Author: Raffaella Burioni

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The EPS Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Division is calling for nominations for its 2023 prizes.

EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize 2023

OBJECT: The EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize recognises outstanding research contributions in the area of statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems, complex networks.
CANDIDATES: One or two persons that have made independent or convergent ground-breaking and agenda-setting contributions for the development of the field. Prize winners can have any nationality.
NOMINATIONS: Self nominations will not be considered. The nominators must send an email attaching a letter with a brief description of the most important research contributions of the candidate and a list of up to 6 key publications (maximum 2 pages) to the Chair of the board Raffaella Burioni (raffaella.burioni@unipr.it) with the subject header "EPS-SNPD award nomination". We encourage nominations from groups currently underrepresented in the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division.
AWARD CONTENT: A glass trophy and a cash sum.
DEADLINE: 20th June 2023

EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Early Career Prize 2023

OBJECT: The EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Early Career Prize recognises outstanding research contributions in the area of statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems, complex networks.
CANDIDATES: One or two persons in their early career stage (defined as having obtained the PhD degree less than 6 years ago at the time of nomination) that have made independent or convergent ground-breaking contributions for the development of the field. Prize winners can have any nationality.
NOMINATIONS: Self nominations will not be considered. The nominators must send an email attaching a letter with a brief description of the most important research contributions of the candidate and a list of up to 6 key publications (maximum 2 pages) to the Chair of the board Raffaella Burioni (raffaella.burioni@unipr.it) with the subject header "EPS-SNPD award nomination". We encourage nominations from groups currently underrepresented in the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division.
AWARD CONTENT: A glass trophy and a cash sum.
DEADLINE: 20th June 2023

Further information is available at the website of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division of the EPS.

Author: Kees van der Beek

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On the 17th of July 2021, Claudine Hermann passed away at the age of 75 in Villejuif (France).

Best-known for her tireless action in favour of gender equality in science, Claudine Hermann was an exceptional person by her wit and wisdom, her keen analysis of both scientific and societal problems, her dedication and commitment to helping others and the community, and her immense energy and work force. Claudine was a physicist of the highest level, and a wonderful colleague respected by all.

After her graduation from Ecole normale supérieure de jeunes filles in Paris in 1965, Claudine obtained her physics degree in 1969. She defended her thesis in condensed matter physics, and more specifically, on the measurements of the Landé factor of the conduction electrons in GaSb, in 1976. This, and later research would prompt Claudine to formulate a highly cited critique of the manner in which k•p type band structure calculations were hitherto performed, and to propose significant improvements.  Claudine occupied an assistant position at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. She was later became lecturer, and then the first woman professor at the Ecole polytechnique in Palaiseau (France), where she was also the vice-president of the physics department from 1985 to 1992. Author of a monograph on statistical physics, Claudine’s lectures were highly praised by all and loved by students, and her contributions to all aspects of training, education, and physics research at Ecole polytechnique were numerous. We particularly cite her work on magneto-optics of metallic multilayers, on photoemission in activated semiconductors, and on optically detected magnetic resonance.

It is in the early 1990’s that Claudine started her action for the promotion of women in science. She joins the Demain la parité (“Equality tomorrow”) group in 1994, and co-authors several reports on young women’s enrolment and position in engineering curricula and in university. With Noria Boukhobzan, Huguette Delavault, and Corinne Konrad, she published Les Enseignantes-Chercheuses à l’université: demain la parité (“Lecturers at university: gender equality tomorrow?”, Harmattan, 2002). In 2000, Claudine co-authored the Science policies in the European Union: Promoting Excellence through Mainstreaming Gender Equality of the European Technology Evaluation Network (ETAN, Directorate General for Research of the European Commission). From 1999 to 2006, she would be an eminent member of the ETAN “Women and Science” group. Claudine would go on to author more than forty articles, books, and other authorative works, and has delivered countless lectures and addresses on the topic across the world.

Claudine Hermann was the co-founder and first president of the French association “Femmes et Sciences” (“Women and Science”), president of the European Platform of Woman Scientists, and a very active member, till the last, of the “Femmes et Physique” (“Women and Physics”) Commission of the French Physical Society SFP. As such, Claudine also very actively participated in EPS activities. Notably, Claudine regularly published in e-EPS, authored various editorials and columns, and was key in bringing about the EPS “Inspiring Physicists” calendar.

With the passing of Claudine, our community loses one of its most exceptional members. Her efforts to the advancement of the cause of women in science are no less than remarkable, and the example she sets unparalleled. Citing Claudine as she expressed herself in 2013: “Many young women ask me whether I am a feminist. If being a feminist means working for women to participate fairly and equally in society, then, ‘yes’, a resounding ‘yes’!”

 

Claudine Hermann - Image credit: Morinsan via Wikimedia

The Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division (SNPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is happy to announce the winners of the two prizes of the Division:

The 2017 EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize is awarded to

• Peter Grassberger ”for his seminal contributions to nonlinear physics, in particular for the development of the Grassberger-Procaccia algorithm to analyse nonlinear chaotic time series, and the development of highly innovative numerical simulation techniques for complex phenomena such as directed percolation, the dynamics of chain polymers, epidemic spreading, and transient chaos.”
  
• Itamar Procaccia ”for his seminal contributions to nonlinear physics, in particular for the development of the Grassberger-Procaccia algorithm to analyse nonlinear chaotic time series, and the development of power- ful theoretical approaches to describe complex phenomena such as multifractals, diffusion-limited aggregation, anisotropic turbulence and drag reduction in turbulent flows.”

The 2017 EPS-SNPD Early Career Prize is awarded to

• Laura Foini ”for her outstanding research contributions in the field of glassy systems and nonequilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum systems.”
  
• Edgar Roldan ”for his outstanding research contributions at the interface of stochastic thermodynamics and biophysics.”

The prize award ceremony will be during the conference of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division in Krakow 3-8 September 2017.

More information can be found on the website of EPS-SNPD.

Dear Colleague,

this is the Second Call for Abstracts of the International Conference SigmaPhi2017 covering all the fields of Statistical Physics. Please note that the abstracts submission deadline is 12 April 2017.

Currently, the abstracts of the papers to be presented in the Conference  (Main Conference,  Workshops, Special Sessions), can be submitted  by using the Conference web site.

Finally, we focalize your attention to the  School of Statistical Physics organized jointly by the EPS and SigmaPhi2017 to be held in the same venue, 6-8 July 2017.


Looking forward to your participation.
Best regards,

Professor Giorgio Kaniadakis
Conference Chairman
Politecnico di Torino
Italy

This is the First Call for Abstracts of the International Conference SigmaPhi2014, covering all the fields of Statistical Physics.

Currently, the abstracts of the papers to be presented in the Conference  (Main Conference or Workshops, Special Sessions), can be submitted  by using the Conference web page "Abstract Submission".

The Conference will host the annual meeting of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division of the European Physical Society (SNP/EPS).

More info
SigmaPhi2014
SNPD - Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division