AQTIVATE Conference
from
Monday, 28 September 2026 (09:00)
to
Friday, 2 October 2026 (19:00)
Monday, 28 September 2026
09:00
Welcome Session
Welcome Session
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Future HPC and Quantum Hardware
-
Thomas Lippert
Future HPC and Quantum Hardware
Thomas Lippert
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
TBD
-
Jiali Gao
TBD
Jiali Gao
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Quantum Information
-
Sabrina Maniscalco
Quantum Information
Sabrina Maniscalco
11:30 - 12:15
12:15
Biology
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Ellinor Haglund
Biology
Ellinor Haglund
12:15 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break: Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
AI for fluids
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Sergio Hoyas
AI for fluids
Sergio Hoyas
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
ESR 10 - Christian Schneider (lattice QCD)
ESR 10 - Christian Schneider (lattice QCD)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
ESR 1 - Shiting Long (HPC)
ESR 1 - Shiting Long (HPC)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
TBD
-
Song Xie
TBD
Song Xie
17:00 - 17:30
17:30
ESR 14 - Sachin Shivakumar (QC)
ESR 14 - Sachin Shivakumar (QC)
17:30 - 18:00
18:00
ESR 4 - Gabriele Pierini (lattice QCD)
ESR 4 - Gabriele Pierini (lattice QCD)
18:00 - 18:30
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
09:30
Machine Learning and Lattice QCD
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Jacob Finkerath
Machine Learning and Lattice QCD
Jacob Finkerath
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Physics Aware Deep Learning
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Patrick Gallinari
Physics Aware Deep Learning
Patrick Gallinari
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Optimal control of fluid properties
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Chiara Calascibetta
Optimal control of fluid properties
Chiara Calascibetta
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
ESR 2 - Mario Papace (HPC, linear algebra )
ESR 2 - Mario Papace (HPC, linear algebra )
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
ESR 6 - Asmita Datta (QC)
ESR 6 - Asmita Datta (QC)
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Comp. biology
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Lipi Thukral
Comp. biology
Lipi Thukral
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
ESR 9 - Samuele Pedrielli (QC)
ESR 9 - Samuele Pedrielli (QC)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
ESR 5 - Francesco Fossela (physics/turbulent flows)
ESR 5 - Francesco Fossela (physics/turbulent flows)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
Poster Session
17:00 - 18:30
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
09:30
Quantum Information
-
Jens Eisert
Quantum Information
Jens Eisert
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Classical and ab-initio Molecular Dynamics simulations
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Michele Parrinello
Classical and ab-initio Molecular Dynamics simulations
Michele Parrinello
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Lattice Boltzmann Algorithms for complex fluids and complex flows
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Alessandro Gabbana
Lattice Boltzmann Algorithms for complex fluids and complex flows
Alessandro Gabbana
11:30 - 12:15
12:15
Physics HPC Lattice QCD
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Simone Bacchio
Physics HPC Lattice QCD
Simone Bacchio
12:15 - 13:00
15:00
Excursions: Excursion
Excursion
15:00 - 19:00
Thursday, 1 October 2026
09:30
Hadron Structure
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Gunnar Bali
Hadron Structure
Gunnar Bali
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Quantum algorithms for classical fluids
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Sauro Succi
Quantum algorithms for classical fluids
Sauro Succi
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Quantum Computing
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Ilaria Siloi
Quantum Computing
Ilaria Siloi
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
ESR 13 - Elisa Bellantoni (CFD)
ESR 13 - Elisa Bellantoni (CFD)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
ESR 11 - Rocco Barac (QC)
ESR 11 - Rocco Barac (QC)
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Generative models for turbulence
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Michele Buzzicotti
Generative models for turbulence
Michele Buzzicotti
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
ESR 3 - Ryan Moussa (lattice QCD)
ESR 3 - Ryan Moussa (lattice QCD)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
ESR 6 - Lukas Mullender (QC)
ESR 6 - Lukas Mullender (QC)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Quantum simulation
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Luka Pavesic
Quantum simulation
Luka Pavesic
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
ESR 12 - Andre Freitas (lattice QCD)
ESR 12 - Andre Freitas (lattice QCD)
17:00 - 17:30
17:30
Lattice QCD
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Antonio Evangelista
Lattice QCD
Antonio Evangelista
17:30 - 18:00
18:00
POSTER PRIZE 1
POSTER PRIZE 1
18:00 - 18:20
18:20
POSTER PRIZE 2
POSTER PRIZE 2
18:20 - 18:40
20:00
Dinner: Conference Dinner - TBA
Conference Dinner - TBA
20:00 - 22:00
Friday, 2 October 2026
09:30
Advances in Algebraic Multigrid Methods for PDEs
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Jacob Schroder
Advances in Algebraic Multigrid Methods for PDEs
Jacob Schroder
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Quantum Information
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Enrique Rico Ortega
Quantum Information
Enrique Rico Ortega
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Paolo Carloni (biology)
Paolo Carloni (biology)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
ESR 15 - Marta Devodier (biology)
ESR 15 - Marta Devodier (biology)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
ESR 11 - Christian Kummer (QC)
ESR 11 - Christian Kummer (QC)
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
CLOSING: CLOSING
CLOSING
13:00 - 13:30