February 2022 - news - Mailing lists@ IFISC

IFISC News - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships SURF@IFISC 2022
by ifisc＠ifisc.uib-csic.es 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships SURF@IFISC 2022 The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC) announces the 2022 SURF@IFISC (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships) program, addressed to undergraduate students interested in having a first contact with scientific research in the field of Complex Systems. These scholarships, awarded since 2013, aim at introducing student fellows to cutting-edge research and complete their training with practical applications of their knowledge. 6 projects are offered in one of the leading research centers on Complex Systems worldwide. The fellowships must be carried out between June 27th and July 29th for about 150 hours. The research work will take place at the IFISC institute under the supervision of a faculty member. Internships have assigned a total research work of 150 hours, equivalent to four weeks working full time. Each fellowship provides 500 Euros for students living in Mallorca and 800 Euros for a 30-day stay otherwise. The minimum requirements comprise at least 120 ECTS credits of an official degree with an averaged qualification equal or greater than 7/10. The application deadline is April 24th, 2022. More details can be found at the SURF@IFISC page, where the online application form can be found. http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/summer-undergraduate-research-fellowships-…

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IFISC News - IOP-IFISC Webinar on ‘Complex Systems Approaches to Information Processing’
by ifisc＠ifisc.uib-csic.es 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

IOP-IFISC Webinar on ‘Complex Systems Approaches to Information Processing’ IFISC together with the Institute of Physics (IOP), organize a webinar about Complex Systems Approaches to Information Processing presenting a recent special issue in J. Phys. Complexity edited by Maxi San Miguel, Claudio Mirasso and Ingo Fischer. The general topic of the webinar is the subject of the research program of IFISC´s Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence. The webinar (March 8, 3pm CET) will include a round table discussion on this topic. The area of information processing and computing is highly fractionalized. It covers sub-fields in machine learning, neuroscience, physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, biology, social sciences, and more. Not only digital computers, but also organisms, brains, nonlinear physical, quantum, and socio-technical systems, as well as artificial neural networks and many other complex systems, carry out complex information processing. How systems process, store, and retrieve information, and how they can even learn to improve on specific tasks as an interplay of structure and dynamics are fundamental questions at the core of research in complex systems that we need to answer. Finding answers will represent the basis to a better understanding, and ultimately to designing efficient and robust complex information processing systems. This free webinar brings together five different perspectives from this endeavor and aims to explore the role that complex systems science plays in connecting the various involved fields. Speakers Karoline Wiesner: Professor of Complexity Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Germany Hiba Sheheitli: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Inserm and Aix-Marseille University, FranceMarc Timme: Chair for Network Dynamics, Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED), TU Dresden, Germany Daniel Gauthier: Professor of Physics at The Ohio State University, USA Roberta Zambrini: Tenured researcher of the Spanish national research council (CSIC) at IFISC (UIB-CSIC), SpainAttendance to the webinar requires registration in advance: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8529868692589874188 http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/iop-ifisc-webinar-complex-systems-approach…

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IFISC News - 11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022. Towards a Gender Equity plan at IFISC
by ifisc＠ifisc.uib-csic.es 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022. Towards a Gender Equity plan at IFISC In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly decided to proclaim 11 February as International Women's and Girls' Day in Science with the goal of achieving full and equal access to science for girls and women. At IFISC, a team of students, postdocs, permanent researchers, administration personnel and technicians, has started to work on an IFISC gender equity plan. To this end, a survey has been distributed to all IFISC members in order to gather opinions, experiences and suggestions that can help in the preparation of the plan. The infographic that accompanies this News article summarizes the main findings of the survey, where the anonymity of all answers has been guaranteed and no demographic information has been requested except for gender. A 92% of the inquired people support this initiative. The survey provides a good measure of the state of gender-related aspects at the present time and to identify pressing issues before the preparation of the IFISC gender equity plan. By comparing the responses to current and future surveys, one can monitor if the actions that will be included in the equity plan have any measurable consequences. The survey has been prepared inspired by the Gender Equality in Academia and Research (GEAR) tool, which provides universities and research organisations with practical advice and tools. The equity team at IFISC is committed to implement measures to improve the working conditions of all IFISC personnel, with special attention to underrepresented groups. The answers to the survey indicate that there is a clear need to raise awareness about equity issues across the institute. IFISC presents these results within the 11F 2022 program organized by the 11F Balears Platform, whose objective is to give a face and a voice to women who, from institutions, companies or individually, develop their professional and academic activity especially in the field of the STEM sectors. The complete list of activities that will be organized in the framework of the 11F can be found in the web 11fbalears.org. http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/11f-international-day-women-and-girls-scie…

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