Southern Methodist University, Physics Department

Position ID:
SMU-Physics Department-2026CTEQ [#30146]
Position Title: 
2026 IITB-CFNS-CTEQ School on Perturbative QCD for EIC
Position Location:
Mumbai, Maharashtra 75275, India
Subject Area: 
Physics
Appl Deadline:
2025/09/10 11:59PMhelp popup (posted 2025/06/16, private)
Position Description:
   

Position Description

The 2026 IITB-CFNS-CTEQ School on Perturbative QCD for EIC  

The 2026 IITB-CFNS-CTEQ School on Perturbative QCD for EIC will be held 8 to 15 February 2026 at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IITB) in Mumbai, India. 
The school is ideally suited for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, with a curriculum that includes a focused introduction to perturbative quantum chromodynamics, along with applications and recent experimental results. It will also offer "hands-on" tutorial sessions on Monte Carlo event generators.  The school will be hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) in collaboration with the CTEQ Collaboration and the Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS) of Stony Brook University. 

There is no registration fee for the school. Accommodations are available (on a paid basis) at the IIT Bombay Guest House. Limited financial assistance is available to support some participants in the IIT Bombay hostel. 
Note: participants arrive on the evening of Sunday, 8 February 2026, and depart in the morning of Sunday, 15 February 2026.

 International Organizing Committee:  Asmita Mukherjee, V. Ravindran, Abhay Deshpande, Ross Corliss, Huey-Wen Lin, Zack Sullivan, Fred Olness,
 Local Organizing Committee: Asmita Mukherjee, Manibrata Sen, Vikram Rentala.


APPLICATIONSThe application process had begun (see Applications link below), and space is limited. 
  • Final Deadline for International Applicants (non-Indian citizens):10 September 2025. 

  • Priority Deadline for Indian Applicants: September 10, 2025

RESUME: Please upload a SHORT resume briefly describing your research background and projects. 
REFERENCE LETTER: Please arrange for one SHORT recommendation letter to be uploaded to AJOL. This should BRIEFLY describe your coursework and research background relevant to the school. 
ImportantBe sure to notify your reference writer so they can upload the letter to AJOL.
WEBSITE:  https://indico.cfnssbu.physics.sunysb.edu/event/493/

Application Materials Required:
Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:
  • Resume / Research Summary
  • Reference letter (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site help popup)
And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:
https://indico.cfnssbu.physics.sunysb.edu/event/493/
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