On September 17, the famous linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky received a PhD in Neuroscience from the hands of Guido Martinelli, the Director of the International School for Advanced studies (SISSA) in Trieste. This event was attended by a broad international audience (scientists and laypeople).
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September 7, 2012
SISSA is once again a reference point in the Italian scenery of science communication and journalism: an article entitled "Il racconto pubblico della scienza" (the public dissemination of science) by Nico Pitrelli, co-director of SISSA Master's in Science Communication and of SISSA Master's in Digital Science Journalism, has been published in the journal "Il Mulino".
18th and 19th September, 2012
SISSA - Main Lecture Hall
On 18th and 19th September in Trieste a workshop was held by some of the most important cognitive neuroscientists. After granting an honorary PhD to the famous scientist Noam Chomsky, over the next two days SISSA summed up what is at the forefront of cognitive science.
The internationally known scientist Noam Chomsky received on 17th September an honorary PhD in Neuroscience from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste. During his visit, the scientist held a Lectio Magistralis with the title "The minimalist program and language acquisition" in the Main Lecture Hall of the school.
July 23, 2012
The Summer School on Dopaminergic Neurons, held at SISSA some days ago, has ended successfully. Several speeches were held on cutting-edge research on Parkinson's disease, one of the most common neurological disorders in our society.
July 18-19, 2012
During the Summer School on Dopaminergic Neurons, organised by SISSA and CBM, the most innovative approaches to treat Parkinson's disease will be handled. Internationally known speakers and several researchers will be participating. Within the activity of the school, the results of Dopaminet, a European project involving SISSA and CBM, will be illustrated.
July 13, 2012
It will be one of the most advanced computer centres in Italy, the second most powerful, with 130 TeraFlops (one TeraFlops equals one thousand billion calculations per second), and a storing capacity of around 200 TeraBytes, totally 32 million hour calculations per year.
Manca poco al termine per l'iscrizione al Master biennale in Comunicazione della Scienza e per il Master annuale in Giornalismo Scientifico Digitale organizzati dalla SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati).
Quest'anno, infatti, la scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 26 settembre (entro le 12.00), per entrambi i corsi. Ma non è l'unica novità, anzi:
Le Agevolazioni
July 6, 2012
We all agree on this: the discovery of this new particle, announced last 4th July at CERN, is of historical importance. But are we sure of its real identity?
The director of SISSA, Guido Martinelli, comments on this news explaining why this discovery is "somehow disappointing".
SISSA actively promotes and supports talented young researchers and also this year this can be done by SISSA Excellence Grants, grants for post-doctoral research projects awarded to scientists at the beginning of their career, showing talent, initiative and independence.
This € 392,000 financing divided over 3 years will cover two positions. At the end of the project particularly successful researchers could be considered for a permanent position at SISSA.
July 5, 2012
The discovery of the Higgs boson is an extraordinary success of scientific research on theoretical and experimental physics and of modern technology, and it is an important step forward to understand the components and the fundamental forces of nature. At SISSA, one of the most important international research centers, Particle Physics is one of the main research fields and some researchers have enthusiastically welcomed this important event.
September 18th-19th 2012
Different fields of cognitive sciences - language acquisition, music, mathematics, reasoning, animal communication, pragmatics and social cognition - and their interactions, as well as neuroscience will be the topics of this workshop.
INVITED SPEAKERS:
LUCA BONATTI // ICREA and Pompeu Fabra Uni. Barcelona - Spain
At the origin of human rationality: infants' reasoning about future events
STANISLAS DEHAENE // Collège de France and Neurospin, Saclay - France
Wednesday July 4, 2012, 8:45
SISSA - Lecture Hall 128
Update on the Standard Model Higgs searches in CMS and ATLAS.
Venerdì 29 giugno, ore 16
Circolo della Stampa di Trieste – Corso Italia, 13
June 26, 2012
Thomas Sotiriou, a SISSA researcher, has been recently awarded with an ERC Starting Grant, for the proposal entitled "Challenging General Relativity". The research project has been funded with € 1,375,226.
Sabato 23 giugno, ore 19
Castello di San Giusto - Piazza della Cattedrale, 3 (Trieste)
Un aperitivo che diventa un momento di incontro tra innovatori, giovani imprenditori e investitori.L'evento, nato grazie alla collaborazione tra il Master in Complex Actions della SISSA e The HUB Trieste, sarà un'occasione semplice e informale per presentare e condividere i propri progetti e le proprie idee imprenditoriali. Ospite d'eccezione della serata Kevin Johnson.
Cosa fare nel caso di un'epidemia zombie? Se lo sono chiesto due studenti del Master in Comunicazione della Scienza della SISSA, che hanno affrontato in modo stravagante ma rigoroso il tema della comunicazione del rischio.Lo scenario apparentemente assurdo ha infatti molte similitudini con un'epidemia reale, come pure le (im)probabili reazioni da parte delle istituzioni e della popolazione. Il risultato è un divertente quanto accurato opuscolo informativo messo in vendita online per i più curiosi (o previdenti).
Venerdì 15 giugno
ore 18:30
CafèRossetti - Largo Giorgio Gaber, 2 (Trieste)
Prendete un esperto di cibo di fama mondiale, un gruppo di giovani ricercatori della SISSA con un'idea imprenditoriale e un giovane chef; aggiungete degli insetti e mescolate: otterrete un'esperienza del tutto originale, un aperitivo a base di insetti, scienza e business.
Philippe Nozières
Wednesday June 13, 2012
11.00 a.m.
SISSA - Aula Magna
"Sixty years of condensed matter physics: a changing world, as fascinating as ever in a worrying social context"
Philippe Nozières.
Abstract:
Condensed matter physics has changed since the fifties: I attempt to retrace its evolution in the light of my own trajectory.
