SMI Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria

During Summer 2010 two graduate courses in mathematics will be held, under the sponsorship of the Consorzio per l'Alta Formazione in Matematica (CIAFM) and the Italian Ministery of University and Research (MUR), in Cortona at the Scuola Normale Superiore. The courses will take place during the periods August 1- August 27, 2010.

The courses are directed towards young graduates who would like to engage in research in one of the following fields :

August 1 - August 14

Partial Differential Equations
A. Cianchi - Università di Firenze
P. Hajlasz - University of Pittsburg

August 15- August 27

Loewner's theory from the deterministic and stochastic point of view
F. Bracci - Università Roma 2
R. Bauer - University Illinois Urbana

Each participant is required to choose one topic for a total of 12 hours a week of lectures.

In addition, the participants themselves will be asked to participate in the problem sessions and in the seminars that will be organized in the afternoons.

Ten SMI fellowships, of the duration of two or three weeks, will be available to foreign participants to help cover their living expenses. The fellowship holders will receive Euro 52 per week and will be lodged in the Palazzone or nearby hotels; breakfast and lunch (the latter only from Monday through Saturday)will be offered by the organization at Palazzone. As a further contribution text book and lecture notes will be provided by the School.

Applications should be sent to the following address:

SCUOLA MATEMATICA INTERUNIVERSITARIA
Polo scientifico – CNR Edificio F
via Madonna del Piano
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) – Italy

Applications for the courses should reach this address before June 1, 2010.

A selection committee will meet shortly afterwards and all accepted foreign applicants will be notified of the result in due time.

Applications should contain a BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE and a DETAILED CURRICULUM STUDIORUM and should indicate which course the candidate would like to follow. Applicants are requested to state if their participations is conditioned by the allotment of a fellowship.The exact address to which all correspondence concerning the Summer courses has to be mailed should be clearly stated.

Information - Programmes and further information can be found on the WEB page of SMI at the address:

http://www.matapp.unimib.it/smi/coursesCortona2010.html
or can be obtained by e-mail at the address: smi@fi.iac.cnr.it

Programmes and further information can also be required
by fax at n. per fax al n. +39-055-5225812
(please indicate clearly: to Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria).
or by mail at the following address:

SCUOLA MATEMATICA INTERUNIVERSITARIA
Polo Scientifico – CNR Edificio F
via Madonna del Piano
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) – Italy