This school will introduce graduate students and young researchers to a set of tools and concepts that underlie many of the works being performed in modern Statistical Physics. The school will consist of a set of courses and discussion sessions and serve as a preparation for Stat. Phys. 2019. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.
Start time: July 1, 2019
Ends on: July 5, 2019
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Venue: IFT-UNESP
Courses:
I. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics – Gabriel B. Mindlin (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
II. Multi-agent models in complex networks – Pablo Balenzuela (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
III. Criticality, with applications to neuroscience – Mauro Copelli (UFPE, Brazil)
Special Lectures
To be announced – William Bialek (Princeton, USA)
Statistical physics: state of the art (I and II) – Maxi San Miguel (IFISC, Spain)
Organizers:
– Pablo Balenzuela (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
– Mauro Copelli (UFPE, Brazil)
– Gabriel Mindlin (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Application deadline : May 5, 2019
More information: www.ictp-saifr.org/StatPhys2019