EDUCADO Doctoral Training School

24 Feb 2025, 09:00 → 28 Feb 2025, 13:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Jappelli e Rosino (Osservatorio di Padova)

Lorenzo Spina (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Sara Lucatello (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

The exploitation of the full potential of massive amounts of excellent data by ongoing, upcoming and planned astronomical surveys and space missions require innovative developments in information technology.

EDUCADO (Exploring the Deep Universe by Computational Analysis of Data from Observations) is an HORIZON-MSCA Doctoral Network at the intersection of astronomy and computer science, aimed at training 11 doctoral candidates with interdisciplinary and intersectoral data science expertise. The first training school is a week-long series of lectures, covering the topic of Galaxy formation, observing techniques, astro-informatics, and Milky Way structures. The astronomical lectures will be complemented by sessions on gender and diversity awareness, ethics and green computing. The school is open also to a limited number of students from outside the network.

Modules and Instructors:

Galaxy Formation and Evolution

• Antonino Marasco

• Anelise Audibert

Observing techniques and surveys                  

•  Angela Bragaglia

• Johan Knapen 

•  Ignacio Trujillo Cabrera

Structure of our Milky Way and external Galaxies

• Teresa Antoja 

• Laura Magrini 

• Donatella Romano

Astro-Informatics Techniques

• Angela Raj 

• Marco Canducci

Gender and Diversity Awareness 

• Sara Lucatello 

Green Computing

•   Oleksiy Kozlov 

 Ethics 

• Johan Knapen 

 

 

 

Monday 24 February

09:30 → 11:00 Galaxy Formation and Evolution: I

09:30 The fate of galaxies: from morphologies to the co-evolution of black holes and their hosts

Galaxies are the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, yet their definition and classification have evolved over time. In this lecture, I will provide a historical perspective on the definition of galaxies, followed by an overview of the Hubble sequence and the main characteristics that distinguish different galaxy types. I will present the evolutionary pathways leading to the blue and red sequences, highlighting the role of black hole–galaxy co-evolution. Finally, I will introduce the concepts of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and stellar feedback, discussing their impact on galaxy evolution within the framework of cosmological simulations.

Speaker: Anelise Audibert

11:00 → 11:30 Morning Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Observing techniques and surveys: I

11:30 Observational Challenges

Speaker: Nacho Trujillo

12:15 Observational Techniques

Speaker: Nacho Trujillo

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Structure of our Milky Way and external Galaxies: I

14:00 Milky Way structure, Galactic Archeology and Stellar Ages

Speaker: Laura Magrini

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Structure of our Milky Way and external Galaxies: II

16:00 The Milky Way Disk: kinematics and structure

Speaker: Teresa Antoja

Tuesday 25 February

09:30 → 11:00 Galaxy Formation and Evolution: II

09:30 Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Speaker: Antonino Marasco

11:00 → 11:30 Morning Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Structure of our Milky Way and external Galaxies: III

11:30 Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies

Speaker: Donatella Romano

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Observing techniques and surveys: II

14:00 Spectroscopic surveys of stars

We always say that we live in the era of large surveys and massive datasets. I will briefly present the case of spectroscopic surveys of stars, in the Milky Way and in its satellites. We will see what is available and how we can use the wealth of observational data, showing some examples. In particular, I will focus on stellar clusters, a sweet spot for astrophysics.

Speaker: Angela Bragaglia

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Coffe Break

16:00 → 17:30 Astro-Informatics Techniques: I

16:00 Introduction to Astroinformatics

Speaker: Marco Canducci

Wednesday 26 February

09:00 → 18:00 Visit to Padova Observatory tower and musem, trip to Asiago Observatory: Trip to Asiago Observatory and Visit to the Specola Museum

Details on the trip will be communicated in due course

09:00 Visit to Asiago observatory

Packed lunch pick up at 9:00 at the Observatory.
9:30 Bus departs to Asiago
16:30 Bus returns to Observatory (earlier if snowy/icy conditions on the mountain)

16:30 Guided tour of the Observatory Museum and Tower

Thursday 27 February

09:30 → 11:00 Observing techniques and surveys

09:30 Multi-purpose deep imaging surveys (LSST, Euclid, etc)

Speaker: Johan Knapen

10:15 Dedicated surveys (LIGHTS, etc)

Speaker: Nacho Trujillo

11:00 → 11:30 Morning Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Green Computing

11:30 Green Computing

Speaker: Oleksiy Kozlov

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Astro-Informatics Techniques: II

14:00 Hands-on project introduction and group work

Speakers: Angela Raj, Marco Canducci

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Astro-Informatics Techniques: III

16:00 Group work and final reporting

Speakers: Angela Raj, Marco Canducci

Friday 28 February

09:30 → 11:00 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

09:30 Unconscious bias

Speaker: Sara Lucatello (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:15 Interactive session

11:00 → 11:30 Morning Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Ethics

11:30 Professional ethics, introduction, discussion and interactive activities

Speaker: Johan Knapen