Owing to the current epidemic situation, the in-person 4-weeks 12th edition of the Festival de Théorie has been postponed to June-July, 2022.
As 11th edition, we will be running a series of online Zoom « Festival de Theorie Lectures » in the spirit of our long tutorials, accessible and pedagogic.
This online series starts on June 1st, 2021 and runs through July 2nd, 2021 at a rate of 3 seminars per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays), at 18:00 (Paris) – 9am (San Diego) – 00:00 (Beijing).
The programme is reproduced below.
We hope to see you online for fruitful discussions before resuming to our more usual format.
Best wishes
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This year’s topic is « Phase Dynamics »
For 2019, the Program is organized around a four-week courses of study and research involving a core group of prominent scientists closely interacting with a small group of competitively selected graduate & postgraduate Fellows.
WEEKS 1 & 2
The program commences with two weeks of Seminar by prominent scientists and a serie of Principales Lectures broadening Seminar topics.
WEEKS 3 & 4
Research projects are pursued in weeks 3 & 4 . They aim at associating about 10 competitively-selected Fellows with Research Scientists & Lecturers on topics spanning plasma physics, fluid dynamics, astrophycics & applied mathematics
TRAVEL & HOUSING SUPPORT
is offered to help offset the cost of round-trip travel to Aix-en-Provence. Housing facilities are also available. We recommend that applicants requiring a Visa contact their own Embassis at least three months prior to travel.
Research Projects – Fellows
About ten competitive fellowships are available for graduate students and Postdoctorates. The program is competitive: fellows are selected based on the applicant’s previous academic and scientific achievements and promise as future scientist.
PROSPECTIVE FESTIVAL FELLOWS
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DOCUMENTS
• their CV, a description of their research work and 1-2 sample publications, if available.
CONTACT INFORMATION
• They should also include the contact information for one referee, presumably their research supervisor.
CONTRIBUTION
• Applicants should include a brief statement of what they seek to accomplish at the Festival, how they would contribute to, and profit from, such an interdisciplinary activity.
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