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PREAMBLE
In a recent years, new forms of scientific cooperation have been
appeared. Scientists of different sites form temporal working
groups (for several weeks - few months) devoted to special
topics, to discuss results, to exchange experience and to work
together. The point is that senior scientists with permanent
positions can leave their home institutions, as a rule, only for
a limited amount of time, young scientists are more mobile and
looking around the world for perspectives.
This trend can be observed at the Bogoliubov Laboratory (BLTP).
A slow but steady reduction of long-term (like 1-3 years traditional
for JINR) and middle-term visits of scientists from the member-countries
of JINR is observed. Thus, long-term stays now
are possible only in exceptional cases. Besides other reasons
such as the present economic situation and living conditions in
Russia, it becomes still more difficult for visiting scientists
to leave permanent position for long terms. Meanwhile, the number
of short-term visits to Dubna, at workshops and conferences, is
not decreasing.
In the world the practice of temporal research groups become of
still increasing importance. Such groups allow a small number of
scientists to cooperate effectively in the field of fundamental
theories as well as in the interpretation of experimental data.
The Bogoliubov Laboratory at JINR is installing "Research Workshops"
as a new possibility for theoreticians to establish temporal working
groups at Dubna. This project follows the modern tendency
mentioned above. It will enable increasing the number of
middle-term visits to the Laboratory.
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PROJECT
The project will consist of specialized Research Workshops that
last for 1 to 2 months and gather a small number (3 - 5) of
qualified specialists in the fields interested in contacts and
short-term collaborations, as well as a group of (5 - 10) young
and beginner scientists who wish to rise their qualification.
A Research Workshop (=RW) comprises, first, the workshop itself
during which experts and young scientists contact each other,
including short cycles of lectures. Second, it includes a small
conference (2--3 days) summarizing the workshop results.
The BLTP can be considered at present time as a leading centre
in different fields of theoretical physics with well-established
tradition and infrastructure for international cooperation. It is
supposed that the prerequisites related to the infrastructure
(computer facilities, library, offices, Xerox) will be provided
by the BLTP within an appropriate extend.
The project is headed by the Advisory Board of leading Laboratory
experts; every RW will be organized by workshop coordinator(s).
APPLICATION
Applications for the annownced RW (and proposals for a new one)
should be addressed to a coordinator (or to Advisory Board) via
the Lab. scientific secretary Dr. V.Zhuravlev
(vzhur@thsun1.jinr.dubna.su).
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