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IFT-Perimeter-SAIFR Journeys into Theoretical Physics
Start time: July 18, 2016
Ends on: July 23, 2016
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Venue: IFT-UNESP
Organizers:
- Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR & IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
- Ricardo D´Elia Matheus (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
- Pedro Vieira (IFT-UNESP, Brazil & Perimeter Institute, Canada)
Lecturers:
- Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter Institute): Unification of Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity
- George Matsas (IFT-UNESP): Conceptual Introduction to Relativity: from special relativity to black holes
- Juan Pablo Paz (U. Buenos Aires): Quantum Open Systems: Applications to quantum foundations and quantum information
- Eduardo Pontón (IFT-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR): The World of Elementary Particles Demystified
- Pedro Vieira (Perimeter Institute and IFT-UNESP): Integrability
Description:
Journeys into Theoretical Physics is a one-week school for outstanding undergraduate students from Latin America in their last year of studies. The school is associated with a new partnership between Perimeter Institute (Waterloo, Canada) and ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, and the best students at the school will be invited to a joint international masters program between the two institutes including one year at the world-famous Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses of participants.
More information: http://www.ictp-
Application deadline: May 1, 2016