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The call for applications will be open soon An ICTP Meeting in person � ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the International Master Course in Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), and with the financial support of Politecnico di Torino and Capital Fund Management,...

You are cordially invited to participate in the Graduation Ceremony of the students (12th cycle) concluding their Master's of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (MMP), a two-year advanced training programme in the field of medical physics, jointly organised by the ICTP and the University of Trieste...

The call for applications is now open.� Deadline: 15 Aug 2026 African biophysics workshop advancing integrated computational and experimental approaches through training, mentorship, networking, and collaboration across the continent. The workshop promotes integrated computational and expe...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. This school provides an introduction to the current state of research in cosmology and astroparticle physics. It is intended for beginning graduate students, as well as more senior non- expert researchers int...

Registrations are open. Please, click on 'Apply here' on the left side. The�1st�Joint Kuwait University-ICTP Science Symposium will serve as a high-level platform for faculty from both institutions and from scientific institutions in the Arab region to present pioneering research, engage in strateg...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application.An ICTP-IAEA Meeting Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Stakeholder Engagement School is a 5-day training course designed to enhance understanding and raise awareness of stakeholder engagement as an essent...

The call for applications is now open. Please, click on 'Apply here' on the left side. The Workshop on Scientific Computing and AI, tailored for students and early-career researchers based in the Arab Region, will provide theoretical and hands-on training in high-performance computing, crucial...

The call for application is now open. Focusing on the competition between unitary evolution and environmental decoherence/dissipation, the school is intended to cover several key topics including quantum phase transitions in open systems, the dynamics of entanglement in the presence of noise, mo...

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application The workshop is designed for medical physicists interested in expanding their knowledge and skills in the clinical implementation of imaging-based AI systems. By combining theoretical p...

The call for applications is now open. To apply please click on the left side "Apply here". Monitoring of patient radiation exposure provides objective information to healthcare professionals and authorities responsible for ensuring the justified and optimized use of radiation in medical practi...

The call for application is now closed. This workshop offers an opportunity to overview nuclear reaction data measurements, compilation, evaluation and applications, gain practical experience with nuclear reaction databases, and become familiar with the compilation process for addition of newly meas...

� Endorsed by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and the Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), both under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) The first workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropic...

ACCLIMATISE is a three-year project funded by Wellcome Trust The ACCLIMATISE Hackathon 2026 is the first of an annual series, bringing together early-career scientists from partner institutions for three weeks of hands-on training in climate analysis, vector modelling, and AI applications to a...

An ICTP MeetingThe call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' on the left, to submit your application. This activity focuses on the latest advances in the investigation of topology in electronic, photonic, phononic, and atomic systems, with participation by leading theorists and ex...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

� This workshop has been one of the most popular events in the ICTP Scientific Calendar since its founding in 2013: a space for women in physics to share experiences, build international networks, master the soft skills needed to bridge the gender gap and thrive in their global scientific ...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting This School is a certificate course providing specialized education and training on development and implementation of knowledge management programmes in nuclear science and technology organizations. It is intended for young professionals in current or future leading roles ...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting The world cultural and natural heritage faces significant hazard due to climate-related extreme events and disasters.� Historical buildings, monuments, archaeological sites, and natural features are continuously exposed to changing temperature and precipitation patterns. The re...

The training focuses on the application of data science techniques to understand Space Weather phenomena and the ionosphere. One of the most valuable data sources for studying the ionosphere comes from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). These systems provide continuous, high-resolution meas...

The call for application is now closed. The workshop focuses on numerical techniques for ocean models from coastal to large scales, sharing experience on model development, consistent coupling between numerics and� parameterisations, as well as perspectives on dynamical core formulations. The Commun...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' on the left, to submit your application.An ICTP Meeting This school & workshop at ICTP Trieste connects two fast-growing quantum technology fields: ultrafast single-electron physics and quantum thermodynamics, bringing students, early-...

The call for applications is now closed. � This workshop is dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of�Edge Artificial Intelligence (EdgeAI)�and�Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML)�in advancing�environmental and radiation sensing�technologies. By enabling powerful, real-time data ...

The call for application is now closed. This school and conference is dedicated to teaching key principles of edge intelligence on FPGA-based heterogeneous devices, focusing on real-time processing near data sources and applications in scientific instrumentation. Modern scientific instrument...

The call for application is open Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive perspective on the scientific and technological applications related to Space Weather phenomena, with a special focus on the ionosphere and its...

The call for applications is now CLOSED. � This five-day workshop aims to establish an international consortium dedicated to addressing critical challenges in medicine through physics-based methodologies. The 2026 theme is: Advancing Medicine Through Imaging for Cancer Treatment Medical im...

Computational simulations are a cornerstone of modern research, making these skills essential for students. This school focuses on the fundamentals of simulating quantum systems as a direct pathway to applied quantum chemistry. Through a combination of theoretical lectures and hands-on workshops, th...

The call for applications is open Please submit your application on ICTP portal (on the left "Apply here") With the endorsement of the Chinese Embassy in Rome and Unione Matematica Italiana ICTP, SISSA, INdAM, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research at PKU, Great Bay University...

Benoit Dou�ot (LPTHE, CNRS and Sorbonne University) � Abstract: Recent experiments [1] imaging the non-equilibrium current pattern in disordered Chern insulators have shown that most of the Hall current happens to flow inside the bulk of the spectrum, and not on narrow edge channels...

• The Postgraduate Diploma Programme is an intense, pre-PhD programme and it prepares talented students for further academic achievements, supporting its mission to promote advanced scientific research in developing countries. • The fields are High Energy, Condensed Matter, Mathematics, Earth S...

The call for applications is open. � For the school 24 - 28 August Please click here to apply � � For the workshop 31 August - 4 September Please click here to apply The last few years have witnessed many crucial advancements in the understanding of geometry of spaces with ...

The call is now closed. � Excellence in Medical Physics through Outreach, Workshops, Education and Research for Low and Middle Income Countries (EMPOWER LMICs). The 2026 ICTP College on Medical Physics is designed to empower Medical Physics in LMICs by achieving Excellence in Medical Physi...

The call for applications is now closed. Coordinated by AAU-AMU-CIMPA-CoRE-Math-ICTP-ISP The topics of this school are arithmetic and algebraic geometry, with a view toward applications, computational aspects and modern algorithms. Arithmetic and algebraic geometry are classical topics, yet h...

Target language: Spanish. � We welcome potential participants regardless of their nationality and geographical location to apply as long as they can follow the seminars and ideally contribute with questions. The registration is moderated. � The goal of this online activity is to build a regional net...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting� Focused on strategic planning for sustainable nuclear energy, the INPRO School brings together IAEA and international experts to share practical insights and experience, equipping participants with core concepts, methodologies, and tools for modelling, analysis, and sustain...

The goal of this online activity is to reduce the geographic and academic isolation of students in Papua and build a regional network of Indonesian students, lecturers, and researchers interested in marine physics. The school consists of seven structured sessions delivered between August and October...

Description The "Educational Gap" in physics and the persistent "Brain Drain" across the Caribbean present significant barriers to regional development. Talented students often seek opportunities abroad due to a lack of local access to cutting-edge research infrastructure. This workshop addresse...

The School provides early stage researchers with interactive experiences of hands-on research involving table-top experiments with computer data acquisition and modeling.� Participants will also take part in professional development of improved scientific communication in English. � An intensi...

Informal weekly update on the weather in Trieste, an analysis of the past week?s forecast, other weather and climate phenomena around the world, and some current news.� Link to seminar ? https://users.ictp.it/~mgarrido/2026/� This seminar is held in person in the common area of the second floo...

ICTP Associates Seminars are part personal, part scientific, with speakers sharing their career trajectory and experiences, then introducing their research field and work. In this seminar, Dr. Mujtaba Hassan, ICTP Associate and associate professor at the Department of Space Science, Institute of Spa...

Bi-weekly seminar on various climate and geophysics topics, including regional climate modeling, climate applications on health, including vector- and water-borne diseases, regional and large-scale climate dynamics, and more.� Link to seminar ? https://users.ictp.it/~mgarrido/2026/� This semin...

The call for applications is now closed. The AGRA series of summer schools (Santiago de Chile, 2012; Cusco, 2015; C�rdoba, 2018; Rio de Janeiro, part I online in 2021 and part II physically in 2022) has as its goal to foster the development of number theory in Latin America: it provides a form...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting This School is a certificate course introducing participants to the foundation skills and knowledge required to successfully manage and lead a nuclear energy programme. The target audience for this training event is new and young nuclear professionals entering the field of nu...

This nine-day online workshop aims to provide Sudanese students and early-career researchers with rigorous training in density functional theory (DFT) and its applications in computational materials science. The programme combines morning lecture sessions covering theoretical foundations with after...

The call for applications is now closed. � The Princeton School on Science and Global Security invites applications from next-generation scientists and engineers interested in technical and policy perspectives on understanding, reducing, and ending the threats created by nuclear weapons and em...

Abstract Light scalar fields acquire isocurvature fluctuations during inflation. While these fluctuations could lead to interesting observable signatures at small scales, they are strongly constrained on large scales by cosmic microwave background observations. When the mass of the scalar is much l...

ICTP and IBM have established an annual prize for outstanding young researchers working in AI for Science/Science for AI. The prize, worth ?10,000, is supported by a five-year sponsorship by IBM and has been established to promote research focusing on approaches to AI and science that can bene...

ICTP Associates Seminars are part personal, part scientific, with speakers sharing their career trajectory and experiences, then introducing their research field and work. In this seminar, Velimir Ilic, Regular ICTP Associate with QLS from Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences an...

An ICTP Meeting We are excited to announce the Advanced School on Uncertainty and Robustness of Deep Learning (DL) Models for Science. This initiative, co-organized by ICTP alongside SISSA/TSDS and AREA, will take place at ICTP, in Trieste (Italy) from July 23rd to July 31st, 2026.� The school t...

Pengyue Gao (ICTP) � � Abstract The crystal structure of condensed matter serves as the foundation for a profound understanding of its macroscopic physical properties. The ability to theoretically and independently predict crystal structures not only facilitates the collaborative ...

15:00 - 15:30 Marks Ruziboev,�National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan � On the Dynamics of Mean-Field Coupled Interval Maps with Singularities � Abstract: In this talk, we present some results for mean-field coupled interval maps with finitely many singularities in the thermody...

The ICTP PWF: Physics for Bangladesh Online Summer Internship is designed to acquaint students across Bangladesh with advanced research topics in physics and mathematics. It is open only to Bangladeshi students currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program in Bangladesh, as well as recent g...

An ICTP Hybrid Meeting The seventh edition of ?Youth in high dimensions? will give to young researchers the opportunity to gather and present recent results on high-dimensional statistical problems, in areas ranging from machine learning and inference to neuroscience or statistical physics. Typi...

The call for application is now closed. The proposed workshop intends to help early career researchers from diverse theoretical sciences background to transition to work in physical and systems oncology areas, and experimental cancer biologists with a quantitative bent to incorporate theoretical fr...

Abstract� Searching for non-gravitational interactions of dark matter in one of the major research areas in science.� In this talk, I will describe two different ways to discover the nature of dark matter.� In the first part of my talk, I will discuss how one can use the UV luminosity function m...

Decades of research in the laboratory setting has led to big advances in our understanding of how animals learn, and the neural circuits involved. Surprisingly, most of such research involves behavioral tasks that essentially test memorization, using the same stimuli, task rules or motor outputs i...

To celebrate two years of the ICTP Global Science Portal, the Portal and Associates Office warmly invite everyone at ICTP to a networking party on the terrace. Meet associates and visitors, faculty and students at ICTP and connect with potential collaborators and colleagues at our networking event,...

Physics-informed machine learning (PIML) is emerging as a powerful framework for modeling complex biological systems by integrating mechanistic knowledge with experimental data. Unlike purely data-driven approaches, PIML incorporates differential equations describing biological processes while en...

!!Please note unusual time!! � Abstract Correlation functions of local operators in Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space can be fully characterised by the�QFT data: scaling dimensions of boundary operators, boundary Operator Product Expansion (OPE) coefficients, and Bounda...

Abstract The cosmologically redshifted 21-cm signal originating from the neutral hydrogen distribution during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) provides a direct probe to the state of the intergalactic medium in this formative phase of our Universe. The upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA-Low) i...

Actin is a vital cytoskeletal protein that functions as a molecular polymerization motor. Within living cells, actin filaments generate mechanical forces (without any molecular motors) through a dynamic balance of polymerization and depolymerization in a process known as treadmilling. This mach...

The III S�o Paulo School on Gravitational Physics is an initiative led by early-career researchers to explore and promote the various aspects of gravity. In 2026, we will adventure through topics ranging from celestial holography to the astrophysics of compact objects. We will also celebrate the f...

� In the application, OU Certificate for chosen track, OU Certificate for Political Economy and supporting documents are mandatory � The Energy Modelling Platform ? Global 2026 (EMP-G) will be held from 6th to 24rd July. Hosted by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. This joint ICTP-IAEA workshop aims to review the state-of-the-art of different innovative nuclear energy concepts in reactor design and nuclear fuel cycle options, with a particular focus on the design a...

There will be no application process at ICTP. All applications will be handled by ICTP‑SAIFR. Please refer to the activity page for further details.Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developi...

The call for applications is now closed. This School and Workshop explores exotic quantum phases in equilibrium and driven matter, focusing on quantum spin liquids, spin?orbit?coupled materials, experimental probes, and nonequilibrium control via Floquet engineering and ultrafast dynamics. The...

ICTP�Associates Seminars are part personal, part scientific, with speakers sharing their career trajectory and experiences, then introducing their research field and work.� In this seminar, Fabricio�Sanguinetti Cruz de Oliveira will discuss ocean dynamical processes and the dispersion of materials l...

Janine Splettst��er (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) � Abstract: In small-scale thermodynamic devices, fluctuations play an important role (in contrast to standard classical thermodynamics). While close to equilibrium fluctuation-dissipation theorems prescribe how the f...

Jin Wang (ICTP) � Abstract: Moir� interfaces, formed by twisting or lattice mismatch between crystalline surfaces, provide a unique platform where structural degrees of freedom are significantly amplified. While their electronic properties have been extensively explored, the role of...

Antibiotic resistance poses a major threat to public health: as pathogens become resistant to known antibiotics, rendering current treatments ineffective, the number of new antibiotics approved for use is decreasing. The consequent need of novel treatment strategies claims for a better understand...

The call for applications is closed. ASP:� https://africanschoolofphysics.org/ To increase capacity development in fundamental physics and related applications in Africa. The ASP has evolved to be much more than a school. It is a programe of actions with directed ethos toward physics as an ...

We study a one-dimensional system of Brownian particles that interact among themselves through local velocity-lignment forces that are discrete in time and do not affect the particle speed. The local velocity-alignment acts periodically over the system with time period t_a and probability P= t_a...

Conflicts are inherent to many human interactions and substantial costs are associated with unresolved conflicts. In this talk, I will give an introduction about the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR), which has been successfully applied to model and analyze many real world strategic confl...

Kazuki Ikeda (University of Massachusetts at Boston) � Abstract: We explore how spacetime geometry shapes quantum dynamics by studying fermionic systems in AdS black hole and expanding de Sitter backgrounds. Using lattice realizations of Dirac fermions, we show that curvature, h...

Abstract Entanglement Bootstrap is a research program to understand and extract the universal data of quantum many body states from local entanglement information.� The program proceeds by identifying conditions satisfied by the reduced density matrix of a ball for a given class of fixed-point ...

ICTP Global Science Portal and the Pakistan-ICTP Alumni Society (PIAS) welcomes you to an online Salam Centennial Lecture on Abdus Salam?s idea of superspace and its contribution to high energy physics: "Superspace for Symmetry: Yet Another Idea of Salam" given by Dr. Babar A. Qureshi from School o...

The call for applications is now closed. This school provides an introduction to the current state of research in cosmology and astroparticle physics. It is intended for beginning graduate students, as well as more senior non-expert researchers interested in the field. Topics Inflation ...

The call for application is now closed. The School will introduce participants, with an emphasis on attendees from the Global South, to the GO-SHIP program, inverse models, international programs for observing systems, reanalysis products, and will stimulate their scientific involvement within exist...

Advancing the theoretical and methodological skills of East African physics students and faculty is a prime requirement to develop their ability to be not just consumers of developed theoretical methodology, but also active contributors to it. There is currently little research output in methodologi...

A central question in theoretical population biology is whether spatial ecological heterogeneity helps or hinders the evolutionary success of mutants. Here I present a unified framework for selection on lattice graphs with arbitrary environmental heterogeneity, spanning two regimes: constant sele...

ICTP Associates Seminars are part personal, part scientific, with speakers sharing their career trajectory and experiences, then introducing their research field and work. In this seminar, Prof. Reza Ejtehadi from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, will discuss being a scientist in Iran, and...

Sindhana Pannir-Sivajothi (University of California, Berkeley) � Abstract: The chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, where electron transmission through chiral molecules is spin-dependent, has been observed experimentally in several systems. CISS is typically attributed to...

!!Please note unusual day!! Abstract Euclidean AdS is equivalent to the half-space by a Weyl transformation, providing a convenient setup for studying boundary CFT and interface CFT (the latter after performing the folding trick). I will discuss boundary criticality of the Wilson-Fisher (WF) C...

Join us for an engaging online panel discussion hosted by Physics Without Frontiers (PWF), exploring how scientists can amplify their impact beyond research. Moderated by Kate Shaw, the session will bring together experienced members of the PWF network to share insights and practical experiences in ...

Markus Heyl (Augsburg University) � � Abstract Neural quantum states have emerged as a novel promising numerical method to solve the quantum many-body problem both in and out of equilibrium. In this talk I will highlight the recent progress in particular concerning correlated qua...

Abstract In this talk, I will review our recent work and its attempt to extend the scope and predictive power of the stochastic formalism for inflation. After briefly introducing our gauge-invariant coarse-graining procedure, I will discuss our formulation of stochastic dynamics in full General ...

An ICTP Meeting The use of games is a well-established teaching technique widely used at different levels of education in many countries. The current focus of research on educational gaming is frequently concentrated on digital-only platforms, such as apps for tablets and PCs, and webapps. ...

The field of active matter, bridging biology, chemistry, and physics, has grown rapidly in recent years, revealing a wealth of phenomena at both the single- and many-particle levels. While this effort has been overwhelmingly devoted to classical systems, it is natural to ask whether active moti...

Understanding fluctuations of nonequilibrium observables across stochastic trajectories is essential for various fields of research, from quantum thermal machines to biological motors. We introduce a framework to analyze the statistics of counting observables over the recently introduced concept ...

Professor�Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi (Sharif U. of Technology and QLS Associate) will give a series of� three one-hour lectures, ranging from molecular motors to collective phenomena in the active matter.Lecture 1 - Wed. 17 June 11h00-12h00Molecular Machines/Motors - An introduction to active particles ...

!!MOVED TO EULER!!! Abstract: I discuss progress made recently in understanding non-supersymmetric strings and their dualities. Link to Zoom registration https://zoom.us/meeting/register/_GYzh97bTMaN8pBjYu8wnQ �

- - - Light refreshments�will be served prior the seminar at 14:00 on the Leonardo Building terrace - - -� Sayantika Bhowal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) � Abstract: Understanding and foreseeing novel and emergent properties of condensed matter systems have been of...

Cells generate, process and share information to orchestrate the patterning of tissues and organs during embryonic development. An interesting example is vertebrate segmentation, where the axis going from head to tail is subdivided into regular segments that will later form the vertebrae and othe...

� Machine learning and artificial intelligence now permeate nearly every aspect of contemporary life. Yet, despite their widespread impact, the theoretical understanding of why and when these methods work still lags behind practice?leaving important conceptual gaps that call for sustained e...

An ICTP Meeting An advanced school on first-principles methods for electron-phonon physics and excited-state phenomena, featuring theory lectures and hands-on training with� EPW, Quantum ESPRESSO, Wannier90, xARPES, elphbolt and Abinit on modern HPC systems. Building on a successful series of el...

ICTP Associates Seminars are part personal, part scientific, with speakers haring their career trajectory and experiences, then introducing their research field and work. In this seminar, Carolina Brito from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, will discuss the challenges of bu...

Abstract: In this talk I present a study of scalar QED in (3+1)-dimensional de Sitter space. Building on recent technical advances in QFT on Anti?de Sitter space, we propose gauge‑invariant observables in de Sitter and compute them explicitly in perturbation theory, up �to one loop order. Along ...

The huddle is an informal workshop bringing together researchers across high-energy physics to discuss the topics of entanglement and edge modes in quantum gravity. The schedule will be light to allow for plenty of opportunities for discussion.Participant List Panos Betzios (Gent University) Andrea...

As part of Abdus Salam?s centennial celebrations, ICTP invites its community to a public event that explores the inner life of its founder. The play ?The Trial of Abdus Salam? imagines Salam?s final hours and offers a glimpse into some of his deepest personal struggles. The play will be performed on...

Monday 1 June ? 10:00 - 12:00 Lorenzo Foscolo (Sapienza): Constructions of special holonomy manifolds from 4 to higher dimensions (Part I)Abstract: We will discuss classical and more recent gluing constructions of hyperk�hler metrics on the K3 manifolds and how they inform and suggest construct...

� An ICTP Meeting� Two-week intensive college on electronic-structure and atomistic simulations to understand, predict, and design the properties of materials. Foundational topics cover first-principles methods, molecular dynamics and machine-learning approaches, with lectures and hands-on sessio...

This summer school is an intensive one-week program designed to equip students with practical knowledge of machine learning and its real-world applications. The program combines lectures, tutorials, and collaborative projects in areas such as healthcare, bioinformatics, climate resilience, and econo...

Abstract The study of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and its properties is of fundamental significance to the understanding of the strong interactions. Heavy-ion collision experiments have shown that the QGP behaves like a nearly perfect fluid for part of its evolution before eventual hadronization....

Abstract: I will explain how to compute the Chow ring of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian fourfolds. I will also discuss some aspects of the Chow ring of its toroidal compactifications. This is joint work in progress with Drakengren and Iribar L�pez.

What do we really know about gender biases in science? Where do our assumptions come from, and what can institutions and individuals do to challenge them? Unbias ? a feminist collective dedicated to addressing prejudice in academia ? invites you to explore these questions together t...

The Colloquium is jointly organised by ICTP and University of Trieste. It will feature a talk by chemistry Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi, followed by a panel discussion with Prof. Laura Gagliardi (U. Chicago), Prof. Hexiang Deng (Wuhan U.) and Prof. Paolo Fornasiero (U. Trieste), moderated by Pr...

Abstract In this talk, I will explore how the sum over topologies in pure AdS_3​�quantum gravity furnishes a consistent statistical interpretation of the boundary CFT_2. By formulating a statistical version of the conformal bootstrap, which combines crossing symmetry with typicality at high en...

In collaboration with the ICTP Global Science Portal, the ICTP PWF Professional Development Series presents ?Navigating Master?s and PhD Applications in Physics and Related Fields?, an information session designed to help students better understand the graduate application process and strengthen the...

Yahui Chai (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Abstract: Real-time dynamics is central to high-energy physics, underlying processes such as particle scattering and the extraction of parton distribution functions (PDFs). However, nonperturbative real-time simulation remains cha...

Abstract: � Consider the following three properties of a general group G: � Algebra:�G is abelian and torsion-free. Analysis:�G is a metric space that admits a "norm", namely, a translation-invariant metric d(.,.) satisfying: d(1,g^n) = |n| d(1,g) for all g in G and integers...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting The workshop is intended for medical physicists and radiation metrologists interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in dosimetry for diagnostic and interventional radiology. It will provide selected participants with a comprehensive and current overview of both theore...

The call for application is now closed. An ICTP meeting organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute. The aim of this conference is to fuel the interaction between researchers in different aspects of Real and Complex Differential Geometry. To this end, the meeting will includ...

In this first edition of the ICTP Associates Seminars, Apoorva Khare from Indian Institute of Science will discuss Majorization Inequalities. Zoom registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Xv13idM5SOaBdAfQTLtr1A#/registration Abstract: I would gently introduce inequalities connecting symmetric ...

Mengqi Cheng� (ICTP) Abstract: In this talk, I present our work on atomistic simulations of materials under extreme temperature, pressure, and anisotropic stress. I first introduce a constrained�ab initio�molecular dynamics (CAIMD) framework that enables simulations under non-unif...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting This immersive workshop is specifically designed to equip women in the nuclear industry/organizations with the skills, confidence, and expertise needed to excel in their careers. Through interactive sessions, expert mentorship, and peer networking, participants will gain pr...

Abstract Long-range interactions, mediated for instance by photons and/or gravitons, force exclusive S-matrix elements to vanish in D=4 flat space-time, due to infrared divergences. This poses a challenge to programs, such as positivity and S-matrix bootstrap, that directly rely on the properties ...

Existing theories of sperm?oocyte penetration can be classified into three main categories: biochemical receptor?mediated mechanisms, maximum normal stress?based penetration, and oscillatory relaxation mechanisms. Previous mechanical probing studies of zona pellucida (ZP) demonstrate increased st...

Abstract Magnetic levitation technology offers force sensitivities at the quantum frontier, making it a promising platform for probing the feeble interactions predicted by physics beyond the Standard Model. Despite this promise, the case for magnetic levitation in fundamental physics is only beg...

Julien Vidal (Sorbonne Universit�) Abstract: The string-net model introduced by M. Levin and X.-G. Wen in 2005 allows one to generate all possible (bosonic) topological achiral phases in two dimensions. In this talk, I will explain how to compute the exact partition function of this mo...

This 3-lecture series is a deep dive into practical quantum computing for beginners. Dr. Muhammad Faryad from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, will take participants from paper and pen to programming an actual quantum computer using Qiskit. Details: This 3-lecture series wi...

Call to be open upon invitation only The CORDEX community will be brought together to coordinate contributions to literature supporting IPCC AR7 WGI, addressing gaps in regional climate information, extremes, and uncertainty, while integrating new CMIP6-CORDEX simulations and AI-based regional clima...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting Participants will attend a two-week specialised school on fusion energy, featuring lectures delivered by leading experts from academia, major research laboratories and the emerging private sector. The aim of the school is to broaden the knowledge of postgraduate and postdoct...

The call for application is now closed. Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) support reliable data collection in extreme environments, essential for ecological, pollution, and disaster science, especially in Asia?s remote or rural regions with frequent disasters and sparse infrastructure. DTNs provide a r...

Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects. We call it the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Eart...

Abstract Four-dimensional supergravity theories admit limits along which gravity decouples. In these limits, some fields acquire rigid couplings while others remain gravitational, and BPS objects like particles, strings, and membranes split into extremal and non-extremal, in line with Swampland e...

Abstract� Motivated by the search for universal behaviour in quantum gravity, asymptotic regions of the moduli space have been studied in great detail in recent years. However, especially in the context of minimal supersymmetry, quantum corrections to the classical effective action can severel...

Silvia Pappalardi (University of Cologne) � � Abstract: Understanding how to characterize quantum chaotic dynamics is a long-standing question. I will discuss recent developments that identify Free Probability - a generalization of probability theory to non-commuting objects - as t...

Xhek Turkeshi (University of Cologne) � Abstract: Understanding the new dynamical regimes realized by quantum simulators is an emerging challenge. These digital quantum phases lack traditional order parameters such as magnetization or currents, and are defined instead by their non-cl...

Equatorial ionospheric irregularities intersect and interfere with transionospheric radio signals often resulting in serious degradation of their performance including that of satellite-based systems and services. While such phenomena are associated with geomagnetic disturbed conditions in the mid...

Timetable and venue: Monday 4 May: 14:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 5 May: 14:00 - 16:00 Wednesday 6 May: 14:00 - 16:00 Thursday 7 May: 14:00 - 16:00 Course Overview: The purpose of this course is an introduction with the concepts, tools and techniques of decision making under multiple criteria.�M...

The call for applications is now closed. This joint IAEA-ICTP School will include a 5-day series of lectures and computing practical exercises from leading researchers to help early-career plasma physicists develop an understanding of the fundamental processes that govern radiative and collisi...

This short course is intended to offer a gentle introduction to unbounded operators on Hilbert spaces pertinent to quantum mechanics. Our starting point will be to point out the differences between operators on finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, and to understand why the lat...

Abstract In recent work we showed that�the�strong nuclear force of�the�Standard�Model�may have generated�the�heat of�the�hot Big Bang itself. It is widely believed that cosmic�inflation,�the�era of accelerated expansion in�the�infant universe, occurred while�the�cosmos was cold and empty, requirin...

Roland R. Netz (Free University Berlin) � Abstract: Most systems of scientific interest are interacting many-body systems. One typically describes their kinetics in terms of a low-dimensional reaction coordinate, which in general is influenced by the entire system. The dynamics of such ...

!!!Please note change of time!!! � Abstract The Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) is a powerful framework to encode symmetries, anomalies, and global structures of quantum field theories. In this talk I will first review its standard�construction in M-theory geometric engineering on...

Abstract� I will present recent progress in applying effective field theory (EFT) to the precise computation of thermal phase transition parameters and the associated gravitational wave spectra. If time permits, I will also comment on byproducts of this work, including new methods for two-loop r...

Abstract In this talk, I will examine the dynamics of the fermion?rotor system, originally introduced by Polchinski as a toy model for monopole?fermion scattering. Despite its simplicity, the system is surprisingly subtle, with ingoing and outgoing fermion fields carrying different quantum numbe...

Ramsha Javed (ICTP) � Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations provide atomistic insight into chemical and biological processes, but their application is often limited by inefficient sampling of rare events separated by high free-energy barriers. In my talk, I will first introduce t...

Anita Francis (ICTP) � Abstract: Topological insulators are a novel class of materials that are characterized by insulating bulk states and robust, symmetry protected metallic surface states [1, 2, 3]. In this seminar, I will first introduce the key concepts underlying the topologica...

Abstract Next-generation gravitational-wave (GW) detectors are expected to detect millions of binary black hole mergers during their operation period. A small fraction (?0.1?1%) of them will be strongly lensed by intervening galaxies and clusters, producing multiple copies of the GW signals. The...

The ICTP-IBM Richard Feynman Prize in Quantum Computing, named in honour of quantum mechanics pioneer Richard Feynman, is open to established career researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of quantum computing, including theory, algorithms, applications, or simulations. It ...

Timetable and venue: Monday 20 April: 14:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 21 April: 14:00 - 16:00 Wednesday 22 April: 14:00 - 16:00 Thursday 23 April: 14:00 - 16:00Course Overview: This course introduces the foundational concepts and methods of homogenization theory, focusing on the mathematical tools neede...

The call for application is now closed. The aim of this school is to provide a comprehensive introduction to quantum computing and simulation, targeted at phd students and early postdoctoral fellows working in the field. The event will feature a combination of theory lectures and experimental s...

Organizers: Ajay Gautam (ICTP-SISSA), Shubham Sinha (ICTP)Local organizers: Dipak Amgain, Shree Ram Khadka, Durga Khanal Topics: ● Introduction to Graph Theory (GT) ● Discrete maths and SAGE (SA) ● Analysis of algorithms in graph theory (AA) Speakers: 1. Arvind Ayyer (Indian Institute of Scien...

� !!Please note unusual venue!! � Abstract This talk reviews some aspects of the "angular momentum problem" in general relativity as well as of old and new results in the search for covariant and supertranslation-invariant formulas for the flux of angular momentum and other Lorentz ch...

This school aims to teach the advanced numerical methods in many-body systems, such as tensor networks (TNs) and density matrix renormalization group (DMRG). The program is intended for master?s level physics students in Nepal with basic knowledge of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and com...

!!Please note unusual venue!! � Abstract I will discuss two-dimensional theories that are coupled in a chiral way to a U(1) global symmetry, meaning that we cannot deform the theory by adding a mass term. Does it mean that we?re bound to have gapless fermions in the IR? The answer is nega...

Abstract: The "poor man's adele ring" is the ring consisting of a number modulo p for all prime numbers p, with two collections being equal if they differ at only finitely many primes. This ring contains the rational numbers and analogues of many famous real numbers, such as Euler's constant or...

As part of PWF Pakistan's 2nd workshop, Dr. Amal Kasry, Chief of Basic Sciences & Engineering Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO, will talk about opportunities for the next generation of scientists. Abstract: This presentation explores UNESCO?s approach to advancing women?s participation in science, ...

The two-week School is designed for early career professionals from developing countries, ideally with 1-3 years of experience and working at relevant institutions in their home countries. The school provides an intense contemporary overview of nuclear security. Candidates should have a specific c...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting Many countries are exploring nuclear power as a part of their future energy mix and looking towards deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), either for electricity or non-electric applications. This course will cover reactor physics, thermal hydraulics and plant design engi...

This is the second activity within PWF Pakistan: Advancing Optics and Photonics Education for Women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, this time at Women University Swabi. The project is organized in collaboration with Active Learning in Optics (ALO) Group, OPTICA Student Chapter and ICO territory Pakistan base...

Abstract:� We apply similarity theory to analyse the spectral properties of semigroup of weighted composition operators on a weighted Dirichlet-type space. This composition semigroup is induced by the rotation class of automorphisms of the upper half of the complex plane.

Abstract The large-charge expansion is a powerful approach for analytically accessing strongly-coupled models at or near criticality. We focus on a sector of fixed and large global charge where it is possible to express observables as an expansion in inverse powers of the charge. I will first ...

Abstract� In this talk, we explore the structure and solution of thermal conformal field theories (CFTs) using the conformal bootstrap approach. At finite temperature, the role of crossing symmetry is played by the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition, which imposes periodicity on thermal corre...

PWF Pakistan and the ICTP Global Science Portal present: Centennial Lecture: Light, Lasers and the Nobel Prize Prof. John Dudley Universit� Marie et Louis Pasteur 1st April 2026 10.00 CEST Zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/j/98969734865?pwd=O0VShInO0drbxS0zCTQa3uRx2hcxHS.1 Abstract:� Although we of...

We are pleased to launch a new series of online professional development sessions for scientists worldwide. In this series, we will address essential professional skills that are often not formally taught but are crucial for a successful scientific career ? including writing effective CVs, giving im...

PWF Pakistan and the ICTP Global Science Portal present: Centennial Lecture: Ruminations On Science And Being A Scientist Prof. Joe Niemela ICTP 30th March 2026 10.30 CEST Zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93944951811?pwd=74oY8HJSDigshkKTYZC1kEucsmL1SQ.1 Abstract: From the greatest unsolved probl...

Physics Without Frontiers, Active Learning in Optics (ALO) Group in collaboration with OPTICA Student Chapter and ICO territory Pakistan based at Department of Physics Quaid-i-Azam University are organizing two schools/ workshops in remote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). This project is supported...

The call for application is now closed. This conference aims to bring together global experts to discuss advances in photophysics and photochemistry with a focus on renewable energy, light-matter interactions, and interdisciplinary innovation. The conference aims to foster collaboration betw...

ICTP has awarded its 2025 Dirac Medal to four distinguished physicists "for�their landmark contributions which have significantly shaped the study of general relativity across many generations. Their work collectively has laid the conceptual and technical foundations of our understanding of gr...

Abstract: � Among the many puzzling features of the Calabi-Yau Landscape, perhaps the most fundamental one is its astronomical size. I will discuss how various open questions in mathematics and physics have motivated the construction of Calabi-Yau varieties tailored specifically to fill out p...

It is organised in collaboration with the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). � ICTP's annual Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics provides pedagogical treatment of those subjects through lectures by some of the world's top string and quantum field theorists...

An ICTP meeting The School covers key aspects of Applied AI, focusing on designing, developing, and deploying practical solutions to real-world problems. It aims to equip scientists, primarily from developing countries, to tackle local challenges and contribute to global sustainability goals. Em...

Abstract� We study a model for the initial state of the universe based on a gravitational path integral that includes connected geometries which simultaneously produce bra and ket of the wave function. A natural object to describe this state is the Wigner distribution, which is a function on a c...

We describe a chain of unidirectionally coupled adaptive excitable elements slowly driven by a�stochastic process from one end and open at the other end, as a minimal toy model of unresolved�irreducible uncertainty in a system performing inference through a hierarchical model. Threshold�potential...

Abstract: In the theory of special functions, the central question is usually whether they satisfy any kind of differential equation, like Bessel or Legendre functions. Strangely enough, modular forms, which are ubiquitous both in pure mathematics and in mathematical physics, do satisfy different...