summary of ictp activities in support of science in the bolivarian republic of...

Summary of ICTP activities in support of science in

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

19/11/2019ICTP Public Information Office 0

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ICTP Visitors from Venezuela, 1983-2017

Total VisitorsFemale*

} Scientific visitors from Venezuela◦ 807 (1970-2017)◦ 101 women since 2001 (27%)

} Venezuelan participation in ICTP Programmes◦ 14 Affiliates (from 1 Federated Institute)◦ 17 Associate Members (5 female)◦ 16 Postgraduate Diploma Students◦ 7 TRIL Fellows ◦ 1 STEP Fellow

} In addition� 13 OEA Scientific Meetings� 3 OEA Vising Scholars

} ICTP Prize◦ Anamaria Font, 1998

Venezuela at ICTPVenezuelan Awardees, ICTP Prizes and Awards

} Hebe Vessuri◦ Senior Researcher and Head of the Department of Science Studies,

Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research�Visited ICTP in 2007: G8-UNESCO World Forum on Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development

Venezuela at ICTP—VIP visits

} Rudolf Roemer◦ Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of Venezuela

�Visited ICTP in 2002, UN Day Celebrations

Venezuela at ICTP—VIP visits

} Carlos Andres Perez◦ President of Venezuela, 1974-1978 and 1988-1993

�Visited ICTP in 1988

Venezuela at ICTP—VIP visits

} Julian Chela-Flores◦ ICTP Visiting Scientist 2014-present◦ ICTP Staff Associate, 1996-2014

�Coordinator of ICTP’s Physics of the Living State activities◦ Resident Scientist, 1990-1996◦ Visiting Scientist, 1982-1989◦ ICTP Associate, 1972-1976◦ IAEA Fellow, 1971◦ Participant iin the Contemporary

Physics Symposium, June 1968

} Ermanno Pietrosemoli◦ Researcher 2010-present, T/ICT4D Section◦ Guest Lecturer, Senior Scientist, 2002-2008 ◦ ICTP Associate, 1995-2000

Venezuela at ICTPNotable Scientific Staff

} Alejandra Melfo Lucero◦ ICTP Associate, 2008-2013◦ Visiting Scientist, 2007◦ ICTP Associate, 2000-2005◦ ICTP Affiliate, 1998-1999

Venezuela at ICTPNotable Scientific Staff

} First ICTP-IVIC Latin-American Advanced Workshop on Numerical, Instrumentation and Measurement Methods in Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio de los Altos, 2014

} CeCalCULA Anniversary Regional Conference 2007: High Speed Networking Effects on Science, Merida, 2007

} Regional School in High Performance Computing on Linux Clusters, Merida, 2003

} ICTP/ICGEB Ibero-American School of Astrobiology: Origins from the Big-Bang to Civilization, Caracas, 1999

ICTP in VenezuelaConferences supported by ICTP in Venezuela

} Long Distance Wireless Links◦ In collaboration with ESLARED (La Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana

de Redes)◦ setup of experiments and testbeds to test long wireless links◦ a 297 km link has been successfully deployed in Venezuela and a 130 km testbed has

been installed connecting ICTP to Monte Cesen

ICTP and VenezuelaTelecommunications/ICT for Development Laboratory (T/ICT4D)

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ICTP programmesFinancial support in

EuroSTEP Programme 17,290 Federation Programme 24,050 Postdoctoral Research Fellows 26,572 Research Group Visitors 53,300 OEA Programme 70,200 TRIL Programme 80,860 Associate Programme 151,320 Postgraduate Diploma Programme 207,480 Conference Participants 983,905 TOTAL 1,614,977

ICTP Financial support in Venezuela

The amounts shown give a lower-bound estimate of the financial support ICTP has provided to Venezuelan science during the period 1996 to 2016.

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3% 4%5%

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13%61%

STEP Programme

FederationProgrammePostdoctoralResearch FellowsResearch GroupVisitorsOEA Programme

TRIL Programme

Associate Programme

Postgraduate DiplomaProgramme