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This advanced level school is the seventh in the series. The school is being jointly organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) and the Raman Research Institute (RRI).This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.Preparatory lectures by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Renormalization group theory by Mustansir Barma (TCIS, TIFR, Hyderabad)Quantum critical phenomena by Kedar Damle (TIFR, Mumbai)Interacting particle systems by Martin R. Evans (Edinburgh, UK); Notes 1Population genetics by Kavita Jain (JNCASR, Bangalore)Exactly solved models by R. Rajesh (IMSc, Chennai)Driven diffusive systems by Gunter Schütz (Jülich, Germany); Lecture Notes

This advanced level school is the seventh in the series. The school is being jointly organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) and the Raman Research Institute (RRI).This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.Preparatory lectures by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Renormalization group theory by Mustansir Barma (TCIS, TIFR, Hyderabad)Quantum critical phenomena by Kedar Damle (TIFR, Mumbai)Interacting particle systems by Martin R. Evans (Edinburgh, UK); Notes 1Population genetics by Kavita Jain (JNCASR, Bangalore)Exactly solved models by R. Rajesh (IMSc, Chennai)Driven diffusive systems by Gunter Schütz (Jülich, Germany); Lecture Notes

The two main goals of this Discussion Meeting are: 1. To explore the foundations of policy design for controlling epidemics, using a broad class of epidemic games on complex networks involving uncertainty in network information, temporal evolution and learning and 2. To gain a better understanding of information flow that could assist in elucidating the complex mechanisms that underlie a variety of human dynamics and organizations giving rise to the ongoing Cambrian-style explosion in online social media. It will bring together topics in mathematical epidemiology, game theory and multi-agent systems, discrete dynamical systems, complex networks and economics, and will present new connections and opportunities for collaboration to participants. Some of the specific technical issues we expect to be discussed include:Behavioral and game theoretical models on epidemic dynamicsDesign of interventions to control epidemics and policy planningCo-evolution of epidemics, behavior and network str...

The two main goals of this Discussion Meeting are: 1. To explore the foundations of policy design for controlling epidemics, using a broad class of epidemic games on complex networks involving uncertainty in network information, temporal evolution and learning and 2. To gain a better understanding of information flow that could assist in elucidating the complex mechanisms that underlie a variety of human dynamics and organizations giving rise to the ongoing Cambrian-style explosion in online social media. It will bring together topics in mathematical epidemiology, game theory and multi-agent systems, discrete dynamical systems, complex networks and economics, and will present new connections and opportunities for collaboration to participants. Some of the specific technical issues we expect to be discussed include:Behavioral and game theoretical models on epidemic dynamicsDesign of interventions to control epidemics and policy planningCo-evolution of epidemics, behavior and network str...

Understanding strongly interacting quantum many body systems is one of the major frontiers in present day physics. Condensed matter physics provides a wide panoply of systems where strong interaction between constituent particles play a dominant role; some examples of such systems are high temperature superconductors, spin-liquids, fractional quantum Hall systems, and ultracold atoms in the strong-coupling regime. Recent additions to this list include topological insulators/superconductors, transition metal oxides and their heterostructures. These materials have the added feature that they have strong spin-orbit coupling. The interplay of strong interactions and strong spin-orbit coupling is presently a frontier area of research in condensed matter physics.This program aims to introduce graduate students and post-docs to different aspects of strongly interacting systems focusing on ideas which are recently animating the condensed matter community world-wide. The program will consist of...

Understanding strongly interacting quantum many body systems is one of the major frontiers in present day physics. Condensed matter physics provides a wide panoply of systems where strong interaction between constituent particles play a dominant role; some examples of such systems are high temperature superconductors, spin-liquids, fractional quantum Hall systems, and ultracold atoms in the strong-coupling regime. Recent additions to this list include topological insulators/superconductors, transition metal oxides and their heterostructures. These materials have the added feature that they have strong spin-orbit coupling. The interplay of strong interactions and strong spin-orbit coupling is presently a frontier area of research in condensed matter physics.This program aims to introduce graduate students and post-docs to different aspects of strongly interacting systems focusing on ideas which are recently animating the condensed matter community world-wide. The program will consist of...

A Special scientific event following the recent LIGO discovery of binary black holes Electromagnetic observations have provided evidence of astrophysical black holes over the last several decades. Recently, gravitational wave observations by LIGO have provided yet another means of observing these remarkable objects. Following the LIGO’s announcement of its detection of gravitational waves from a second binary black hole system, ICTS is organizing a special scientific event. Renowned astrophysicist Ramesh Narayan (Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University) will give a broad overview of the astrophysics of black holes. This colloquium will be followed by shorter talks on LIGO’s recent discoveries and their implications for our understanding of the astrophysics and Einstein’s theory of General Relativity by Parameswaran Ajith (Faculty member in Physics, ICTS) and Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel (Airbus prize postdoctoral fellow, ICTS). The event will be followed...

A Special scientific event following the recent LIGO discovery of binary black holes Electromagnetic observations have provided evidence of astrophysical black holes over the last several decades. Recently, gravitational wave observations by LIGO have provided yet another means of observing these remarkable objects. Following the LIGO’s announcement of its detection of gravitational waves from a second binary black hole system, ICTS is organizing a special scientific event. Renowned astrophysicist Ramesh Narayan (Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University) will give a broad overview of the astrophysics of black holes. This colloquium will be followed by shorter talks on LIGO’s recent discoveries and their implications for our understanding of the astrophysics and Einstein’s theory of General Relativity by Parameswaran Ajith (Faculty member in Physics, ICTS) and Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel (Airbus prize postdoctoral fellow, ICTS). The event will be followed...

This program is first-of-its-kind in India with a specific focus to provide research experience and training to highly motivated students and young researchers in the interdisciplinary field of complex dynamical systems theory that has applications in diverse fields in science and engineering, such as the study of biological systems, atmosphere and oceans, materials and structures, economics and social systems, archaeology and anthropology, languages, and many others.The specific theme for summer-2016 program is "Geophysical Phenomena".We especially encourage early graduate students, postdocs, and early faculty to apply for participation. Applications from exceptional advanced undergraduate students may also be considered, depending on their level of preparation.This two month long program will consist of the following activities:23 May - 04 June: Two-week preparatory summer school. Details of lecturers and topics are given below.23 May - 23 July: Two-month summer research program. A f...

This program is first-of-its-kind in India with a specific focus to provide research experience and training to highly motivated students and young researchers in the interdisciplinary field of complex dynamical systems theory that has applications in diverse fields in science and engineering, such as the study of biological systems, atmosphere and oceans, materials and structures, economics and social systems, archaeology and anthropology, languages, and many others.The specific theme for summer-2016 program is "Geophysical Phenomena".We especially encourage early graduate students, postdocs, and early faculty to apply for participation. Applications from exceptional advanced undergraduate students may also be considered, depending on their level of preparation.This two month long program will consist of the following activities:23 May - 04 June: Two-week preparatory summer school. Details of lecturers and topics are given below.23 May - 23 July: Two-month summer research program. A f...

In December 2015, both ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) running at 13 TeV have reported an excess in the proton-proton to gamma gamma channel at an invariant mass of 750 GeV. In 2012, the di-photon (or gamma gamma) channel at the LHC was an important channel in the discovery of the 125 GeV Higgs, the last missing piece of the Standard Model (SM). The observed excess at 750GeV has caught the imagination of the phenomenologists and experimentalists alike. It has led to a  flurry of papers and explanations by theorists while experimentalists are working very hard at gathering more data and improving their analysis. Several questions are being posed. Is this the early sign of a new particle that heralds a new era for particle physics? If it is a new particle, why has it escaped the previous LHC run at 8 TeV run? Could this particle shed light on Dark Matter and is it, more generally, a gateway to new states? Does it address the long standing naturalness problem?...

In December 2015, both ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) running at 13 TeV have reported an excess in the proton-proton to gamma gamma channel at an invariant mass of 750 GeV. In 2012, the di-photon (or gamma gamma) channel at the LHC was an important channel in the discovery of the 125 GeV Higgs, the last missing piece of the Standard Model (SM). The observed excess at 750GeV has caught the imagination of the phenomenologists and experimentalists alike. It has led to a  flurry of papers and explanations by theorists while experimentalists are working very hard at gathering more data and improving their analysis. Several questions are being posed. Is this the early sign of a new particle that heralds a new era for particle physics? If it is a new particle, why has it escaped the previous LHC run at 8 TeV run? Could this particle shed light on Dark Matter and is it, more generally, a gateway to new states? Does it address the long standing naturalness problem?...