Links

Here you can find a pretty random collection of links I have been accumulating over time. Some of them may be quite old and perhaps broken – sorry. If you find any of those please feel free to drop me a line.

Some of the software I find useful

• Cygwin (computing environment): package management and computing evironment to run GNU applications natively within Microsoft Windows.
  • Main website.
  • My notes on how to use cygwin effectively.
• Gnuplot (plotting): main website.
• Octave (numerics): main website.
• Maxima (CAS):
  • main website,
  • sourceforge page,
  • wxMaxima notebook interface,
  • a very useful guide to Graphics with Maxima,
  • draw package examples,
  • Wikipedia guide.

Follow the link for specific information on our systems (password-protected).

Seminar series in our field (a selection)

• Kent,
• ISIS,
• RAL,
• UCL/LCN,
• Imperial,
• Oxford,
• Bristol theory and condensed matter.

Conferences

• Institute of Physics > What’s on in Physics,
• Physics Today > Event Calendar,
• The Robot > confmenu (cond-mat section),
• PSI conference diary,
• Gordon Research Conferences,
• Abdus Salam ICTP > events calendar,
• ESF physics and engineering meetings,
• KITP activities calendar,
• Ohio Center for Theoretical Science workshops,
• Dresden,
• Les Houches,
• Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM-I2CAM),
• APS March Meeting.

Funding sources

• Europe:
  • ERC.
    • Starting Independent Researcher Grants.
      • Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS).
      • National government support for finalists.
  • European Union Marie Curie Actions.
    • Marie Curie Fellowship Association.
  • The European Science Foundation.
    • Short visit grants.
• UK:
  • EPSRC.
    • Log in to Je-S.
  • Royal Society.
    • Log in to e-GAP.
  • Leverhulme Trust.
  • British Council.
  • Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK.
  • Institute of Physics (see TIPTOP and PhysicsWeb).
  • The Worshipful Company or Armourers and Brasiers.
• Spain:
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación:
    • Evaluación del Profesorado contratado (acreditación):
      • Aplicación informática.
    • Programa Ramón y Cajal.
    • Fullbright España.
    • Plan Nacional de I+D+i, 2008-2011: Líneas Instrumentales de Actuación (LIA).
    • Becas de especialización en organismos internacionales.
    • Estancias de movilidad postdoctoral en centros extranjeros.
  • becas.universia.es.
  • Becas en España.
• Brazil:
  • FAPESP.
• Bilateral:
  • British Council Brazil.
  • British Council Australia.
  • British Council Spain.
• Japan:
  • JSPS (London Office) short-term fellowships.
  • Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
  • Daiwa Anglo-Japanse Foundation.
  • Embajada del Japón en España.
• ‘International’:
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation.
  • Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM-I2CAM).

Jobs

• UK:
  • jobs.ac.uk.
  • physicsweb.org/jobs.
  • CVs.ac.uk.
  • All Vacancies at STFC.
• Spain:
  • RedIris’ OFER-TRABEC.
• USA:
  • Chronicle Careers.
  • HigherEdJobs.com > Faculty > Science > Physics.
  • Physics Today Jobs.