DIRC MEDAL AWARD CEREMONY

[Katrina Danforth]

2006 DIRAC MEDAL AWARD CEREMONY

Professor K.R. Sreenivasan
Director of the
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
has the pleasure of inviting you to the
2006 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony on

Friday, 5 October, 2007
at 11:30
in the Main Lecture Hall of the Main Building

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Programme

11.30	Welcome address by Professor K.R. Sreenivasan
		Presentation of the award
		Dirac Lecture by Professor Peter Zoller

All are welcome to attend.


THE 2006 DIRAC MEDAL AND PRIZE

The 2006 Dirac Medal and Prize will be awarded to

Peter Zoller for innovative and prolific work in atomic physics, 
including seminal work proposing methods to use trapped ions for 
quantum computing and describing how to realize the Bose-Hubbard model 
and associated phase transitions in ultracold gases.

DIRAC MEDAL COMMITTEE
Philip W. Anderson
Nicola Cabibbo
David J. Gross
Leo P. Kadanoff
Martin Rees
Carl E. Wieman

THE DIRAC MEDAL

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics awarded its first 
Dirac Medal in 1985.  The Medal is given in honour of P.A.M. Dirac, one 
of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of 
the Centre. It is awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to an 
individual or individuals who have made significant contributions to 
physics.

An international committee of distinguished scientists selects the 
winners from a list of nominated candidates. Nominations are invited 
from scientists working in all areas of physics. The deadline for 
receipt of nominations is 15 April of the relevant year. The Dirac 
Medal is not awarded to Nobel Laureates, Fields Medallists or Wolf 
Foundation Prize winners.