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 second summer school from August 18-22, 2025 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. 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.

Past school: A³ Net summer school 2024

Information and Registration

• Time: August 18-22, 2025
• Location: Building 1 (1F), International conference room KIAS, 85 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun District, Seoul, South Korea, Directions
• In-person only
• Registration deadline: June 15, 2025
• Financial support: limited financial support is available (please indicate in the registration form), with priority given to junior researchers from Asian institutes.
• Contacts:
  • IPMU: Kateryna Vovk (kateryna.vovk@ipmu.jp)
  • KIAS: Juhye Park (pjh999@kias.re.kr)

Lecturers

• Adrian Bayer (Princeton University/Simons Foundation)
• Carol Cuesta-Lazaro (NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions/MIT/Harvard University)
• Vera Maiboroda (ATLAS, CERN)
• Sungwook E. Hong (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
• Zuofan Li & Fa Wu (Feitu)

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Schedule

Monday (Aug 18)

• 9-9.30 Registration
• 9.30-12.30 lecture & hands on
  Adrian Bayer: statistical modeling + intro to ML
• 14-15 fireslides (each participant 1min to present themselves)
• 15-17 hack introduction & group forming

Tuesday (Aug 19)

• 9.30-12.30 lecture & hands on
  Sungwook E. Hong: intro to deep learning
• 14-14.30 astro research example: simulation (Ken Nagamine)
• 14.30- hack

Wednesday (Aug 20)

• 9-12 lecture & hands on
  Carol Cuesta Lazaro: generative models
• 12- quick lunch, excursion (depart KIAS 12.30) & dinner

Thursday (Aug 21)

• 9.30-12.30 lecture & hands on
  Vera Maiboroda: symmetries & specialized architectures
• 14-14.30 Zuofan Li & Fa Wu: industry example
• 14.30- hack

Friday (Aug 22)

• 9.30-10 hack presentations final discussions
• 10-12.30 hack presentations
• 14-14.30 astro research example: observation (Leander Thiele)
• 14.30-16 hack presentations

Organizers

Jia Liu (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Changbom Park (KIAS, Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
Kentaro Nagamine (Osaka University)
Hironao Miyatake (KMI, Nagoya University)
Leander Thiele (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Kateryna Vovk (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Jae-Joon Lee (KASI, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)

Co-sponsors

• Center for Data-Driven Discovery (CD3), Kavli IPMU
• Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
• Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
• Theoretical Joint Research (TJR) Project, Osaka University
• Fudan University
• University of Hawaii
• University of Hongkong
• Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA), Peking University
• 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
• University of New South Wales
• Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academic of Sciences
• South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research (SWIFAR)
• Tsinghua University
• Xiamen 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 2025 summer school.”