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Institute news 24 www.iiasa.ac.at news at iiasa options ◼ summer 2018 The IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) has been providing talented young researchers with opportunities to collaborate with some of the leading minds in the world on important issues of global relevance, since 1977. This summer, 52 talented young researchers, from 27 countries will once again come to Austria from June to September, to spend time pursuing independent research projects under the direct supervision of experienced IIASA scientists. The institute will also host two science communication fellows who will work in the communications team to gain hands on experience in various aspects of communication and help communicate the work of the YSSP participants. Through the many social and other activities offered during the summer, participants often build lasting friendships and contacts for future collaboration within the institute’s worldwide network. In addition to all the YSSPers who will be visiting IIASA for the first time, three outstanding young scientists from the 2017 YSSP have received scholarship funding to return to IIASA in 2018 to continue with their research projects for another three months. They are Pablo Ortiz Partida who received the Mikhalevich Award, and Hana Mandova and Yaoping Wang, who each received a Peccei Award. The scholarships are awarded annually for outstanding papers from the previous year’s YSSP cohort. Candidates are nominated by the program director of the relevant IIASA research program and assessed by a committee comprised of one member from each program. Each candidate’s paper is evaluated based on its quality, originality, and relevance. AH Music and science have a lot in common. In both, practitioners use mathematical principles and logic, in combination with passion and creativity to produce an end-result that ultimately strives to make the world a better place. A partnership between IIASA and the Vienna Philharmonic has been bringing music and science together to do just that since 2012. One of the Vienna Philharmonic’s stated missions is to communicate the humanitarian message of music into the daily lives and consciousness of its listeners. One of the ways in which it does this, is by acting as a Goodwill Ambassador for IIASA and raising awareness of the institute’s efforts in finding solutions to some of the critical issues of environmental, economic, technological, and social change that society faces in the twenty-first century. In February 2018, President of the Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Froschauer, and Vice President Alexander Steinberger, visited IIASA to sign an agreement that extends the orchestra’s role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the work of the institute for a further five years. “We are delighted that the Vienna Philharmonic will be a Goodwill Ambassador for the work of IIASA for an additional five years. The talents and worldwide prestige of the orchestra will help IIASA fulfill its mission of promoting scientific programs for humanity, to improve human and social wellbeing, and to protect the environment,” said Chin-Min Lee, special advisor to the IIASA director general. AH A harmonious partnership continues www.iiasa.ac.at/news/Philharmonic-18 A summer dedicated to science www.iiasa.ac.at/news/YSSP-18 www.iiasa.ac.at/news/YSSP17-awards