INFIERI2025

8th edition of the cross-disciplinary International Summer School INFIERI series

September 1-13, 2025, Pisa

INFIERI 2025

INtelligent signal processing for FrontIEr Research and Industry

Deadline for registration June 30th

Location

Polo Fibonacci,
Via Filippo Buonarroti 3
56127 Pisa (Italy)
Phone

+390502214327 / +390502214352
Email

infieri-school2025@cern.ch

Welcome to the 8th Edition of INFIERI:
INtelligent signal processing for FrontIEr Research and Industry

We are excited to announce that the 8th edition of the INFIERI Summer School will take place in Pisa, Italy, from September 1 to 13, 2025. Hosted by the University of Pisa and INFN Sezione di Pisa, with the collaboration of Scuola Normale Superiore, the European Gravitational Observatory, and the University of Siena, this edition promises to continue the legacy of excellence that has defined the INFIERI series.

The INFIERI Summer School offers a unique two-week program designed for M.Sc. students, Ph.D. candidates, postdocs, and early-career researchers. The 2025 edition will maintain the school's tradition of cross-disciplinarity, covering the full signal processing chain critical for developing cutting-edge instruments in areas such as particle physics, astrophysics, nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering.

The program includes expert lectures, keynote talks, and hands-on laboratory sessions, where participants will work closely with leading scientists and industry professionals. The in-person format fosters essential interactions and collaborations, ensuring a rich educational experience. Following the success of the 2023 edition, highly skilled undergraduate students will also be invited to participate based on their academic achievements.

Join us in Pisa for an unparalleled opportunity to advance your knowledge and skills in signal processing and instrumentation.

Past editions

São Paulo

Brazil

Madrid

Spain

Wuhan

China

São Paulo

Brazil

Hamburg

Germany

Paris

France

Oxford

United Kingdom

Confirmed speakers

September 1

Inaugural morning session: Speakers TBA

Afternoon session: presentation of the Hands-on Lab by each Lab organiser

September 2

Stanislav Babak (Astroparticle and Cosmology Lab, APC, Université Paris-Cité & CNRS/IN2P3, FR)

Rolf Schlichenmaier (Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik, KIS, Freiburg, DE)

Michelangelo Mangano (CERN, TH, Geneva, CH)

Riccardo Rattazzi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Lausanne, CH)

Keynote:

Olivier Ezratty (EPITA, QEI co-founder, Paris, FR)

September 3

Stephen Russenschuk (CERN, TE, Geneva, CH)

Philip Roloff (CERN, EP, Geneva, CH)

Steven Worm (Humboldt-Universität Berlin & DESY Zeuthen, DE)

Daniela Bortoletto (University of Oxford, UK)

Keynote:

Fabio Maltoni (University of Bologna, IT & Catholic University Louvain, BE)

Steven Worm (Humboldt-Universität Berlin & DESY Zeuthen, DE)

September 4

Frank Zimmermann (CERN, BE, Geneva, CH)

Stephen Russenschuk (CERN, TE, Geneva, CH)

João Guimarães da Costa (IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, CN)

Werner Riegler (CERN, EP, Geneva, CH)

Isobel Ojalvo (Princeton University, NJ, USA)

Keynote:

Hitoshi Murayama (UC Berkeley / LBL, CA, USA)

Roberto Tenchini (INFN-Pisa & INFN-Commissione Scientifica Nazionale 1, Fisica delle Particelle)

Yifang Wang (IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, CN)

September 5

Matteo Spagnolo (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Hamid Ait Abderrahim (Multi-purpose Hybrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications, MYRRHA SCK-CEN, BE)

Keynote:

Milan Maksimović (Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, PSL & CNRS/INSU, FR)

Nour E. Rawafi (NASA and The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, MD, USA)

September 6

Massimo Carpinelli (European Gravitational Observatory, EGO, Pisa, IT)

Giovanni Losurdo (Scuola Normale Superiore, SNS, Pisa, IT)

Antoine Petiteau (CEA-IRFU, Université Paris-Saclay, FR)

Marilu Chiofalo (University of Pisa, UNIPI, Pisa, IT)

Mario Martínez Pérez (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, IFAE, Barcelona, SP)

Claudio Gatti (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, LNF, Frascati, IT)

Keynote:

Milan Maksimović (Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, PSL & CNRS/INSU, FR)

Nour E. Rawafi (NASA and The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, MD, USA)

September 8

TBC/TBA

September 9

Marco Aldinucci (Computer Science Dept., University of Turin, IT)

Kengo Nakajima (Supercomputer Division, IT Center, The University of Tokyo, JP)

Robert Patti (NHanced-Semiconductors, Naperville, IL, USA)

Keynote:

John M. Shalf (Computer Division, LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA)

September 10

Maurizio Pierini (CERN, EP, Geneva, CH)

Keynote:

Francesco Marcelloni (University of Pisa, UNIPI, Pisa, IT)

September 11

Michele Grossi (CERN, IT, Geneva, CH)

Luis Trigo Vidarte (The Institute of Photonic Sciences, ICFO, Catalonia, SP)

Keynote:

“Mens sana in corpore sano” – opened to all school attendants & lecturers

September 12

Fabio Beltram (Scuola Normale Superiore, SNS, Pisa, IT)

Valentina Tozzini (CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Lab NEST-SNS, Pisa, IT)

Fabio Di Martino (CISUP, Unit of Health Physics, University-Hospital of Pisa, IT)

Keynote:

Lorenzo Giuntini & Francesco Taccetti (Laboratorio di tecniche nucleari per l’Ambiente e i Beni Culturali, LABEC, INFN-Firenze & University of Florence, IT)

September 13

Ferdinando Giordano (CAEN S.p.A., Villaregio, IT)

Francesca Ferrazza (ENI S.p.A., Head Magnetic Fusion Initiatives)

TBC/TBA

Concluding Talk of the Symposium and the INFIERI2025 School:

Amalia Ballarino (CERN, TE, Geneva, CH)

List of Labs

Each school day includes a dedicated three-hour block of hands-on laboratory work, giving every student the chance to collaborate directly with leading scientists and industry professionals across a broad spectrum of research and technology disciplines. Here the list of labs:

Masterclass-1 on AstroPhysics/Cosmology: Heliophysics for non-experts

Masterclass-2 on Particle Physics: Beyond the Standard Model for non-experts

Masterclass-3 on Plasma Physics: Introduction for non-experts on Plasma Fusion and Sun Plasma

Masterclass-4 on Quantum Physics: from Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Technology with some examples

UltraFast Si sensors characterization (tbd)

Smart pixels (tbd)

SemiConductor LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging): Yoshinobu Unno (KEK, JP) in collaboration with Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., HPK, JP

Exploring Novel Fine-grained calorimetry for future colliders (under definition)

Drift Tube characterization: Giovanni Gallucci & Marco Chiappini (INFN-Pisa)

Trigger with GPU: Gianluca Lamanna & Jacopo Pinzino (INFN-Pisa)

Single Photon Entanglement Lab: Alessandro Tredicucci, Silvio Donato, Donatella Ciampini & Oliver Morsch (UNIPI, Pisa)

High Tc Superconducting Quantum Interference Detector (SQUID): Federico Paolucci, Claudio Puglia & Andrea Tartari (INFN-Pisa)

Designing Supraconductors: Stephan Russenschuk (CERN, TE Division)

Development Process of a High-Temperature Supraconductor Magnet (HTS): Design, Fabrication & Testing: Luis Garcia-Tabares & Javier Munilla (CIEMAT, Madrid, SP), Carlos Hernando (Cyclomed Technology S.L., Madrid)

FUSION Tokamak-based Lab on remote from ITER or WEST Tokamak at CEA-Cadarache (FR), under investigation

FERMI-GLAST Telescope; 4-planes of the telescope for data collection and tracking of cosmic rays: Carmelo Sgro' & Luca Baldini (INFN-Pisa)

On Remote SUN Observation Lab with the GREGOR Solar Telescope in Canarias: Rolf Schlichenmaier (Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, KIS, Freiburg, DE)

Observations and Data Analysis with the Canada France Hawai’i Telescope (CFHT): Luc Arnold (resident astronomer), Nadine Manset (Director of Science Operations), the Remote Observers on duty at the time of the School (current Remote Observers are Alexis Acohido, Jessica Nagasako, Jasmin Silva, Lisa Wells) & Jean-Gabriel Cuby (Executive Director)

Data transmission: standard and wireless: Ernesto Ciaramella (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anne, TECIP, Pisa, IT) (tbc)

HPC, Integration of Simulation/ Data/ Machine Learning on a Heterogeneous Supercomputer system: Takashi Arakawa (CliMTech / The University of Tokyo, JP), Shinji Sumimoto & Kengo Nakajima (The University of Tokyo, JP)

2 AI software-based Labs, outside of Fundamental Research Fields, in preparation

Inferring Artificial Intelligence's Algorithm on AMD Xilinx FPGAs: Davide Cieri (Max Planck Institute für Physik, Garching bei München, DE)

AI hardware-based Lab: introduction to embedded AI into microelectronics design with hls4ML (CERN, ETHZ) (in preparation)

Quantum Communication Experience: Rogerio Iope (UNESP, BR) in collaboration with NOKIA and BELL (USA)

Quantum Computing using AWS (Amazon): Julia T. Thiele (Amazon), in preparation

Medical-LAB 1: Portable PET: Nicola D’Ascenzo (U. of Science & Technology in China, USTC, Hefei, CN)

Medical-LAB 2: PET characterisation: Matteo Morrocchi & Giancarlo Sportelli (UNIPI, Pisa)

Medical-LAB 3: Particle Therapy treatment planning: Aafke Kraan (INFN-Pisa)

Cultural Heritage (Visit): Sunday September 7 at the Laboratorio di tecniche nucleari per l’Ambiente e i Beni Culturali, LABEC (INFN-Firenze & University of Florence): Lorenzo Giuntini & Francesco Taccetti (INFN-Firenze)

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