Conveners
Presentation of USP and of the Institutes and Schools that are organizing the School at USP
- Alexandre Alarcon Do Passo Suaide (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))
- Jacques Raymond Daniel Lepine (USP - UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO)
Description
The University of USP and the Institutes and Schools at USP that are organizing the School will be presented in terms of their Scientific and Technological Goals and perspectives. These presentations will not be restricted to the School attendance but opened to a larger audience.
Prof Jose Eduardo Kriegeris the Provost of Research of USP, the major institution of higher learning and research in Brazil, responsible for educating a large part of Brazilian Masters and Ph.D’s. USP has developed a large number of educational and research links with Academics and Research Centers worldwide.
Prof. Krieger gives an oral welcome to the School attendants which is recorded and...
The Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG) is one of the leading research and academic Institute in Brazil. Following the creation of its three departments in 1972, Graduate Programs were implemented for Astronomy (1973), Geophysics (1974), and Meteorology (1975). The BS Courses in Meteorology and Geophysics were opened in 1977 and 1986, respectively, and later...
USP operates 4 hospitals, among them University of São Paulo Medical School Public Hospital, the largest hospital complex in Latin America and the major teaching and training site for the University School of Medicine - it is considered one of the best health care institutions in Latin America . The Faculdade de Medicina da USP develops, along with the Hospital das Clínicas (HC), scientific...
The Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, part of the University of Sao Paulo, is constituted of four departments:DCC (Department of Computer Science), MAE (Department of Statistics), MAP (Department of Applied Mathematics) and MAT (Department of Mathematics). It is an institution focused on researching, learning and teaching within the areas above. The IME was founded in 1970 and, since...
The Phyics Institute carries out research activities in a variety of fields, with a high standard of academic excellence, covering the main topics of contemporary physics, from elementary particles to galaxies, from atoms and molecules to condensed matter. Particle and nuclear physics, solid state, and low temperature physics, have a long tradition at IF. Others, introduced more recently, have...
The Polytechnic School at Sao Paulo was funded in 1893 and is part of USP since 1934. The school comprises 457 Professors, 4.500 graduate students and 2.500 post-graduates. The School is organized in 15 departments, performing high education and research activities with strong impact as well in the Industrial and Managerial sectors in Brazil. Today the School is a national reference and is...
LNLS integrates the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), along with three other National Labs: Brazilian Bioetanol Science and Technology (CTBE), Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio) and Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano). CNPEM is a private research and development institution (R&D) founded mainly by the Brazilian Ministry of Science,...
