CELEBRATING DR. MARCELLO BALDO'S 80TH BIRTHDAY

16 Oct 2023, 14:00 → 17 Oct 2023, 22:00 Europe/Rome

Conference Room (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "E. Majorana")

We're excited to announce a special workshop in honor of Dr. Marcello Baldo, a distinguished former director of research at INFN Sezione di Catania. Dr. Baldo has had a remarkable scientific journey, contributing significantly to various areas of theoretical physics. His work has touched upon subjects such as low-energy nuclear physics, nuclear magnetic resonance, chaos theory, graphene, nuclear matter superfluidity, and neutron star matter equation of state.

To celebrate his career and remarkable discoveries, a group of colleagues will gather at the Conference Room of the Department of Physics and Astronomy "E. Majorana" in Catania, and explore Dr. Baldo's initial breakthroughs tracing the evolution of the field up to its current cutting-edge developments.

Monday, 16 October

14:30 → 14:45 Welcome session

14:30 Welcome address

Speaker: Prof. Francesco Priolo, Rettore dell'Università di Catania (University of Catania)

14:35 Welcome address

Speaker: Prof. Maria Grazia Grimaldi, Direttore del DFA "E. Majorana"

14:40 Welcome address

Speaker: Prof. Alessia Tricomi, Direttore della Sezione INFN

14:45 → 18:00 First session

14:45 An excursion into dense matter with Marcello

Speaker: Prof. Arnau Rios Huguet, University of Barcelona (Spain)

rios_Baldo.pdf

15:15 Marcello's contribution to the theory of the nuclear matter superfluidity

Speaker: Prof. Umberto Lombardo, University of Catania

Baldo80_3.pdf

15:45 Solving the hyperon puzzle - then and now

Speaker: Prof. David Blaschke, University of Wroclaw (Poland)

Catania-Blaschke_16-10-2023.pdf

16:15 Coffee break

17:00 Neutron star matter: learning from collective modes

Speaker: Prof. Constanca da Providencia, University of Coimbra (Portugal)

MBaldo_CProvidencia.pdf

17:30 BCPM, recent developments

Speaker: Prof. Luis Robledo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

Tuesday, 17 October

10:00 → 12:00 Second session

10:00 From molecules and clusters of atoms to solid state properties

Speaker: Prof. Giuseppe Angilella, University of Catania

Baldo_Festschrift-4.pdf

10:30 From chaos to complexity

Speaker: Prof. Andrea Rapisarda, University of Catania

Birds.mov

Kuramoto dynamics.mov

Talk Andrea Rapisarda-Marcello 80s.pdf

11:00 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): principles, applications and challenges

Speaker: Prof. Giuseppe Stella, University of Catania

ppt_stella RMI_def2.pdf

11:30 Ricordi e aneddoti ...

Speaker: Dr G. Edoardo Lanza, INFN Sezione di Catania

Marcello-80.pdf

12:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 16:00 Artificial intelligence and machine learning in physics

Colloquium of the Department of Physics and Astronomy "E. Majorana" of the University of Catania

Speaker: Prof. Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Oslo University (Norway) and MSU (USA)

Catania_Morten.pdf