[Todos] Fwd: Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School

[Guillermo Solovey]

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2010 School: 2 - 13 August
University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Directors: J. Foba, G. Ngwa, K. Sreenivasan, R. Roy, K. Showalter, H. Swinney

Apply online at http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?2181
Application deadline: 1 February 2010

Mission Statement...
The Hands-On Research in Complex Systems Schools are designed to
introduce graduate students and young faculty from developing
countries to table-top scientific research on problems at the
frontiers of science. Experiments on physical, chemical, and
biological systems are conducted with modern yet inexpensive digital
instrumentation, and the laboratory work is complemented by
mathematical modeling and data analysis using Matlab.

Each day for two weeks, small groups of 4-5 participants and two
instructors work closely together. The close interactions lead to
subsequent exchange visits and scientific collaborations. The
participants are able to introduce new tools and demonstrations into
the classroom and teaching laboratories, and to use these new tools in
their own research. Thus the Hands-On Schools foster the development
of scientific leaders in less developed countries.