
1997 Scientific Programme

9 - 11 JANUARY EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "COMPUTATIONAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: TOTAL ENERGY AND FORCE METHODS" Co-sponsor: SISSA Directors: M.J. Gillan, D. Vanderbilt, S. Baroni Deadline for requesting participation: 1 December 1996 E-mail: smr985@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
17 - 28 FEBRUARY ICTP-URSI-ITU/BDT WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF RADIO FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Directors: S.M. Radicella, D. Stagliano Local Organizer: S.M. Radicella Deadline for requesting participation: 30 November 1996 E-mail: smr986@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
24 FEBRUARY - 21 MARCH REGIONAL COLLEGE ON MICROPROCESSOR-BASED REAL-TIME SYSTEMS IN PHYSICS - for Central Eastern European & Mediterranean Countries - Sponsored by UNU Directors: A.S. Induruwa, C. Verkerk LIMITED PARTICIPATION Deadline for requesting participation: 15 October 1996 E-mail: smr983@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
3 - 21 MARCH WINTER COLLEGE ON QUANTUM OPTICS: NOVEL RADIATION SOURCES Directors: G.S. Agarwal, M.O. Scully, E. Arimondo Local Organizer: G. Denardo Deadline for requesting participation: 10 October 1996 E-mail: smr984@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
1 - 4 APRIL TRIESTE CONFERENCE ON DUALITY SYMMETRIES IN STRING THEORY II Organizers: E. Gava, K.S. Narain, C. Vafa Local Organizers: E. Gava, K.S. Narain Deadline for requesting participation: 31 January 1997 E-mail: smr997@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
7 - 12 APRIL SPRING SCHOOL ON STRING THEORY, GAUGE THEORY AND QUANTUM GRAVITY In cooperation with: SISSA and INFN Organizers: B. Greene, R. Iengo, J. Louis, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi Local Organizers: R. Iengo, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi Deadline for requesting participation: 31 January 1997 E-mail: smr988@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
7 - 25 APRIL COURSE ON "SHALLOW WATER AND SHELF SEA DYNAMICS" Co-sponsors: CNR, KFAS Directors: J. Candela, M. Gacic, A. Lascaratos, R. Mosetti Local Organizer: G. Furlan Deadline for requesting participation: 7 February 1997 E-mail: smr989@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
21 APRIL - 9 MAY SECOND SCHOOL ON NONLINEAR FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS TO DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Co-sponsor: European Commission Directors: A. Ambrosetti, K.-C. Chang, I. Ekeland Local Organizer: G. Vidossich Deadline for requesting participation: 15 November 1996 Deadline for requesting financial support (Euroconferences grant): 15 February 1997 E-mail: smr990@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
12 - 16 MAY CONFERENCE ON PERSPECTIVES IN HADRONIC PHYSICS Co-sponsor: INFN Organizing Committee: S. Boffi, C.Ciofi dagli Atti, M.M. Giannini Local Organizer: L. Bertocchi Deadline for requesting participation: 14 March 1997 E-mail: smr992@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
19 - 24 MAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR DATA FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Organized by ENEA Nuclear Data Centre and ICTP In collaboration with OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency and IAEA E-mail: smr993@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information For details re. Organizing Committee, deadlines, sponsors, etc. see also http://nudace.arcoveggio.enea.it/conference/
19 MAY - 3 JUNE BCSPIN KATHMANDU SUMMER SCHOOL IN PHYSICS "CURRENT TRENDS IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY" (to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal) Co-sponsors: National Science Foundation, Tribhuvan University, Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology In cooperation with: Tribhuvan University, Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Deadline for requesting participation: 15 June 1996 E-mail: smr982@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
19 MAY - 27 JUNE SPRING COLLEGES IN COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS Organizers: C. Chakravarty, J.J. Kohanoff, A. Nobile, C. Rebbi, S. Scandolo The activity will consist of four overlapping colleges on Computational Physics, with particular emphasis on Condensed Matter Physics. The topics and dates are the following: (A) Introductory Computational Physics 19 May - 13 June (B) Molecular Dynamics Simulations 2 - 27 June (C) Monte Carlo Simulations 2 - 27 June (D) Electronic Structure Calculations 2 - 27 June LIMITED PARTICIPATION Deadlines for requesting participation: 30 November 1996 (if funds req'd); 31 January 1997 (if no funds req'd) E-mail: smr994@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
26 - 30 MAY CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NON-PERTURBATIVE QUANTUM FIELD THEORY (to be held and organized in the Republic of Korea) Organizers: H. Neuberger, S. Randjbar-Daemi, C. Rebbi, S. Yankielowicz ICTP contact: Dr. G. Thompson (thompson@ictp.trieste.it) E-mail: smr995@ictp.trieste.it
26 MAY - 6 JUNE WORKSHOP ON "OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IN THE TROPICS" and 2 - 4 JUNE CONFERENCE ON "WARM CLIMATES IN THE TROPICS" Co-sponsors: KFAS, OGP/NOAA, IRI Director: S.G. Philander Local Organizer: G. Furlan Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 1997 E-mail: smr1006@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
2 JUNE - 4 JULY SUMMER SCHOOL IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY In cooperation with: INFN and SISSA Organizers: E. Gava, A. Masiero, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi, G. Senjanovic, Q. Shafi, A. Smirnov Local Organizers: E. Gava, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi 2 - 13 June: Formal Aspects of High Energy Physics 16 June - 4 July: Phenomenology and Cosmology Deadline for requesting participation: 31 January 1997 E-mail: smr996@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
23 JUNE - 18 JULY SECOND LATIN AMERICAN COURSE ON DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA FILTERING ICTP-UNU-UNSL-FOMEC (to be held in San Luis, Argentina) - Open to Scientists from Latin American countries only - Co-sponsor: UNU Director: A. Colavita PARTICIPATION LIMITED TO 30 PARTICIPANTS Deadline for requesting participation: 15 April 1997 E-mail: smr991@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
30 JUNE - 22 AUGUST RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Co-sponsor: INFM Organizers: G. Baskaran, P.N. Butcher, H.A. Cerdeira, S. Fantoni, L. Glazman, V. Kravtsov, S. Lundqvist, C.-W. Lung, P. Main, E. Molinari, A. Mookerjee, F. Persico, L. Reatto, S. Shenoy, E. Tosatti, M. Tosi, D. Walgraef, H. Wio, YU Lu Deadline for requesting participation: 15 March 1997 The activity will consist of four consecutive miniworkshops: Activity Information 30 June - 11 July Miniworkshop on Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Liquids and Solids, incorporating a 3-day conference on: Quantum Solids and Polarized Systems (3-5 July) Directors: S. Fantoni, L. Reatto E-mail: smr998a@ictp.trieste.it 14 - 25 July Miniworkshop on Superconducting Mesoscopic Structures Directors: L. Glazman, V. Kravtsov E-mail: smr998b@ictp.trieste.it 28 July - 8 August Miniworkshop on Pattern Formation and Spatio-Temporal Chaos Directors: H. Cerdeira, D. Walgraef, H.S. Wio E-mail: smr998c@ictp.trieste.it 11 - 22 August Miniworkshop on Quantum Wells, Dots, Wires and Self-Organizing Nanostructures Directors: P.N. Butcher, P. Main, E. Molinari E-mail: smr998d@ictp.trieste.it
1 - 4 JULY ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "SIMPLE SYSTEMS AT HIGH PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT" Co-sponsor: SISSA Directors: P. Loubeyre, J.J. Kohanoff, E. Tosatti Deadline for requesting participation: 1 April 1997 E-mail: smr999@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
8 - 11 JULY ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, ANDREEV REFLECTIONS AND PROXIMITY EFFECT IN MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES" Co-sponsor: United States Air Force European Office of Aerospace Research and Development Directors: E. Burstein, L.I. Glazman, T.M. Klapwijk Local Organizer: S. Shenoy Deadline for requesting participation: 1 April 1997 E-mail: smr1000@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
14 - 25 JULY IX TRIESTE WORKSHOP ON OPEN PROBLEMS IN STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS Organizers: G. Baskaran, P. Coleman, A. Georges, E. Tosatti, A. Tsvelik, Yu Lu Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 1997 E-mail: smr1001@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 - 18 JULY ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "STM-BASED LITHOGRAPHY AND ATOMIC ELECTRONICS" Directors: M. Aono, Ph. Avouris, A. de Lozanne, H.-J. Guntherodt, M.H. Nayfeh Local Organizer: E. Tosatti Deadline for requesting participation: 15 April 1997 E-mail: smr1002@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
28 JULY - 15 AUGUST SUMMER COLLEGE IN CONDENSED MATTER ON "STATISTICAL PHYSICS OF FRUSTRATED SYSTEMS" Co-sponsor: European Commission Organizers: S. Franz, M. Mézard, D. Sherrington Deadlines for requesting participation: 31 January 1997 (if funds req'd) 30 April 1997 (if no funds req'd) E-mail: smr1003@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
11 - 29 AUGUST SUMMER SCHOOL ON ELLIPTIC CURVES Co-sponsor: European Commission Directors: S.J. Edixhoven, G. Frey, J. Oesterle' Local Organizers: M.S. Narasimhan, G. Vidossich Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1997 Deadline for requesting financial support: (EUROCONFERENCES grants): 15 April 1997 E-mail: smr1004@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 AUGUST - 15 SEPTEMBER TRIESTE-NORDIC ASTROPHYSICS (AT-NA) WORKSHOP: BLACK HOLE ELECTRODYNAMICS In cooperation with: SISSA and NORDITA Organizers: M. Abramowicz, A. Lanza LIMITED PARTICIPATION E-mail: marek@tfa.fy.chalmers.se,lanza@sissa.it
18 AUGUST - 7 NOVEMBER EXTENDED RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON "STATISTICAL PHYSICS OF FRUSTRATED SYSTEMS" Organizers: S. Franz, M. Mézard, D. Sherrington Deadlines for requesting participation: 31 March 1997 (if funds req'd); 31 May 1997 (if no funds req'd) E-mail: smr1005@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
19 - 22 AUGUST ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "NONLINEAR COOPERATIVE PHENOMENA IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS" Directors: G. Careri, S.A. Kauffman, L. Matsson Local Organizer: H.A. Cerdeira Deadline for requesting participation: 15 May 1997 E-mail: smr1016@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
26 - 29 AUGUST ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEXITY" Director: L. Pietronero Co-organizers: P. Bak, B.B. Mandelbrot Deadline for requesting participation: 15 May 1997 E-mail: smr1022@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
1 - 19 SEPTEMBER SCHOOL ON ALGEBRAIC K-THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Co-sponsor: European Commission Directors: H. Bass, A.O. Kuku, C. Pedrini Local Organizer: A.O. Kuku Deadline for requesting participation: 15 February 1997 Deadline for requesting financial support (EUROCONFERENCES grants): 30 April 1997 E-mail: smr1007@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER WORKSHOP ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Co-sponsor: UNU Directors: M.V. Pitke, S.M. Radicella LIMITED PARTICIPATION E-mail: smr1008@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
22 - 26 SEPTEMBER TRIESTE CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL EVOLUTION - V EXOBIOLOGY: MATTER, ENERGY AND INFORMATION IN THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Co-sponsors: CNR, ESA, ICGEB, NASA Directors: J. Chela-Flores, F. Raulin Local Organizer: J. Chela-Flores Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1997 E-mail: smr1009@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
2 - 4 OCTOBER TRIESTE CONFERENCE ON PHENOMENOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SUPERSTRING THEORIES Organizers: C. Bachas, L. Ibanez, R. Mohapatra, G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov, T. Yanagida Local Organizers: G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov Deadline for requesting participation: 15 July 1997 LIMITED PARTICIPATION E-mail: smr1010@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
6 - 24 OCTOBER 4TH WORKSHOP ON NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION Co-sponsor: European Commission Directors: V.I. Keilis-Borok, G.F. Panza Local Organizer: G.F. Panza LIMITED PARTICIPATION Deadline for requesting participation: 29 May 1997 E-mail: smr1011@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
13 OCTOBER - 7 NOVEMBER AUTUMN COLLEGE ON PLASMA PHYSICS Directors: B. Buti, S.M. Mahajan, P.H. Sakanaka Local Organizer: S.M. Mahajan Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1997 E-mail: smr1012@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 OCTOBER - 15 DECEMBER EXTENDED WORKSHOP ON HIGHLIGHTS IN ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Organizers: A. Masiero, G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov Participation by invitation only E-mail: smr1032@ictp.trieste.it
OLD DATES: 20 OCTOBER - 7 NOVEMBER POSTPONED TO 1998 [Tentative dates: 9-27 FEBRUARY] SECOND REGIONAL COURSE ON ADVANCED VLSI DESIGN TECHNIQUES (to be held in Medellin, Colombia) Activity Information
3 NOVEMBER - 5 DECEMBER SCHOOL ON THE USE OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: "John Fuggle Memorial" Co-sponsors: Sincrotrone Trieste and Societa' Italiana Luce di Sincrotrone (SILS) Directors: A. Craievich, C.S. Fadley, L. Fonda, A. Fontaine, A. Savoia, H. Wiedemann Local Organizer: L. Fonda LIMITED PARTICIPATION Deadline for requesting participation: 10 June 1997 E-mail: smr1013@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
10 - 14 NOVEMBER INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON PLASMA PHYSICS: NEW PERSPECTIVES OF COLLECTIVE EFFECTS Co-sponsors: EU, URSI In cooperation with: Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Umea University Directors: R. Bingham, P.K. Shukla, L. Stenflo Local Organizer: P.K. Shukla Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 1997 E-mail: smr1014@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
19 - 22 NOVEMBER ABDUS SALAM MEMORIAL MEETING Organising Committee: N.Cabibbo, J. Ellis, F.Hussain, T. Kibble, C. LLewellyn-Smith, L. Maiani, R. Schrieffer, G. Thompson, M.Virasoro, S. Weinberg Contact person at ICTP: Ms. Anne Gatti (gatti@ictp.trieste.it) E-mail: smr1042@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
12 - 16 DECEMBER EUROPEAN WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS - 8th GENERAL MEETING Co-organized by European Women in Mathematics and ICTP Contact person: Dr. Bodil Branner (branner@mat.dtu.dk)
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