ICTP Overview

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www.ictp.trieste.it
ICTP Overview Physics in the developing world
What ICTP does to promote and strengthen
it Graz 8 July 2003
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Three elements at work

• Italian government, which contributes about 85
  of the budget
• The contributions of UNESCO and IAEA more
  importantly, the umbrella they provide, which
  makes it easier for the participation of
  scientists from the developing world
• Dedicated service of staff (scientific and
  general, permanent members and consultants)
  vision and effort of those who built and nurtured
  the Center the goodwill of scientists in the
  developing world the collaboration of local
  scientific organizations the support
  administrations of the City of Trieste, of the
  area and of the region

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ICTPs mandate from the tripartite agreement

• The principal purpose of the Center shall be to
  foster, through training and research, the
  advancement of theoretical physics, with special
  regard to the needs of developing countries, so
  as to help and encourage physicists from these
  countries to continue and expand their scientific
  work.

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Through times

• Creation of ICTP under IAEA in 1964 (40th
  anniversary in 2004)
• UNESCO joined IAEA in management in 1970
• Nobel Prize awarded to Abdus Salam in 1979
• UNESCO became the administrative agency

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What we do at the Center

• Maintain high level of science locally (both in
  terms of quality and quantity)
• Foster advanced scientific research in developing
  countries, especially in physics and mathematics,
  and support personal excellence everywhere
• Create and maintain international forum for
  exchange of scientific information through
  comprehensive courses, workshops and seminars
• Provide excellent facilities for visitors
• Give continual thought to increasing impact on
  developing world
• Readjust priorities periodically

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Science at the Center

• Areas covered
• high energy, condensed matter, weather and
  climate, pure and applied mathematics,
  microprocessors, ecological and environmental
  economics, solid earth, radio propagation and
  telecommunications, physics related to living
  systems, synchrotron radiation, and others
• Excellent staff
• 28 permanent scientific members 19 scientific
  consultants from local institutions 20 staff
  associates from all over the world 44 post docs
  from all over the world. About 100 general staff.
• Visitors and others
• Large number of visitors short-term and long
  term associates students collaborators from
  local institutions

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Visitors (1)

• 80,000 visits since 1964
• 55 from developing countries
• 45 from developed countries
• From 170 nations

• 4,000 scientists in 2002
• Connected to some dozen research groups and
  programs
• 40 scientific activities/year
• Conferences, Schools, Workshops

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Visitors (2)
2046 associates in 106 countries

• 800 Associates in 2002
• From federation arrangements with some 132
  institutes in 43 countries
• 40 diploma students/year (about 400 so far)

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Many ICTP Associates have achieved distinguished
careers in their home countries, including as
members of parliament, ministers, and university
chancellors
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Facilities for visitors
guest houses
library
110,000 monographs 700 journal subscriptions
Conferences, workshops, and schools
cafeteria
banking
computing facilities
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Educational programs

• Diploma/Masters programs
• Sandwich training educational program
• 8 laboratories in Europe
• ICTP/IAEA sandwich training educational program
• Launched early 2003
• ICTP-ELETTRA users program
• 41 participants

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What we do outside the Center 2002

• External Activities (OEA)
• 13 affiliated centers
• 15 networks
• 86 visiting scholarships
• 74 scientific meetings
• 3 regional training schools
• Training and Research in
• Italian Laboratories (TRIL)
• 76 scientists from 35 countries
• 75 Italian institutions

• Donation Program for outside universities
• eJDS
• Publications

(1000 scientists from 72 developing countries
have worked in 300 Italian laboratories)
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On Trieste
Impact

• A large number of Physics and Mathematics
  departments in developing world have benefited
  from ICTP.
• Because of that, Trieste is a household name
  as the city of science in most developing
  countries.
• ICTP has been supportive of bringing up other
  neighboring institutions, and in playing a
  supportive role in many respects.

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Trieste system
Impact
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Within Italy
Impact
Presently, the Italian leadership in
computational condensed matter physics is
undoubtedly in Trieste, where major advances such
as the Car Parrinello method were made, where the
National INFM Center was set up, and where of the
order of 1/3 of the whole academic supercomputing
power in Italy has been used for the last 15
years. Electronic structure, surface physics, and
statistical mechanics are also very strong and
influential in the rest of Italy. None of this
could have happened without the ICTP, and without
it a very important opportunity would have been
lost for the country.Professor Erio
TosattiSISSA and ICTP
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On the world of science
Impact

• ICTP has had a longstanding impact on the
  science in Iran the most important one is the
  concept of excellenceand I dare say the ICTP has
  been the most influential institutions in the
  world to bring that into existence. It also has
  had direct impact on the establishment of the
  various institutions many graduate students in
  Iran have been exposed to international
  scientific community through different activities
  of ICTP. Professor Reza MansouriDeputy
  Minister for Research
• ICTP was very useful to me personally and it
  opened up a new world to me. Almost all of my
  colleagues at the Centre for Theoretical Physics
  in Hanoi get the same help from the ICTP. In
  addition we also get book donations, computers,
  etc. For young physicists, the ICTP Diploma
  program is very attractive. Hoang Ngoc Long
  Head of Particle Physics division
• Several Turkish physicists who came to ICTP have
  became the leading researchers in our country.
  They are effective in taking decisions about
  scientific activities in Turkey. Diploma Course
  students became internationally accepted
  researchers.Asim O. BARUT Institute for
  Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics

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ICTPs role beyond science

• Problems facing the developing world are immense,
  and diverse.
• Besides assisting in the building of scientific
  infrastructure, ICTP plays an important role in a
  broader sense.
• ICTP works on the notion that science, besides
  being valuable as a tool of prosperity, is a
  positive factor in creating a better world.
• Shared experiences of scientists from developing
  and developed countries contribute to better
  international understanding and less divisiveness.

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What more is possible?

• Deliver better quality of service to students,
  post-docs, associates and visitors
• Revamp associates programs
• Consider a Ph.D. program in collaboration with
  local institutions
• Face new research challenges
• Encourage more responsibility on the part of
  scientifically developed states
• Work with UNESCO towards enabling developing
  countries to access to scientific information
  through fast internet connections
• Make ICTP better known within Italy
• Increase the effectiveness of the Trieste system
• Initiate a program of teaching in science and
  mathematics

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2005, the Year of Physicsthe potential role for
ICTP

• 2004 is 40th anniversary of ICTP (in October)
  can use the occasion to act as springboard for
  2005
• Planned joint meeting on Physics and Development,
  between UNESCO and ICTP, at Johannesburg in July
  2005, following the meeting of IUPAP General
  Congress
• Can find people to serve on appropriate
  committees, and speak about ICTPs experience in
  developing science and mathematics across the
  world
• Can use the worldwide network of ICTPs
  associates to promote Physics.

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SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT IS THE COMMON HERITAGE OF
MANKIND
Abdus Salam Founding Director 1964-1994
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Connection with Brazil

• 2000 visits since 1970
• 430 visitors over past 5 years

ICTP Scientific Council Members from Brazil J.
Palis since 1995 J.J. Giambiagi 1985-1995 H.G. de
Carvalho 1980-1982
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Connections (contd.)

• Close ties with
• Centro Latino-Americano de Física (CLAF)
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico
  e Tecnológico (CNPq)
• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  (EMBRAPA)
• Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA)
• Universidad de Campinas
• Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro

• ICTP Prize winners from Brazil
• 1984 Ricardo Galvão
• Institute of Advanced Studies, São Paulo
• 1988 J.N. Onuchic
• University of São Paulo
• 1992 Élcio Abdalla
• University of São Paulo

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Our immediate needs

• While our operating finances are stable, need
  additional support for
• Additional programs
• Additional space
• Refurbishing of existing facilities
• Fitting celebration of the 40th Anniversary in
  2004
• Support and contributions of the member states
  for the cause of ICTP for involving more of your
  scientists in ICTP matters--both in seeking
  assistance from us and in enabling us to deliver
  it.