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1999 Scientific Calendar

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IMPORTANT: This document is subject to variations. Updated on: 17 December 1999

14 - 16 January NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE: "ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE THEORY AND SIMULATIONS" Co-sponsors: SISSA, University of Trieste Organizers: S.G. Louie, M. Methfessel, R. Resta Local Organizer: R. Resta Deadline for requesting participation: 15 November 1998 e-mail: smr1154@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

1 - 19 February SECOND ICTP-URSI-ITU/BDT SCHOOL ON THE USE OF RADIO FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Local Organizer: S.M. Radicella e-mail: smr1132@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

8 - 26 February WINTER COLLEGE ON "SPECTROSCOPY AND APPLICATIONS" Co-sponsor: ICS Directors: W. Demtröder, S. De Silvestri and A. Wague' Local Organizer: G. Denardo Deadline for requesting participation: 15 October 1998 e-mail: smr1133@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

1 - 5 March III ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON QUANTUM INTERFEROMETRY Co-sponsor: INFN Director: F. de Martini Local Organizer: G. Denardo Deadline for requesting participation: 30 November 1998 e-mail: smr1134@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

8 - 26 March THIRD WORKSHOP ON THIN FILM PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY, including TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND SURFACE MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION IN THIN FILMS (24 - 26 March) In cooperation with: IUVSTA Directors: P.B. Barna, M. Sancrotti Local Organizer: M. Sancrotti Deadline for requesting participation: 30 November 1998 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1135@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

22 - 30 March SPRING WORKSHOP ON SUPERSTRINGS AND RELATED MATTERS Co-sponsors: INFN, SISSA Directors: B. Greene, R. Iengo, J. Louis, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi Local Organizers: K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi Deadline for requesting participation: 15 February 1999 e-mail: smr1136@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

12 - 30 April SCHOOL ON DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY Directors: B. Dubrovin, Gang TIAN Local Organizer: L. Göttsche Deadline for requesting participation: 10 December 1998 e-mail: smr1137@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

19 April - 21 May SCHOOL ON SYNCHROTRON RADIATION Co-sponsors: Sincrotrone Trieste and Societa' Italiana di Luce di Sincrotrone (SILS) Organizers: M. Altarelli, A. Craievich, C.S. Fadley, A. Fontaine, A. Savoia and H. Wiedemann LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1138@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

3 - 28 May SCHOOL ON NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING Organizers: J. Hertz, S.A. Solla, R. Zecchina Local Organizers: S. Franz, R. Zecchina e-mail: smr1157@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

10 - 14 May SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSPECTIVES IN HADRONIC PHYSICS Co-sponsor: INFN Organizers: S. Boffi, C. Ciofi degli Atti and M.M. Giannini Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1139@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

24 - 28 May MEETING ON NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, MODELLING AND CONTROL Co-sponsor: International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Nice, France Organizers: C. Lobry and M.S. Narasimhan Local Organizer: C. Chidume LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1193@ictp.trieste.it

1 June - 16 July EXTENDED WORKSHOP IN STRING THEORY, including CONFERENCE ON BLACK HOLE PHYSICS (12-16 July) Workshop Organizers: E. Gava, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi, A. Sen Conference Organizers: M. Blau, S. Wadia Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1999 e-mail: smr1140@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

7 - 25 June SUMMER COLLOQUIUM ON THE PHYSICS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE: "THE PHYSICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE" Organizers: F. Giorgi and G. Philander Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1999 e-mail: smr1142@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

7 June - 9 July SUMMER SCHOOL IN PARTICLE PHYSICS including two-week Training Course (7 - 18 June) In cooperation with: APCTP, Korea Directors: E. Kolb, A. Masiero, S. Randjbar-Daemi, G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov Local Organizers: G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1999 e-mail: smr1141@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

15 - 18 June ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "WETTING" Co-sponsors: SISSA, University of Trieste Organizers: M.W. Cole, E. Tosatti and J. Treiner Local Organizer: E. Tosatti e-mail: smr1155@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

28 June - 2 July ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "LIQUID STATE OF MATTER: OPPORTUNITIES FROM ADVANCED RADIATION SOURCES" Organizers: N.W. Ashcroft, F. Barocchi, L. Reatto and M. Tosi e-mail: smr1160@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

28 June - 9 July WORKSHOP ON "COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS" Organizers: R. Scalettar, S. Sorella and N. Trivedi Local Organizer: S. Sorella e-mail: smr1143@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

5 - 9 July [Co-sponsored activity] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM COHERENCE PHENOMENA Organizers: S. Fantoni, A. Leggett, A. Smerzi Contact person: fantoni@sissa.it Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1999 Activity Information

12 - 23 July XI WORKSHOP ON "STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRON SYSTEMS" Organizers: G. Baskaran, M. Fabrizio, A. Georges, G. Kotliar (Co-ordinator), E. Tosatti, A. Tsvelik and YU Lu Local Organizer: YU Lu e-mail: smr1144@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

26 - 29 July THE FIRST STIG LUNDQVIST RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON THE ADVANCING FRONTIERS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: "QUANTUM PHASES IN ELECTRON SYSTEMS OF LOW DIMENSIONS" Organizers: E. Burstein, S.M. Girvin, A. Pinczuk and C. Tejedor Local Organizer: YU Lu Deadline for requesting participation: 30 March 1999 e-mail: smr1164@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

26 July - 13 August SCHOOL ON ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY Directors: J. Le Potier, E.J.N. Looijenga and M.S. Narasimhan Local Organizer: L. Göttsche Deadline for requesting participation: 15 February 1999 e-mail: smr1158@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

9 - 18 August WORKSHOP ON "CALCULATION OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES USING TOTAL ENERGY AND FORCE METHODS AND AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS" Co-sponsor: EU Research Network Psi-k Organizers: P. Kratzer, J. Neugebauer and M. Scheffler Local Organizer: J. Kohanoff Deadline for requesting participation: 15 April 1999 e-mail: smr1165@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

10 - 13 August ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "HIGH FIELD TRANSPORT IN SUPERLATTICES" Organizers: J. Allen, P.N. Butcher and G. Döhler e-mail: smr1153@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

15 August - 15 September 1999 NORDIC-TRIESTE WORKSHOP: ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES FOR GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION Organizers: M. Abramowicz, A. Lanza Participation by invitation only.

16 - 27 August WORKSHOP ON "DYNAMICS OF NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS" Organizers: M. Barma, R. Stinchcombe and A. Maritan Local Organizer: A. Maritan e-mail: smr1145@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

23 - 26 August ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON "NON-HERMITICITY AND DISORDER" Organizers: F. Haake, Y.V. Fyodorov and J.J.M. Verbaarschot e-mail: smr1147@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

23 August - 3 September INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON STATISTICAL PHYSICS AND PROBABILISTIC METHODS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: A Primer for Physicists, Mathematicians & Computer Scientists Members of the Steering Committee Board include: B. Bollobás, C. Borgs, J. Chayes, S. Kirkpatrick, R. Monasson, B. Selman, J. Spencer and R. Zecchina Local Organizers: S. Franz, R. Zecchina Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1999 e-mail: smr1167@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information followed by 6 - 10 September TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON "NP-HARDNESS AND PHASE TRANSITIONS" Members of the Steering Committee Board include: B. Bollobás, C. Borgs, J. Chayes, S. Kirkpatrick, R. Monasson, B. Selman, J. Spencer and R. Zecchina Local Organizers: S. Franz, R. Zecchina Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1999 e-mail: smr1168@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

23 August - 17 September [Co-sponsored activity] EU ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE Directors: E. De Schutter, K. Obermayer, I. Segev and A. Treves e-mail: smr1166@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

6 - 24 September SCHOOL ON MODERN STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH In collaboration with ICMS, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. Directors: E.J.T. Goetghebeur, J.L. Hutton, P.J. Solomon Local Organizer: C.E. Chidume Deadline for requesting participation: 28 February 1999 e-mail: smr1122@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

6 September - 29 October SECOND AUTUMN TRAINING ACTIVITY ON NETWORKING AND RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS Limited Participation

15 - 18 September CONFERENCE ON "UNIFYING CONCEPTS IN GLASS PHYSICS" Directors: S. Franz, S. Glotzer and S. Sastry e-mail: smr1171@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

20 September - 15 October COLLEGE ON MEDICAL PHYSICS AND WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR DATA FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS In cooperation with: IAEA Co-sponsor: KFAS Organizers: P. Andreo, A. Benini, M. Herman, S. Qaim and P. Sprawls Contact person (at IAEA): M. Herman Local Organizer (at ICTP): L. Bertocchi Deadline for requesting participation: 15 May 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1148@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

27 September - 2 October COSMO-99 Local Organizers: G. Dvali, G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov Deadline for requesting participation: 15 June 1999 e-mail: smr1149@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

27 September - 22 October WORKSHOP ON "MODELLING REAL SYSTEMS: A HANDS-ON FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS" Directors: Helmut Neunzert and Heinz W. Engl Local Organizer: M. Marsili LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1170@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

4 - 22 October FIFTH WORKSHOP ON NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTIONS Co-sponsors: Training and Mobility Researchers Program of European Commission, KFAS In cooperation with: International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Moscow, Russia and Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita' di Trieste Directors: V.I. Keilis-Borok, G. F. Panza Local Organizer: G. F. Panza Deadline for requesting participation: 31 May 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1150@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

18 October - 5 November SCHOOL ON EXPLORING THE ATMOSPHERE BY REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES Organizers: G. Furlan and R. Guzzi e-mail: smr1151@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

20 - 22 October [Co-sponsored activity] SECOND WORKSHOP ON FUSION RELATED PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING IN SMALL DEVICES Directors: R. Amrollahi, A. Wootton Deadline for requesting participation: 31 July 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1178@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

25 - 26 October [Co-sponsored activity] WORKSHOP ON BROAD-BAND SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS AND THE GEODYNAMICS OF THE SCOTIA SEA REGION, ANTARCTICA Organized by: OGS (Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste) Local Organizer: Prof. G.F. Panza

25 October - 19 November AUTUMN COLLEGE ON PLASMA PHYSICS Directors: B. Buti, S.M. Mahajan, P.H. Sakanaka and Z. Yoshida Deadline for requesting participation: 15 March 1999 e-mail: smr1161@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

8 - 19 November WORKSHOP ON WEB ENABLING: TECHNOLOGIES AND AUTHORING TOOLS Local Organizers: E. Canessa, G. Pastore e-mail: smr1163@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

8 November - 3 December MICROPROCESSOR LABORATORY SIXTH COURSE ON BASIC VLSI DESIGN TECHNIQUES Director & Local Organizer: A.A. Colavita Deadline for requesting participation: 1 July 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1152@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

20 - 21 December COURSE ON THE "INTRODUCTION TO XILINX VIRTEX USING VHDL" In co-operation with: EXSULTATION Inc. (Quebec, Canada) Local Organizer: A.A. Colavita LIMITED PARTICIPATION

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23 August - 11 September SECOND AFRICAN REGIONAL COLLEGE ON MICROPROCESSOR-BASED REAL-TIME SYSTEMS IN PHYSICS - THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (Dakar, Sénégal) Co-sponsor: UNU Directors: C. Lishou, A.S. Induruwa and C. Verkerk Local Organizers: A. Corenthin, C. Lishou and A. Wagué Deadline for requesting participation: 1 May 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION: 40 participants COURSE OPEN ONLY TO SCIENTISTS FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES e-mail: smr1189@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information

29 November - 8 December ICTP/ICGEB IBERO-AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ASTROBIOLOGY: ORIGINS FROM THE BIG-BANG TO CIVILIZATION (Caracas, Venezuela) Co-sponsors: The Chancellor's Office, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela; The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy; The Planetary Society; NASA Headquarters, Washington, USA; Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Venezuela; The Latin American Academy of Sciences; TALVEN, The Venezuelan Delegation to UNESCO. Directors: J. Chela-Flores, G. Lemarchand and J. Oro Local Organizer (in Trieste): J. Chela-Flores Deadline for requesting participation: 30 April 1999 LIMITED PARTICIPATION e-mail: smr1162@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information


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