EVENTS
I regularly take part to international conferences, schools, workshops, as invited speaker, organizer or participant.
Topics include cosmology, space science, theoretical physics, data analysis, career advice, health and education, science policy and science diplomacy, transfer of knowledge between academia and industry.
Below you find recent ones.
Pictures are usually taken by me in the city where the meeting took place.
Warsaw Science Diplomacy School 2021 by InsSciDE
Warsaw (Virtual)
Science Diplomacy
21/06/2021 - 25/06/2021
I attended and completed the school (invited after a selection process). The program comprised 26 hours of intensive learning, with 13 hours of lectures, 6 hours of teamwork in breakout groups, 7 hours of debate and discussion, and 2 major deliverables.
Machine Learning for the study of galaxies and cosmology
Virtual
Cosmology&Astrophysics, Data Science
09/06/2021 - 09/06/2021
I co-organised this Atelier for the Programme National de Cosmologie et Galaxies, within the Semaine de l'astrophysique française 2021.
Instituto de Física Teórica IFT CSIC/UAM
Madrid, Spain (Virtual)
Cosmology&Astrophysics, Theory, Space Science
29/03/2021 - 29/03/2021
Invited speaker.
Science Diplomacy in Space Exploration
Virtual
Science Diplomacy, DIRE Network
03/03/2021
Round table on science diplomacy in space exploration, organized by Alumni Polito Paris, the Italian Embassy in France, with the support of DIRE - Donne Italiane Rete Estera.
I was invited to co-organize and chair the panel, including David Burigana (Professor of History of International Relations in Padova), Simonetta Di Pippo (Director of UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)), Silvia Galli (IAP CNRS), Alessia Tomatis (Eutelsat).
The video is available on Youtube.
Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics
Waterloo, Canada (Virtual)
Cosmology&Astrophysics, Theory, Space Science
24/02/2021
I was invited to give a talk on my research in occasion of the Remote Astro Seminar Series at the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, in Canada.
Mock interviews for postdocs
Virtual
Career Development
04/12/2020 - 11/12/2020
I organized mock interviews for postdocs willing to apply for a job in academia or industry. This is a yearly activity for CosmoStat team members.
Webinar on Covid-19 pandemics
Virtual
DIRE Network
03/12/2020
Webinar with Vittoria Colizza (Research Director at INSERM) and Daniela Paolotti (Senior Research Scientist in Computational and Digital Epidemiology).
I organized and chaired the event for DIRE - Donne Italiane Rete Estera.
Conference of Science Attachés
Virtual
Science Diplomacy
26/11/2020
The aim of the Conference was to promote the actions, instruments and successes of Science Diplomacy, and provide an update, with the Science Attaché network, on the results of the work carried out to date and the future prospects. I attended as participant.
Euclid France Meeting
Virtual
Space Science
23/11/2020 - 25/11/2020
Annual meeting of the French Collaboration working on the ESA Euclid space satellite. I was invited to give a talk on the Inter-Science Taskforce I co-lead.
YITP Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan (Virtual)
Cosmology&Astrophysics, Theory, Space Science
09/10/2020 - 09/10/2020
I was invited to give a talk on cosmology, from theory to data. The slides of my talk are available here.
Virtual Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society
Virtual
Career development, Health in Science
21/9/2020 - 25/09/2020
I was invited to give a talk on the Impostor Syndrome, within the session on Healthy Careers in astronomy. My talk is available here.
Science for policymaking at the centre of national government
Virtual
Science Policy, Science Diplomacy
08/09/2020 - 08/09/2020
First of a series of interactive workshops on science policy, organised by the Joint Research Centre, for EU policies and evidence-based scientific advice. I was invited to intervene within one of the work group, on what works in science diplomacy and how to improve in this direction.
CSTD Meeting, CEA DAp
CEA Paris-Saclay
Space Science
03/09/2020 - 03/03/2020
Conseil Scientifique et Tecnique of the Astrophysics Department. I am member of the Conseil and I was invited to give a talk on a new space mission proposal called LiteBIRD.
ESOF 2020
Hybrid (Virtual & Trieste)
Science Policy, Science Diplomacy
02/9/2020 - 07/09/2020
Euro Science Open Forum. I attended as member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, for the Science Policy Work Group.
GOLD
Paris, France
Education
01/04/2020 - 04/06/2020
I organize a 10 week programme for researchers, students, postdocs including a school, 3 workshops and tutorial sessions. [Cancelled due to pandemic COVID-19 2020]
Formation on Intelligence Artificielle
Saclay, France
Data science
17/12/2019 - 17/12/2019
DRF (Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale) often offers opportunities for training on a variety of topics useful in research and industry. Very excited to attend this one.
PNCG annual meeting
Marseille, France
Science Policy, Astronomy
13/11/2019 - 15/11/2019
PNCG is the Programme Nationale de Cosmologie et Galaxie. The Scientific Committee meets to discuss actions related to its principal thematic axis, evaluate proposals from the French community and strengthen synergies among different labs. This was my first participation, as I joined PNCG as president for CEA in October 2019.
The Paris-Saclay AstroParticle Symposium 2019
Paris, France
Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology&Astrophysics
14/10/2019 - 08/11/2019
4 week programme on AstroParticle Physics. I was invited to co-lead the panel discussion that will happen on the first day, on the topic: what will future surveys tell us about dark energy?
Towards Coordination of the European CMB Programme
Paris, France
Cosmology&Astrophysics
12/09/2019 - 13/09/2019
Organized by APC, this meeting gathers experiment builders, observers and agency representatives to chart European coordination on CMB experiments, including collaboration in technology development, and seeking synergy with similar efforts in other parts of the world. I attend as participant, as I was involved in Planck satellite and I was part of the CMB perspectives committee.
EuroPython 2019
Basel, Switzerland
Python, Data Science, Industry&Academia
08/07/2019 - 14/07/2019
In 2019 I was elected in the board of the EuroPython Society and helped organising the annual conference. EuroPython Conference typically hosts about 1200 participants and is meant for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language. As member of the board I helped with the selection of the location, programme, marketing and communication. I was also contact point in place for dealing with code of conduct related matters.
Euclid 2019
Helsinki, Finland
Space Science
04/06/2019 - 07/06/2019
Annual meeting of the Euclid Consortium. I coordinated the splinter session on the Inter Science Taskforce on Likelihood. The Forecast taskforce I coordinate won the team STAR prize 2019.
Accelerating Universe in the Dark
Kyoto, Japan
Cosmology&Astrophysics
04/03/2019 - 08/03/2019
Invited talk on the Euclid satellite.
Euclid France 2018
Nice, France
Space Science
27/11/2018 - 28/11/2018
Euclid satellite meeting for the French contribution.
Dark Energy Colloqium
Paris
Cosmology&Astrophysics
23/10/2018 - 25/10/2018
Invited talk on Dark Energy.
Cosmo Club
Paris Saclay
Cosmology&Astrophysics
25/09/2018
I gave a talk at the joint Journal Club between DAp, DPhP and IPhT institutes.
EuroPython 2018
Edinburgh, UK
Python, data science, Industry&Academia
24/07/2018 - 29/07/2018
Conference for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language. The conference hosts each year about 1200 participants. In 2018 I joined the programme and sponsor work groups. I was also contact point in place for dealing with code of conduct related matters.
SF2A 2018
Bordeaux, France
Astronomy
03/07/2018 - 06/07/2018
Semaine de l'Astronomie, gathering French Labs on many aspects in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Astronomy. I was invited to give a talk.
COSMO 21
Valencia, Spain
Cosmology&Astrophysics
22/05/2018 - 25/05/2018
Conference on statistics and cosmology in view of future surveys and big data challenges. I was invited to be part of the Scientific Organizing Committee.
Euclid Theory Meeting
Paris, France
Space Science
16/04/2018 - 20/04/2018
I organised the annual meeting for the Euclid Theory Working Group, hosting 77 participants worldwide. I worked on all aspects of the organisation, invitations, programme, coffee breaks management.
Winter School on Cosmology
Tonale, Italy
Education
11/12/2017 - 16/12/2017
I organized a School on Cosmology for PhD and postdocs: theory for observers and observations for theorists.