Dear Scientist and Staff,

ICTP and Scuola Media Corsi are following up their fruitful collaboration in staging the plays Nikola Tesla, Hypathia, and Rossum's Universal Robots by working together again, this time on a video project.

A 20 minute video will be produced, to be shown on the occasion of the Ramanujan Prize 2016 Ceremony, on November 4.

The video, in the form of brief interviews with students and scientists, will be based on a script, written in collaboration with ICTP scientists and staff, so we are asking for your ideas and contributions.

The subject will be "Creativity".

The idea came from the recent release of the biographical movie on Ramanujan (1887-1920) The Man Who Knew Infinity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity_(film)

There is a rich bibliography on this extraordinary mathematician. Interesting literature is available in your Library (see references below).

ICTP scientists / staff are invited to contribute with a text of 600 characters max (please no more than that!) expressing their thoughts on one or more of the following questions:

·      Where is creativity to be found?

·      Where does an idea come from?

·      Is school necessary or not?

·      How do you recognize a good idea?

·      Are ideas better born working alone or in groups?

It is suggested, but not necessary, that the contributions focus on mathematical creativity. Personal thoughts on creativity at large would fit as well. You may also be inspired by the Ramanujan Prize Award itself http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-ramanujan-prize.aspx

Contributions in the author's native language are encouraged, and they should be accompanied by an English version. The video will be subtitled both in English and Italian.

The texts received will be put together and edited into a script by students and teachers of Scuola Corsi, and then the interviews will be filmed at ICTP. The video will include some musical inserts.

Schedule:

As soon as possible : contact us to express your interest