Data Science Applications in Physics, Balkan School in Tirana 2024

Jan 22, 2024, 12:00 AM → Jan 26, 2024, 4:30 PM Europe/Tirane

Hall "Aleks Buda", Hall 413 B (Academy of Sciences of Albania, Faculty of Natural Sciences)

Mimoza Hafizi (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana), Nicola De Filippis (Politecnico/INFN Bari (IT)), Olta Çakaj (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana), Rudina Osmanaj (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana)

"Data Science Applications in Physics" Balkan School in Tirana 2024

The fifth edition of the Data science, Particle, Astroparticle and Medical Physics, aim to bring together students and young researchers worldwide, studying and working in Physics and related fields. This year the school will be dedicated to a larger spectrum of  applications in Physics, such as Condensed Matter Physics and Solid State Matter. 

The school includes lectures and hands-on tutorials on the topics in focus, with the keyword being data analysis. It will be held from 22-26 January 2024.

Applications are welcome from students worldwide with preference given those from the Balkan region. Application deadline is December 15, 2023. Please submit to the organizers in one page your letter of motivation in the following address:  infoschool@ikf-akad.al

Registrations, for "Data Science Applications in Physics" Balkan School in Tirana 2024, are now closed.

Monday, January 22

12:00 PM → 12:15 PM Students' registration

12:15 PM → 12:25 PM Opening / welcoming speech

Speaker: Prof. Mimoza Hafizi (National Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Albania)

12:25 PM → 12:35 PM Opening / welcoming speech

Speaker: Dr Fabrizio Bucci (Italian Ambassador in Albania)

12:35 PM → 12:45 PM Opening / welcoming speech

Speaker: Mr Alessandro Ruggera (Director, Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana)

12:45 PM → 1:45 PM Machine learning in high energy physics and more.

Speaker: Prof. Nicola De Filippis (Politecnico di Bari & INFN Bari, Italy)

DeFilippis_MachineLearning_red.pdf

1:45 PM → 2:15 PM Lunch break

2:15 PM → 3:15 PM Monte Carlo tools for the CMS experiment.

Speaker: Dr Ilirjan Margjeka (University of Bari, INFN, Italy)

CMS_Tirana2024_MCGenSIm.pdf

3:15 PM → 3:25 PM Coffee break

3:25 PM → 4:25 PM Artificial intelligence. Machine learning applications in physics.

Speaker: Prof. Hiqmet Kamberaj (International Balkan University, North Macedonia)

Hiqmet Kamberaj - Balkan School - Reading Material.pdf

4:25 PM → 5:25 PM Modelling, numerical physics and mathematical physics.

Speakers: Prof. Naim Bajcinca (Institute for Mechanical and Process Engineering, RPTU, Germany), Dr Sandesh Hiremath (Institute for Mechanical and Process Engineering, RPTU, Germany)

NNForDynSys - Hiremath.pdf

Tuesday, January 23

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Machine learning in high energy physics and more: Hands-on session.

Speaker: Prof. Nicola De Filippis (Politecnico di Bari & INFN Bari, Italy)

DeFilippis_MachineLearning_tutorial.pdf

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Monte Carlo tools for the CMS experiment: Hands-on session.

Speaker: Dr Ilirjan Margjeka (INFN Bari & CERN, Italy)

CMS_Tirana2024_MCGenSIm.pdf

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch break

2:30 PM → 4:00 PM The replica method.

Speaker: Dr Albi Kerbizi (University of Trieste & INFN Trieste, Italy)

Lecture_Kerbizi.pdf

4:00 PM → 4:10 PM Coffee break

4:10 PM → 5:10 PM Implementation of the replica method in a ROOT program: Hands-on session.

Speaker: Dr Albi Kerbizi (University of Trieste & INFN Trieste, Italy)

ExampleMacro.C

Instructions.txt

Lecture_Kerbizi.pdf

ReplicaMethod_HandsOn.C

ReplicaMethod_HandsOnSolved.C

TransversityTable.txt

Wednesday, January 24

12:00 PM → 2:00 PM Radiotherapy with hadrons.

Speaker: Dr Dayron Ramos Lopez (Politecnico di Bari & INFN Bari, Italy)

Radiotherapy hadrons.pdf

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch break

2:30 PM → 3:30 PM Nanotechnology in theranostics.

Speaker: Prof. Bashkim Ziberi (University of Tetova, North Macedonia)

Gold Nanostructures in Theranostics.pdf

Smart SRB.pdf

Theranostic Nanoparticles.pdf

3:30 PM → 3:40 PM Coffee break

3:40 PM → 4:40 PM Recent achievement in the field of point-of-care diagnostics.

Speaker: Prof. Aurel Ymeti (Nanoalmyona BV, The Netherlands)

Recent achievements in POC Diagnostics - Winter school Tirana A. Ymeti.pdf

Thursday, January 25

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Visit at the Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics

11:00 AM → 1:00 PM Lab. activity on radioactivity: Hands-on session.

Speaker: Mr Nicola Ferrara (Politecnico di Bari & INFN Bari, Italy)

DATI.xlsx

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (1).mp4

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (2).mp4

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (3).mp4

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (4).mp4

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (5).mp4

Hands-on session at the IFBZ (6).mp4

RadLab_hands-on_balkanschool2024tirana.pdf

RadLab_hands-on_balkanschool2024tirana.pptx

RadLab - hands-on.pdf

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Computer vision.

Speaker: Dr Ervin Kafexhiu (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana)

ComputerVision.pdf

Notebook_and_Data.zip

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch break

2:30 PM → 3:30 PM Solving differential equations using physically informed neural networks (PINNs).

Speaker: Dr Klaudio Peqini (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana)

baty_baty_2023_Pinns.pdf

Klaudio_Peqini_PINNs.pdf

Linku për hands-on.pdf

nair_et_al_2023_PINNs_Navier_Stokes.pdf

navarro_et_al_2023_PINNs.pdf

3:30 PM → 3:40 PM Coffee break

3:40 PM → 5:10 PM Contemporary topics in condensed matter physics.

Speaker: Prof. Orion Ciftja (Prairie View A&M University, USA)

Presentation-Balkan-School-2024.pdf

Friday, January 26

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Signal processing and data analysis for plasma spectroscopy.

Speaker: Dr Ardian Gojani (Secopta Analytics, Germany)

A pragmatic introduction to signal processing.pdf

Basics of plasma spectroscopy.pdf

IKF Signal Processing Data Analysis.rar

presentation.rar

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Vera Rubin vs Elon Musk: understanding the dark universe under a brightening sky.

Speaker: Dr Sébastien Carassou (Société des Astronomes de France)

Vera Rubin vs Elon Musk - understanding the dark universe under a brightening sky.pdf

11:00 AM → 11:15 AM Certificates distribution and closing speech

11:15 AM → 11:45 AM Cocktail break