CONTENTS Tervetuloa suomeen 4 WELCOME TO FINLAND 4 WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE IAPS 5 Local information 6 FINLAND 6 Helsinki 10 Student life 10 Student associations 11 Important Information 12 CONTACT INFORMATION 13 TELEGRAM 14 WIFI 14 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 15 RECYCLING 15 CITY BIKES 15 Scientific Programme16 GUEST LECTURES 16 STUDENT LECTURES 18 POSTER SESSION 18 Weekly Programme19 ARRIVAL DAY, AUGUST 8TH 21 KUMPULA DAY, AUGUST 9TH 21 OTANIEMI DAY, AUGUST 10TH 24 SAUNA DAY, AUGUST 11TH 28 POSTER DAY, AUGUST 12TH 33 EXCURSION DAY, AUGUST 13TH 34 LEAVING / TALLINN DAY, AUGUST 14TH 37 SPONSORS 38 Organizing Committee41 & Volunteers CITY CENTER 45 KUMPULA CAMPUS 46 AALTO UNIVERSITY OTANIEMI CAMPUS 47 OMENA-HOTELLI 49 WEST HARBOUR, LÄNSISATAMA 49 Participant map 50 3 ICPS HELSINKI 2018 TERVETULOA SUOMEEN WELCOME TO FINLAND I warmly welcome you to the XXXIII Inter- sure that you will enjoy every moment! national Conference of Physics Students! It’s going to be an inspirational and spec- Now that we are talking about ICPS tra- tacular week. There are 362 participants ditions, unfortunately the excursions from 42 countries, along with around 40 are once again right after the National volunteers, who are helping to organize Evening… Luckily we decided to make this exceptional week. Many of the events things a little bit easier and have a brunch during the conference week may be fa- replacing the breakfast and, as such, the miliar from previous conferences, but I’m first excursions leave only at 10:30. This quite sure that there will be something year, there will be only cultural excursions never seen before in any ICPS. and to counterweight that, we have pre- pared a career event called Physics Fair The theme of the conference is changing which is held alongside with the AGM. environments. Our intention is to pay at- The fair includes lectures and workshops tention to the environment and climate by companies as well as academic parties. change and also those glob- Could it be that you will find al challenges that scientific your dream job there? research and community has confronted during the I’m writing this in a tem- recent years. Fortunately, perature of 30 °C , which is ICPS will never be fake news! totally unfit for my Finnish nature. However, I can’t wait “The Future is made in HEL” to introduce you to the lo- also means that the bright cal student culture at the minds of the next day’s sci- Finnish Nights, first of which ence have been gathered in consists of sitsit, the most one point, both in space and special event of them all. time. ICPS is a place where With this company, it can’t the future weaves its networks and rais- be anything but amazing! Even though es awareness about itself. Part of which I’m complaining about the heat, I don’t are the lectures and posters presented mean that I wouldn’t like it, especially by the student participants themselves, alongside with friends - during this ICPS, that form the core of every ICPS: You can you will also get into a genuine Finnish find out more about them in the Abstract sauna during the second Finnish Night! booklet, which can only be found in an electronic form this year: Once more, welcome to Finland on behalf https://icps.helsinki.fi/abstracts of all the organizers Another type of traditional ICPS pro- gramme are the Plenary Talks and Guest Lectures, where we have the honor to present five stunning speakers from- dif ferent fields of physics! You can read more about them in the chapters “Scientific Programme” and “Weekly Programme”. Santeri Velin I encourage you to check out the details President of the Organizing Committee of the ICPS about the programme in advance. I am 2018 Helsinki 4 TERVETULOA SUOMEEN WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE IAPS Dear IAPS member and ICPS participant, tervetuloa! I am thrilled to welcome you on behalf This year, ICPS focuses on environmental of IAPS to the XXXIII edition of the Inter- issues and will ask how you can contrib- national Conference of Physics Students, ute to solving the large issues our planet here in Helsinki. First of all I am glad to is meeting today. Moreover, you will have thank the Organising Committee and the the chance to get to know the fascinat- whole NC Finland for their great work to ing capital of Finland, from the Nuuksio ensure an exciting and pleasing confer- National Park to the renowned saunas. ence. I have no doubts, you will never for- You will learn that this is the main goal of get it. IAPS: to build and strengthen a network of young students fostering a cultural Let me now spend a few words and personal growth. about the community we all are part of. In 1986 a group The Future is made in HEL of Hungarian students and you are part of it! decided to give the op- portunity to Physics students to meet be- yond the cultural and geopolitical borders of that historical peri- od organising the first ICPS, at that time called “International Conference for Students of Physics”. Following this successful and innovative idea, IAPS was estab- On behalf of IAPS, lished one year later and still today more than four-hundred students gather every year in a different city of a different coun- try to share their passions and experienc- es. Today the scientific community is fac- ing different and new issues, and it raised a new level of awareness and responsibil- ity, but the IAPS members can even now Mattia Ivaldi inspire and get inspired by joining signifi- IAPS President cant and worldwide events, just like ICPS. If you want to know more about IAPS and how to actively contribute in its initiatives I warmly invite you to the IAPS workshops and the Annual General Meeting. 5 ICPS HELSINKI 2018 LOCAL INFORMATION FINLAND REPUBLIC OF FINLAND official languages Finnish and internet code .fi Swedish capital Helsinki dial code +358 currency Euro number of lakes 187 888 population 5 514 997 (114th) number of islands 179 584 area 338 424 (64th) number of saunas 3,2 million GDP 255.976 billion USD coffee 206 litres / person / year per capita 46 342 USD consumption Formerly a part of Sweden (up to 1809) and der of East and West in the cultural as well an autonomous part of Russia (1809–1917), as geographical sense. Finland is a liberal, Finland has been an independent coun- Western democracy. Since the beginning try since 1917. Finland is one of the Nordic of 1995 Finland has been a member of the countries (but geographically not part of European Union. Scandinavia) and situated on the very bor- FINNISH PEOPLE AND CUSTOMS Finnish people like to think of themselves ple also know French, Spanish or Italian. as honest, hardworking and well educat- Knowledge of Russian, Estonian and more ed. They might appear at first sight a bit remote languages is less common. shy or reserved, but once you get to know them they are most often really friendly. In Finland, do as the Finns do. Finland is a For some reason many Finns want to give well-ordered and well-organised country, foreigners an impression that they are where most of the people try to voluntarily strange and crazy people – and to some follow the common rules and laws (even extent this is true. traffic regulations). Here we list a variety of more or less formal customs, phenomena Finnish people usually speak several lan- and attitudes in Finnish society. guages – at least all young people know decent English and at least basic Swed- The Finnish language is a member of the ish in addition to Finnish. Knowledge of Finno-Ugric language grouping which German is quite common, and some peo- also includes Estonian (which has a lot of 6 LOCAL INFORMATION Punctuality: being on time is considered very Nudity: being nude is considered relative- polite and indeed essential for the working of ly natural in Finland, and people are less re- the society. Do your best to be on time, and served about it than in many other countries. Finnish people will be much happier with you This doesn’t mean that you will normally see naked people running around the city (except Shoes: Finnish peoples do not wear shoes in- perhaps students at night time, especially at a campus area), but people normally go to sau- side their homes. Also in the campus area there are a number of places where you are ex- na naked, even with complete strangers, and pected to take off your shoes when you enter swimming naked is relatively common. (especially the saunas) Coffee: drinking coffee is very popular amongst Finns. However, Finnish coffee is not very Smoking: smoking is very strictly regulated strong compared to more southern European in Finland. Basically if you’re inside, you can’t coffee. smoke. Bars usually have small ventilated rooms designated for smokers though. Silence: Finnish people are not very talkative with people they do not know. Even amongst Salmiakki: a type of salty black liquorice candy friends, periods of silence are not rare and are flavored with ammonium chloride. That might not considered uncomfortable. not sound very appetizing, but most Finnish people find it very tasty. It exists in many- var iations, and might require some time getting Crime and honesty: crime is relatively low in used to. Finland, thefts and pickpocketing are relatively rare, and being outdoors at nighttime is quite safe. If Finnish people behave violently, it is Sauna: Finnish people are very proud of their usually towards people they know (including saunas, and are very happy to introduce you themselves – Finland is famous for high sui- to them.