Summer Courses 2016

27 June - 6 July 2016

8 - 13 July 2016

22 - 27 July 2016

27 June - 6 July 2016

Directors
Massimo Inguscio - Università di Firenze and CNR (Italy)
Martin Milton - BIPM, Sèvres (France)
Patrizia Tavella - INRIM, Torino (Italy)

Scientific Secretary
Natascia De Leo - INRIM, Torino (Italy)

Modules and Topics

Module I: Metrology for Quality of Life (26 June to 29 June 2016)
Metrology in chemistry, Food and safety, Biomarkers, Methods and materials for clinical measurements, Climate and air quality monitoring, Redefinition of the mole

Module II: Fundamentals of Metrology (30 June to 2 July 2016)
The new International system of units, Fundamental constants, Quantum metrology, Nanotechnology for metrology, Measurement uncertainty, International metrology organization

Module III: Physical Metrology and Fundamental Constants (3 July to 6 July 2016)
Electrical metrology, The future of the mass standard, Temperature standard and mise en pratique, Optical frequency standards, Metrology in space, Light metrology

Lecturers and Seminar Speakers

Roberto Battiston - ASI, Roma (Italy)
Walter Bich - INRIM, Torino (Italy)
Vincent Delatour - LNE, Paris (France) - Lecture
Michael de Podesta - NPL, Teddington (UK) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Nigel Fox - NPL, Teddington (UK) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Bernd Güttler - PTB, Braunschweig (Germany) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Andy Henson - BIPM, Sèvres (France) - Lecture
Massimo Inguscio - Università di Firenze and CNR (Italy)
Beat Jeckelmann - METAS, Bern-Wabern (Switzerland) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Martin Milton - BIPM, Sèvres (France) - Lecture
Francois Nez - LKB-CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France) - Lecture
William Phillips - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
Terry J. Quinn - BIPM, Sèvres (France) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Maria Luisa Rastello - INRIM, Torino (Italy)
Patrizia Tavella - INRIM, Torino (Italy) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Thomas Udem - Max-Planck-Institut, Garching (Germany)
Robert I. Wielgosz - BIPM, Sèvres (France) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Diederik Wiersma, LENS, Firenze and INRIM, Torino (Italy) - Lecture
Carl Williams - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
Stephen Wise - NIST, Gaithersburg (USA)
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Alessandro Bettini - Università di Padova (Italy) - Introduction to the Course

Participation fees and arrival and departure days:
Participants can apply for the whole Ten-Days Course (Module I, II and III) or for one of the two intersected Six-Days Course (Module I and II or Module II and III). Module II is mandatory for each of the Six-Days Course.
The registration fee (attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings) for the whole Ten-Days Course is € 1400,00 VAT included (Sunday 26 June to Wednesday 6 July: arrival and departure days). The registration fee for each Six-Days Courses is €900,00 VAT included (Sunday 26 June to Sunday 3 July or Wednesday 29 June to Wednesday 6 July: arrival and departure days).

in collaboration with the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation
8 - 13 July 2016

Directors
Ernst M. Rasel - Universität Hannover (Germany)
Wolfgang P. Schleich - Universität Ulm (Germany)

Scientific Secretary
Sabine Wölk - Universität Siegen (Germany)

Topics
History and interpretations of quantum theory
Principle of complementarity and wave-particle duality
Quantum theory from principles
Reality of the wave function
Concept of the photon
Measurement in quantum theory
Interface of quantum theory and general relativity
Quantum optical tests of quantum theory

Lecturers and Seminar Speakers
Robert Boyd - University of Ottawa (Canada) and University of Rochester (USA)
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano - Università di Pavia (Italy)
Edward Fry - Texas A&M University, College Station (USA)
Christopher Fuchs - University of Massachusetts, Boston (USA)
Daniel M. Greenberger - City University of New York (USA)
Manfred Kleber - Technische Universität München (Germany)
Gerd Leuchs - Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Max-Planck-Institut, Erlangen (Germany)
Ralf Menzel - Universität Potsdam ( Germany)
Marlan O. Scully - Texas A&M University, College Station (USA)
Aephraim Steinberg - University of Toronto (Canada)
Nancy Thorndike Greenspan - Bethesda (USA)
Andrew White - The University of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia)

Arrival Day: Thursday, 7 July 2016
Opening of the Course: Friday, 8 July 2016 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Wednesday, 13 July 2016 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 300,00 (VAT included) for attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings

22 - 27 July 2016

Directors
Tommaso Calarco - Universität Ulm (Germany)
Rosario Fazio - Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa (Italy) and ICTP, Trieste (Italy)
Paolo Mataloni - Università "La Sapienza", Roma (Italy)

Scientific Secretary
Giulia Loguercio - Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy)

Topics
Cold atoms in optical lattices
Trapped ions
Solid state implementations
Quantum many-body physics
Quantum photonics
Hybrid quantum systems
Transport phenomena

Lecturers
Immanuel Bloch - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München (Germany) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3
Andrew Daley - University of Strathclyde (UK)
Massimo Inguscio - Università di Firenze and CNR (Italy) - Lecture held by Jacopo Catani
Fedor Jelezko - Universität Ulm (Germany)
John Martinis - UC Santa Barbara (USA) - Lecture
Giovanna Morigi - Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken (Germany) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3
Mauro Paternostro - CTAMOP, Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3
Fabio Sciarrino - Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3
Enrique Solano - University of the Basque Country, Bilbao (Spain) - Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3
Philip Walther - Universität Wien (Austria) - Lecture
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Luisa Cifarelli - Università di Bologna and INFN, Sezione di Bologna (Italy) - Introduction to the Course

Arrival Day: Thursday, 21 July 2016
Opening of the Course: Friday, 22 July 2016 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 900,00 (VAT included) for attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings

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 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) - Scholarships may be granted to deserving students who need financial help. Such requests must be specified in the application and justified in the recommendation letter. Some of the Scholarships will be granted to SIF and/or EPS Members. 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.