4th RRI school on Statistical Physics

April 01—13, 2013

RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore - 560080, India.

(http://www.rri.res.in/~statphys/2013/)

This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level.

[Link to earlier schools]

The following courses will be offered.


Theoretical methods in soft matter physics
Ronojoy Adhikari (IMSc, Chennai)
Models of nonequilibrium physics
Satya N. Majumdar (LPTMS Orsay, France)
Anomalous diffusion
Ralf Metzler (University of Potsdam and Tampere UT)
Kinetics of phase transitions
Sanjay Puri (JNU, Delhi)
Introduction to soft matter physics
V. A. Raghunathan (RRI, Bangalore)
Introduction to biomolecular networks
Anirvan Sengupta (Rutgers, USA)

Poster

Course outline

School schedule

Course materials

Selected participants

How to reach

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Those interested in participating should apply by email to statphys@rri.res.in by December 15, 2012 with their CV and list of published papers if any. Students and postdocs should arrange for a letter of recommendation, to be sent directly to statphys@rri.res.in by their advisor. Applications without the recommendation letters will not be considered.

All selected candidates will be provided boarding and lodging as per norms, and are required to attend the entire school. Full support will be provided for travel by train (within India only).


Organizers: Abhishek Dhar and Sanjib Sabhapandit
Sponsor: RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE