Summer Schools

 


 

Russbach school Nuclear Astrophysics 2017 -> First circular

Information can be found in this document.

 


ISOTDAQ 2017 - International School of Trigger & Data Acquisition


2nd ASTERICS Virtual Observatory School

The ASTERICS (http://asterics2020.eu/) project is organising its second VO School.

The school will take place during 15-17 November 2016 at Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

The Virtual Observatory (VO) is opening up new ways of exploiting the huge amount of data provided by the ever-growing number of ground-based and space facilities, as well as by computer simulations. The goal of the School is twofold: Expose European astronomers and representatives of the ESFRI project involved in ASTERICS to the variety of VO tools and services available today so that they can use them efficiently for their own research and gather requirement and feedback from them.

To achieve these goals, VO experts will lecture and tutor the participants on the usage of VO tools and services. Real life examples of scientific applications will be given. A large fraction of the time will be dedicated to hands-on exercises, which will allow participants to become fully familiar with the VO capabilities on their own laptops.

In order to ensure the right level of interaction, participation will be restricted to a limited number of participants (40). Preference will be given to PhD students and post-docs.

More information at:

https://www.asterics2020.eu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=open:wp4:school2

Contact: ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr


 

EU funded GraWIToN projec

The EU funded GraWIToN project (http://www.grawiton-gw.eu/) organises a series of school in the next months:

 

GraWIToN school on High Power Lasers, Optics and Simulation

Hannover (Germany), 12-16 September 2016

https://events.ego-gw.it/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=42

(agenda will appear soon in the web site)

 

Second GraWIToN School on GW data analysis, with special focus on

Continuous Signals (spinning neutron stars and stochastic background)

Rome (Italy), 24-26 October 2016

https://events.ego-gw.it/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=44

 

GraWIToN School on Project Management and Communication

Cascina, Virgo Site (Italy), 21-25 November 2016

draft web site: https://events.ego-gw.it/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=43

 

Schools are addressed to the EU funded GraWIToN PhD students, but they are open to (a limited number of) external PhD students and young researchers.

 

 

Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics
A PhD School at University of Ferrara
 
Ferrara (Italy),  5-9 September 2016
 
 
As part of the PhD program in Physics ("Dottorato di Ricerca in Fisica") at University of Ferrara, the Department of Physics and Earth Science organises a series of Lectures on advanced topics in astrophysics and fundamental physics, designed for PhD and Master students in Physics and Astronomy, as well as researchers with multi-disciplinary interests in high-energy astrophysics, astro-particle physics and cosmology. The aim of this school of Astrophysics, the second in a series, is to provide participants with advanced knowledge on outstanding questions in fundamental physics which can be addressed in the field of astrophysics and cosmology. Lectures will cover: 
 
  • recent developments in cosmology and astro-particle physics, including dark matter and dark energy
  • high-density matter and extreme physics, which can be probed with compact objects and high-energy transient phenomena, as well as gravitational waves
  • formation and demography of supermassive black holes in the early Universe and the mass spectrum of stellar-mass black holes, critical for gravitational wave astronomy

Lectures will blend theoretical and observational aspects on these topics.

 
Organization: Department of Physics and Earth Science at University of Ferrara.
Scientific Organising Committee: Piero Rosati, Cristiano Guidorzi, Paolo Natoli

 


 

IV International Geant4 School

The "IV International Geant4 School" is organized by  Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, and Consorzio Cometa. It will be held in Belgrade (Serbia) from 23 to 28 October 2016.

The Seminar is aimed at PhD students and researchers, interested to learn about the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation code. Geant4 can be used for applications in high energy physics, astrophysics, medical physics, particle astrophysics and nuclear physics.

Lectures will cover all aspects of the toolkit from basic installation through advanced topics. A special section focused on the Geant4-DNA module, will be organised on the last day.

The deadline for registration is September the 23th and the fee is 150 €. Registration is opened at the page: https://agenda.infn.it/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=11278 

In addition, for interested people, a test examination will be performed at the end of the school and a written certificate with grade will be issued.

At the following link, the Seminar poster is reported.: https://agenda.infn.it/getFile.py/access?resId=0&materialId=poster&confId=11278

The Facebook page is available at the link: www.facebook.com/SoftwareandGeant4School

 


 

Corso base GPGPU OpenCL" Consorzio COMETA

Il "Corso base GPGPU OpenCL" si terrà presso la sede del Consorzio ARCA, 26-27 settembre 2016, Viale delle Scienze, edificio 16 - Palermo.

Il corso ha l'obiettivo di fornire le basi di programmazione GPGPU  (General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units)  con particolare riferimento a OpenCLDurante il corso verranno  illustrati  in dettaglio tutti i passi necessari alla scrittura di un programma parallelo in OpenCL. Sono previste esercitazioni in aula finalizzate a rafforzare le competenze trasferite durante le lezioni. Le esercitazioni verranno svolte utilizzando in remoto le risorse di calcolo del Consorzio COMETA (www.consorzio-cometa.it).

Destinatari: Il corso è rivolto a ricercatori e programmatori interessati alla programmazione parallela e all'utilizzo efficiente delle risorse computazionali in un sistema di calcolo eterogeneo.

Competenze in uscita: Alla fine del corso l'allievo avrà acquisito la conoscenza dell'ambiente OpenCL e la capacità di sviluppare semplici programmi paralleli che sfruttano le risorse eterogenee di un generico sistema di calcolo.

Competenze in ingresso richieste: conoscenza di fondamenti di programmazione e del linguaggio di programmazione C.

Costi di Iscrizione: Euro 150 + IVA

Sconti:

  • Sconto del 50%: Iscrizione per studenti (inclusi Master, Dottorandi, Assegnisti, Borsisti) delle Università di Palermo, Catania e Messina
  • Sconto del 30%: Iscrizione per dipendenti degli enti soci del Consorzio COMETA (INFN, INAF, INGV, Università di Catania, Messina e Palermo e Consorzio SCIRE)

Registrazione obbligatoria su Eventbrite al link: bit.ly/28JmKAB

Tipologia di Pagamento: La quota di iscrizione va versata tramite bonifico bancario intestato a Consorzio Cometa - IBAN IT47G0103016905000063131549

Scadenza registrazione: 9 Settembre 2016

Per informazioni contattare la Segreteria del Consorzio COMETA: Tel.: 095 378 5514/5434, E-mail: cometa.segreteria@consorzio-cometa.it


 

Particle & Astroparticle Physics Autumn Programme

L’ Associazione Italiana Studenti di Fisica (AISF) ha lanciato la seconda edizione del Particle and Astroparticle Physics Autumn Programme, che avrà luogo a Roma e L’Aquila tra il 4 e l’8 ottobre 2016

Durante questi 5 giorni i 40 partecipanti internazionali saranno guidati nella visita di alcuni dei Laboratori di punta del nostro Paese, con un focus sulla Fisica delle particelle e delle astroparticelle oltre ad argomenti complementari di fisica teoria, fisica delle alte energie, cosmologia e fisica nucleare, con un’unica missione: stimolare l’entusiasmo verso la Fisica. 

Visiteremo in particolare: 

  • Il Laboratorio Nazionale di Frascati (LNF) 
  • Il Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) 
  • Il Laboratorio Nazionale del Gran Sasso (LNGS) 
  • ...oltre che le magnifiche città di Roma e l’ Aquila! 

Durante l’evento ci sarà la possibilità di presentare il proprio lavoro con un breve seminario o un poster durante sessioni apposite. Le migliori presentazioni saranno premiate dai ricercatori del LNGS e del GSSI. 

Il programma completo, oltre che ulteriori informazioni, sono presenti sul sito www.ai-sf.it/papap . Le iscrizioni saranno aperte dal 1 al 10 luglio su www.ai-sf.it/papap/registration , per soli €120 a partecipante (sono inclusi l’alloggio, la maggior parte dei pasti, t-shirt e altro ancora!). Se avete qualche domanda non esitate a scrivere una mail al Comitato Organizzatore a astroparticles@ai-sf.it o a contattarci sulla nostra pagina Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/ass.it.stud.fis/ ).

 


 

ISAAP School on Cosmic Rays

More information on the  ISAAP  School 2016  "Physics and Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays in Space" are available in the Announcement and the Flyer.

 


 

International Lipari School on Complex Systems  

This summer school will provide opportunities to collect experience with modern data analysis, in particular Big Data analytics related to complex systems. This includes subjects such as how to mine data in the Internet and data of Social Media. The main and special guest lectures will address the scope focusing on algorithms, computational models and practical results on this field.

The official website of  the Course 2016 of the International Lipari School on Complex Systems  (Lipari, Sicily, Italy) is available at:

http://lipari.cs.unict.it/LipariSchool/ComplexSocialSystems/

 

 

International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" 

SOCIETA' ITALIANA DI FISICA
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PHYSICS 'ENRICO FERMI'
SUMMER COURSES 2016

VILLA MONASTERO - VARENNA, LAKE COMO

The official announcement of the Courses 2016 of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi' (Varenna, Lake Como, Italy) is available at:

http://www.sif.it/attivita/scuola_fermi/mmxvi

 


 

Ground and space-based instruments for future research in Solar-Terrestrial physics

 

The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on “Ground and space-based instruments for future research in Solar-Terrestrial physics”, to be held in L’Aquila, Italy, June 6-10, 2016, at the Gran Sasso Science Institute and directed by F. Berrilli, S. Jefferies, C. Scotto.

 

The course is designed for PhD students and young post-doctoral researchers. The school will offer an interactive, hands-on approach to the computational and experimental techniques that will be applied in the next generation of ground- and space-based instruments for solar-terrestrial physics related research. In particular, a mix of experienced scientists and engineers will provide an integrated overview of the experimental techniques that are being applied in the observation and forecasting of Solar Activity, Space Weather, and the conditions in the Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere: all of which are important components of Space Situational Awareness. 

Applications are due before March 27th 2016 through the School website

http://www.cifs-isss.org/application


For more information visit http://www.cifs-isss.org/ or send an e-mail to ssc@aquila.infn.it

 


NEON Summer School

The 2016 NEON observing school will take place in Greece in the period  June 19th - July 2d, 2016
The school will focus on practical observations at the telescope, followed by data reduction and presentation of the scientific results.
Here you can find all the necessary information http://www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2016/index.html like the preliminary program  (http://www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2016/Program2016.html.)
The Registration (http://www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2016/registration/form.htm) will close on April 1st. The final selection will be made by early May.
The school is open to PhD students in Astrophysics, who need to gain observing experience. Last year's Master students, or early PostDocs can also be considered.
All the local costs will be covered by Opticon. A contribution to travel costs can also be considered, on a case-by-case basis (please explain on the registration form)
You can find more details on the Neon schools and their program by looking at the Past NEON schools.