
Organizer(s): IAEA: M. Sbaffoni; Local Organiser: C. Tuniz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Expired on 13 April 2012
E-mail: smr2363@ictp.it
Activity Information

3 September - 14 September

ICTP-IPM Workshop and Conference in Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Organizer(s): R. A. Brualdi and G.B Khosrovshahi. Local Organiser: S. Luzzatto. Associate Director: Saieed Akbari
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 May 2012
E-mail: smr2364@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

10 September - 28 September

College on Medical Physics
Organizer(s): Directors: Slavik Tabakov, Anna Benini, Franco Milano, George D. Frey, Perry Sprawls, Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP)
E-mail: smr2365@ictp.it
Activity Information

17 September - 21 September

Behind Neutrino Mass - Workshop on theoretical aspects of the neutrino mass and mixing
Collaboration(s): INFN (Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Organizer(s): A. Smirnov, R. Mohapatra, E. Ma, F. Feruglio
E-mail: smr2366@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

24 September - 28 September

Workshop on Physical Virology
Organizer(s): F. Livolant, V. Lorman, C Micheletti, R. Podgornik. Local Organiser: M. Marsili
E-mail: smr2367@ictp.it
Activity Information

1 October - 5 October

Joint ICTP-IAEA Training in Radiation Protection for Patients
Organizer(s): IAEA: M. Rehani; ICTP Local Organiser: L Bertocchi
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 April 2012
E-mail: smr2368@ictp.it
Activity Information

1 October - 5 October

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Sustainable Energy Development: Pathways and Strategies after Rio+20
Organizer(s): IAEA: F.L. Toth. ICTP Local Organiser: R. Gebauer
E-mail: smr2372@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

1 October - 12 October

Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Mahajan, Z. Yoshida, R. Kamendje (IAEA), D. Gomez. Local Organiser: J. Niemela
E-mail: smr2369@ictp.it
Activity Information

8 October - 12 October

School and Training Course on Dense Magnetized Plasma as a Source of Ionizing Radiations, their Diagnostics and Applications
Organizer(s): Directors: V. Gribkov, R. Miklaszewski, C. Tuniz. Local Organiser: M.L. Crespo
E-mail: smr2370@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

10 October - 11 October

First openEyA Users Meeting - Didactica para el Desarrollo (DxD)
Organizer(s): E. Canessa, SDU Team.
(Limited Participation)
E-mail: smr2528@ictp.it
Activity Information

15 October - 19 October

First CLIM-RUN Workshop on Climate Services
Organizer(s): Directors: Paolo Ruti, ENEA, Italy, Filippo Giorgi, ICTP, Italy
E-mail: smr2429@ictp.it
Activity Information

15 October - 24 October

Advanced Workshop on Energy Transport in Low-Dimensional Systems: Achievements and Mysteries
Organizer(s): A. Dhar, M.N. Kiselev, Yuriy A. Kosevich and R. Livi. Local Organiser: M. Marsili
E-mail: smr2371@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

29 October - 3 November (3=Sat)

Workshop on Geophysical Data Analysis and Assimilation
Co-sponsor(s): Co-Sponsored by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - IUGG
Organizer(s): Organisers: A. Ismail-Zadeh, B. Bukchin, G. Panza. Local Organiser: J. Niemela
E-mail: smr2373@ictp.it
Activity Information

5 November - 23 November

Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Energy Management
Organizer(s): IAEA: A. Bychkov, Y. Yanev and T. Karseka. ICTP: F. Quevedo and Local Organiser: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2374@ictp.it
Activity Information

12 November - 16 November

Workshop on Variability in the Western Tropical Pacific: Mechanisms, Teleconnections and Impacts on Sub-Seasonal, Inter-Annual and Inter-Decadal Time Scales
Organizer(s): F. Molteni, H. Hendon, Local Organisers: F. Kucharski, R. Farneti
E-mail: smr2341@ictp.it
Activity Information

19 November - 23 November

Workshop on Recent Developments in Astronuclear and Astroparticle Physics
Collaboration(s): INFN - Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics
Organizer(s): M. Busso, C. Ciofi degli Atti, S. Fantoni, M. Feroci, D. Treleani, A. Vacchi. Local Organiser: R. Sheth
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 June 2012
E-mail: smr2347@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

26 November - 30 November

School on Numerical Methods for Materials Science Related to Renewable Energy Applications
Co-sponsor(s): South Africa's National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP)
Organizer(s): Organisers: F. De Angelis, S. Fabris, R. Gebauer and N. Seriani
E-mail: smr2376@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

26 November - 7 December

Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology
Organizer(s): Directors: Vijay Balasubramanian, Anirvan Sengupta, Michele Vendruscolo. Local Organizer: Matteo Marsili
E-mail: smr2415@ictp.it
Activity Information

3 December - 7 December

Joint ICTP-IAEA Course on Natural Circulation Phenomena and Passive Safety Systems in Advanced Water Cooled Reactors
Organizer(s): IAEA: Jong Ho Choi. ICTP Local Organizer: Joe Niemela
E-mail: smr2349@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

3 December - 7 December

Workshop on Nanophotonics
Co-sponsor(s): Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), US National Science Foundation (NSF) and International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM-12CAM)
Organizer(s): F. CAPASSO, D. LOPEZ, E. ISAACS, A. FAINSTEIN. Local Organizer: E. TOSATTI
E-mail: smr2377@ictp.it
Activity Information

3 December - 14 December

Nonstable classical Algebraic K-theory
E-mail: math@ictp.it

10 December - 14 December

Joint ICTP-IAEA International Training Workshop on Transitioning from 2D to 3D Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Organizer(s): IAEA: D. van der Merwe; ICTP: L. Bertocchi (Local Organiser); AAPM: H. Amols
E-mail: smr2378@ictp.it
Activity Information

TO BE HELD OUTSIDE TRIESTE

15 January - 28 January (15=Sun 28=Sat)

Haiti School on Earthquake Science (Port-au-Prince - Haiti)
Director(s): Abdelkrim Aoudia (ICTP)
Local Organizer(s): Jean Vernet Henry (Rector of UEH, Haiti), Jean Raoul Momplaisir & Janin Jadotte (FDS, UEH), Eric Calais (UNDP Haiti)
E-mail: smr2213@ictp.it
Activity Information

15 January - 28 January (15=Sun 28=Sat)

ICTP/SAAO/PI Cape Town International Cosmology School (Stellenbosch - South Africa)
Co-sponsor(s): - AIMS South Africa - National Research Foundation - Perimeter Institute - Royal Society - SKA Africa
Organizer(s): Directors: B. Bassett, P. Creminelli, R. Maartens, R. Sheth
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 September 2011
E-mail: smr2290@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

23 January - 3 February

Workshop on Infectious Diseases (Arusha - United Republic of Tanzania)
Organizer(s): Directors: Andy P. Dobson, Graciela A. Canziani, Giulio A. De Leo, Mercedes Pascual.
E-mail: smr2279@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

4 February - 13 February (4=Sat)

CIMPA-ICTP Research School on Local Analytic Geometry (Lahore - Pakistan)
Co-sponsor(s): UNESCO-MESR-MICINN
Organizer(s): to be advised
Activity Information

16 April - 20 April

7th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Physics (Joint Conference: CBPF-IMPA-ICTP-SISSA-TWAS) (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)
Co-sponsor(s): CBPF, IMPA, TWAS, SISSA, CLAF, CAPES, CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ and FAPESP.
Collaboration(s): CBPF-IMPA-ICTP-TWAS-SISSA
Organizer(s): E. ABDALLA, L. BONORA, H. BURSZTYN, A. BYTSENKO, B. DUBROVIN, M.E.X. GUIMARAES and J.A. HELAYEL-NETO
E-mail: smr2383@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 April - 11 May

First ICO-ICTP-TWAS Central American Workshop in Lasers, Laser Applications and Laser Safety Regulations (San Jose - Costa Rica)
Organizer(s): Directors: Maria L. Calvo and Angela M. Guzman (ICO), Joe Niemela (ICTP). Local Organiser: Luis Diego Marin Naranjo (Costa Rica)
E-mail: smr2381@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

7 May - 12 May (12=Sat)

Joint ICTP-TWAS Workshop on Climate Change in Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas: Research Experiences and New Scientific Challenges (Guayaquil - Ecuador)
Organizer(s): Organisers: R. Martinez (CIIFEN, Ecuador), A Crise and S. Salon (OGS, Italy). Organiser at ICTP: R. Farneti
E-mail: smr2382@ictp.it
Activity Information

7 May - 18 May

CIMPA-ICTP Research School on Structures Geometriques et Theorie du Controle (Dakar - Senegal)
Co-sponsor(s): UNESCO-MESR-MICINN
Organizer(s): to be advised
Activity Information

28 May - 8 June

2nd African School on 'Electronic Structure Methods and Applications' (ASESMA 2012) (Eldoret - Kenya)
Co-sponsor(s): American Physical Society, Division of Computational Physics; Beijing Computational Science Research Center; Chepkoilel University College; CNR-IOM-DEMOCRITOS National Simulation Center, Trieste, Italy; International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), Santa Barbara, USA; International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP); National Council for Science and Technology, Kenya; National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), South Africa; US Liaison Committee for IUPAP; International Council for Science (ICSU)
Organizer(s): Organisers: G. Amolo, N. Makau, N. Chetty, R. Martin, S. Scandolo
E-mail: smr2385@ictp.it
Activity Information

17 June - 29 June (17=Sun)

Fourth Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School (Shanghai - People's Republic of China)
Organizer(s): D. Cai, R. Roy, K. Showalter, H.L. Swinney. Local Organiser in Trieste: J. Niemela
E-mail: smr2387@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

15 July - 4 August (15=Sun 4=Sat)

African School on Fundamental Physics and its Applications (Kumasi - Ghana)
Organizer(s): B. Acharya, K. Assamagan C. Darve, J. Ellis, S. Muanza
E-mail: smr2388@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 July - 17 August

First Regional Workshop on Distributed Embedded Systems with Emphasis on Open Source (Kampar - Malaysia)
Organizer(s): A. Induruwa (UK), C. Kavka (Italy), U. Raich (Switzerland), M.L. Crespo, A. Cicuttin (ICTP), S.W. Lee, C.S. Ang (Local Organizers in Malaysia)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Deadline open until 15 July 2012 ONLY for Malaysian applicants
(Limited Participation)
E-mail: smr2434@ictp.it
Activity Information
Online Application Form

13 August - 17 August

Joint ICTP-KFAS Workshop on the Cooperative Experience for Integrating Land and Water Resources Management in Latin America (Fortaleza - Brazil)
Co-sponsor(s): KFAS-Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, IUGG-International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Organizer(s): Humberto A. Barbosa (LAPIS/UFAL, Brazil), Adrian M. Tompkins (ICTP, Italy), Antonio G. Ferreira (FUNCEME, Brazil)
E-mail: smr2389@ictp.it
Activity Information

27 August - 21 September

Joint ICTP-TWAS Caribbean School on Electronic Structure Fundamentals and Methodologies (an Ab-initio Perspective) (Cartagena - Colombia)
Organizer(s): S. Scandolo, J.A. Montoya, C. Beltran
E-mail: smr2390@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

1 October - 5 October

ICTP-IAEA-BATAN Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks for Radiation Monitoring (Jakarta - Indonesia)
Organizer(s): H. Haditjahyono (BATAN), M. Zennaro (ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 3 September 2012
E-mail: hendriyanto@batan.go.id
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

15 November - 21 November

Workshop on Quantification of Seismic Hazards in the Indo/Asian Collision Zone (Kathmandu - Nepal)
Co-sponsor(s): International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - IUGG, National Science Foundation - NSF, UNAVCO and Tribhuvan University
Organizer(s): A. Aoudia (ICTP, Trieste) R. Bilham, (Colorado University, U.S.A.), B.N. Upreti (Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal)
E-mail: smr2386@ictp.it
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19 November - 7 December

Joint ICTP-TWAS Latin-American Advanced Course on FPGA Design for Scientific Instrumentation (Havana - Cuba)
Organizer(s): Directors: L. Hernandez Tabares (Cuba) , N. Abdallah (USA), A. Cicuttin and M.L. Crespo (ICTP)
E-mail: smr2384@ictp.it
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26 November - 7 December

Physware 2012: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-Cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate-level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World (New Delhi - India)
Co-sponsor(s): International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE), India Sri Lanka Foundation, Indian National Science Academy, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, India), Vigyan Prasar (India), Department of Science and Technology (DST, India), University Grants Commission (UGC, India), D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education (DSKC, India), Miranda House (University of Delhi, India)
Organizer(s): Directors: Pratibha Jolly (University of Delhi, India), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College, USA), Elena Sassi (Federico II University, Italy) , Dean Zollman (Kansas State University, USA) ICTP Co-ordinator: Joe Niemela (ICTP, Italy), Local organizers: Pratibha Jolly and Mallika Verma (University of Delhi, India)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 26 August 2012
E-mail: smr2375@ictp.it
Activity Information

10 December - 17 December

Joint ICTP-TWAS Conference and Advanced School on Quantification of Earthquake Hazards in the Caribbean: The Gonave Microplate (Santiago de Cuba - Cuba)
Organizer(s): L. Alvarez, B. Moreno, A. Aoudia
E-mail: smr2380@ictp.it
Activity Information (Online Application Form)

NB: limited participation = limited facilities are available for practical sessions/laboratory work

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

RESEARCH IN
- HIGH ENERGY, COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS: Phenomenology of Particle Physics; Cosmology; LHC Physics; Strings and Higher Dimensional Theories
- CONDENSED MATTER and STATISTICAL PHYSICS: Mesoscopic and Strongly Correlated Electron Systems; Statistical Mechanics and Applications; Electronic Structure and Computer Simulations; Synchrotron Radiation Related Theory
- MATHEMATICS: Algebraic and Differential Geometry; Dynamical Systems; Functional Analysis; Singularities
- EARTH SYSTEMS PHYSICS: Climate Change and Impacts; Natural Climate Variability and Predictability; Mechanics of Earthquakes and Tectonophysics. Hosted activity: Structure and Nonlinear Dynamics of the Earth
- APPLIED PHYSICS: Telecommunications-ICT for Development; Fluid Dynamics; Bioastronomy, Biophysics and Neurophysics; Medical Physics; Optics and Laser Physics
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY: ICTP-INFN Microprocessor Laboratory; Dense Plasma Focus Project; X-ray Imaging; Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy
- NEW RESEARCH AREAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT: Energy and Sustainability; Quantitative Biology; Computing Sciences

UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSES IN
- High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mathematics
- Earth System Physics
- Physics

JOINT PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- Joint International ICTP/SISSA PhD (JIISP) Programme in Physics and Mathematics
- Master's in the Physics of Complex Systems, Politecnico di Torino/SISSA/Universities Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Diderot, Paris-Sud, École Normale Supérieure, Paris
- Sandwich PhD (STEP) in collaboration with IAEA
- ICTP-University of Trieste-CNR ISMAR-OGS-OSMER FVG PhD Program in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- ICTP-University of Trieste Laurea Magistralis in Fisica
- ICTP-University of Trieste Laurea Magistralis in Astrofisica e Fisica Spaziale

HOSTED ACTIVITIES

For more information on these events, external Organizers should be contacted directly

23 January - 3 February

School on Quantum Monte Carlo Methods at Work for Novel Phases of Matter
Organizer(s): Federico Becca(CNR and SISSA), Saverio Moroni (CNR and SISSA), Markus Mueller (ICTP) and Sandro Sorella (SISSA)
Activity Information

20 February - 24 February

The Third Cordex-Africa Analysis Workshop
Organizer(s): The Climate Systems Analysis Group, University of Cape Town, South Africa and START
E-mail: lennard@eas.uct.ac.za

27 February - 1 March

ICGEB Theoretical Course "RNA Structure and Function"
Organizer(s): Prof. G. Tocchini-Valentini (CNR, Rome, Italy)
Activity Information

4 March - 6 March (4=Sun)

Iranian National Observatory (INO) Conceptual Design Review Meeting
Organizer(s): Dr. Reza Mansouri and Dr. S. Arbabi
(Limited Participation)
E-mail: mansourigm@gmail.com

5 March - 16 March

IAEA Workshop on "Environmental Degradation of Components in Nuclear Power Reactors"
Organizer(s): IAEA, Vienna (Mr. B.M. Tyobeka)
E-mail: C.Czipin@iaea.org

9 March - 11 March (11=Sun)

Study Day of EATGA
Organizer(s): Dr. Silvia Amati
Activity Information

12 March - 13 March

HP Italia 2012: Italian Workshop on High-Pressure Science
Organizer(s): Organizers: Roberto Bini (Firenze); Paolo Postorino (Roma); Andrea Lausi (Elettra); Andrea Perucchi (Elettra); Sandro Scandolo (ICTP)Organized jointly by ICTP and Elettra Synchrotron Facility, Trieste.
E-mail: scandolo@ictp.it

14 March - 17 March (17=Sat)

Training course in science communication in the framework of the project UNILHC
Organizer(s): SISSA Medialab
E-mail: paola@medialab.sissa.it, simona@medialab.sissa.it

15 March

Meeting Lufthansa Systems

24 March - 27 March (24=Sat)

EURASNET Meeting 2012
Organizer(s): ICGEB, Trieste, Italy et al.
Activity Information

29 March - 30 March

Con il server fra le nuvole: infrastrutture, piattaforme e servizi condivisi nei nuovi modelli di gestione dei servizi bibliotecari
Organizer(s): ITALE (Associazione Italiana Utenti ExLibris); Local Organizer (L. Visintin, ICTP Library Head)
Activity Information

31 March (31=Sat 31=Sat)

Olimpiadi delle Neuroscienze
Organizer(s): Universita' di Trieste
Activity Information

2 April - 5 April

Joint SISSA-ICTP Workshop on Interacting Galaxies �and Binary Quasars
Organizer(s): Dr. J. Moreno (SISSA) and R. Sheth (ICTP)
E-mail: jmoreno@sissa.it
Activity Information

3 May - 6 May (6=Sun)

5th Alpe-Adria Medical Physics Meeting and EFOMP Meeting
Organizer(s): Dr. Mario de Denaro, Chief of Medical Physics Department, A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste
E-mail: paola.bregant@aots.sanita.fvg.it

7 May - 9 May

Congress "In silico enzyme design and screening" (EU Project IRENE)
Organizer(s): Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche dell'Universita' di Trieste
E-mail: malbanese@units.it
Activity Information

15 May - 16 May

Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Imaging for Life Sciences and Cultural Heritage
Organizer(s): Sincrotrone Trieste
Activity Information

19 May - 20 May (19=Sat 20=Sun)

First Workshop on Linear Mirror Systems and their Integrations
Organizer(s): Prof. H. Grassmann, University of Udine

20 May - 27 May (20=Sun 27=Sun)

OLIFIS "A un passo dalla IPHO"
Organizer(s): Prof. Cavaggioni

26 May (26=Sat 26=Sat)

Convegno "mare NORDEST"
Organizer(s): R. Bolelli

25 August (25=Sat 25=Sat)

IUPAP C13 Meeting
Organizer(s): Scandolo

6 September - 7 September

Children's Voices: Exploring Interethnic Violence and Children's Rights in the School Environment
Activity Information

25 September - 27 September

19th Meeting of Senior Fellowships Officers of the UN System
Organizer(s): Prof. D. Treleani

1 October - 12 October

IAEA TC Regional �Europe Project Workshop on Strengthening Nuclear Safety Assessment Capabilities
Organizer(s): M. Mellinger (IAEA)
E-mail: M.Mellinger@iaea.org

16 October - 18 October

Workshop on the Physics of Star Formation and its Role in Galaxy Evolution
Organizer(s): INAF ; Local Organizer: R. Sheth.
Activity Information

25 October - 26 October

ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival

25 October - 26 October

REFINE Meeting & Industry Day 2012
Activity Information

10 December - 12 December

Seeding and Self-seeding at New FEL Sources
Organizer(s): Sincrotrone Trieste S.c.p.A.
Activity Information

11 December - 12 December

Science @C-Eric
E-mail: smrH327
Activity Information

Preliminary Calendar is not yet ready

Mailing Address:

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera, 11
I-34151 Trieste, Italy

(Tel. +39 040 2240111 - Telefax +39 040 224163)