TALES first School and Consortium Meeting — Naples, 16–20 February 2025
The first TALES Training Event and Consortium Meeting was carried out successfully from 16 to 20 February 2025 in Naples. The event was kindly hosted by our local consortium PI, Prof. Maurizio Paolillo, at the Conference Center “Centro Congressi Federico II” of the University of Naples, located along the iconic seafront of the city.
Figure Caption: Participants of the first TALES training event.
The first TALES Training Event and Consortium Meeting was carried out successfully from 16 to 20 February 2025 in Naples. The event was kindly hosted by our local consortium PI, Prof. Maurizio Paolillo, at the Conference Center “Centro Congressi Federico II” of the University of Naples, located along the iconic seafront of the city.
Figure Caption: The venue, “Centro Congressi Federico II” of the University of Naples.
Participants included the 11 TALES Doctoral Candidates (DCs) enrolled in universities and institutions from all over Europe and the UK, as well as 10 external attendees from the University of Naples, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) and the Tor Vergata University of Rome.
The training event started with a series of lectures by the supervisors of the network and TALES associate partner Dr. Claudia Raiteri, targeting a comprehensive overview of AGN physics and demography through the application of diverse time-domain analysis methods and tools. This was followed by presentations by TALES DCs and some of the external early-career attendees, who had the chance to introduce themselves, describe their backgrounds and research trajectories, and share the details of their planned projects and preliminary results.
In the middle of the week, supervisors and DCs had the opportunity to carry out their first in-person meetings, and the Consortium had the chance to explore together the beautiful city of Naples during an exceptional tour arranged by our local organiser.
Figure Caption: The TALES Consortium (+ friends) during the event dinner at a local trattoria.
The last two days of the event were devoted to a hands-on Machine Learning workshop provided by Dr. D. Gronkiewicz from Promity, followed by two exciting talks on ML applications to astronomy kindly given by Prof. M. Brescia and Dr. S. Cavuoti from the University of Naples.
The programme and material from the 1st TALES training event can be found at the dedicated Indico webpage.
This first gathering set a wonderful tone for the network, establishing a collaborative, supportive and inspiring spirit that has left the entire TALES Consortium eagerly looking forward to what lies ahead.
