International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
Summer Courses 2019
Workshop 205 - Big data analytics
27 - 29 June 2019
Directors
Marco Paganoni - Università di Milano Bicocca and INFN (Italy)
Dimitris Visvikis - University of Brest and INSERM (France)
Scientific Secretary
Davide Valsecchi - Università di Milano Bicocca and INFN (Italy)
NEW deadline for applications: 3 May 2019
Further information: here
Course 206 - New frontiers for metrology: from biology and chemistry to quantum and data science
4 - 13 July 2019
Directors
Martin Milton - BIPM, Paris (France)
Diederik Wiersma - LENS, Sesto Fiorentino FI and INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Carl Williams - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
Scientific Secretary
Michela Sega - INRiM, Torino (Italy)
NEW deadline for applications: 30 April 2019
Further information: here
Course 207 - Advances in thermoelectricity: foundational issues, materials and nanotechnology
15 - 20 July 2019
Directors
Dario Narducci - Università di Milano Bicocca (Italy)
G. Jeffrey Snyder - Northwestern University (USA)
Scientific Secretary
Carlo Fanciulli - CNR-ICMATE, Lecco (Italy)
NEW deadline for applications: 2 May 2019
Further information: here
GENERAL INFORMATION (only for the Courses)
A) - In addition to the official lectures, several seminars on related
subjects will be held by visiting scientists.
B) - The scientific organization and direction of the Course are
entrusted to the Directors.
C) - The School is intended for PhD students and young post-docs. The
number of students at each Course is limited to about 60. Students are
requested to attend all lectures and seminars.
D) - Whoever may be interested in attending the Course and is not
entitled - for his age or other reasons - to be considered a student,
may follow the Course as observer. Registration fee charged to observers
is € 500,00.
Observers should provide for their board and lodging; if required, the
School may take care of their hotel reservation.
E) - Applicants will be informed of the decision on their admittance
within 30 days from the beginning of each Course.
F) - Owing to the limited number of places available in the lecture
hall, it will not be possible to allow any person not selected by the
Committee of the School to follow the Courses.
G) - Students are requested to arrive at Varenna respectively on the
indicated arrival days.
Accommodation for the students will be provided in shared rooms with 2
beds in hotels/appartments at Varenna. Meals will be organized by the
School.
H) - Fees should be paid by students and observers following the
instruction and within the date indicated in the letter of admittance.
I) - Partial/full scholarships may be granted to deserving students, SIF
Members, who need financial help. Such requests must be specified and
justified in the recommendation letters. Scholarships will be assigned by
the President of the Italian Physical Society.
J) - Students should avoid being accompanied by relatives. In view of
the holiday season local accommodation is very limited. Quite
exceptionally the School could see to the accommodation of members of
students' families in local hotels. Hotel expenditure for students'
relatives will be payable separately and directly to the hotel management.









