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VISITOR PROGRAM
Fresh voices invigorate discussion. Over the last year, Perimeter’s
lively scientific visitor program brought 401 scientists for research
visits (in addition to over 600 conference participants). Whether
for a few days or a full sabbatical, coming to Perimeter provides
visiting scientists with time, space, and ample opportunities to
attend conferences and talks, exchange ideas, and spark new
collaborations with colleagues.
AFFILIATES
Through the Institute’s Affiliate member program, select faculty
from Canadian universities are invited to make regular visits,
work with Perimeter’s resident scientists, and attend research
events. Affiliates enrich Perimeter’s community, helping to build
regional and national research links between Perimeter and
Canadian universities. In 2011/12, 17 new Affiliate members
joined, bringing the total membership to 119. The program
continues to strengthen research linkages between Perimeter
and the Canadian scientific community, while in turn enriching
the Institute’s research environment.
NATIONAL LINKAGES
Modern physics is inherently collaborative. The big questions
are so complex that they can rarely be answered by a single
researcher, or even by a single institution. Collaboration is vital
and sharing intellectual wealth enriches all.
Perimeter aims to serve as a hub for theoretical physics in Canada.
In addition to longstanding and productive ties with the Institute
for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Perimeter
partners with regional universities, including McMaster, Guelph,
and Western, via cross-appointments, adjunct appointments,
joint postdoctoral fellowships, and graduate training. The
Institute also provides unique resources and leadership to the
national scientific community through conferences, workshops,
and courses.
Perimeter has strong ties with research organizations across
the country, including the Canadian Institute for Theoretical
Astrophysics (CITA), Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
(CIFAR), Fields Institute, SNOLAB, TRIUMF, Centre deRecherches
Mathématiques, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences
(PIMS), and in the Mathematics of Information Technology and
Complex Systems (MITACS) research networks.
INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES
Perimeter maintains links with many research institutions around
the world. In particular, it has strengthened links to observational
and experimental centres in particle physics.
Faculty members
Philip Schuster
and
Natalia Toro
have established highly
productive collaborative ties to experimentalists at the Large
Hadron Collider and, in 2011/12, the Institute formally launched
its “Get Out” (GO) Program for postdoctoral researchers in
particle physics, enabling them to work with experimental peers
at centres like CERN, TRIUMF, and SNOLAB.
BY THE NUMBERS
In 2011/12 …
• Over
1,000
scientists visited
Perimeter to do research and
attend conferences
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