Pan American Advanced Studies Institute on Topics in Percolative and Disordered Systems; Argentina and Chile; January 1-15, 2012

PASI：主题渗透和无序系统这个泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）联合支持，将于2012年1月1日至15日举行;第一周在智利圣地亚哥的智利天主教大学（PUC），第二周在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯的布宜诺斯艾利斯大学。由查尔斯·M。纽约大学的纽曼博士与巴西IMPA和荷兰CWI的Vladas Sidoravicius博士一起，这个PASI将解决数学和统计物理界面上的重要和长期存在的问题。 PASI计划在渗流和无序系统的各个研究领域举办12门迷你课程，其中一些提供最先进技术的培训，另一些则解决概率和统计物理学中的重要开放问题。 渗流本身的研究提供了一个方便的基础，以发展技术和增加对复杂相互作用系统中的生长和模式形成等现象的理解。 这些技术可以应用于各种领域，包括水文学、材料科学、神经科学、理论计算机科学、水文学和石油工程。 该PASI的讲座和活动将由一组杰出的研究人员领导。 与会者将包括来自西半球的30名研究生、博士后和初级教师，其中一半来自美国。 PASI还可能吸引更多来自拉丁美洲的杰出研究人员。 这种形式将使年轻的研究人员能够在社区积极研究人员的指导下进入具有挑战性的课题。 该奖项还将大大拓宽纽曼博士的NSF PIRE项目的国际研讨会计划，为更多的美国和拉丁美洲学生，博士后和初级教师提供尖端的国际经验。 将通过小型课程的出版版本和适当的网站传播PASI的结果。

PASI: Topics in Percolative and Disordered SystemsThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place from January 1 to 15, 2012; the first week at the Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC) de Chile, in Santiago, Chile, and the second week at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by Dr. Charles M. Newman of New York University together with Dr. Vladas Sidoravicius of IMPA, Brazil and CWI, the Netherlands, this PASI will address important and long-standing problems at the interface of mathematics and statistical physics. The PASI is scheduled around 12 mini-courses in various research areas of percolation and disordered systems, some of them providing training in state-of-the-art techniques, and others addressing important open problems in probability and statistical physics. The study of percolation itself provides a convenient ground to develop techniques and increased understanding of phenomena like growth and pattern formation in complex interacting systems. Such techniques can be applied in a variety of fields, including hydrology, materials science, neural science, theoretical computer science, hydrology and petroleum engineering. Lectures and activities for this PASI will be led by an outstanding group of researchers. Participants will include 30 graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty from the hemisphere, half of which will be from the United States. The PASI will likely also attract additional prominent researchers from Latin America. The format will allow young researchers to enter challenging subjects with the guidance of active researchers in the community. This award will also greatly broaden the international workshop program of Dr. Newman's NSF PIRE project by providing a cutting-edge, international experience to many more U.S. and Latin American students, postdocs, and junior faculty members. Results from the PASI will be disseminated through a published version of the mini-courses and appropriate web sites.