International Association of Mathematical Physics

News Bulletin January 2008

This page shows the latest news items about Mathematical Physics. Please send news and suggestions for forthcoming bulletins to IAMP secretary, [email protected]. Older bulletins are also available.

Contents:

1. New members


2. The ISC for the next congress nominated


3. Poincare Prize 2009 - Call for nominations


4. Forthcoming meetings


5. Open positions


6. A new book

1. New members: The following colleagues recently joined the Association
   

   Ali Reza Assar	resident in Vienna, Austria
   Mathieu Lewin	University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
   Carlangelo Liverani	University of Roma, Tor Vergata, Italy
   Wen-Xiu Ma	University of South Florida, Tampa, U.S.A.

2. The International Scientific Comittee for Prague

   Following the rules the Executive Committee nominated the ISC for the next congress in the following composition:
   
   
   • Michael Aizenman
   • Ingrid Daubechies
   • Pavel Exner
   • Juerg Froehlich
   • Giovanni Gallavotti, chair
   • Yakov Sinai
   • Jan Philip Solovej

3. Call for nominations

   The Henri Poincar� Prize sponsored by the Daniel Iagolnitzer Foundation was created in 1997 to recognize outstanding contributions in mathematical physics, and contributions which lay the groundwork for novel developments in this broad field. The Prize is also created to recognize and support young people of exceptional promise who have already made outstanding contributions to the field of mathematical physics. The prize is awarded every three years at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics (ICMP) and in each case, is awarded to three individuals. A list of previous winners can be found here. Nominations for the 2009 Prize, which is to be awarded at the ICMP in Prague, can be made to any current member of the Executive Committee of the IAMP. There is no prescribed format for a nomination but the following information will help the selection committee with its task:
   
   
   • listing or description of the scientific work in support of the nomination
   • a recent cv of the nominee
   • a proposed citation should the nominee be selected for an award
   
   Please use email for your nomination; you will receive an acknowledgment that your nomination has been received.
   
   To ensure full consideration please submit your nominations by November 30, 2008.

4. Conference announcements

   There is a new meeting supported by the IAMP (type B),
   
   
   • Spectral and Scattering Theory for Quantum Magnetic Systems, at the CIRM, Marseille; July 7-11, 2008
   
   
   and several others recognized by the IAMP (type C):
   
   
   • GEFI-MEFI 2008: From Dynamical Systems to Statistical Mechanics, at the CIRM, Marseille; Feb 4 - March 7, 2008
   • Spring School in Classical and Quantum Mechanics, IIMAS, Mexico City; March 3-14, 2008
   • Statistical Mechanics on Random Structures, EURANDOM, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; March 10-14, 2008
   • Summer School Current Topics in Mathematical Physics, ESI, Vienna; July 21-31, 2008
   
   

5. Open positions

   • Copenhagen University offers postdoc positions in mathematics.

6. A new book

   • Pierre Cartier and Cecile DeWitt-Morette: Functional Integration, Action and Symmetries, Cambridge University Press (2006), 456 p.

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