April 28 – May 9, 2025
ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil
ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP
Participants from all over the world are welcome and funding is available for travel and local expenses
Disorder plays a central role in the theoretical description of a rich variety of systems spanning several disciplines — soft and hard condensed matter, biology, information science and engineering. Today, there is a surplus of enthusiastic and capable students with a diverse background who are eager to receive systematic training on powerful theoretical methods and exciting recent developments in the field. One of the goals of our school is to reach a broad audience that includes students interested in complexity or bio-inspired applications, as well as information science and quantum materials. Our school will establish a common forum where theories of general interest can be learned and discussed, catalyze the nucleation of new research lines in São Paulo and Brazil, and expose students to a full breadth of intellectual opportunity in the field of disordered systems.
As a São Paulo School of Advanced Science, funds are available for travel and local expenses of Master’s and PhD students from not only South America but also from other continents.
Lecturers
Jasna Brujic (New York University, USA): Bioinspired applications
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil): Neuroscience
Letícia Cugliandolo (Sorbonne Université, France): Complexity / Mean-field theory
Ezequiel Ferrero (CONICET-CNEA, Argentina): Driven Disordered Systems
Eduardo Miranda (State University of Campinas, Brazil): Disordered strongly correlated systems
Anton Souslov (University of Cambridge, UK): Disordered elastic materials
Matthieu Wyart (Johns Hopkins University, USA & EPFL, Switzerland): Machine learning
Invited speakers
José Soares Andrade (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil)
Jeferson Arenzon (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Vivian França (São Paulo State University, Brazil)
Letícia Paiva (Federal University of São João del Rei, Brazil)
Luis A. Pugnaloni (Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina)
Application deadline: February 15, 2025
Organizers
Carolina Brito (UFRGS, Brazil)
Danilo Liarte (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
André Vieira (USP, Brazil)