Course 206

COURSE 206 - NEW FRONTIERS FOR METROLOGY: FROM BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY TO QUANTUM AND DATA SCIENCE
4 - 13 July 2019

Course 206

Directors
Martin J.T. Milton - BIPM, Paris (France)
Diederik S. Wiersma - LENS, Sesto Fiorentino FI and INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Carl J. Williams - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)

Scientific Secretary
Michela Sega - INRiM, Torino (Italy)

Modules and Topics
Module I Physical metrology
The realization of the unit of mass, the Avogadro project, measuring electricity, optical clocks with trapped ions and test of the equivalence principle with optical clocks, time scale for metrology and navigation systems, radiometry, photometry.
Module II Fundamental metrology
Measurement uncertainty, mathematical and statistical tools for time varying quantities, global traceability, big data, metrology at the international stage, the SI, temperature measurements beyond ITS-90.
Module III Quality of life
Applications of metrology in chemistry and biology, radiation dosimetry, global temperature measurement, clinical chemistry, atomic weights of the elements, radioactivity metrology, reference materials in chemistry, metrological application of NMR and qNMR in organic analysis.

Lecturers
Marc-Olivier André - METAS, Berne-Wabern (Switzerland)
Walter Bich - INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Michael De Podesta - NPL, Teddington (UK)
Noël Dimarq - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice (France)
Andy Henson - BIPM, Paris (France)
Steven Judge - BIPM, Paris (France)
Andrew Lewis - NPL, Teddington (UK)
Enrico Massa - INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Juris Meija - NRC, Ottawa (Canada)
Martin J.T. Milton - BIPM, Paris (France)
Gael Obein - LNE-Cnam, La Plaine Saint-Denis (France)
Ekkehard Peik - PTB, Braunschweig (Germany)
William Phillips - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
Karen Phinney - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
Michela Sega - INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Patrizia Tavella - BIPM, Paris (France)
Steven Westwood - BIPM, Paris (France)
Diederik S. Wiersma - LENS, Sesto Fiorentino and INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Carl J. Williams - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
Riccardo Zecchina - Università Bocconi, Milano (Italy)

Seminar Speakers
Paolo Brenni - CNR and Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Firenze (Italy)
Massimo Inguscio - CNR, Roma (Italy)

Program

Thursday
4 July
Friday
5 July
Saturday
6 July
9.00-10.00 Welcome address
A. Bettini (on behalf of SIF)  
M. Milton
E. Peik E. Peik
10.00-11.00 A. Lewis G. Obein M. Inguscio
Coffee Coffee Coffee
11.30-12.30
Lunch Lunch Lunch
14.30-15.30 G. Obein E. Massa
15.30-16.30 M.-O. André A. Lewis
Welcome Party Posters + Dinner Dinner
(for students only)

Sunday
7 July
Monday
8 July
Tuesday
9 July
9.00-10.00 M. Milton W. Bich
10.00-11.00 C. Williams P. Tavella
Coffee Coffee
11.30-12.30 R. Zecchina A. Henson
Lunch Lunch
14.30-15.30 W. Phillips M. De Podesta
15.30-16.30 R. Zecchina W. Bich
16.30-17.00 N. Dimarcq
17.00-18.30 W. Phillips
18.45-19.45 P. Brenni
Dinner Pizza party on the beach Posters + Dinner

Wednesday
10 July
Thursday
11 July
Friday
12 July
9.00-10.00 A. Henson M. Milton S. Westwood
10.00-11.00 C. Williams J. Meija K. Phinney
Coffee Coffee Coffee
11.30-12.30 S. Judge S. Westwood M. Sega
Lunch Lunch Lunch
14.30-15.30 M. De Podesta S. Judge
15.30-16.30 K. Phinney J. Meija
Dinner
(for students only)
Posters + Dinner Farewell Party

NEW deadline for applications: 30 April 2019
Application form
Call for scholaships from METAS and IEEE UFFC Society

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Michela Sega
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM)
Strada delle Cacce 91
10135 Torino (Italy)
Tel: +39-011-3919-948
m.sega@inrim.it

Participation fees and arrival and departure days:
Participants can apply for the whole Course (Module I, II and III) or for one of the two intersected Courses (Module I and II or Module II and III). Module II is mandatory for each of the Courses. The registration fee (attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings) for the whole Course is € 1400,00 VAT included (Wednesday 3 July to Saturday 13 July: arrival and departure days). The registration fee for each intersected Course is €900,00 VAT included (Wednesday 3 July to Wednesday 10 July or Sunday 7 July to Saturday 13 July: arrival and departure days).