AstroAI Asian Network (A³ Net)

The AstroAI Asian Network (A³ Net) aims to educate students and researchers on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) methods for astrophysics, with a focus on building a network in Asia.

We will have our first summer school from Sept 2–6, 2024 in Osaka, Japan. Targeting students and early-career researchers, this one-week program includes theoretical lectures, hands-on exercises, and collaborative projects. Participants will explore the latest advancements in AI/ML techniques and their applications in solving complex astrophysical problems.

Information and Registration

• Time: September 2-6, 2024
• Location: Osaka University Nakanoshima Center
• In-person only
• Registration deadline: July 10, 2024
• Financial support: limited financial support is available, with priority given to junior researchers from Asian institutes.
• Contact email: kateryna.vovk@ipmu.jp

Lecturers

• Makoto Uemura (Hiroshima University)
• Michelle Ntampaka (Space Telescope Science Institute)
• Kana Moriwaki (University of Tokyo)
• Leander Thiele (CD3, Kavli IPMU)

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Schedule

• Monday (Sep 2)
  13 - 16 Lecture + Hands on
  Lecture: Makoto Uemura “Statistical modeling” + “Shallow ML”
  16 - 17 Fireslides (each participant, 1min to present themselves)

• Tuesday (Sep 3)
  9 - 10 Hack introduction & group forming
  10 - 13 Lecture + Hands on
  Lecture: Leander Thiele “Basic deep learning”
  14 ~ Hack

• Wednesday (Sep 4)
  9 - 12 Lecture + Hands on
  Lecture: Michelle Ntampaka “Symmetries & specialized architectures”
  12 ~ Excursion & Dinner! (Please register via the form)

• Thursday (Sep 5)
  9 - 12 Lecture + Hands on
  Lecture: Kana Moriwaki “Generative models”
  13 ~ Hack

• Friday (Sep 6)
  9 - 12 Hack presentation

Organizers

Jia Liu (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Kentaro Nagamine (Osaka University)
Hironao Miyatake (KMI, Nagoya University)
Kateryna Vovk (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Leander Thiele (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Linda Blot (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
César Jesús-Valls (CD3, Kavli IPMU)

Co-sponsors

• Center for Data-Driven Discovery (CD3), Kavli IPMU
• Theoretical Joint Research (TJR) Project, Osaka University
• Fudan University
• University of Hawaii
• University of Hongkong
• Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA), Peking University
• Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
• Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
• Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA), National Taiwan University
• Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academic of Sciences
• Tsinghua University
• Program for Fugaku: JPMXP1020230406, University of Tsukuba

Please reach out (kateryna.vovk@ipmu.jp) if you are interested in joining A³ Net.

Acknowledgement

If you initiated, performed, or performed in part a project during the summer school, please add the following acknowledgment in your publication: “This work was initiated (or performed in part) at the AstroAI Asian Network 2024 summer school.”