“… scientifically active men [and women] … must be kept in their own countries to build for the future, but their scientific integrity must also be preserved.”

Abdus SalamFounding Director

•ICTP

•TWAS+

•Dept. Theo. Phys.

•SISSA

•Immaginario Scientifico

•Marina, Parco

•ICGEB•ICS•INFN INFM

U. Trieste

Major Scientific Institutions in Trieste

Organization

• ICTP operates under a tripartite agreement between two United Nations Agencies—UNESCO and IAEA—and the Government of Italy. The Centre enjoys a great deal of autonomy.*

• A distinguished Scientific Council sets scientific policies and a Steering Committee in setting fiscal policies.

Some funding is provided by IAEA and UNESCO, specific programmatic funding by other sources, and 82% of the Centre’s budget comes from Italy.

*The Centre started under the umbrella of IAEA in 1964 but was administratively moved under UNESCO in 1996.

4000-6000 per year6441 in 2004

permanent scientists

temporary scientific staff: post-docs, staff associates, long-term visitors

short-term visitors:associates, guest scientists

participation in conferences, schools and workshops; diploma students

research and training coordination

mostly research

do own or collaborative research, or receive training through participation

receive training throughschools, conferences, and exchange of information

30

100

400

+ about 130 general staff

ICTP is an institution run by a few scientists for the benefit of many

Research at ICTP(not “merely” theoretical physics)

– High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

– Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics– Pure and Applied Mathematics– Applied Physics (Medical Physics, Optics and

Lasers, Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Physics, Soft Matter, Nuclear Physics, Biophysics, Energy)

– Earth Sciences (Weather, Climate Changes, Oceanography, Earthquake Prediction, Soil and Coastal Erosion, Desertification,…)

– Laboratory activities (Instrumentation, Information Technology, …)

Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists visiting

the center > 100(15+ in the last five years)

Programs at ICTP*

Diploma programs; Masters degree; Ph.D. degree (both local and SANDWICH); post-doc appointments

Associateships; TRIL fellowships

---------------------------*conducted often in close collaboration with and support of Italian institutions in Trieste and elsewhere, and many other international institutions

Schools; Colleges; Workshops; Conferences

For 2008

Supported by and held at ICTP: 60Held elsewhere: 12Hosted programs: 18

Typical duration: 3 weeksTypical participation: 50 scientistsTypical distribution: 50% from DC

Affiliate Centres Since 1990

34 Networks Africa 12Asia 9Europe 1Latin America 12

29 ProjectsAfrica 16Asia 8Europe 1Latin America 4

31 Centres Africa 11Asia 10Europe 1Indonesia 1Latin America 8

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13350 v20410 p-m

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8000 v14960 p-m

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34080 1875015050 16250

10450 1681013350 204101580 19908000 14960

ICTP visitors from 1970-2006 (including associates, TRIL fellows, course participants and researchers).

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ICTP AND AFRICA

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KENYA

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PUERTO RICO

DOMINICAST. LUCIA

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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SURINAME

FRENCH GUIANA

COLOMBIA

VENEZUELA

ECUADOR

PERU

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CHILE

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ARGENTINAURUGUAY

BRAZIL

ICTP AND LATIN AMERICA

ICTP visitors from 1970-2006 (including associates, TRIL fellows, course participants and researchers).

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ICTP has had a longstanding impact on the science in Iran… the most important one is the concept of excellence…and I dare say ICTP has been the most influential institution 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 Mansouri, Iran

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.

Professor Hoang Ngoc Long, Vietnam

One particular international institution that has played an important role in providing resources and opportunities for physicists [in Africa] is the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. …ICTP's affiliated centers and visiting scholars programs are well known in African universities; nearly every PhD physicist in … Africa has had an association with ICTP.

Professor Edmund Zingu, South Africa, in Physics Today, January 2004

Many Latin American scientists not only found a great fountain of scientific truth in ICTP, but also a vision that guided them steadily in discovering new truths.

Professor V. Lattore, Multiciencias, Peru

ICTP’s help was extraordinarily useful to both older scientists whose research was interrupted by the cultural revolution and the younger generation which entered the university after 1976.

Professor Yu Lu, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

ICTP has played an important role on assisting Indian science in the last few decades. Several scientists have been associated with ICTP and our students and post-docs greatly benefitted from participation in ICTP activities.

Professor Spenta Wadia, TIFR, Mumbai, India

IMPACT OF ICTPIMPACT OF ICTP

Thank you

The fund for startup initiatives aims to: • stimulate academic programs at the NYUAD

Institute, including conferences, colloquia with international scholars, research workshops, seminars with students from the region as well as NYU, and lecture series

• support individual and collaborative research projects that would benefit from an institutional anchor at the NYUAD Institute

• promote collaboration of NYU faculty and students with counterparts from the broad Middle East

• support faculty interested in experimenting with interactive instruction and classroom technology that connects NYU Washington Square with NYUAD

SeasonalPrediction

ClimateChange

WeatherPrediction

Flood Water Resources Agriculture Landuse Change Pollution Health EcosystemsFisheriesDrought Energy

Regional Modeling

EasternEurope

Sub-SaharanAfrica

CentralAmerica

SouthAmerica

SoutheastAsia Islands

EastAsia

SouthAsia

MediterraneanMiddle East

NorthAmerica

Australia &New Zealand

Japan &Korea

Europe

South-NorthInteractions

South-SouthInteractions

ScientificExchanges

ActivityCoordination

Storms

Example of ESP Networking: The RegionalExample of ESP Networking: The RegionalClimate research NETwork, Climate research NETwork, RegCNETRegCNET

Collaborativeresearch projects

Use of ICTPmodel tools and datasets

Visitorprogram

E-mail list(over 300 p.)

Interactionswith other

international programs

Workshops at ICTP and

off-site