TECH-FPA PhD Retreat 2025

17 Feb 2025, 14:00 → 21 Feb 2025, 14:45 Europe/Rome

Room "E. Majorana" (LNGS)

This is the Indico webpage for the five-day School that will take place at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) from 17 to 21 February, 2025, within the framework of the National PhD Programme in Technologies for Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics, proposed by the University of Padua in collaboration with ten other universities, with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the National Insitute for Astrophysics (INAF).

This meeting will allow all students to:

• get to know each other and the teaching staff;
• understand the mission, structure, organisation and services of INFN and INAF;

• participate in activities and discussions that will enrich their doctoral training;

• know the main scientific and technological challenges that motivate the research of the two institutions and the tools used to carry it out;
• visit the scientific and technological infrastructures of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory.

 

The first day of the School will serve as a kick-off for the 40^th cycle doctoral students, who are therefore requested to arrive in time for the start of the event on Monday 17^th February at 14:00.

Students of the 39^th cycle are also invited to attend the very interesting talks of the first day; those unable to make it, are invited to join the group in the evening of the same day for the Welcome Dinner that will be held from 19:00. Students of the 2nd year are also asked to prepare a poster for the poster session on Tuesday evening (more information available in the "Poster session" page).

The School will end for everyone on Friday 21^st February in the early afteroon.

Attendance is compulsory for all PhD students: those who are unable to attend will be asked to provide a justification. For extra-EU students who won't manage to get their Visa in time, remote attendance will be allowed when possible. 

 

 

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Monday, 17 February

14:00 → 14:40 Introducing the PhD Retreat and the participants

14:00 Welcome and introduction

Speaker: Mose' Mariotti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

14:10 The PhD Program and the Retreat

Speaker: Mauro Morandin (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

14:20 PhD students

14:30 Supervisors and Coordinators

14:40 → 15:40 INAF's and INFN's scientific mission: key questions being addressed

14:40 Uncovering the fundamental constituents of everything

Speaker: Fernando Ferroni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:10 The puzzles above our heads

Speaker: Marcella Marconi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

15:40 → 16:10 INAF's and INFN's experimental activities: ingenuity and passion at work

15:40 How to discover the secrets of nature down to the smallest scales

Speaker: Pierluigi Campana (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

16:10 → 16:40 Coffee Break

16:40 → 17:10 INAF's and INFN's experimental activities: ingenuity and passion at work

16:40 How to discover the secrets of nature up to the largest scales

Speaker: Paolo D'Avanzo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

17:10 → 18:10 INFN and INAF: structure and operation

17:10 How INFN works (and how to get around inside it)

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

17:40 How INAF works (and how to get around inside it)

Speaker: Dr Simone Zaggia (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)

19:00 → 21:30 Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, 18 February

09:00 → 09:40 Introduction to the Gran Sasso Laboratories

09:00 Welcome at LNGS

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

09:10 LNGS: the largest underground laboratory in the world devoted to neutrino and astro-particle physics

Speaker: Paolo Gorla (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

09:40 → 11:00 Cutting-edge technological developments in INFN and INAF

09:40 Superconductivity: from science to society

Speaker: Marco Statera (INFN - LASA)

10:20 Adaptive Optics: large deformable mirrors

Speaker: Roberto Biasi (Microgate)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:30 The curricula and course offerings for the academic year 2024-2025

11:30 Mechanics

Speaker: Marco Riva (INAF)

11:45 Detectors, Lasers and Optics

Speakers: Matteo Munari (INAF), Salvatore My (Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN)

12:15 Computing

Speaker: Stefano Giagu (Sapienza Università di Roma and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 Electrotechnics and Accelerators

Speaker: Mauro Migliorati (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:45 Electronics

Speaker: Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing

Convener: Stefano Giagu (Sapienza Università di Roma and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:00 HPC Status and Perspectives in Europe

Speaker: Piero Vicini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:40 Real time, low latency, high throughput distributed ML inference on FPGA

Speaker: Francesca Lo Cicero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

16:20 A retrospective tour of AI in scientific discovery

Speaker: Dr Simone Scardapane (Sapienza Università di Roma)

15:00 → 17:00 Detectors, lasers and optics

Convener: Salvatore My (Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN)

15:00 Introduction

Speakers: Matteo Munari (INAF), Salvatore My (Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN)

15:10 Future Perspectives on Gas Detectors and DRD1 R&D Program

Speaker: Anna Colaleo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

16:00 Future Perspectives on Solid State Detectors and DRD3 R&D Program

Speaker: Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute)

15:00 → 17:00 Electronics

Conveners: Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Mauro Migliorati (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:00 → 17:00 Mechanics

Convener: Marco Riva (INAF)

15:00 Introduction

Speaker: Marco Riva (INAF)

15:10 Systematic approach to mechanical design in Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics

Speaker: Dr Matteo Tintori (ADS)

15:55 System engineer for multidisciplinary engagment in Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics

Speaker: Marco Riva (INAF)

16:40 Short presentation from 39° cicle students

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee Break

17:30 → 19:00 Computing

17:30 Deep Learning and Monte Carlo simulations, opportunities and challenges

Speaker: Carlo Mancini Terracciano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

18:10 Short presentations (5-10') from new students

17:30 → 19:00 Detectors, lasers and optics

17:30 Radiation Detectors Application in Medical Applications

Speaker: Raffaella Radogna (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

18:15 Students Introduce Themselves

17:30 → 19:00 Electronics

17:30 → 19:00 Mechanics

17:30 Short presentation from 40° cicle students

18:30 Roundtable

19:00 → 20:30 Poster session

Wednesday, 19 February

09:00 → 11:00 Technological challenges

09:00 Development and challenges in accelerators technologies

Speaker: Luigi Faillace (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

09:30 Development and challenges in detector technologies

10:00 Development and challenges in Radio Antennas and Receivers

Speaker: Jader Monari (INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia Bologna)

10:30 Development and challenges in Machine Learning for Astrophysics

Speaker: Simone Riggi (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:30 Technological interdisciplinarity: what technology services can do for you and how to interact with them

11:30 Mechanical services

Speaker: Adriano Pepato (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:00 Electronics services

Speaker: Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 Computing services

Speaker: Alessandro Brunengo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

13:00 Clean rooms and Advanced Technologies Services

Speaker: Giovanni Francesco Ciani (Università di Bari)

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 19:00 Visits

15:00 Visit to L'Aquila

20:00 → 22:30 Social dinner

Thursday, 20 February

09:00 → 11:00 Soft Skills course

09:00 First part

09:00 → 10:30 Visits

09:00 Visit to the facilities at LNGS

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:30 Visits

11:00 Visit to the underground lab

11:30 → 13:30 Soft Skills course

11:30 Second Part

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Soft Skills course

15:00 First part

15:00 → 16:30 Visits

15:00 Visit to the facilities at LNGS

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee Break

17:00 → 19:30 Visits

17:00 Visit to the underground lab

17:30 → 19:00 Soft Skills course

17:30 Second Part

Friday, 21 February

09:00 → 11:00 Technology, society, industry

09:00 Sustainable technologies

Speaker: Roberto Losito

09:30 The innovation potential of scientific organizations

Speaker: Valentina Morretta (Università di Milano)

10:00 Technology: from science to spin-off

Speaker: Stefano Bonora (CNR - Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology (Padova))

10:30 Creating a successful company

Speaker: Dr Gino Bucciol (Officina Stellare)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:45 Outlook and Closout

11:30 Future scientific enterprises in Europe: The Einstein Telescope project - part I: the experimental context

Speaker: Jan Harms (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:00 Future scientific enterprises in Europe: The Einstein Telescope project - part II: the era of multimessenger science

Speaker: Enzo Brocato (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

12:30 Feedback from the participants - discussion

13:30 Closeout

13:45 → 14:45 Lunch