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PCS Celebrates its Inaugural Symposium IBS Director Sergej Flach hosted the symposium celebrating the official commencement of activities of the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex System (PCS) Group Photo of the distinguished guests The inaugural
symposium titled “Physics Frontiers of Complex Systems” began early on Friday,
July 24 on KAIST’s Munji campus. The symposium was held to mark the official
opening of the Center for Theoretical
Physics of Complex System and to gather world renowned theoretical
physicists who delivered diverse lectures on their respective fields in physics. IBS president Doochul
Kim opened the ceremony expressing his support for the Center and Director
Flach. “IBS is very lucky to have Sergey as a director,” said Doochul Kim, “I
have high expectations for this Center to become the global scientific hub in
the field and deliver outstanding research outcomes. This symposium is the
first step towards that goal.” The President of KAIST, Professor Sungmo Kang also
spoke warmly about his pleasure in temporarily hosting the Center and offering
his sincere hope for its future success. Director Flach took to
the stage after the president and gave a brief presentation on the history and
timeline of the Center. He thanked members of IBS who helped shape the early formation of the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex
Systems and outlined its immediate goals. He hopes to see the Center
develop into one of the world’s finest research and training hubs, by taking center
stage in Asia and competing with similar institutions worldwide. Director Flach
paid particular attention to developing young scientists and offering them a
unique opportunity in fast tracking a network with renowned scientists. A long
term goal of the Center, according to Director Flach, is to create a
world-class research-orientated training program for PhD students. The second half of the
event reiterated Director Flach’s earlier remarks in hoping the Center can
compete at an international level. Three scientists from two continents took to
the stage to deliver their presentations on varied topics from the field of
theoretical physics. Professor Boris Altshuler, the winner of the Agilent
Physics Prize, from Columbia University gave a lecture entitled ‘Many Body Localization.’ Professor
Antonio Politi from the University of Aberdeen followed Professor Altshuler
with a lecture about heat conduction in
low dimensional systems. Korean scientists from
KAIST and Seoul National University delivered thought provoking lectures on
theoretical physics, specifically topology
and anyons before Professor Alexey
Ustinov from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany concluded the
event with his lecture on multi-stability in Josephson arrays and metamaterials. The Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems was established in December 2014 with scientific activities commencing in May of 2015. Last month the Center moved into its temporary offices at KAIST’s Munji campus ahead of the expected completion of the new IBS Complex in Expo Science Park. Currently ten research fellows and two PhD students are undertaking their research within the Center. Director Flach hopes to swell the Center’s ranks of visiting professors before the end of 2015 and into the foreseeable future and to continue its strong collaborations with KAIST and Seoul National University. |
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