EDUCADO-MWGaiaDN training school on astro-AI and ML

2 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 6 Mar 2026, 17:00 Europe/Brussels

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This training school on the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing in the physical sciences, with an emphasis on astrophysics, is organised by two MSCA Doctoral Networks, EDUCADO and MWGaiaDN. The goal is to provide lectures and hands-on training to researchers interested in creating, exploring, analysing, and visualising large datasets, which can be derived from observations/experiments or numerical simulations.

SOC

• Sven De Rijcke (UGent, Belgium)
• Eric Muires (UGent, Belgium)
• Nikos Gianniotis (HiTs, Germany)
• Anthony Brown (Leiden, the Netherlands)
• Mario Jurić (DiRAC, USA)
  
  

LOC

• Sven De Rijcke 
• Eric Muires

Monday 2 March

09:00 → 10:15 AI in astronomy -- Lecture

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

10:15 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 12:00 AI in astronomy -- Lecture

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:45 AI in astronomy -- hands on

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

14:45 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 17:00 AI in astronomy -- hands on

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

18:30 → 20:30 Welcome reception

Tuesday 3 March

09:00 → 10:15 AI in astronomy -- Lecture

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

10:15 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 12:00 AI in astronomy -- Lecture

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:45 AI in astronomy -- hands on

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

14:45 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 17:00 AI in astronomy -- hands on

Conveners: Leanne Guy, Mario Juric

Wednesday 4 March

09:00 → 10:15 Machine Learning: Physics-informed ML in astronomy

Convener: Frederic De Ceuster

10:15 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 12:00 Machine Learning: Improving theoretical models with ML

Convener: Camille Landri

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:00 spheer.ai

Thursday 5 March

09:00 → 10:15 HPC & parallel coding: SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management)

Convener: Bernd Doser

10:15 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 12:00 HPC & parallel coding: Parallel coding

Convener: Yolan Uyttenhove

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:45 HPC & parallel coding -- hands on

Convener: Bernd Doser

14:45 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 17:00 HPC & parallel coding -- hands on

Convener: Yolan Uyttenhove

Friday 6 March

09:00 → 10:15 VO & visualisation: Virtual Observatory

Convener: Markus Demleitner

10:15 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 12:00 VO & visualisation: ARGOS: advanced visual analytics for simulations

Convener: Paul Vauterin

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 VO -- hands on

Convener: Markus Demleitner

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break