HIP NEWS, 17 February 2025
HIP SEMINAR
Thursday 20 February 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Oleg Komoltsev (Stavanger)
“QCD in the cores of neutron stars”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 25 February 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Samuli Autti (Lancaster)
“From a universe in a helium droplet to that droplet observing the Universe”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Thursday 27 February 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Adrita Chakraborty (Krakow)
”TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Simone Blasi (DESY), (Onsite)
“The role of impurities in cosmological phase transitions”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 14:15 in C124
Benoit Laslier (LPSM, Université de Paris)
“Tilted Solid on Solid is liquid, at least when thawed a bit”
Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-01/ans-20250219.txt
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 26 February 2025 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Vinícius Oliveira (Lund U. and U. Aveiro), (Onsite)
“TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Wednesday 26 February 2025 at 14:15 in C124
Jonas Tölle (Aalto University)
“A new take on ergodicity of the stochastic 2D Navier-Stokes equations”
Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-01/abs-20250226_0.txt
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
Kumpula Physics & HIP colloquium
The next Kumpula Physics & HIP colloquium will take place on Friday the 14th of March at 14:15 in Physicum E204. Our speaker is Danièle Steer, who is a professor at the University of Paris Cité and works at the Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Superieure in Paris. The title of her talk is “Cosmology with Gravitational Waves”. For more information, please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/ Welcome!
DOCTORAL DEFENCE
Juuso Österman, FM (M.Sc.) will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “Imaginary-Time Perturbation Theory: Applications of Dimensional Regularization” in the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, on 7 March 2025 at 13:00. The public examination will take place at the following address: Exactum, auditorio A111, Pietari Kalmin katu 5.
Professor York Schröder, University of the Bío Bío, will serve as the opponent, and Aleksi Vuorinen as the custos.
The dissertation will be published in the series HIP-Internal Report Series.
The dissertation is also available in electronic form in Helda http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-0003-5
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: WELCOME TO PHYSICS DAYS – FYSIIKAN PÄIVÄT 2025!
Time and venue: 26.-28.3.2025, University of Oulu.
The conference is organized by the University of Oulu, Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, NMR Research Unit, and Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit.
The theme of Physics Days 2025 is “Spinning Around”. The conference will cover a broad range of topics in various areas of physics.
Normal registration closes, Thu 27.2.2025.
We are looking forward to meeting with you in Oulu in March 2025!
Read more on https://ssl.eventilla.com/physicsdays2025#main-content
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.
https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund
There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Tuomo Kuusi (tuomo.kuusi [at] helsinki.fi).
https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html
(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö
Säätiön tehtävänä on tukea tieteellistä sekä soveltavaa tutkimusta ja kehitystyötä myöntämällä apurahoja hankkeiden toteuttajille. Säätiö tarjoaa mahdollisuuksia yksittäisille tutkijoille ja kehittäjille sekä tutkimus-/ kehittäjäryhmille. Haasteena on ruokkia nimenomaan sellaista kehitystä, jolla olisi elinympäristömme kannalta positiivista vaikutusta pitkällä tähtäimellä. Apurahojen hakuaika on jatkuva.
(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)
Akademien utdelar stipendier för verksamhet vars syfte sammanfaller med Akademiens. Stipendier kan beviljas enskild sökande med avlagd akademisk slutexamen. Stipendier kan sökas kontinuerligt under året och beslut görs kvartalsvis.
- Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen
- Stipendier i första hand för kortare forskningsvistelser
https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/
EDUFI Fellowship
The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
Applicant: a Finnish university department
Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland
Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons
Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.
Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months
https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship
(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse
Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd.
Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars. Försenade ansökningar beaktas icke.
Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Virve Valkama e-post: apurahat [at] nordea.fi
http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html
(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö
Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Tieteenalasta riippumattomia apurahoja säätiö on myöntänyt vuodesta 1970 alkaen, tähän mennessä kaikkiaan yli kolmen miljoonan euron arvosta. Tämän mahdollistamme onnistuneen asuntosijoitustoiminnan vuokratuotoilla.
Vuoden 2025 apurahojen hakuaika on 1.-28.2.2025.
https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa
(In Finnish) Tieteellisten seurojen julkaisutoiminta ja kansainvälinen toiminta (TSV)
TSV välittää opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriöltä saatavan valtionavustuksen kansainvälisten konferenssien ja kansallisten seminaarien järjestämiseen.
Etusijalla ovat kansainvälisten tieteellisten järjestöjen voittoa tavoittelemattomat toistuvat konferenssit, joita suomalaiset omalla vuorollaan järjestävät Suomessa. Poikkeuksen tästä muodostavat Suomen kulttuuri- ja tiedeinstituuttien yhteydessä järjestettävät konferenssit ja seminaarit.
Hakuaika: 1.-28.2.2025.
https://www.tsv.fi/fi/avustukset/kansainvaliset-konferenssit-ja-kansalliset-seminaarit
The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV)
TSV facilitates the state subsidy received from the Ministry of Education and Culture for organizing international conferences and national seminars.
Priority is given to recurring non-profit conferences of international scientific organizations that are organized in Finland by Finnish hosts in turn. Exceptions are conferences and seminars organized in connection with Finland’s cultural and scientific institutes.
The next application period is 1-28 February 2025. Decision will be made at the beginning of May 2025.
PoDoCo Spring 2025 Application Round
PoDoCo is established to create new jobs for postdocs. The aim of the PoDoCo program is to promote academic research supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of Finnish companies, and the employment of young doctors in industry. Join us for the PoDoCo webinars to learn more about the program and get answers to any questions you might have. The webinars will take place every Thursday from 23.1.2025 to 10.4.2025, from 14:30 to 15:00. Link to the webinar, which is a Teams meeting.
PoDoCo application rounds are open annually from March 1 to April 15.