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Summer Program
APPLICATIONS
Deadline to
Apply is January 31
The summer program, running for 16 weeks
from late-May to mid-September, emphasizes
exciting open problems at the cutting
edge. Two or three concurrent workshops,
each with a specific focus selected for
timeliness and the potential for
breakthroughs and of two to five weeks in
length, establish the main themes of each
week, with twelve or thirteen different
workshops each summer, balanced across
fields including particle physics, string
theory, astrophysics and hard and soft
condensed matter physics, as well as
emerging areas including biological
physics, ultra-cold atom physics, quantum
information, and physical mathematics.
Additional researchers participate in
small working groups or as individual
researchers. This framework is designed to
maximize informal interactions and free
discussion within each area and to promote
cross-fertilization between different
areas via the common language of
theoretical physics. Participation in the
summer program of the Aspen Center for
Physics is by application and subsequent
invitation only.
Winter Conferences
Deadlines to
Apply vary from September 1 - 30
From January through
March each year, the Aspen Center for
Physics hosts between six and eight
one-week winter conferences. These
single-session meetings, with typical
attendance of about 80, are focused on the
latest developments in the core physics
areas of the Center. The details of the
format vary, but most have a set of
invited speakers, additional speakers
drawn from the conference participants,
and poster sessions that give an
opportunity for all participants to
present and discuss their work.
Participation in a winter conference is by
application only.
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providing an inclusive and welcoming
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programs, on its campus, and among its
participants and staff, the Center will not
tolerate actions that constitute
discrimination or harassment.
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Center for Physics provides a
stimulating, inspiring and beautiful
surrounding for discussions, exchange
of concrete research ideas, catching
up on what others are working on, and
gathering feedback on one's own
research.
