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ICTP-SAIFR Science Journalism Fellowship

Written by Nathan on July 24th, 2024. Posted in

The ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR, www.ictp-saifr.org ) announces the opening of one FAPESP science journalism fellowship to write texts and design posters on ICTP-SAIFR activities in English and Portuguese for newspapers, online channels and social media (Instagram, Twitter, etc.).

The FAPESP science journalism fellowship (http://www.fapesp.br/47 ) is for 6 months with possible extension for up to 24 months, and the monthly tax-free salary is R$ 12,000 for candidates with a PhD, R$ 5,520 for candidates with a master’s degree, and R$ 3,120 for candidates with a bachelor’s degree.

To apply, you will need to annex your curriculum, answer some questions, and prepare a 2 page text and Instagram post. The 2-page text should be an article of 800-1200 words about the James Webb Space Telescope written in Portuguese and also translated into English. The Instagram post should be about the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics and should include both text and design in Portuguese.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position has been filled. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

 

APPLY BY CLICKING HERE

2025 Activities

Written by Elisa Pomari on July 8th, 2024. Posted in

 

São Paulo International Schools on Theoretical Physics

School on Synchronization: from collective motion to brain dynamics
February 3 – 14, 2025

School on the Origins of Life, Behavior and Cognition
March 10 – 21, 2025

School and Workshop on the Physics of Life
March 24 – April 4, 2025

School on Biological Physics and Biomolecular Simulations in the Machine Learning Era
April 14 – 19, 2025

São Paulo Advanced School on Disordered Systems
April 28 – May 9, 2025

II School on Modeling Infectious Disease Dynamics
May 12 – 18, 2025

School and Workshop on Multineutron Clusters in Nuclei and in Stars
May 26 – June 6, 2025

VI Siembra-HoLAGrav Young Frontiers Meeting at ICTP-SAIFR
June 30 – July  11, 2025

Perimeter-SAIFR-IFT Journeys School
July  14 – 20, 2025

V Joint ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR School on Cosmology
July  28 – August 8, 2025

CLAF/ICTP-SAIFR Astroparticle Physics School
August 11 – 15, 2025

IV School on Light and Cold Atoms
October 20 – 31, 2025

School on Emergent Phenomena in Many-Body Systems
November 3 – 14, 2025

Fourth School on Data Science and Machine Learning
December 1 – 5, 2025

 QCD meets Gravity XI School
December 8 – 13, 2025

Minicourses

Minicourse on Partial Differential Equations: analytical and numerical tools
May 1 – June 30, 2025

Meetings/Programs/Workshops

Council Meeting
February 17 – 18, 2025

APS-SAIFR Satellite Global Physics Summit
March 16-21, 2025

II Brazilian Workshop on Soft Matter
April 7-11, 2025

Program on Anomalies, Topology and Quantum Information in Field Theory and Condensed Matter Physics
June 16 – 27, 2025    (Instituto Principia)

9th Conference on Chirality, Vorticity and Magnetic Fields in Quantum Matter
July 7 – 11, 2025    (Instituto Principia)

Simons Collaboration Bootstrap 2025
July 21 – August 8, 2025    (Instituto Principia)

Program on Fundamental Aspects of String Theory
August 4 – 15, 2025   (Instituto Principia)

Workshop on Frontiers in Quantum Materials
September 1 – 5, 2025    (Instituto Principia)

Program on Quantum Many-Body Dynamics: Thermalization and its Violations
September 8 – 19, 2025   (Instituto Principia)

QCD meets Gravity XI Conference
December 15 – 19, 2025    (Instituto Principia)

Outreach

TBA

Third School on Data Science and Machine Learning

Written by Elisa Pomari on June 26th, 2024. Posted in

December 2-6, 2024

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: NCC-UNESP

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Machine Learning (ML) is poised to drive critical changes in our society over the coming decades. The versatility of ML tools enables us to address a wide variety of challenges that could significantly improve our lives. From enhancing medical diagnosis to providing smart assistance for the disabled and elderly, and developing solutions for public safety, the applications are far-reaching. The positive impact of these innovations is expected to raise awareness and guide the creation of new public policies.

In this context, training individuals in advanced ML topics is crucial for the success and development of the field. The School on Data Science and Machine Learning aims to equip participants with knowledge of modern machine learning techniques, their strengths and limitations, and their application across various domains.

Our program is particularly designed for advanced PhD students working towards the completion of their thesis projects, as well as early-career postdoctoral researchers. Participants will explore the fundamentals of machine learning, progressing from introductory concepts to advanced topics including:

• Neural Networks
• Convolutional Neural Networks
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing
• Generative Models
• Sequential and Recursive Learning
• High Performance Computing
• HPC for Machine Learning (GPU Accelerated Training)
• Profiling and Benchmarking Machine Learning Models

The school combines theoretical lectures with hands-on sessions, allowing participants to apply these concepts to real-world problems. This practical approach ensures that attendees not only understand the theory, but also gain experience in implementing ML solutions.

This event is co-organized with the Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), bringing together expertise from academia and industry.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • Raphael Cobe (NCC-UNESP/AI2, Brazil)
  • Rogério Iope (NCC-UNESP/AI2, Brazil)
  • Sergio F. Novaes (UNESP/AI2, Brazil) 
  • Thiago Tomei (NCC-UNESP/AI2, Brazil) 

 

Announcement:

Click HERE for online application

Application deadline: September 21, 2024

Lectures

Topics:

• Neural Networks
• Convolutional Neural Networks
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing
• Generative Models
• Sequential and Recursive Learning
• High Performance Computing
• HPC for Machine Learning (GPU Accelerated Training)
• Profiling and Benchmarking Machine Learning Models

Lecturers:

TBA

Registration

Announcement:

Click HERE for online application

Application deadline: September 21, 2024

Program

Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The first week of the school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

 

Third School on Data Science and Machine Learning

School on Biological Physics across Scales: Pattern Formation

Written by Elisa Pomari on June 19th, 2024. Posted in

November 11 – 22, 2024

São Paulo, Brazil

ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP

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Systems as different as the cellular cytoskeleton, microbial communities in soil, and savanna landscapes have in common the emergence of patterns: random yet organized spatial structures that form in an otherwise translationally invariant space. These structures emerge due to the local, individual-level interactions of agents – proteins, cells, trees – that, on a larger scale, result in nonlinear dynamics for the density field. Crucial phenomena hinge on the formation of these patterns: mitosis, embryo development, bacterial population survival, ecosystem’s robustness to aridification.

While broadly different in scale, these systems can be theoretically described by similar statistical physics frameworks, an approach pioneered by Alan Turing in 1952 and still the focus of very active development. The goal of this school is to bring together experts on these different systems using mathematical modeling, experimental approaches and modern data-driven techniques to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue about pattern formation in living systems.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

 

Organizers:

  • Ricardo Martinez-Garcia (CASUS / HZDR, Germany & ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
  • Pierre Ronceray (CINaM, Turing Centre for Living Systems, CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université, France)

 

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Lectures

Lecturers:

  • Nigel Goldenfeld (University of California San Diego, USA): Stochastic pattern formation in space and time: from the brain to the biosphere
  • Johan van de Koppel (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands): The Physics of spatial ecology
  • Erwin Frey (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany): Self-organisation and pattern formation in living and synthetic cells
  • Veronica Grieneisen (Cardiff University, UK): Integrating the different levels of pattern formation, from sub-cellular to cellular and finally, multi-cellular structures

 

Registration

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Program

Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The first week of the school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

 

School on Biological Physics across Scales: Pattern Formation

3rd Brazilian Meeting of Science Communicators

Written by Elisa Pomari on June 18th, 2024. Posted in

November 15-17, 2024

São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: Principia Institute

 

The Brazilian Meeting of Science Communicators is an annual event which brings together professional and amateur science communicators from a variety of backgrounds (printed media, museums, social medias, internet content creators, etc) to share their experiences, discuss the objectives of Science Outreach projects, elaborate strategies for efficient communication campaigns, and encourage collaborations between the community of science communicators.

In the third edition, the theme is “Education, Science and Art”. We will discuss topics relevant to public science communication today and in the years to come.

The meeting will take place from November 15-17 at Instituto Principia in São Paulo (Rua Pamplona, 145 – near the Trianon-MASP subway station) and is organized by ICTP-SAIFR together with Blogs de Ciência da Unicamp, a science outreach project from University of Campinas (Unicamp), Instituto Principia, an institution that promotes several science popularization activities, and external collaborators.

 The entire event will be held in Portuguese. Please check the website (https://www.blogs.unicamp.br/ebdc/) for more information.

Online registration: Click HERE

 

3rd Brazilian Meeting of Science Communicators

Minicourse on Precision Gravity: from the LHC to LISA and ET

Written by Elisa Pomari on June 7th, 2024. Posted in

August 13-22, 2024

São Paulo, Brazil

ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP

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High-Accuracy waveform models are of paramount importance in the new era of Gravitational Wave astronomy. These lectures will cover recent advances in the study of the two-body problem in general relativity using ideas from particle physics — such as effective field theory methods combined with state-of-the-art tools borrowed from quantum field theory calculations in collider physics.

There is no registration fee.

 

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Lecturer:

  • Rafael Porto (DESY,  Germany)

List of participants: Updated on August 12, 2024.

Registration

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Program

Tuesday, August 13 – 14:00-15:30: TBA

Thursday, August  15 – 14:00-15:30: TBA

Tuesday, August 20 – 14:00-15:30: TBA

Thursday, August 22 – 13:30-15:00 TBA

 

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How to reach the Institute: The program will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Minicourse on Precision Gravity: from the LHC to LISA and ET

Program on “Fundamental Physics meets Current and Future Facilities in Cosmology”

Written by Elisa Pomari on June 4th, 2024. Posted in

December 2 – 13, 2024

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: Principia Institute

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This 2-week program is intended to strengthen the connection between theorists (both in cosmology and in high energy physics) with the current and next generation facilities. A vast amount of data measuring several different observables will be used to test our fundamental models of particle physics and general relativity. Several challenges in making precise theoretical predictions coupled with systematic errors in these delicate measurements will be addressed.

We plan to cover recent advances in the understanding of the early and late time universe, including topics such as inflation, dark matter, dark energy, CMB, gravitational waves, large-scale structure, gravitational lensing, 21cm astronomy among others. Each topic will contain talks both from theorists and experimentalists/observers. One of the main goals of this workshop is to address which theoretical models are the most interesting and appealing to be probed in next-generation facilities and the systematic challenges to be faced.

The program aims to have a maximum of three talks per day, giving ample time for discussion sessions and stimulating interaction among participants. There will be one discussion session per day. The workshop aims at experienced participants: postdocs, senior researchers and advanced graduate students. We plan to have 30-40 participants (spread along those two weeks), depending on funding.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • David Alonso (Oxford University, UK)
  • Chihway Chang (University of Chicago & KICP, USA)
  • Scott Dodelson (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
  • Vivian Miranda (YITP – Stony Brook, USA)
  • Rogério Rosenfeld (IFT-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)
  • Henrique Rubira (Technische Universität München, Germany)
  • Riccardo Sturani (IFT-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)

 

Announcement:

Click HERE for online registration

Deadline: October 12, 2024

Participants

Preliminary list of participants

  • Raul Abramo (IFUSP, Brazil)
  • José Luís Bernal (University of Cantabria, Spain)
  • Vitor Cardoso (IST-Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Chihway Chang (University of Chicago & KICP, USA)
  • Ami Choi (NASA, USA)
  • Martin Crocce (Institute for Space Science, Spain)
  • Scott Dodelson (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
  • Mariano Dominguez Romero (IATE-OAC-UNC, Argentina)
  • Carlos  Garcia-Garcia (Oxford University, UK)
  • Mariana Vargas Magaña* (Instituto de Física-UNAM, Mexico)
  • Vivian Miranda (YITP – Stony Brook, USA)
  • Gonzalo Palma (University of Santiago, Chile)
  • Anna Porredon (CIEMAT, Spain)
  • Miguel Quartin (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Rogério Rosenfeld (IFT-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)
  • Henrique Rubira (Technische Universität München, Germany)
  • Ariel Sanchez (MPE, Germany)
  • Riccardo Sturani (IFT-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)

*To be confirmed.

Posters

Participants MUST BRING THE BANNER PRINTED.

For details about the poster presentation please look at the correspondent Additional Information topic.

Registration

Announcement:

Click HERE for online registration

Deadline: October 12, 2024

Program

Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Principia Institute: The meeting will be held in the first-floor auditorium of the Science Center at Principia Institute located at Rua Pamplona, 145 near the Trianon-Masp metro station.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

Program on “Fundamental Physics meets Current and Future Facilities in Cosmology”

Second Quantum Computing School

Written by Elisa Pomari on May 27th, 2024. Posted in

October 7 – 18, 2024

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

IFT-UNESP Auditorium

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Second Generation Quantum Technologies comprise solutions that directly benefit from quantum states of light or matter, such as superposition states, entangled states, and matter waves, to provide significant gains over their so-called “classical technologies” counterparts that do not directly use such fundamental properties of quantum theory. Within second-generation quantum technologies, quantum computing is the one that has received the most attention since there are predictions that indicate that, in the future, quantum computers will be able to solve complex problems quicker than today’s largest supercomputers. But there are other quantum technologies that already have immediate applications with significant gains, for example quantum sensors as gravimeters and sensors applied to medicine, and cryptographic key distribution for secure communication systems.

These technologies have gigantic disruptive power, and the training of human resources in this area is essential to developing national and international programs.  This school will provide hands-on courses covering basics and advanced concepts on second-generation quantum technologies including: quantum algorithm and quantum simulations, especially applied to chemistry, quantum machine learning, quantum sensors, quantum communication protocols, and different experimental platforms for those technologies, such as superconducting qubits, photonic systems and Bose-Einstein condensates.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • Celso J. Villas-Boas (UFSCar, Brazil)
  • Rafael Chaves (IIP & UFRN, Brazil)
  • Ana Predojevic (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Markus Hennrich (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Enrique Solano (Kipu Quantum Berlin, Germany)

List of participants: Updated on October 16, 2024.

 

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Lectures

Lecturers

  • Antonio Zelaquett (UFF-Niteroi, Brazil): High Dimensional Quantum Communication with Structured Light.
  • Daniel Nino (Xanadu, Canada): Introduction to Applications of Quantum Computing to Quantum Chemistry (with hands-on – PennyLane).
  • Emanuel Henn (USP, Brazil): Bose-Einstein Condensates and the Involvement in Advances for New Technologies.
  • Juan José García Ripoll (QUINFOG-CSIC, Spain): Quantum Networks for Quantum Computers.
  • Marco Cerezo (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA): Prospects and Challenges for Quantum Machine Learning.
  • Markus Hennrich (Stockholm University, Sweden): Trapped ion quantum processors.
  • Miroslav Ježek (Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic): Application of Machine Learning for Advanced Quantum Detection.

Invited Speaker: 

  • Victoria Porozova (Centro de Pesquisas Avançadas Wernher von Braun, Brazil): Quantum Gravity meets Quantum Computing

Registration

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Program

 The schedule might be changed.

 

Poster session

  • Adair Campos Uscanga (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Iztapalapa, Mexico): Magic states preparation in the Asymmetric Quantum Rabi Model
  • Adonai Hilario (Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP, Brazil): Optimal control for single-qubit gates via differential geometry
  • Alberto Bezerra de Palhares Junior (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil): QAOA Applied to the Portfolio Optimization Problem
  • Alexandre Cesar Ricardo (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil): Continuous-variables quantum computing and neural networks using the motional modes of a single trapped ion.
  • Arthur Oliveira (Unicamp – IMECC, Brazil): Machine learning assisted steering certification
  • Caio Almeida Carneiro Leão (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil): Efficiently Simulate Open Quantum Systems and Initialization of Mixed States
  • Cesar Augusto do Amaral (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil): Variational Quantum Algorithms with Walsh Functions for Regression
  • Claudio Pessoa (Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Brazil): Inertial Quantum Sensing with Sr88 and Ramsey-Bordé Interferometer Simulation
  • Daniel Felman (Tel Aviv University, Israel): Hybrid Quantum Chemistry Eigensolvers
  • Diego José Izaguirre Cutzal (Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala/Escuela de ciencias físicas y matemáticas, Guatemala): Quantum mechanics 84, simulation laboratory(programming) 85
  • Eduardo Soares (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Brazil): Robustness and Entanglement Generation in Spin Chains.
  • Erick Jesus Rios Gonzalez (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico): Quantum Fourier Transform for Arithmetic Summation
  • Gabriel Albuquerque (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): Ensino de Física Quântica no Brasil: Uma Análise da Liga Acadêmica de Computação Quântica Feynman da UFRGS
  • Genessi Sá Neto (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): Directional quantum switcher
  • Guilherme Costa Matos (Universidade Federal do RIo de Janeiro, Brazil): Quantum Vacuum Sagnac Effect
  • Gabriel Pedro Lima Moyses Fernandes (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil): Addressing the Inventory Management Problem Through Classical, Quantum and Quantum-Hybrid Hardware
  • Herbert Joaquín Díaz Moraga (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile): About the Variational Quantum Eigensolver for Quantum Chemistry and Quantum Information.
  • Ivan Augusto Vicentin (UFSCAR, Brazil): Hybrid Quantum Computing applied to Portfolio Optimization
  • Jatin Ghai (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India): Repeater-Based Quantum Communication Protocol: Maximizing Teleportation Fidelity with Minimal Entanglement
  • Joab Morais Varela (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil): Entanglement detection in pure states with a Quantum Classifier Algorithm
  • João Pedro Engster (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil): Estimating quantum correlations via classical shadows
  • John Milton Zapana Choquehuanca (UFF, Brazil): Non-Markovianity, Ergotropy, and Environment-Induced Work in Qubit Dynamics through entropy-based quantum thermodynamics
  • José Alfredo de León (Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico): Weyl quantum channels that break entanglement
  • Jose Falla (University of Delaware, USA): Graph Representation Learning for Parameter Transferability in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
  • Juan Esteban Ardila García (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia): Quantum Density Estimation through Memetic Optimisation for Quantum Circuit Design
  • Kelvin Julinio Ramos Villalobos (Balseiro Institute, Argentina): Superconducting circuits based on high kinetic inductance materials for photon detection and quantum applications.
  • Kevin Ramiro De La Ossa Doria (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile): Efficient state promage in quantum computing
  • Leandro Matheus Morais da Silva (IFSC-USP, Brazil): Unveilig phase transitions with classical shadows and machine learning
  • Leticia Bertuzzi (UFSC, Brazil): Shadow measurements for feedback-based quantum optimization
  • Lucas Ribeiro da Silva Santos (Departamento de Física – Universidade Federal de São Carlos): Cavity Linewidth Dynamics: Exploring the Role of Atom Number and Atom-Cavity Coupling
  • Lukas Montenegro (IFUSP, Brazil): Shortcuts to adiabaticity designed via time-rescaling follow the same transitionless route
  • Matheus da Silva Fonseca (Universidade de São Carlos, Brazil): Computational Complexity of UCC Ansatz in VQE
  • Matheus Eiji Ohno Bezerra (Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil): Simultaneous estimation of phase and loss using Gaussian states
  • Miguel Antônio Albuquerque Lisboa (UFPB, Brazil): Quantum Information Theory and Closed Timelike Curves: Investigating Deutsch’s Fixed-Point Model with Causal Markov Conditions
  • Paulo César Souza Pavoleti (UFSCAR, Brazil): Differential Equations in Quantum Simulators, Tao Xin’s algorithm.
  • Rodrigo Alves Dias (UFJF, Brazil): Unraveling Rodeo Algorithm Through the Zeeman Model
  • Tiago Farias (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil): Variational quantum circuits with qudits
  • Tomás P. Espinoza (Universidad de Chile, Chile): Quantum enhancement of spoofing detection with squeezed states of light
  • Valentin Reparaz (Balseiro Institute, Argentina): Landau-Zener-Stückelberg interferometry of a fluxonium-like qubitVictor Daniel González Avella (Universidad de Antofagasta): Linear-Scaling Pure Quantum State Tomography for Multiqubit Systems
  • Vinícius Luz Oliveira (UFSC, Brazil): Searching for Quantum Fourier Neural Operators in the context of fluid dynamics
  • Wilber Andre Obregon Hilario (PUCP, Peru): Study of the complementarity relations of a pure state subjected to noisy quantum channels using the IBM quantum computer
  • Ygor de Castro Lourenço (IFUSP, Brazil): Quantum Computing via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Hackathon

HACKAQUANTUM: Second Quantum Computing School Hackathon

During the school we will have a hackathon based on the lectures, with certificates and prizes for the best groups.

See more information here.

Organizers:
– Amanda Valério
– Alexandre Ricardo
– Gabriel Fernandes
– Gubio Gomes
– Matheus Fonseca
– Nícolas Cárpio
– Sinara Dourado
– Victoria Porozova

 

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Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

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3rd ICTP-SAIFR Symposium on Current Topics in Molecular Biophysics (CTMB3)

Written by Elisa Pomari on May 15th, 2024. Posted in

October 7 – 9, 2024

São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: Instituto Principia

Zoom ID: 835 5924 3231

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The Symposium on Current Topics in Molecular Biophysics aims to gather international experts and young researchers in the field to discuss recent advancements and challenges. Molecular Biophysics encompasses a wide range of topics, from structural biology to computational methods, offering insights into fundamental biological processes. This workshop serves as a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration among researchers from diverse backgrounds to discuss a range of topics, including, but not limited to, chemical kinetics, protein/RNA dynamics, dynamics of assemblies, and chromatin.

The workshop will span three days, featuring presentations by speakers and interactive sessions. In addition to the invited talks, there will be talks selected from abstracts, and there will be a poster session. As with the previous CTMB meetings, we aim to foster an informal atmosphere where participants of all levels are able to exchange and develop ideas together.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizing Committee:

  • José Onuchic (Rice University, USA)
  • Paul Whitford (Northeastern University, USA)
  • Thereza Soares (São Paulo University, Brazil)
  • Vitor Leite (São Paulo State University, Brazil)

List of participants: Updated on October 01, 2024.

 

Announcement:

Registration is now closed.

Speakers

Keynote Speakers:

  • Peter Wolynes (Rice University, USA): Protein Dynamics and the Brain
  • José Onuchic (Rice University, USA): TBA

Invited Speakers:

  • Ben Schuler (University of Zurich, Switzerland): Probing the rapid chain dynamics of disordered proteins and nucleic acids
  • Kingshuk Gosh (University of Denver, USA): Sequence patterning and charge regulation dictate conformation in IDPs
  • Joan-Emma Shea (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA): Self-Assembly of the Tau Protein: Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Fibrillization
  • Guilherme Volpe Bossa (Southern University of Chile/ Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Optimal antimicrobial response to a changing microbial background at a mucus interface
  • Roberto K. Salinas (IQUSP): Uncovering the association mechanism between two intrinsically flexible proteins
  • Vitor Leite (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil): Unraveling the Functional Mechanisms of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Through Energy Landscape Visualization
  • Garegin Papoian (University of Maryland, USA): TBA
  • Serdal Kirmizialtin (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE): RNA Structural Dynamics Revealed by Experimentally Guided Simulations
  • Olga Dudchenko (Baylor College of Medicine, USA): TBA
  • Antonio B. Oliveira Jr (Rice University, USA): TBA
  • Vittore Scolari (Institut Curie, France): A mean-field theory for predicting single polymer collapse induced by neutral crowders
  • Amanda Souza Câmara (IPK, Germany): Different ways of compacting holocentric chromosomes
  • Shaker Chuck Farah (São Paulo University, Brazil): Bacteria Wars: Structural and functional studies on a bactericidal type IV secretion system 
  • Rafael Bernardi (Auburn University, USA): TBA
  • Miguel Machuqueiro (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal): Constant-pH MD simulations as a tool to unveil the pH effects on biomolecules
  • Monica Pickholz (Universidade de Buenos Aires): Exploring the Mechanical Properties of Polymerosomes through Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  • Paul Whitford (Northeastern University, USA): Quantifying large-scale dynamics of complex molecular assemblies

Abstracts: Here

Short Talks

  1. Ander Francisco Pereira (UNICAMP): Exploring the energy landscape for the fold-switching MAD2 protein using Structure-Based Models
  2. Murilo Sanches (UNESP): Mechanisms and Kinetics of Secondary Nucleation in Amyloid-beta Aggregation
  3. Mariana Simões Ferreira (Intitute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho): Evaluation of quantum descriptors on Molecular Dynamics Simulations of vivapain-2, a cysteine protease from Plasmodium vivax
  4. Marcelo D. Polêto (Universidade de São Paulo – EEL – Departamento de Biotecnologia): Optimizing PET biorecycling solutions through electronically polarizable simulations
  5. Felipe Cardoso Ramos (Institute of Chemistry/UNICAMP): Computational Investigation of Ultrafast Protein-Water Interactions
  6. Vinicius Contessoto (Rice University): Modeling Structural Ensembles Of Genomes

Abstracts: Here

 

Short talk format: 10 + 5

Posters

  • Aguinaldo Robinson de Souza (São Paulo State University – Department of Chemistry): Theoretical and experimental studies of the interaction between human serum albumin (HSA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) proteins and molecules of pharmacological interest.
  • Ana Luiza Martins Karl (Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica): Incorporating Receptor Flexibility into DockThor Through Ensemble Docking Technique
  • Anderson Aparecido do Espirito Santo (FFCLRP – USP: Departamento de Química): Thermodynamic Optimization of Mimetic Antibodies via Genetic Algorithms: A Molecular Simulation Study
  • Axel Mena (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile): Study on optical properties of hydrogel algae base and photosensitizer
  • Camila Assis Tavares (Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP): From Atomic Details to Viral Biology: The Significance of Light-Material Distribution in Zika Virus Structure
  • Dante Arroyo Anhesini (Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”): Critical Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes Onto Heterogeneously Charged Surfaces
  • Danilo Kiyoshi Matsubara (Institute of Chemistry – University of São Paulo): De Novo Design of Antiviral Proteins: Targeting the Viral Entry Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2, Chikungunya, and Dengue
  • Evelyn Rayani Dias de Araujo (Universidade Estadual Paulista): Rational Design and Computational Modeling of BPdC Ligands for the N-Terminal Domain of Nucleoprotein of hRSV
  • Jéssica de Oliveira Araújo (Universidade Estadual de Campinas): Solvation Effects on the Dimerization Mechanism of Non-structural Protein 9 (NSP9) in Biochemically Relevant Solvents
  • Juliana Bueno de Camargo (Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas): Evaluating the Impact of N-Terminal Acetylation on Antimicrobial Peptides Using ELViM and SuAVE
  • Larissa Maria Ferreira Adolfo (UNESP): Investigation of the energetic landscape of amylin and its pathological mutant
  • Lidiane Thaís da Silva Abadessa (Universidade Federal do Paraná): SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMINO ACIDS ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES
  • Manuel Eduardo Hernandez-Garcia (Mexico Mexico Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla):
  • Marina Lima (ICMC – USP): Mathematical Modelling and Simulations of Successive Waves of COVID-19 in Brazil
  • Rafael Giordano Viegas (Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE/UNESP)/ Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP/Catanduva): Exploring the Folding Landscape of the SAM-II Riboswitch: Crucial Roles of Magnesium Ions and A-Minor Interactions
  • Raphael Dias (State University (UNESP) – IBILCE): M2-1 Protein of hMPV and hRSV Viruses – Mechanisms of Conformational Changes and Their Implications
  • Ricardo Belarmino de Souza Júnior ( UNESP): The role of charge regulation and charge patch mechanisms on the adsorption of confined cytochrome c
  • Sarah Tolentino Rocha Brandão (Instituto de Química da UNESP – Araraquara – IQAr): ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF REDOX-TAGGED SELF- ASSEMBLED PEPTIDE FOR POTENTIAL USE AS BIOSENSOR INTERFACE
  • Vinicius Firmino dos Santos (Universidade de São Paulo): Coarse-Grained Models of Polymer Brushes with Biotechnological Applications
  • Vinicius Piccoli (Institute of Chemistry – CCES – UNICAMP): Solvation of Drugs in Deep Eutectic Solvents via Kirkwood-Buff Theory
  • Pamella Cristiny Carneiro da Silva (Institute of Chemistry): Plasmodium falciparum complex systems: Molecular Dynamics of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Ionic Liquids
  • Isabela Brunozi de Oliveira (Unesp): Ligand-based approach for predicting potential natural inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Mpro

 

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For details about the poster presentation, please look at the Additional Information tab.

Registration

Announcement:

Registration is now closed

 

Program

 

Sessions and Abstracts: HERE

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Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF or scanned or photo) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants whose accommodations will be provided by the institute will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Principia Institute: The meeting will be held in the first-floor auditorium of the Science Center at Principia Institute located at Rua Pamplona, 145 near the Trianon-Masp metro station.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

3rd ICTP-SAIFR Symposium on Current Topics in Molecular Biophysics (CTMB3)

ICTP-SAIFR/ExoHad School on Few-Body Physics: Nuclear Physics from QCD

Written by Elisa Pomari on May 15th, 2024. Posted in

October 16 – 25, 2024

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

IFT-UNESP Auditorium

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Strongly interacting few-body systems are prevalent in many areas of nuclear and particle physics, from understanding the nuclear reactions responsible for the energy production in stars, to the observed emergent scaling behavior of three-body interactions. Tremendous progress has been made in establishing rigorous connections between nuclear few-body reactions to the fundamental degrees of freedom of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Modern research in few-body phenomena requires a synergistic approach between various techniques from scattering theory, effective field theories, and lattice field theories to provide a global framework to compute non-perturbative observables from low-energy QCD.

The school will consist of four 4-hour courses on the topics of relativistic scattering theory, effective field theories (EFTs), lattice methods (both EFT and QCD), and finite-volume physics. Included in this course are practical exercise sessions to apply these tools to examples common for the study of few-body hadron and nuclear processes. Additionally, there will be a virtual three-day course before the school to prepare the participants on the fundamentals of non-relativistic scattering theory, particle and nuclear physics, and field theory.

Opportunity of paid internship at the University of California, Berkeley: At the end of the school, students will take an exam on the topics covered. Based on their exam scores, the top student(s) may be chosen to receive an all-expenses paid research internship from June-August 2025 at the University of California in Berkeley, California, USA. Paid expenses include lodging, travel, and visa fees. The student will be matched with a research mentor, who will guide them during their two-month internship. Furthermore, the student will be invited to participate in the next summer school and workshop hosted by the ExoHad collaboration, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • Raúl Briceño (U.C. Berkeley, USA)
  • Tobias Frederico (ITA, Brazil)
  • Andrew Jackura (William & Mary, USA)
  • Gastão Krein (IFT & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)

List of Participants: Updated on October 15, 2024.

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Lectures

Lecturers (virtual part)

Lecturers (in-person part)

  • Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory
  • Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD
  • André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory
  • Andrew Jackura (William & Mary, USA) and Raúl Briceño (U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics

Registration

Announcement:

Application is now closed

Program

First week (October 16-18)

Second week (October 21-25)

Poster session

Poster session 1

  • Andrés Felipe Villacob Hernández (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics): Study of a relativistic energy dependent equation, derived from the Dirac equation, for hadronic systems
  • Arthur Frazon (IFT/UNESP): Time Evolution of Chiral Quark Condensate Under a Strong Magnetic Field
  • Artur Soares Rodrigues (Universidade de São Paulo): Critical Phenomena in Spin Models Critical Phenomena in Spin Models
  • Breno Agatão Garcia (University of Sao Paulo): Decay widths of an N* state with hidden strangeness
  • Fábio Köpp Nóbrega (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina): Can hyperonic stars with anisotropy support the recent astronomical constraints?
  • Felipe Fernandes Garcia (UERJ): Study of the renormalization of the Gribov-Zwanziger model in the maximal abelian gauge in SU(N)
  • João Octavio Kül (Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP): Studying gauge-space geometry via lattice QCD
  • João Paulo Sampaio Santos (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)): Superconductivity in a confining field-theory model
  • Jonatan Pantoja Paschoal (Instituto de Física Teórica e Computacional – LFTC): THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYMMETRIES, CONTINUITY EQUATION, AND CONSERVATION LAWS IN QED
  • Lucas Falcao (CBPF): CP violation measurements in three-body charmless B decays
  • Lucas Morethes Mansur (IFSC | USP): Improved hadronic vector-isovector spectral function from tau -decay and electroproduction data
  • Marcelle Caram Patriota (Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP): Renormalons of the QCD spectral function in the large-beta_0 limit and R(s)

Poster session 2

  • Marcos Jhair Garzon guevara (Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental (Yachay Tech)): Fractal Geometry in General Relativity to explain quantum effects
  • Maria Monalisa de Melo Paulino (Instituto de Física da USP): Study of the medium effects in jet observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
  • Mateo Londoo (Stony Brook university): Rotational quenching of XF molecules in A ultracold gase of He.
  • Rafael Mendes Francisco (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica): Unatomic trimer states in trapped ultracold atoms
  • Rafael Pacheco Cardoso (Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina): The quark anomalous magnetic moment in the NJL model and how to avoid first-order phase transitions induced by regularization issues
  • Rafael Tonhon (Instituto de Física de São Carlos/Universidade de São Paulo): Color Confinement and Topology on Lattice Gauge Theories
  • Rita Natieli Oliveira (São Carlos Institute of Physics- University of São Paulo): Parametrization of perturbative QCD in tau hadronic decays
  • Rodolfo Silva da Rocha (UERJ): Exploring pion condensation in an isospin medium using the Functional Renormalization Group
  • Sandra Tacianny Karol de Araujo (UFPEL): Meson production by photon – photon interactions in fixed – target collisions at the LHC
  • Sofía Bortagaray (Universidad de la República): Influence of Gluon Mass on Non-Relativistic Tetraquark States
  • Úrsula Maria Martins da Silva Fonseca (UFRJ): Thermal evolution of quark stars from perturbative QCD
  • Vinícius Bruno Bet Ader (Instituto de Física – Universidade de São Paulo): Study of the first excited state of the 4He nucleus in coupled-channel Halo EFT

Abstracts: HERE

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  • 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 1
  • 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 1
  • 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 1
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  • 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 2
  • 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 2
  • 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 2
2024-10-23
  • 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 3
  • 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 3
  • 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): QCD and the universe
  • 15:45 - Andrew Jackura and Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA / U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 1
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  • 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 4
  • 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 4
  • 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 3
  • 15:45 - Andrew Jackura and Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA / U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 2
2024-10-25
  • 09:30 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 4
  • 11:15 - Andrew Jackura and Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA / U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 3
  • 14:00 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Progress in the understanding of three-body scattering of hadrons
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Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

ICTP-SAIFR/ExoHad School on Few-Body Physics: Nuclear Physics from QCD