Scandolo, Italy an example of research in developing countries – News from Embassies

“Physics and mathematics that used to be done with a pencil, with paper and a blackboard, is now done very heavily using advanced computational facilities. And it is our responsibility to make available to scientists working in developing countries the skills, the infrastructure and also an example, which is the Italian example, of research in this field.” This was emphasized by Sandro Scandolo, director of research at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, on the sidelines of the Conference of Scientific, Space and Agricultural Experts in Naples.

   
“This is a center that is now sixty years old and has always been involved in doing advanced research in the field of theoretical and mathematical physics, but especially in helping and supporting scientists from developing countries to be able to do their research with the with their independence. It is a diplomatic tool that Italy has been very supportive of, even though we are an international center under Unesco,” Scandolo explained. “Italy has financed the center since it was born, and for this reason we have very strong contacts with the whole network of scientific attachés who are helping us in an essential way to expand our partnerships especially with the emerging world, including in Africa: we are just now starting a collaboration with Cineca, the National Supercomputing Center, precisely to make computing infrastructure available to African scientists on projects done in collaboration with us.”

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