Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have postponed the original program that was scheduled for August 24-September 4, 2020. The new dates of the meeting that will be held at ICTS will be announced in due course. Meanwhile, we have planned an online precursor to the meeting which will be held during August 31-September 3, 2020.Our original program had consisted of a School and a Workshop.The aims of the School were to expose graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to essential ideas related to the physics of the early universe. The School was to begin with lectures on basic cosmological perturbation theory and alternative paradigms for the generation of the primordial perturbations. These were to be followed by lectures on the relation between models of the early universe and particle physics as well as comparison of these models with the cosmological data. We had also planned to cover emerging topics such as the non-trivial effects of gauge fields during inflation and reheatin...
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have postponed the original program that was scheduled for August 24-September 4, 2020. The new dates of the meeting that will be held at ICTS will be announced in due course. Meanwhile, we have planned an online precursor to the meeting which will be held during August 31-September 3, 2020.Our original program had consisted of a School and a Workshop.The aims of the School were to expose graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to essential ideas related to the physics of the early universe. The School was to begin with lectures on basic cosmological perturbation theory and alternative paradigms for the generation of the primordial perturbations. These were to be followed by lectures on the relation between models of the early universe and particle physics as well as comparison of these models with the cosmological data. We had also planned to cover emerging topics such as the non-trivial effects of gauge fields during inflation and reheatin...
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the original program has been canceled. However, the meeting will be conducted through online lectures. Knots are fundamental objects of study in low dimensional topology and appear in diverse areas of sciences. Knot theory has seen tremendous progress in the recent years. The aim of this online program is to familiarise and enthuse younger researchers about the latest advances in the subject with a particular emphasis on computational aspects of (co)homological, combinatorial and polynomial invariants of knots.The pedagogical talks will be delivered by the following well-known experts in the field:(1) Abhijit Champanerkar (City University of New York, USA)(2) Andrei Vesnin (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia)(3) Jozef H. Przytycki (The George Washington University, USA)(4) Louis H. Kauffman (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)(5) Mohamed Elhamdadi (University of South Florida, USA)(6) Rhea Palak Bakshi (The George Washington...
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the original program has been canceled. However, the meeting will be conducted through online lectures. Knots are fundamental objects of study in low dimensional topology and appear in diverse areas of sciences. Knot theory has seen tremendous progress in the recent years. The aim of this online program is to familiarise and enthuse younger researchers about the latest advances in the subject with a particular emphasis on computational aspects of (co)homological, combinatorial and polynomial invariants of knots.The pedagogical talks will be delivered by the following well-known experts in the field:(1) Abhijit Champanerkar (City University of New York, USA)(2) Andrei Vesnin (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia)(3) Jozef H. Przytycki (The George Washington University, USA)(4) Louis H. Kauffman (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)(5) Mohamed Elhamdadi (University of South Florida, USA)(6) Rhea Palak Bakshi (The George Washington...
This conference will have talks on cutting edge research on theoretical QCD and its application of the astrophysical properties of compact stars. For the benefit of the students, there will be some lectures on stellar structure and evolution too. This program is a concise virtual version of our original program CSQCD-2020, whose description is given belowCompact stars in the QCD phase diagram (CSQCD) is a biennial international discussion meeting that brings together astroparticle physicists and astrophysicists with the aim of developing theoretical insights into the QCD phase diagram at high baryon density and its applications to the phenomenology of compact stars.With the dawn of an era of gravitational wave astronomy, CSQCD will serve as a confluence of research on multi-messenger observations of neutron stars, charting promising directions that will uncover the nature of matter in their core. This field is expected to see many breakthroughs in the coming years, with the aid of terr...
A living organism relies on the interactions of molecular constituents within itself and with its surroundings to function properly. However, it is clear that the full functionality of a living organism cannot be determined solely by its molecular makeup and interactions. Recent studies have shown that the dynamic spatial organization of different molecular components within a cell, different cells within a tissue, and different organisms within a community, play critical roles in enabling the full functionality of the organism. Furthermore, differential spatial organizations may imply a new level of functional regulation that complements the classic mechanism by molecular interactions. Understanding why and how biological functions are spatially organized requires a concerted effort from scientists of diverse backgrounds, as the spatial organization operates from the nanometer-scale of small liquid droplets condensates inside cells to centimeter-scale skin color pattern formation in a...
This conference will have talks on cutting edge research on theoretical QCD and its application of the astrophysical properties of compact stars. For the benefit of the students, there will be some lectures on stellar structure and evolution too. This program is a concise virtual version of our original program CSQCD-2020, whose description is given belowCompact stars in the QCD phase diagram (CSQCD) is a biennial international discussion meeting that brings together astroparticle physicists and astrophysicists with the aim of developing theoretical insights into the QCD phase diagram at high baryon density and its applications to the phenomenology of compact stars.With the dawn of an era of gravitational wave astronomy, CSQCD will serve as a confluence of research on multi-messenger observations of neutron stars, charting promising directions that will uncover the nature of matter in their core. This field is expected to see many breakthroughs in the coming years, with the aid of terr...
A living organism relies on the interactions of molecular constituents within itself and with its surroundings to function properly. However, it is clear that the full functionality of a living organism cannot be determined solely by its molecular makeup and interactions. Recent studies have shown that the dynamic spatial organization of different molecular components within a cell, different cells within a tissue, and different organisms within a community, play critical roles in enabling the full functionality of the organism. Furthermore, differential spatial organizations may imply a new level of functional regulation that complements the classic mechanism by molecular interactions. Understanding why and how biological functions are spatially organized requires a concerted effort from scientists of diverse backgrounds, as the spatial organization operates from the nanometer-scale of small liquid droplets condensates inside cells to centimeter-scale skin color pattern formation in a...
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RISK. Kähler geometry and connections on vector bundles have played an important role in mathematics as well as physics. The proposed programme is aimed at exposing young researchers to this vibrant field of research, and to some of the spectacular developments made in the field, over the past decade.The programme consists of two components; - a school in the first week, followed by a workshop in the second week. The talks shall be largely centred around recent developments in Kähler geometry, particularly focussing, on the analysis of Monge-Ampère type PDEs, that arise out of geometric questions such as existence and degenerations of Kähler-Einstein metrics, and their relationship with algebraic geometry. The school will consist of mini courses on the following topics, and will be accessible to PhD students and highly motivated Master’s students with some experience in complex and Riemannian geometry. 1. The Calabi Conjecture and its applications. ...
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RISK. Kähler geometry and connections on vector bundles have played an important role in mathematics as well as physics. The proposed programme is aimed at exposing young researchers to this vibrant field of research, and to some of the spectacular developments made in the field, over the past decade.The programme consists of two components; - a school in the first week, followed by a workshop in the second week. The talks shall be largely centred around recent developments in Kähler geometry, particularly focussing, on the analysis of Monge-Ampère type PDEs, that arise out of geometric questions such as existence and degenerations of Kähler-Einstein metrics, and their relationship with algebraic geometry. The school will consist of mini courses on the following topics, and will be accessible to PhD students and highly motivated Master’s students with some experience in complex and Riemannian geometry. 1. The Calabi Conjecture and its applications. ...
Unfortunately, the program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation but it will hopefully be held in the near future in the same format as originally planned (i.e., as a 2-week long workshop).However, one event from the original program will be held online on July 30, 2020. This will consist of six one-hour lectures featuring Professor Gopal Prasad's contributions in areas of mathematics. Prof. Prasad will be turning 75 this year. Speakers include :Mikhail Belolipetsky, IMPA, BrazilBrian Conrad, Stanford University, USATasho Kaletha, University of Michigan, USAJongHae Keum, KIAS South KoreaAndrei Rapinchuk, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, USAAlan Reid, Rice University USA Elgibility criteria : This program is addressed to active researchers (at any stage of their academic career) in the area of Lie groups and their discrete subgroups, algebraic groups and related areas of algebraic and differential geometry. Applicants should send a CV and a brief description of research...
Unfortunately, the program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation but it will hopefully be held in the near future in the same format as originally planned (i.e., as a 2-week long workshop).However, one event from the original program will be held online on July 30, 2020. This will consist of six one-hour lectures featuring Professor Gopal Prasad's contributions in areas of mathematics. Prof. Prasad will be turning 75 this year. Speakers include :Mikhail Belolipetsky, IMPA, BrazilBrian Conrad, Stanford University, USATasho Kaletha, University of Michigan, USAJongHae Keum, KIAS South KoreaAndrei Rapinchuk, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, USAAlan Reid, Rice University USA Elgibility criteria : This program is addressed to active researchers (at any stage of their academic career) in the area of Lie groups and their discrete subgroups, algebraic groups and related areas of algebraic and differential geometry. Applicants should send a CV and a brief description of research...
