The idea of this summer school is to create a friendly learning atmosphere, to enable close contact between students and lecturers, and create opportunities for students to make lasting contacts with peers at other universities.
Topics for 2015:
| Aparna Baskaran (Brandeis) |
Noise, fluctuations and response near equilibrium | ||
| Robert Behringer (Duke) |
Granular Matter | ||
| Chris Santangelo (UMass Amherst) |
Geometry and topology of soft matter | ||
| Mark Schlossman (UI Chicago) |
Electrostatics and electrochemistry at soft interfaces |
Format:
The school will be a 5-day residential program running from the afternoon of Sunday, May 31st to Thursday Evening, June 4th. Four lecturers will give mini-courses composed of four 90-min lectures. The lectures will be interspersed with student presentations, and some social activities. Typically, we will have four lectures a day, leaving time for discussions scientific and otherwise. The lecturers may set assignments. More details on the courses will appear here closer to the date of the school.
Location:
UMass Amherst, the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, is located in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, a 2-hour drive from Boston and 3 hours from New York City. The area is home to UMass and to four other liberal arts colleges. The area has a rich cultural environment in a rural setting. There are also a number of outdoor activities to fill in your free time – hiking and biking trails criss-cross the area.
Logistics:
There will be a fee of $375 for attending the school. The fee will cover on-campus lodging at UMass, breakfast, lunch and refreshments, as well as two evening meals. On other evenings, we will leave you to explore the eateries, bars, coffee-shops of Amherst and neighbouring Northampton. The town is a 15 minute walk from campus, and there is free public transportation connecting the university and the town.
Survey:
Please fill out the linked survey for the summer school if you participated: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXY972C