2001 Scientific
Calendar
2001 Scientific
Calendar
Important Notice: this document is subject to variations. More information on single activities is added as it becomes available.
11 - 13 January (13=SAT) TENTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: TOTAL ENERGY AND FORCE METHODS Organizers/Directors: K. Terakura, R. Needs and S. de Gironcoli e-mail: smr1300@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
24 - 27 January (27=SAT) (Co-sponsored activity) TRIESTE MEETING OF EUROPEAN PROJECT COST 271 Project Chairman: B. Zolesi Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica Local Organizer: S. Radicella
12 February - 2 March SCHOOL ON DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS USING TERRESTRIAL AND SATELLITE RADIO LINKS Organizers/Directors: S.M. Radicella and R.G. Struzak e-mail: smr1301@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
19 February - 2 March WINTER SCHOOL ON LASER SPECTROSCOPY AND APPLICATIONS In collaboration with: ICS-UNIDO Directors: W. Demtröeder and M. Inguscio Local Organizer: G. Denardo Deadline for requesting participation: 1 November 2000 (if funds req'd) e-mail: smr1302@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
5 - 10 March (10=SAT) (Co-sponsored activity) INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON CRYSTAL GROWTH OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENERGY-SAVING APPLICATIONS Director: R. Fornari Activity Information
12 - 16 March ADVANCED COURSE: CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - PART I: PHYSICAL ASPECTS Organizers/Directors: G. Begni and F. Giorgi e-mail: smr1303@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
12 March - 6 April COLLEGE ON SOIL PHYSICS Directors: D.M. Gabriels, D.R. Nielsen, I. Pla Sentis and E.L. Skidmore Local Organizer: G.C. Ghirardi Deadline for requesting participation: 15 December 2000 e-mail: smr1304@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
2 - 10 April SPRING SCHOOL ON SUPERSTRINGS AND RELATED MATTERS In collaboration with: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) Organizers/Directors: C. Bachas, J. Maldacena, K.S. Narain and S. Randjbar-Daemi Deadline for requesting participation: 31 January 2001 e-mail: smr1306@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
23 April - 4 May THIRD BORSELLINO COLLEGE ON NEUROPHYSICS: EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR Co-sponsors: IBRO (International Brain Research Organization), ICGEB (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico) and SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) Organizers/Directors: M. Diamond and L. Krubitzer Local Organizer: J. Chela-Flores Deadlines for requesting participation: 31 December 2000 & 31 January 2001 (if no financial support req'd) e-mail: smr1308@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
23 - 27 April WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESALINATION Co-sponsor: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Organizer: IAEA - Nuclear Power Technology Section (NE) e-mail: smr1314@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
followed by 30 April - 4 May WORKSHOP ON DESALINATION ECONOMIC EVALUATION Co-sponsor: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Organizer: IAEA - Nuclear Power Technology Section (NE) e-mail: smr1315@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
7 - 11 May THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSPECTIVES IN HADRONIC PHYSICS Organizers/Directors: S. Boffi, C. Ciofi dagli Atti and M. Giannini e-mail: smr1309@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
7 - 25 May SPRING COLLEGE ON NUMERICAL METHODS IN ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE THEORY Co-sponsors: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM, Italy) and Absoft Corporation, U.S.A. Organizers/Directors: S. Baroni, A. Dal Corso and S. de Gironcoli (Limited Participation) e-mail: smr1310@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 - 18 May ICTP/TWAS/UCSB MINIWORKSHOP ON "FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE" Co-sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil Organizers: A.K. Cheetham and C.N.R. Rao Local Organizer: S. Shenoy e-mail: smr1311@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
21 - 25 May WORKSHOP ON STATISTICAL PHYSICS AND CAPACITY-APPROACHING CODES Directors: D. Forney, N. Sourlas and R. Urbanke Local Organizer: S. Franz e-mail: smr1347@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
21 May - 8 June SCHOOL ON HIGH-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLD TOPOLOGY Co-sponsors: European Commission and U.S. National Science Foundation Directors: F.T. Farrell and W. Lueck Local Organizer: L. Goettsche Deadline for receipt of applications: 31 December 2000 e-mail: smr1312@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
28 May - 15 June (28 May - 8 June: Workshop; 11 - 15 June: Conference) SUMMER COLLOQUIUM ON THE PHYSICS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE: LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS AND THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE Organizers/Directors: F. Molteni, F. Giorgi, J. Slingo and J. Shukla e-mail: smr1313@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
11 - 22 June INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROTEIN FOLDING, STRUCTURE AND DESIGN Co-sponsor: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM, Italy) Directors: J. Banavar and A. Maritan Local Organizer: A. Maritan Deadline for requesting participation: 1 February 2001 e-mail: smr1316@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
18 June - 6 July SUMMER SCHOOL ON PARTICLE PHYSICS Co-sponsors and Collaborators: SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), INFN (Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics) and APCTP (Asia Pacific Centre for Theoretical Physics, Korea) Organizers: A. Masiero, S. Oh, G. Senjanovic, A. Smirnov and G. Thompson Deadline for requesting participation: 15 March 2001 e-mail: smr1317@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
2 - 6 July THE SECOND STIG LUNDQVIST RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON THE ADVANCING FRONTIERS OF CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: "NON-CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS AND NEW DIRECTIONS" Co-sponsors: The Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA, The National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) Organizers: D. Awschalom, E. Burstein and G. Scoles Local Organizer: E. Tosatti e-mail: smr1318@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
9 - 20 July SIXTH SCHOOL ON NON-ACCELERATOR ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Co-sponsor: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Directors: R. Carrigan, G. Giacomelli Local Organizers: A. Masiero, N. Paver Deadline for requesting participation: 8 April 2001 e-mail: smr1319@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
16 - 27 July SUMMER SCHOOL ON LOW-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM SYSTEMS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT Co-sponsor: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) Directors: H. Saleur and A. Tsvelik Local Organizers: M. Fabrizio, A.A. Nersesyan and YU Lu Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 2001 e-mail: smr1320@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
30 July - 17 August SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP ON DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Co-sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil Directors: J. Palis, Ya. Sinai, M. Viana and J.-C. Yoccoz Local Organizer: B. Fantechi Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 2001 e-mail: smr1321@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
30 July - 24 August EU ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE an IBRO Neuroscience School followed by 25 - 26 August (SAT & SUN) ESF SYMPOSIUM Directors: A. Destexhe, K. Obermayer, A. Treves and A. Vaadia e-mail: smr1343@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
7 - 11 August (11=SAT) RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON "CHALLENGES IN GRANULAR PHYSICS" Co-sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil Organizing Committee: S. Franz, T.C. Halsey and A. Mehta Closing date to submit contributions: 27 April 2001 e-mail: smr1322@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
mid August - mid September NORDIC-TRIESTE WORKSHOP Organizers/Directors: M. Abramowicz and A. Lanza
27 - 31 August ADRIATICO RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON INTERACTION AND ASSEMBLY OF BIOMOLECULES Co-sponsor: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) Organizers/Directors: P. Carloni, A.A. Kornyshev and S. Leikin e-mail: smr1324@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
3 - 7 September WORKSHOP ON HYBRID NUCLEAR SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION, UTILISATION OF ACTINIDES AND TRANSMUTATION OF LONG-LIVED RADIOACTIVE WASTE Organizer: Nuclear Power Technology Section (NE) - IAEA e-mail: smr1326@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
followed by 10 - 21 September WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR DATA FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: ACCELERATOR DRIVEN WASTE INCINERATION Organizer: D.D. Sood, IAEA e-mail: smr1325@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
3 - 14 September SECOND EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON MICROSCOPIC QUANTUM MANY-BODY THEORIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Co-sponsors: European Commission and International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) Directors: A. Fabrocini and E. Krotscheck Local Organizer: S. Fantoni Deadline for requesting participation: 15 May 2001 e-mail: smr1348@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
3 - 28 September SUMMER SCHOOL ON MATHEMATICAL CONTROL THEORY Co-sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil Directors: A. Agrachev, B. Jakubczyk and C. Lobry Local Organizer: C.E. Chidume Deadline for requesting participation: 31 March 2001 e-mail: smr1327@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
22 September (Sat!) SYMPOSIUM ON FUTURE CHALLENGES IN SCIENCE DEDICATED TO OUR FRIEND DANIELE AMATI FOR HIS NEXT 70 YEARS Organizers: M.A. Virasoro, H. Rubenstein e-mail: smr1440@ictp.trieste.it
24 - 28 September (Co-sponsored Activity) CONFERENCE ON: "ANDERSON LOCALIZATION, QUANTUM CHAOS AND RANDOM MATRICES: RIGOROUS METHODS VS PHYSICAL INTUITION" Co-sponsor: Sonderforschungsbereich 237 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Directors: F. Haake, W. Kirsch Local Organizer: V. Kravtsov e-mail: smr1349@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
24 September - 5 October SCHOOL ON PHYSICS OF THE EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE Co-sponsors: - The Equatorial Processes Including Coupling (EPIC) initiative of the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) - The Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) initiative of the World Climate Research Programme - The International Commission for the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (IAMAS) - The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico of Brazil (CNPq) Directors: K. Hamilton and J. Forbes Local Organizer: S.M. Radicella Deadline for requesting participation: 31 May 2001 e-mail: smr1328@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
1 - 12 October COLLEGE ON BIOPHYSICS: FROM MOLECULAR GENETICS TO STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Co-sponsors: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Organizers/Directors: P. Carloni, D. Lamba, A.J. Libchaber and S. Pongor Local Organizer: J. Chela-Flores e-mail: smr1329@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
1 - 12 October COURSE ON INVERSE METHODS IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Organizers/Directors: D. Fussen, R. Guzzi and C. Rodgers Local Organizer: G. Furlan e-mail: smr1332@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
8 October - 2 November AUTUMN COLLEGE ON PLASMA PHYSICS Directors: B. Buti, S.M. Mahajan, P.H. Sakanaka and Z. Yoshida Deadline for requesting participation: 1st March 2001 e-mail: smr1331@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
15 - 27 October (27=SAT) SIXTH WORKSHOP ON NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION Organizers/Directors: V.I. Keilis-Borok and G.F. Panza e-mail: smr1330@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
29 October - 9 November WORKSHOP ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SIMULATION In co-operation with: IAEA Directors: G. Bereznai, W.K. Lam and R.B. Lyon Deadline for requesting participation: 30 June 2001 (Limited Participation) e-mail: smr1333@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
29 October - 23 November MICROPROCESSOR LABORATORY SEVENTH COURSE ON BASIC VLSI DESIGN TECHNIQUES Organizer: A.A. Colavita Deadline for requesting participation: 1 July 2001 (Limited Participation) e-mail: smr1352@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
12 - 16 November ADVANCED COURSE: CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - PART II: SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND IMPACTS Organizers/Directors: A. Garrido, M. Schechter, J.M. Moreno and F. Giorgi (Limited Participation) e-mail: smr1307@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
26 November - 21 December WORKSHOP ON DISTRIBUTED LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS Organizers: A.S. Induruwa and C. Verkerk Deadline for requesting participation: 11 June 2001 (Limited Participation) e-mail: smr1335@ictp.trieste.it Activity Information
TO BE HELD OUTSIDE TRIESTE 5 - 10 January - Mumbai, India STRINGS 2001 Organizers/Directors: A. Dabholkar, S. Mukhi, K.S. Narain, G. Thompson and S. Wadia e-mail: smr1337@ictp.trieste.it
22 January - 2 February - Cape Town, South Africa SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL MODELLING WORKSHOP Organizers/Directors: A. Adedoyin, B. Hewitson and W. Gutowski Deadline for requesting participation: 15 October 2000 Activity Information
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