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 hold our third summer school from August 24-28, 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan (ROC), hosted by LeCosPA (NTU) and ASIAA. This one-week program targets students and early-career researchers and 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 schools:
A3 Net summer school 2025 (Seoul, South Korea)
A3 Net summer school 2024 (Osaka, Japan)
Information and Registration
- Time: Aug 24-28, 2026
- Location: LeCosPA Auditorium, NTU (Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd. Taipei 10617, Taiwan, map)
- In-person only
- Registration deadline: June 1, 2026
- Financial support: Limited financial support is available (please indicate in the registration form), with priority given to junior researchers from Asian institutes.
- Contacts:
- ASIAA: Tomomi Sunayama (tsunayama@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw) for visa and local logistics
- Kavli IPMU: Kateryna Vovk (kateryna.vovk@ipmu.jp) for registration and scientific programs
- Slack: find the link to join our workspace in the announcement email
Lecturers
- Daniela Breitman
- Ting-Wen Lan
- Vera Maiboroda
- Tomomi Sunayama
- Kazuhiro Terao
Schedule
(https://github.com/IPMUCD3/a3net_2026)
Monday (Aug 24)
- 9-9.30 Registration
- 9.30-11.00 lecture
(Tomomi Sunayama & Lan Ting-Wen) - 11.00-11.30 Coffee (ASIAA)
- 11.30-12.30 Hands on
- 12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.00 fireslides (each participant 1min to present themselves)
- 15.00-15.30 Coffee
- 15.00-17.00 hack introduction & group forming
- 18.00-19.30 Reception
Tuesday (Aug 25)
- 9.30-11.00 lecture
(Terao Kazuhiro) - 11.00-11.30 Coffee
- 11.30-12.30 Hands on
- 12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.00 hack
- 15.00-15.30 Coffee (LeCosPa)
- 15.00-17.00 hack
Wednesday (Aug 26)
- 9.30-11.00 lecture
(Daniela Breitman) - 11.00-11.30 Coffee
- 11.30-12.30 Hands on
- 12.30-14.00 Lunch
- Free afternoon
- 18.00-19.30 Dinner
Thursday (Aug 27)
- 9.30-11.00 lecture
(Vera Maiboroda) - 11.00-11.30 Coffee
- 11.30-12.30 Hands on
- 12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.00 hack
- 15.00-15.30 Coffee
- 15.00-17.00 hack
Friday (Aug 28)
- 9.30-11.00 hack presentations
- 11.00-11.30 Coffee
- 11.30-12.30 hack presentations
- 12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.00 hack presentations
Organizers
Tomomi Sunayama (ASIAA)
Daniel Baumann (LeCosPA, NTU)
Ue-Li Pen (ASIAA)
Ting-Wen Lan (NTU, ASIAA)
Leander Thiele (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Kateryna Vovk (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Jia Liu (CD3, Kavli IPMU)
Kentaro Nagamine (Osaka University)
Co-sponsors
- Center for Data-Driven Discovery (CD3), Kavli IPMU
- The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA)
- Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA), National Taiwan University
- Fudan University
- University of Hawaii
- University of Hong Kong
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA), Peking University
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
- Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
- University of New South Wales
- Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research (SWIFAR)
- Theoretical Joint Research (TJR) Project, Osaka University
- 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.
Acknowledgment
If you initiated or carried out (in whole or 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 2026 summer school.”