################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Xth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology 1.2 Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics 1.3 Parma Workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves 2011 1.4 El Escorial Summer School 2011 "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" 1.5 IOP Gravitational Physics Group half-day meeting: Do we understand gravity? 1.6 Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM 2.2 Postdoc position in Mathematical Physics at Cardiff University 3. News 3.1 Presentations of Meudon Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies" 2011 3.2 Prof. Letelier passed away ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Xth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/28/xth-international-conference-on-grav... Starting Sat, Dec 17, 2011 to Thu, Dec 22, 2011 Location: Qui-Nhon, Vietnam Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/ICGAC10/ICGAC10.html ICGAC10 is part of a series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology with the goal to favour cooperations among the member countries within an international context, to promote high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP at SNU in 1993. ICGAC10 is organized with the help of Les Rencontres du Vietnam, whose aim is to help the education and the scientific research in Vietnam. ICGAC10 topics include * Experimental studies of gravity * Quantum gravity * Gravitational waves * Black holes, Wormholes * Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions * Numerical Relativity * Stability of constants * Cosmology, Dark matter, Dark energy * Cosmic rays * Astronomical and space-research instrumentation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/24/programming-of-heterogeneous-systems... Starting Wed, Oct 05, 2011 to Fri, Oct 07, 2011 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/Event-PHSP11.shtml We are pleased to announce a three-day workshop on "Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics", a workshop to be held on 5-7 October 2011 at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/Event-PHSP11.shtml This workshop will focus on - Solving partial differential equations efficiently on the heterogeneous computing systems. There is some emphasis on GPU computing, but other accelerators and the efficient use of large multi-core cluster nodes are considered as well. - Optimization of computational kernels coming from finite differences, spectral methods, and lattice gauge theory on accelerators. We plan to have a tutorial day, two days of talks and a poster session. We plan for discussion and talks to provide an overview of current work in these areas, and to develop future lines of research and collaborations. The deadline for submission of talks is 15 August 2011. G. Zumbusch (Chair, Jena), B. Bruegmann (Jena), A. Weyhausen (Jena), L. Rezzolla (Potsdam), B. Zink (Tuebingen) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Parma Workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/22/parma-workshop-on-numerical-relativi... Starting Wed, Sep 07, 2011 to Fri, Sep 09, 2011 Location: Parma, Italy Additional Information: http://www.fis.unipr.it/numrel/WorkshopNumRel11/ We are pleased to announce that a three-day workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves will be held at the "Centro S. Elisabetta" of the University of Parma, organized by the local numerical relativity group and with the support of INFN and the University of Parma. The workshop is mainly aimed at bringing together European scientists working in the field, for discussing "hot" topics, share ideas, and establish future lines of research and collaborations. The character of the meeting will be informal and relaxed in order to encourage open discussions. Talks will cover a quite broad area: binary black holes and neutron stars simulations, mathematical advances, computational methods, and interface between numerical and analytical methods. For further details see: http://www.fis.unipr.it/numrel/WorkshopNumRel11/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 El Escorial Summer School 2011 "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/08/el-escorial-summer-school-2011-quant... Starting Mon, Jul 11, 2011 to Fri, Jul 15, 2011 Location: El Escorial (Madrid), Spain Additional Information: http://www.ucm.es/info/giccucm/Escorial2011/ From 11th to 15th of July 2011, the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain), will host a Summer School on "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" (QI&SM 2011), with the aim of exploring interfaces and emerging connections between these and related fields. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.ucm.es/info/giccucm/Escorial2011/ The Summer School will take place at El Escorial, Spain (http://www.euroforum.es/), a nice and historic city about 50 km to the north of Madrid. See further information below and in the website. The whole activity will focus primarily on the following topics: 1. One-Way Quantum Computation and Statistical Mechanics 2. Topological Codes and Statistical Models 3. Random Statistical Mechanical Systems and Lattice Gauge Theories 4. Quantum Information and Models of Discrete Quantum Gravity We would be glad to have you and share with us these new developments in an interactive an open atmosphere. Thank you and best wishes, The organizers: Miguel A. Martin-Delgado (UCM) and Hans J. Briegel (IQOQI, Innsbruck) FURTHER INFORMATION The goal of the school is to bring together scholars from quantum information theory and statistical mechanics to explore emerging connections between these fields and hopefully develop some fruitful collaborations. The (incomplete) list of invited speakers whom we are contacting for the conference includes the following names: Maarten Van den Nest Gemma De las Cuevas Robert Raussendorf Helmut Katzgraber Hector Bombin A. Peter Young John T. Chalker Uwe-Jens Wiese Tomotoshi Nishino Paolo Fachi Renate Loll Silke Weinfurtner Fotini Markopoulou Rafael Sorkin and others The Complutense University has been holding summer courses at El Escorial since 1988 and these are given by eminent lecturers worldwide. We have been awarded the organization of one of those courses, which we want to devote to "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics". Allow us to give you some more information about the Summer Courses held at El Escorial and organized by the Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). In 1988, the Complutense University decided to open its doors to the most advanced knowledge in the present time and to tend a bridge between science, culture, literature etc... and the Spanish society. With this broad aim and scope, the Courses are born during each summer, organized by the General Foundation of the University. They have become an annual showcase of new knowledge and a forum of exchange of information and opinions based on the plurality and the diffusion of the advances in all the scientific areas: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and also beyond natural sciences: Literature, Scenic Arts, etc... The Courses are, by their rigor and the ample scope of subjects treated every year, a reference for mass media and the Spanish society. Thus, the University satisfies in this way the necessities not covered in ordinary winter courses. In the Summer Courses, the lecturers are specialists of maximum level, even Nobel prizewinners in their fields. They are accessible to the students/attendees, who can discuss with them inside and outside the classes. The speakers themselves find here an excellent opportunity for the interchange of experiences that enrich their research and professional activity. Each Course lasts an average of five days, and it is developed in conferences and occasionally in round-tables. As a complement, all the nights takes place an activity of Scenic Arts, or a concert, a play at a theater or a movie show which is free for the speakers. More information about the courses can be found at the following link: http://www.ucm.es/info/cv/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 IOP Gravitational Physics Group half-day meeting: Do we understand gravity? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/06/iop-gravitational-physics-group-half... Starting Fri, Sep 16, 2011 to Fri, Sep 16, 2011 Location: London, UK Additional Information: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~or215/gpg2011/ Friday, 16 September 2011, 2:00pm - 5:45pm Phillips Room, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK Keynote speaker: Mihalis Dafermos, University of Cambridge This half-day meeting will focus on the mathematical aspects of relativity, and PhD students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to present their work. IOP Gravitational Physics Group members and other interested individuals are welcome to attend but pre-registration is required as the number of people that we can accommodate at the venue is limited. No registration fee will be charged. Please see http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~or215/gpg2011/ for further details. Organising committee: Nils Andersson, University of Southampton David Burton, Lancaster University Oliver Rinne, University of Cambridge (contact: O.Rinne[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk) Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Cardiff University Juan Valiente-Kroon, Queen Mary, University of London Registration deadlines: 2 Sep 2011 Abstract submission 9 Sep 2011 Participation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/02/numerical-relativity-and-high-energy... Starting Wed, Aug 31, 2011 to Sat, Sep 03, 2011 Location: Madeira, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/nrhep/ 31 August - 3 September, 2011 Madeira Island (Portugal) The aim of this workshop is to bring together world experts in two extremely active and successful, but up to now essentially disjoint, research fields: numerical relativity and high energy physics. It has become clear that numerical relativity techniques, applied to black hole systems, could answer central questions concerning dynamical processes in high energy physics. Such techniques, which only very recently have reached a state of sufficient maturity, seem moreover mandatory for an accurate phenomenological modelling of these high energy physics scenarios. These facts, together with the ongoing scientific runs at the LHC, make this workshop very timely. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Carlos Herdeiro, Ulrich Sperhake ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/30/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravitatio... Institution: Thiruvananthapuram, India Deadline: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 Institution: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, India (IISER-TVM) Deadline: 31 July 2011 Salary: Rs. 2,64,000 - Rs. 2,88,000 per annum IISER-TVM seeks applicants for two Post-doctoral positions in the area of Gravitational Wave Physics. Both these positions are funded under the Max Planck Partner Group on Gravitational Wave Physics of Albert Einstein Institute (AEI). The positions will focus on developing advanced Gravitational Wave search algorithms for advanced/future interferometric detectors. The appointments are for two years and are expected to commence on or before September 1, 2011. Candidates with expertise/interest in general relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, and statistical signal processing are encouraged to apply. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics, Astrophysics or related areas. Candidate with Ph.D. in Engineering faculty with adequate experience in statistical signal processing may be considered. IISER-TVM is an active member of IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational Wave Observatories) consortium. The selected candidate would get an opportunity to work closely with the AEI members as well as members of IndIGO consortium. Please send via e-mail as a single PDF (1) CV with the list of publications, and (2) detailed research statement. Arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent to archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject "Application for MP-PG positions - Candidate name". To receive full consideration, applications should be received by July 31, 2011. Applications will continued to be screened until the positions are filled. Informal inquires may be directed to Archana Pai (e-mail: archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in, phone: +91-471-2599423) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoc position in Mathematical Physics at Cardiff University ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/02/postdoc-position-in-mathematical-phy... Institution: Cardiff, UK Deadline: Mon, Jul 04, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/maths/research-associate-in-mathematical-physi... Reference: 2011/0263 Closing date: 04 July 2011 Type: Academic Duration: Fixed-term for 2 years Hours of work: Full-time, 35 hours per week Date of appointment: Post is available immediately Salary: £29927 - £35788 per annum (Grade 6) You will carry out research related to the mathematical underpinning of the theory of quantized fields, including field theories on curved backgrounds. A background in one or more areas of theoretical physics/mathematics related to this topic such as elementary particle theory, conformal field theory, perturbative/constructive approaches to quantum field theory, or string theory is desirable. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Presentations of Meudon Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies" 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/16/presentations-of-meudon-workshop-war... Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2011 "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies: Theoretical and Observational Progresses", 8-10 June 2011 We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the Chalonge Meudon Warm Dark Matter Workshop 2011 are available online (in pdf format) on the web site of this workshop: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_CIAS2011.html Contents: Astrophysical, cosmological and particle WDM, Lambda WDM, Theory, Observations, Numerical simulations, Particle WDM, sterile neutrinos, sterile neutrino experiments. The photographs of the Workshop capturing moments of the stimulating and outstanding atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants during the Workshop will be posted soon. We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to seeing you again in the next Warm Dark Matter Meeting 2012 of this series. With compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Prof. Letelier passed away ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/14/prof-letelier-passed-away/ Additional Information: http://leteliermemorial.blogspot.com/ Prof. Patricio Anibal Letelier Sotomayor, born in Santiago, Chile, on the 11th September, 1943, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at his home in Campinas, SP, Brazil, on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Prof. Letelier was a highly respected teacher and mentor to an enormous number of people in the country and around the world. He did his undergraduate studies in the University of Chile in the late sixties and obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University in 1977. He then joined the Department of Physics of the University of Brasilia and, in 1988, he left Brasilia and came to the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Campinas as a Professor of Mathematical Physics. Patricio was a beloved friend and colleague, and his passing is a huge loss on so many levels. He will be greatly missed and remembered always. He is survived by his wife, daughter, son, and granddaughter. The website below is a homage to Prof. Patricio Letelier. Please visit it and feel free to express your fond remembrances of him and his work. The remembrances will be collected and passed on to Prof. Letelier's family. http://leteliermemorial.blogspot.com/ -- Alberto Saa Department of Applied Mathematics, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Phone: +55 19 3521 5952 http://vigo.ime.unicamp.br