Speaker
Francesco Catara
Description
"Science in Sicily and the Sicilian Grid"
Francesco Catara, University of Catania & Consorzio COMETA
Born in Catania, Francesco Catara has been a full professor of Theoretical Physics since 1986. His research activity is mainly in the fields of Quantum Many Body Theories and Nuclear Reaction Theories. The author of 100 scientific papers published in international journals, he has given invited talks in numerous Workshops and Conferences, and has conduced many lecture courses, both at under graduated and post graduated level. He has been referee of the journals: Physical Review, Physical Review Letters and Nuclear Physics A. Director of the Catania branch of INFN in the years 1977-1983 and 2001-2007. Presently President of the Consortium COMETA, which was born from the gathering of the 3 Sicilian Universities and 3 national research institutes operating in Sicily in the fields of Astrophysics (INAF), Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics (INFN), Geology and Volcanology (INVG). The goal of COMETA is to create a grid infrastructure in Sicily, connected to the italian and international grids. This has been achieved and the Sicilian grid is fully operating.