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Stochastic Thermodynamics and Active Systems are areas in statistical physics which have recently attracted a lot of attention and many interesting results have emerged in these areas. Stochastic Thermodynamics typically deals with small systems where the microscopic dynamics satisfies detailed balance and one is interested in deriving laws analogous to thermodynamics but now in a situation where fluctuations are important. An important discovery in this area are the so-called fluctuation relations. Active Systems include systems such as living biological matter, granular materials and other systems where the microscopic dynamics is stochastic, diffusive and dissipative but with the important difference that detailed balance is not satisfied. In addition, non-equilibrium driving in active matter systems occurs at the scale of the individual entities rather than being driven from the system boundaries. A very important question is to formulate a version of stochastic thermodynamics for ...

Bengaluru now has a large group of string theorists, with 9 faculty members in the area, between ICTS and IISc. This is apart from a large group of postdocs and graduate students. In addition, several physicists at both IISc and RRI work in allied areas that relate to quantum field theory , classical and quantum aspects of gravity.The idea of Bengaluru Area String theory Meeting (BASM) is to bring all these physicists together for a brief meeting, where we learn about each other's research and build potential collaborations. The BASM also gives students and postdocs from the Bengaluru institutions an opportunity to talk about their research. In addition, we will get a few speakers from outside Bengaluru as well.

Bengaluru now has a large group of string theorists, with 9 faculty members in the area, between ICTS and IISc. This is apart from a large group of postdocs and graduate students. In addition, several physicists at both IISc and RRI work in allied areas that relate to quantum field theory , classical and quantum aspects of gravity.The idea of Bengaluru Area String theory Meeting (BASM) is to bring all these physicists together for a brief meeting, where we learn about each other's research and build potential collaborations. The BASM also gives students and postdocs from the Bengaluru institutions an opportunity to talk about their research. In addition, we will get a few speakers from outside Bengaluru as well.

The Airbus Chair, entitled “mathematics of complex systems,” jointly with TIFR-CAM aims to develop innovative research involving theoretical, applied, and computational work in the general areas of control theory, data assimilation, dynamical systems, optimal design problems, inverse problems, stochastic analysis and numerical methods, turbulence, and other related areas. The incumbents of the Chair are Spenta Wadia and Mythily Ramaswamy.The Chair provided excellent opportunities for faculty at ICTS and CAM to develop national and international collaborations, and to work with talented postdocs to carry out high quality research in interdisciplinary and applied mathematics. As the Chair program is nearing the end, the second Airbus Day at ICTS will bring together researchers from ICTS, CAM, and the Airbus group, in order to highlight the main research achievements and further challenges. For details of the first Airbus Day, please see here.

The Airbus Chair, entitled “mathematics of complex systems,” jointly with TIFR-CAM aims to develop innovative research involving theoretical, applied, and computational work in the general areas of control theory, data assimilation, dynamical systems, optimal design problems, inverse problems, stochastic analysis and numerical methods, turbulence, and other related areas. The incumbents of the Chair are Spenta Wadia and Mythily Ramaswamy.The Chair provided excellent opportunities for faculty at ICTS and CAM to develop national and international collaborations, and to work with talented postdocs to carry out high quality research in interdisciplinary and applied mathematics. As the Chair program is nearing the end, the second Airbus Day at ICTS will bring together researchers from ICTS, CAM, and the Airbus group, in order to highlight the main research achievements and further challenges. For details of the first Airbus Day, please see here.

There have been major recent breakthroughs, both experimental and theoretical, in the field of Open Quantum Systems. The aim of this program is to bring together leaders in the Open Quantum Systems community from a range of subfields, such as Mesoscopic Quantum Optics (Quantum Dot Circuit-QED systems), Cavity Optomechanics, Cavity-QED systems and many more. This field of hybrid quantum systems sits perfectly at the interface of condensed matter physics, quantum optics and non-equilibrium physics. Despite remarkable progress, there are still a large number of challenging and important experimental and theoretical questions thereby creating an immediate need for the program that is expected to facilitate vibrant discussions and collaborations among researchers from diverse fields.The main areas of focus in the program will beMesoscopic Quantum OpticsHamiltonian and Quantum Bath EngineeringCavity OptomechanicsQuantum Gases in CavitiesLight-matter interactions in 1D continuumThis program w...

This school is a part of the annual ICTS summer schools in gravitational wave astronomy. This year’s school will focus on the physics and astrophysics of compact objects, in particular, of neutron stars. The lectures will be given by world leading experts. The school will involve four graduate-level courses: 1) White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes: G. Srinivasan (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)2) Tides in binary star systems: Tanja Hinderer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)3) Gravitational waves from neutron stars: Nils Andersson (University of Southampton)4) Formation and evolution of compact binaries: Tomasz Bulik (University of Warsaw)The school is primarily meant for graduate students and postdocs in gravitational wave physics, astrophysics and related fields. A small number of highly motivated senior undergraduates can also be considered. ICTS will provide hospitality to all selected participants and travel support (by train) to domestic participants. 

There have been major recent breakthroughs, both experimental and theoretical, in the field of Open Quantum Systems. The aim of this program is to bring together leaders in the Open Quantum Systems community from a range of subfields, such as Mesoscopic Quantum Optics (Quantum Dot Circuit-QED systems), Cavity Optomechanics, Cavity-QED systems and many more. This field of hybrid quantum systems sits perfectly at the interface of condensed matter physics, quantum optics and non-equilibrium physics. Despite remarkable progress, there are still a large number of challenging and important experimental and theoretical questions thereby creating an immediate need for the program that is expected to facilitate vibrant discussions and collaborations among researchers from diverse fields.The main areas of focus in the program will beMesoscopic Quantum OpticsHamiltonian and Quantum Bath EngineeringCavity OptomechanicsQuantum Gases in CavitiesLight-matter interactions in 1D continuumThis program w...