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Arkady Vainshtein

2016 Dirac Medal and Prize awarded to Nathan Seiberg, Mikhail Shifman and Arkady Vainshtein

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) at Trieste, Italy awards the prestigious Dirac Medal and Prize every year. This year, it was awarded to Nathan Seiberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), Mikhail Shifman (University of Minnesota) and Arkady Vainshtein (University of Minnesota) for their important contributions to

A talk on Impartial Games by Fernando R. Villegas

Fernando R. Villegas

A talk on Impartial Games by Fernando R. Villegas

The Mathematics Section of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste (Italy) organizes a Basic Notions Seminar, every month to introduce a different mathematical concept for beginners. In this talk, Prof. Fernando R. Villegas explains some interesting impartial mathematical games and more. Featured Image Courtesy: Shutterstock

Conversation with Prof. Fernando R. Villegas

Fernando R. Villegas

Conversation with Prof. Fernando R. Villegas

Prof. Fernando R. Villegas is the head of the Mathematics Section of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy). He is a very highly regarded number theorist with diverse mathematical interests. In December, 2015, Manjil Saikia (Managing Editor of Gonit Sora) had a conversation with Prof. Villegas

Amalendu Krishna

An Interview with Amalendu Krishna (winner of Ramanujan Prize 2015)

Amalendu Krishna of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai was awarded the Ramanujan Prize for the year 2015 jointly by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy), International Mathematical Union and Department of Science and Technology (Government of India). Fernando Villegas, the head of the mathematic

2015 Dirac Medallists announced

2015 Dirac Medallists announced

The Dirac Medals are given every year by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) at Trieste, Italy. This year’s medallists have been announced by ICTP. The 2015 Dirac Medals have been awarded to Alexei Kitaev (California Institute of Technology), Gregory W. Moore (Rutgers University) and Nicholas

2015 Salam Distinguished Lectures by Don Zagier at ICTP

The 2015 Salam Distinguished Lectures were delivered by Prof. Don Zagier at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy). The five lectures are available for viewing here. The ICTP also had a small interview with Prof. Zagier, which we are sharing here. Don Bernard Zagier (born

Video Interview with Cedric Villani

ICTP recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a big conference last month which saw the meeting of some of the most distinguished scientists in the world. Below is an interview that they took with Cedric Villani, one of the 2010 Fields Medalist.

ICTP announces 2014 Dirac medalists

Andrew Strominger

ICTP announces 2014 Dirac medalists

ICTP has awarded its 2014 Dirac Medal to Ashoke Sen (India), Andrew Strominger (USA) and Gabriele Veneziano (Italy), three physicists who have made crucial contributions to the origin, development and further understanding of string theory. Ashoke Sen is a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) in Allahabad, India, whose

2014 ICTP Ramanujan Prize goes to Miguel Walsh

2014 ICTP Ramanujan Prize goes to Miguel Walsh

Miguel Walsh The ICTP Ramanujan Prize has been awarded since 2005 to mathematicians below the age of 45 from developing countries who have made a fundamental contribution to mathematics at an early age. It was originally instituted by ICTP, the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund, and the International Mathematical Union

An Interview with Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai

An Interview with Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai

Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai is an Indian mathematician currently associated with the University of British Columbia, Canada. She is also a professor in the School of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Prof. Sujatha is an internationally reputed algebraic number theorist whose work on Iwasawa Theory is widely