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Summary of ICTP activities in support of science in
the Republic of Cuba
23/10/2013 ICTP Public Information Office
*For the period 1970-1982, 2 visitors came from Cuba; the total number of visitors is 1095.
Average percentage of women since 2001 is 31% of total visits in the period 2001-2012.
**Data on female visitors not available before 2001.
0 2 7
11 14 17 23 20 18 15 18
24 26
59
41 43
54 46
54 46 46
54 57 63
58 52
46 45 36
98
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1983
19
84
1985
19
86
1987
19
88
1989
19
90
1991
19
92
1993
19
94
1995
19
96
1997
19
98
1999
20
00
2001
20
02
2003
20
04
2005
20
06
2007
20
08
2009
20
10
2011
20
12
ICTP Visitors from Cuba, 1983-2012*
Visitors
Female**
} Scientific visitors from Cuba ◦ 1095 (1970-2012) ◦ 205 women since 2001 (31%)
} Cuban participation in ICTP Programmes ◦ 94 Affiliates (from 7 Federated Institutes) ◦ 62 Associate Members (15 female) ◦ 28 Postgraduate Diploma Students (6 female) ◦ 43 TRIL Fellows (11 female) ◦ 12 STEP Fellows (8 female) ◦ 10 ICTP-ELETTRA Students (1 female)
} ICTP Prize in Medical Physics, 2010 ◦ Within the ICTP College in Medical Physics � Marlenin Diaz Barreto � Rafael Rodriguez Rojas � Jose Ernesto Dieguez � Andres Fernandez Herrera
} Rodney Alejandro Lopez Clemente } Lourdes Alicia Diaz ◦ Ambassador of Cuba to Italy 2005-2010 ◦ Science and Technology Counsellor � Visited ICTP in 2006
} Fidel Angel Castro Diaz-Balart ◦ Head of Atomic Energy Commission, 1979-1992 � Visited ICTP in 1989 and 2000
} Rafael Rodriguez Rojas ◦ ICTP Associate 2008-2013 ◦ Coordination, ICTP Seminars on Physics of the
Living State, Neurophysics, 2011 } José Leonardo Alvarez Gomez ◦ ICTP Associate 1997-2008
} Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa ◦ ICTP Associate 1994-2001
} Hugo Celso Perez Rojas ◦ ICTP Associate 1992-1999
} Carlos Alonso Hernandez ◦ Centre of Environmental Studies, Cienfuegos ◦ TRIL Fellow, 1999-2005 at ENEA-MERC � National Award at Ninth National Cuban Exposition
”Forging the Future” for his research article shared with Misael Diaz � "Applications of Innovative Technology for Understanding the
Geochronology of Marine Sediments”
Affiliated Centres Networks Scientific
Meetings Scholars/
Consultants Centro de Matematicas y Fisica Teorica (ICIMAF), 2004 (No longer active)
Latin-American Network on Slow Dynamics of Complex Systems, 2004, (No longer active)
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Network on Seismic Microzoning of Latin American cities (SMLAC), 2004, (No longer active)
Latin-American Network of Ferroelectric Materials, 2000
Caribbean Network on Quantum Mechanics, Particles and Fields, 1997
} Joint ICTP-TWAS Latin-American Advanced Course on FPGA Design for Scientific Instrumentation, Havana, 2012
} Joint ICTP-TWAS Conference and Advanced School on Quantification of Earthquake Hazards in the Caribbean: The Gonave Microplate, Santiago de Cuba, 2012
} Regional Advanced School on Physical and Mathematical Tools for the Study of Marine Processes of Coastal Areas, Cienfuegos, 2008
} First Latin-American School and Conference on Statistical Physics and Interdisciplinary Applications, Havana, 2005
} Introductoy School on String Theory, Havana, 1998
} First Regional Course on Advanced VLSI Design Techniques, Havana, 1996
} Fondo México-Centro América y el Caribe para el Avance de la Ciencia, la tecnología y la Innovación ◦ Elis Mon Perez � For Sociedad Cubana de Fisica
} ICTP IRI Task Force Activity, 1994-2004 ◦ International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) � Joint ionospheric modeling project
� Cuban group paid 14 visits to ICTP � Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy of the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Environment
} The amounts shown on the following page give a lower-bound estimate of the financial support ICTP has provided to Cuban science during the period 1996 to 2012.
ICTP programmes Financial support in Euro
ICTP-Elettra Programme* 16,900 STEP Programme 73,500 Federation Programme 79,100 Research Group Visitors 218,400 Postdoctoral Fellows 230,500 Postgraduate Diploma Programme 235,200 Conference Participants 377,500 Associate Programme 414,000 OEA Programme 577,800 TRIL Programme 594,400
Total Euro 2,817,300
*Less than 1%
3% 3% 8%
8%
8%
13%
15%
21%
21%
ICTP financial support to Cuba Share by programme, 1996-2012
STEP Programme
Federation Programme
Research Group Visitors
Postdoctoral Fellows
Postgraduate Diploma Programme
Conference Participants
Associate Programme
OEA Programme
TRIL Programme
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