IPTA Student Week 2024
University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy | 17 - 21 of June 2024
The IPTA 2024 Student week will be held in the beautiful city of Milan, Italy.
The event will be hosted by the University of Milan-Bicocca. Taking in feedback from previous meetings, the student week will incorporate a wide range of teaching and training, addressing pulsar and pulsar timing array research as well as transferable skills. Despite an exciting academic schedule, the student week organising committee will strive to provide ample time for participants to explore the city.
The typical weather in Milan in June is warm and sunny, with temperatures ranging from 20 to 30°C (68 to 86°F).
Venue
The student week will take place at the following address:
Room U2-02, U2 Building,
The University of Milan-Bicocca
Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1, 20126 Milano MI, Italy
Registration
To register for the student week please click the button below.
Please note that the registration for the student week is separate from the registration for the main conference.
By signing up for the IPTA student week, you agree to abide by the code of conduct of the conference.
There is no registration fee for the Student week.
Programme
| Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| An introduction to pulsars | Bhal Chandra Joshi |
| Pulsar timing theory | Andrea Possenti |
| Setting up for the week | Kevin Wilson |
| An introduction to Bayesian inference | Riccardo Buscicchio |
| Pulsar data analysis - psrchive | TBC |
| Gravitational Waves & Cosmology | Philippa Cole |
| Pulsar emission | Lucy Oswald |
| Searching for pulsars | Federico Abbate |
| Pulsars and the interstellar medium | Caterina Tiburzi |
| Radio telescopes | Delphine Perrodin |
| Pulsar Timing with TEMPO2 | Kuo Liu |
| Pulsar Timing with PINT | Abhimanyu Susobhanan |
| Profile Domain Timing | Rowina Nathan |
| Introduction to GWs | Nihan Pol |
| Gravitational wave backgrounds | TBC |
| Careers beyond academia | Gabriele Brambilla |
| TempoNest tutorial | Aditya Parthasararthy |
| Noise analysis with Enterprise | Aurelien Chalumeau |
| The IPTA | Joris Verbiest |
| Working in a global scientific collaboration | Rami Mandow |
| An overview of data combination | Deborah Good |
| Continuous wave signals and pulsar timing arrays | Mikel Falxa |
| Science communication | Matteo Serra |
| The GW landscape | Arianna Renzini |
| Astrophysical Interpretation | Siyuan Chen |
| PTA data analysis with Enterprise | TBC |
| How to interact with the IPTA | Ben Pererra |
| How to prepare your CV | Natalia Lewandowska |
| Managing mental health as an academic | TBC |
| Multi-wavelength observations of GW sources | Massimo Dotti |
| Academic Jobs and applications | Davide Gerosa |
Accomodation
Milan is a tourist hotspot and has a wide variety of accomodation options, which can be found on any commercial search engine. The following hotels are located near the venue:
Hotel degli Arcimboldi
Viale Sarca, 336, 20126 Milano MI, Italy
https://www.hoteldegliarcimboldi.it/en/
Hotel Ornato
Via Luigi Ornato, 64, 20162 Milano MI, Italy
https://www.hotelornato.it/en/
Getting to the venue
The University of Milano-Bicocca is well connected by public transport.
By Metro
The University of Milan-Bicocca is served by the M5 metro line.
The closest metro station is Bicocca.
By Bus
Buses stopping either at Milano Greco Pirelli or Milano Bicocca are close to the venue.
By Train
The closest train station is Milano Greco Pirelli.
Milano has an excellent public transport system. You can find more information on the ATM website.
Getting to Milano
Milan has three airports:
- Malpensa Airport
- Linate Airport
- Orio al Serio Airport
From Malpensa Airport, you can take the Malpensa Express train to Milano Centrale. Airport shuttle buses also operate from Malpensa to Milan.
From Linate Airport, you can take the newly built Metro Line 4 to San Babila and bus, metro, tram and suburban train connections from there on.
From Orio al Serio Airport (Bergamo), you can take the airport shuttle bus to Milano Centrale. Alternatively, you can take bus 1 to Bergamo and then take a regional train from Bergamo to Milan.
Milan is also well connected by train to other cities in Italy and Europe. Train connections from major cities can be found via the Trenitalia website or other search engines such as omio or the trainline.