Name: TECH-FPA PhD Retreat 2025
Start: 2025-02-17T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-21T14:45:00+01:00
Location: LNGS

TECH-FPA PhD Retreat 2025

from Monday, February 17, 2025 (2:00 PM) to Friday, February 21, 2025 (2:45 PM)

Monday, February 17, 2025
2:00 PM Introducing the PhD Retreat and the participants
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

2:00 PM Greetings from INFN and LNGS Director - Ezio Previtali (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Marco Pallavicini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:05 PM Introduction - Mosè Mariotti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:10 PM The PhD Program and the Retreat - Mauro Morandin (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:20 PM PhD students

2:30 PM Supervisors and Coordinators
2:40 PM INAF's and INFN's scientific mission: key questions being addressed
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

2:40 PM Uncovering the fundamental constituents of everything - Fernando Ferroni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

3:10 PM The puzzles above our heads - Marcella Marconi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)
3:40 PM INAF's and INFN's experimental activities: ingenuity and passion at work
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

3:40 PM How to discover the secrets of nature down to the smallest scales - Pierluigi Campana (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
4:10 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
4:40 PM INAF's and INFN's experimental activities: ingenuity and passion at work
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

4:40 PM How to discover the secrets of nature up to the largest scales - Paolo D'Avanzo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) Paolo D'Avanzo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)
5:10 PM INFN and INAF: structure and operation
5:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

5:10 PM How INFN works (and how to get around inside it) - Ezio Previtali (Director of Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso - INFN)

5:40 PM How INAF works (and how to get around inside it) - Simone Zaggia (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
7:00 PM Welcome dinner
Welcome dinner
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
9:00 AM Introduction to the Gran Sasso Laboratories
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome at LNGS - Ezio Previtali (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

9:10 AM LNGS: the largest underground laboratory in the world devoted to neutrino and astro-particle physics - Paolo Gorla (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
9:40 AM Cutting-edge technological developments in INFN and INAF
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

9:40 AM Superconductivity: from science to society - Marco Statera (INFN - LASA)

10:20 AM Adaptive Optics: large deformable mirrors - Roberto Biasi (Microgate)
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM The curricula and course offerings for the academic year 2024-2025
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

11:30 AM Mechanics - Marco Riva (INAF)

11:45 AM Detectors, Lasers and Optics - Matteo Munari (INAF) Salvatore My (Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN)

12:00 PM Computing - Stefano Giagu (Sapienza Università di Roma and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:15 PM Electrotechnics and Accelerators - Mauro Migliorati (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 PM Electronics - Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Piero Giubilato (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
1:00 PM Safety video instructions ahead of the Underground visit
Safety video instructions ahead of the Underground visit
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"

1:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Segrè"
3:00 PM Computing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room "B. Rossi"
Contributions

3:00 PM HPC Status and Perspectives in Europe - Piero Vicini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

3:40 PM Real time, low latency, high throughput distributed ML inference on FPGA - Francesca Lo Cicero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

4:20 PM A retrospective tour of AI in scientific discovery - Simone Scardapane (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Detectors, lasers and optics
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

3:00 PM Introduction - Matteo Munari (INAF) Salvatore My (Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN)

3:10 PM Future Perspectives on Gas Detectors and DRD1 R&D Program - Piet Omer J Verwilligen (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

4:00 PM Future Perspectives on Solid State Detectors and DRD3 R&D Program - Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute)
Electronics
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room "G. Occhialini"
Contributions

3:00 PM An introduction to FPGA and applications to high energy physics - Davide Falchieri (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

3:20 PM Talk - Massimo Caccia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Mechanics
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room "B. Pontecorvo"
Contributions

3:00 PM Introduction - Marco Riva (INAF)

3:10 PM Systematic approach to mechanical design in Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics - Matteo Tintori (ADS)

3:55 PM System engineer for multidisciplinary engagment in Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics - Marco Riva (INAF)

4:40 PM Short presentation from 39° cicle students
5:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM Computing
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room "B. Rossi"
Contributions

5:30 PM Deep Learning and Monte Carlo simulations, opportunities and challenges - Carlo Mancini Terracciano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

6:10 PM Short presentations (5-10') from new students
Detectors, lasers and optics
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

5:30 PM Radiation Detectors Application in Medical Applications - Raffaella Radogna (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

6:15 PM Students Introduce Themselves
Electronics
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room "G. Occhialini"
Contributions

5:30 PM Students presentation
Mechanics
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room "B. Pontecorvo"
Contributions

5:30 PM Short presentation from 40° cicle students

6:30 PM Roundtable
7:00 PM Poster session

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
9:00 AM Technological challenges
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

9:00 AM Development and challenges in Machine Learning for Astrophysics - Simone Riggi (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania)

9:30 AM Development and challenges in detector technologies - Alessandro Razeto (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

10:00 AM Development and challenges in Radio Antennas and Receivers - Jader Monari (INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia Bologna)

10:30 AM Development and challenges in accelerators technologies - Luigi Faillace (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Technological interdisciplinarity: what technology services can do for you and how to interact with them
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

11:30 AM Mechanical services - Adriano Pepato (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:00 PM Electronics services - Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 PM Computing in a national research Institution: the INFN case - Alessandro Brunengo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Mauro Morandin (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

1:00 PM Clean rooms and Advanced Technologies Services - Giovanni Francesco Ciani (Università di Bari)
1:30 PM Conceiving, developing and exploiting new technologies for Astronomy - Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova)
Conceiving, developing and exploiting new technologies for Astronomy
- Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
2:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Canteen
3:00 PM Visits
3:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Presenting Thales Alenia Space – Focus on L’Aquila Plant Activities - Adriano Di Giovanni (Gran Sasso Science Institute) Dario Romualdini (Thales Alenia Space - Industrial Architect and Deputy of Competence Centre Industry Electronic Italy Director)

4:00 PM Visit to L'Aquila
7:45 PM Social dinner
Social dinner
7:45 PM - 10:30 PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025
9:00 AM "Authentic Impact" course
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

9:00 AM First part - Barbara van Bakel
Visits
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Visit to the facilities at LNGS
10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM "Authentic Impact" course
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

11:00 AM Second Part - Barbara van Bakel
Visits
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Visit to the underground lab
1:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Canteen
2:30 PM "Authentic Impact" course
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

2:30 PM First part - Barbara van Bakel
3:00 PM Visits
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Visit to the facilities at LNGS
4:30 PM Coffee break

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM "Authentic Impact" course
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

5:00 PM Second Part - Barbara van Bakel
Visits
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Visit to the underground lab
Friday, February 21, 2025
9:00 AM Technology, society, industry
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

9:00 AM Sustainable technologies - Roberto Losito

9:30 AM The innovation potential of scientific organizations - Valentina Morretta (Università di Milano)

10:00 AM Creating a successful company - Gino Bucciol (Officina Stellare)

10:30 AM Technology: from science to market - Pierluigi Bellutti (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Outlook and closout
11:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Room: Room "E. Majorana"
Contributions

11:30 AM Future scientific enterprises in Europe: The Einstein Telescope project - part I: the experimental context - Jan Harms (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:00 PM Future scientific enterprises in Europe: The Einstein Telescope project - part II: the era of multimessenger science - Enzo Brocato (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

12:30 PM Mediators' presentation - Elisa Prandini (University of Padova and INFN) Sabine Elisabeth Hemmer (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:40 PM Feedback from the participants - discussion

1:30 PM Closeout
1:45 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Canteen

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