Subject: [Depfis] Gabriel Mindlin premiado!

From: Francisco Diego Mazzitelli <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:37:46 -0300

Hola. Queria contarles que Gabriel Mindlin gano el premio
ICTP 2004. Va mas abajo el detalle. Felicitaciones Gabo!

Saludos a todos, Diego

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ICTP Prize Winner 2004
Bernardo Gabriel Mindlin

The 2004 ICTP Prize, in honour of Arthur Taylor Winfree, is awarded to 
Bernardo Gabriel Mindlin of the Department of Physics, University of Buenos 
Aires, Argentina.

Gabriel Mindlin is a theorist who has made important contributions to the 
fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary aspects of nonlinear dynamical 
systems. In his publications---over fifty well-cited papers appearing in major 
journals, as well as in books---he has made original contributions to fields 
as diverse as solar activity, lasers, neural modeling, speech recognition and 
bird songs.

His early work---a characterization of strange attractors in terms of their 
topology as opposed to delicate metric properties like dimensions and 
entropies---had a significant impact. Later, as an independent researcher 
first in Spain and then in Argentina, he studied the effect of broken 
symmetries in pattern formation. In recent years, he has shifted his attention 
to the dynamics of the vocal apparatus. He began with a study of vowels in 
human speech and then moved on to the investigation of the "syrinx" (the song-
making organ) of birds, which is much better accessible experimentally.

Mindlin's work has always had strong contacts with experiment. He is currently 
involved in an international collaboration on avian physiology.

Mindlin is a leading figure in his group, actively striving---and managing---
to achieve international standards. He is an original, self-motivated and 
imaginative researcher who seeks out important problems in interdisciplinary 
areas. He provides a very good example for young scientists starting a career 
in developing countries.

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