DISCRETE 2012
The Third Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries [DISCRETE2012], which is organized and hosted by Centro de Fisica Teorica de Particulas (CFTP) of the Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, will be held the 3-7 December 2012.
The Symposium will be organized in plenary sessions with invited talks, and parallel sessions with selected contributions from the submitted abstracts. The topics covered will include: T, C, P, CP symmetries…
Multiphysics 2012
The 7th International Conference of Multiphysics will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on 13-14 December 2012.
The objective of the conference is to share and explore findings on mathematical advances, numerical modelling and experimental validation of theoretical and practical systems in a wide range of applications.
Young W. Kwon, distinguished professor of the Naval Postgraduate School, USA, will give a talk about the “Analysis of Fluid-Structure Interaction: Experiments and Modeling”…
Ferroelectrics UK
The Ferroelectrics UK will be held in the University of Sheffield, United-Kingdom, on 17-18 January 2013.
The 2-day meeting brings together researchers working in the field of electroceramics to discuss topics ranging from fundamental crystal chemistry to novel device applications.
Invited speakers are Jurgen Roedel (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Dragan Damjanovic (EPFL, Switzerland), Satoshi Wada (Yamanashi, Japan), Ian Maclaren (Glasgow, UK), Pim Groen (TNO/Delft, Holland), and Jiri Hlinka…
Submissions for the Spanish Royal Society Meeting
From 15-19 July 2013, most of the Spanish community of physicists will gather in Valencia, Spain, to attend the 34th Biannual Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and the 23rd Iberian Meeting on Physics Education.
In addition to mini-symposia, plenary sessions and round tables will address some of the hottest issues in physics and technology, including the elusive Higgs boson, quantum computing, or the state of the art in renewable energies.
The abstract submission deadline is 4 February 2013…
Pushing the boundaries of cold atoms
A 4-week programme “Pushing the boundaries of cold atoms” will held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 21 January 2013 to 15 February 2013. It aims to bring together researchers and students working in this field, both theoreticians as well as experimentalists.
The programme focuses on new directions within the field of ultracold atomic gases. Interesting topics include for example: Synthetic gauge fields for cold atoms, Multi-component atoms, spinor condensates…
Professor Zalewska elected President of CERN Council
The 20 September 2012, CERN Council elected Agnieszka Zalewska as its 21st President. She will follow Michel Spiro, whose 3-year term will end at the end of December.
“I feel particularly honoured to have presided over the CERN Council through a period that has seen the first major results from the Large hadron Collider,” said Michel Spiro. “I’d like to wish Professor Zalewska all the very best as the LHC adventure continues to unfold…”
Young Scientist Award in Statistical Physics
The Young Scientist Prize in Statistical Physics, established by the C3 Commission on Statistical Physics of the IUPAP, recognises outstanding achievements of scientists in the early stages of their career in the field of Statistical Physics.
Up to three awards will be presented at the Statphys25 conference, which will be held in Seoul, Korea, 22-26 July 2013. To be eligible for the Prize, nominees must have received their PhDs not more than eight years prior to July 1, 2013, and are expected to have displayed significant achievement…
Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress
The Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress will be held on 11-15 November 2012 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The congress consists of 4 collocated meetings, which cover optics and photonics in energy generation and conservation.
The event is being organised under the auspices of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
The 4 meetings of the congress will be: Optical Instrumentation for Energy & Environmental Applications (E2); Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (V); Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR); …
SpacePart12
The 4th International Conference on Particle and Fundamental Physics in Space [SpacePart12] will be held on 5-7 November 2012 at CERN. The event, part of a series, which has been held since 2002, brings together space scientists and space policy makers from around the world to exchange views on the developments of space related science and technology programs.
Scientific topics of SpacePart12 will be: the 100th anniversary of Cosmic Ray discovery; status and open issues linking particle physics and the observation of the universe; the multi-messenger universe; the dark universe; …
International Conference on Plasma Physics 2012
The 33rd International Conference on Plasma Physics [ICPP 2012] will be held on 14-16 November 2012 in Venice, Italy.
ICPP 2012 has teamed up with the International Journal of Engineering and Physical Sciences for publishing a Special Journal Issue on Advances in Plasma Physics. All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration for this Special Journal Issue…
FP7: 2013 Calls for proposals
The European Commission has published 4 new calls for proposals under the Framework Programme 7 [FP7].
• ICT – EU Japan Coordinated Call on topics Optical or wireless communications, cybersecurity, extending the cloud paradigm to the Internet of Things, the Federation of testbeds: Control, tools and experiments, as well as green and content centric networks. Deadline for submission: 29 November 2012.
• Coordination and Support Actions (supporting) : Researchers’ night. Deadline for submission: 8 January 2013…
The Dark Energy Camera opens eyes and data
The Dark Energy Camera in Chile took its first picture in September 2012. After a series of tests, the 570-megapixels camera is expected to be operational in December 2012.
The Dark Energy Camera is the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 100 000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away in each snapshot. This camera is particularly sensitive to red and infrared light through 62 charged-coupled devices…
