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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261008T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261008T170000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
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SUMMARY:DIFT Colloquium by Izaskun Jimenez-Serra:  Towards prebiotic chemistry in the interstellar medium
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: 15:30h (CEST)\, Thursday\, 8 October 2026 \nLocation: CFTMAT Auditorium \nSpeaker: Izaskun Jimenez-Serra \nTitle: Towards prebiotic chemistry in the interstellar medium \nAbstract: In the past decade\, Astrochemistry has witnessed an impressive increase in the number of detections of new molecular species in space. The majority of these detections are related to complex organic molecules (or COMs)\, defined as carbon-based compounds with more than five atoms in their molecular structure.\nInterestingly\, some of these complex organics are of prebiotic interest and\, hence\, they are believed to be involved in the first biochemical processes that led to life.\nRecently\, we have obtained ultra-sensitive\, broadband spectral surveys toward the G+0.693 molecular cloud\, located in the Galactic Center and known to be one of the richest chemical repositories of the Milky Way.\nOur spectral surveys\, carried out with the Yebes 40m and IRAM 30m telescopes\, have allowed us to detect nearly 30 new molecular species\, which include precursors of ribonucleotides\, nucleobases\, amino acids\, sugars\, proto-proteins and proto-lipids\, as proposed in theories of the origin of life.\nIn this talk\, I will present all these findings and analyze how chemical complexity builds up in the interstellar medium\, not only in the extreme environment of the Galactic Center\, but also during the initial conditions of Solar-system formation. \nZoom link to follow the colloquium live: coming soon.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/dift-colloquium-by-izaskun-jimenez-serra-towards-prebiotic-chemistry-in-the-interstellar-medium/
LOCATION:IFT Auditorium\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260923T100552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T112428Z
UID:25667-1791763200-1791849599@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Public Holiday
DESCRIPTION:The IFT will be closed to local/national holiday. \nIf you wish to visit the center\, you must ask for an authorization here: \nsecretaria.ift@csic.es / visitantes-eventos.ift@csic.es
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/public-holiday/
CATEGORIES:Public holiday
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261014T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261014T123000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260617T105750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T082953Z
UID:25206-1791977400-1791981000@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:IFT Colloquium by Mark Srednicki (UC Santa Barbara): "Quantum chaos and the foundations of statistical mechanics"
DESCRIPTION:Coffee: 11:00 / Ground-floor cafeteria \nDate and time: 11:30h\, Wednesday\, 14 October 2026 \nLocation: Blue Room \nSpeaker: Mark Srednicki\, University of California\, Santa Barbara \nTitle: “Quantum chaos and the foundations of statistical mechanics” \nAbstract: Understanding the emergence of the rules of statistical mechanics for an isolated many-body system from an underlying quantum-mechanical microdynamics is a longstanding problem of\nfundamental physics. Concepts from the theory of quantized classically chaotic systems can be used to resolve at least some of the key issues\, and lead to the notion of “eigenstate\nthermalization”: individual energy eigenstates of the system as a whole appear to be states of thermal equilibrium when probed by local (few-body) observables.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/ift-colloquium-by-mark-srednicki-uc-santa-barbara/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261015T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261015T163000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260929T084502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T084640Z
UID:25750-1792078200-1792081800@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:DIFT Colloquium by Paolo Dini: Can AI Save or Destroy the Planet? The Sustainability Challenge Behind Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: 15:30h\, Thursday\, 15 October 2026 \nLocation: CFTMAT Auditorium \nSpeaker: Paolo Dini \nAfiliación: Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA) \nTitle: “Can AI Save or Destroy the Planet? The Sustainability Challenge Behind Artificial Intelligence” \nAbstract: Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being presented as a powerful enabler of sustainability. From climate change mitigation and renewable energy integration to environmental monitoring\, waste management\, water conservation\, disaster response\, and pollution control\, AI offers unprecedented opportunities to support more sustainable and resilient societies. \nHowever\, the rapid expansion of AI also raises critical questions. What are the environmental implications of having virtually unlimited computational power at our disposal? What is the real impact of AI on energy production and consumption? Can the benefits of AI outweigh the growing demand for data centers\, computing infrastructure\, and digital resources? And what technological and organizational foundations are needed to ensure that AI itself remains sustainable? \nThis talk will explore the dual role of AI as both a tool for sustainability and a source of environmental and societal challenges. It will examine the energy\, infrastructure\, and resource requirements behind modern AI systems\, discuss emerging approaches for reducing their environmental footprint\, and reflect on how research\, industry\, and policy can contribute to the development of truly sustainable AI. \nCoffee: 16:30 / Ground-floor cafeteria
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/coloquio-del-dift-by-paolo-dini-can-ai-save-or-destroy-the-planet-the-sustainability-challenge-behind-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:IFT Auditorium\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261016T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261016T123000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260917T081737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T084949Z
UID:25616-1792148400-1792153800@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar by Lina Castiblanco: "Forecasting cosmological constraints beyond two-point statistics with One-Point Statistics "
DESCRIPTION:Title: Forecasting cosmological constraints beyond two-point statistics with One-Point Statistics \nSpeaker: Lina Castiblanco \nBio: I am a cosmologist and postdoctoral researcher at Bielefeld University. My research focuses on extracting information about the large-scale structure of the Universe beyond traditional two-point statistics\, particularly through one-point probability distribution functions of weak lensing and galaxy clustering. During my PhD at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso\, I worked on modelling the galaxy bispectrum and topological statistics to constrain primordial non-Gaussianity. \nVenue&Time: Red Room | 11:00 \nAbstract: Current and next-generation galaxy surveys will provide vast datasets to improve our understanding of the Universe\, once we extract their maximum information content. However\, the late-time matter distribution is non-Gaussian\, limiting the information captured by two-point statistics. To fully exploit the cosmological signal\, it is essential to incorporate beyond-two-point statistics\, such as one-point probability distribution functions (PDFs)\, which capture key non-Gaussian information from both galaxy clustering and weak lensing. In particular\, the weak lensing convergence PDF is sensitive to the physics of the dark Universe\, including dark matter and dark energy. This information is extracted more efficiently by performing a tomographic analysis. Additionally\, a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak lensing in a joint PDF offers a powerful way to jointly constrain cosmology and galaxy bias. We also need to consider systematic effects\, such as shape noise\, intrinsic alignments\, photometric redshift errors\, and mass-mapping\, which can lead to biased cosmological parameter estimates if they are neglected or not properly modelled. In the talk\, I will present our theoretical modelling of the tomographic convergence PDF and the joint weak lensing–galaxy clustering PDF\, including these systematic effects\, and show our analyses combining the PDF with standard 2-point correlation functions\, which show that the PDF is a powerful statistic for extracting non-Gaussian information.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-by-lina-castiblanco-forecasting-cosmological-constraints-beyond-two-point-statistics-with-one-point-statistics/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261019T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260617T110552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T070614Z
UID:25208-1792422000-1792425600@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar by Mark Srednicki (University of California\, Santa Barbara): "Probability in Quantum Mechanics"
DESCRIPTION:Title: “Probability in Quantum Mechanics”\n \nSpeaker: Mark Srednicki (University of California\, Santa Barbara) \nVenue & Time: Red Room / 15:00 \nAbstract: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Born rule for probabilities of outcomes of measurements on quantum systems\, but there is still no generally accepted understanding of its status. One reason for this lack of consensus is that there are several inequivalent conceptions of probability itself\, and any proposed derivation of the Born rule depends on which one is adopted. The key question for physics is whether or not a “collapse postulate” is needed\, or whether\, as originally proposed by Everett\, unitary time evolution of a quantum state of the universe is consistent with observation\, including the Born rule. I will argue that it is\, and that the appropriate conception of probability is the original one of Laplace. The “decoherent histories” formalism of Gell-Mann and Hartle provides the necessary mathematical structure.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-by-mark-srednicki/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261026T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261026T173000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260821T104220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T104220Z
UID:25500-1793026800-1793035800@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Eduardo Peinado (Mexico U.)
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/eduardo-peinado-mexico-u/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260924T102510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T112433Z
UID:25687-1793577600-1793663999@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Public Holiday
DESCRIPTION:The IFT will be closed to local/national holiday. \nIf you wish to visit the center\, you must ask for an authorization here: \nsecretaria.ift@csic.es / visitantes-eventos.ift@csic.es
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/public-holiday-2/
CATEGORIES:Public holiday
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261105T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261105T170000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260821T104307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T104307Z
UID:25502-1793865600-1793898000@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar Claudia Frugiuele (INFN\, Milan). TBA
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-claudia-frugiuele-infn-milan-tba/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260924T102654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T112436Z
UID:25689-1794182400-1794268799@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Public Holiday
DESCRIPTION:The IFT will be closed to local/national holiday. \nIf you wish to visit the center\, you must ask for an authorization here: \nsecretaria.ift@csic.es / visitantes-eventos.ift@csic.es
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/public-holiday-3/
CATEGORIES:Public holiday
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261112T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260924T102830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T103052Z
UID:25691-1794495600-1794499200@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar by Francesca Scarcella (IFCA)
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-by-francesca-scarcella-ifca/
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261130T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261130T160000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260928T081222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T081222Z
UID:25722-1796050800-1796054400@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar by Richard Holman
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-by-richard-holman/
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261203T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260924T103207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T103207Z
UID:25696-1796310000-1796313600@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Seminar by Fumihiro Naokawa
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/seminar-by-fumihiro-naokawa/
CATEGORIES:Scientific activities,Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208
DTSTAMP:20260930T032558
CREATED:20260924T103256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T112447Z
UID:25698-1796601600-1796687999@www.ift.uam-csic.es
SUMMARY:Public holiday
DESCRIPTION:The IFT will be closed to local/national holiday. \nIf you wish to visit the center\, you must ask for an authorization here: \nsecretaria.ift@csic.es / visitantes-eventos.ift@csic.es
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/public-holiday-4/
CATEGORIES:Public holiday
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