🧑🎓👨🎓 In Bologna on 29 & 30 September 2025
After two years and four semesters, the IMAPP journey for students of the 2023/2025 intake ended. Bologna welcomed them one last time for two intense days.
On the first day, the 31 students defended their theses in front of the three Degree commissions at Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” composed of: Prof. Kevin Kröninger (TU Dortmund), Prof. Sarah Porteboeuf (University of Clermont Auvergne), Prof. Maximiliano Sioli (University of Bologna), Prof. Angelo Carbone (University of Bologna), Dr. Andrea Knue (TU Dortmund), Prof. Romain Madar (University of Clermont Auvergne), Dr. Fabio Ferrari (University of Bologna), Prof. Federica Fabbri (University of Bologna), Prof. Stephane Monteil (University of Clermont Auvergne), Prof. Emmanuel Stamou (TU Dortmund).
The titles of their theses were:
- Marina Andress – “Using Neural Networks to Identify Pure Signal Regions for tqy Production at the ATLAS Experiment”
- Emilio Apicella – “Data-driven background estimation in the search for Higgs boson pair production in the HH – bbbb channel with the ATLAS experiment”
- Angelo Arisi – “Studies for the Measurement of Quantum Correlations in Top Quark Pair Production with cms run 2 data”
- Edoardo Barbi – “Beam-Based Anomaly Detection in Accelerators Using Variational Autoencoders with Drift-Aware Continual Learning”
- Ben Carew – “Event Reconstruction of the HyperKamiokande Detector”
- Eduard Costa Reina – “Decay constants of B*c and Bc1 from QCD Sum Rules”
- Fabio Cufino – “Advancing Event Reconstruction Techniques for High-Energy Neutrino Physics Using Conventional and Deep Learning Approaches for the FASER Experiment at the CERN LHC”
- Jürgen Diverchy – “Study of rare baryonic-radiative decays at LHCb”
- Niklas Düser – “Search for Single Top Quark Production in the s-channel with the ATLAS Experiment using Machine-Learning Techniques”
- Josue Salvador Elizalde Palacios – “Exploring the potential of quantum observables to search for new physics, in boosted top-pair production”
- Melike Nur Erbek – “Testing TeV Scale Gravity Theories with Public Neutrino Oscillation Data”
- Samuel Fanel – “Study of the B leptonic and semi-leptonic decays at the high luminosity Z factory FCC-ee”
- Simone Garnero – “Development of an RPC based photodetector with picosecond resolution”
- Marco Iamperi – “Design and Development of an animal phantom for Proton Therapy simulations and physical measurements”
- Edgar Mata – “Reducing Lepton Contributions to Large-Radius Jet Reconstruction in Boosted Analyses via the Particle Flow Algorithm in ATLAS”
- Adwait Meppurath – “Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying to a Neutral Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at CERN”
- Ahmet Neccar – “Incoherent Radiation as a Seed for Free Electron Laser”
- Thomas Ogasa – “Optimization of Opposite-Side Flavor-Tagging Algorithms for the LHCb Upgrade”
- David Okpaga – “Deep Learning Studies for the Measurement of the Top Quark Mass”
- Vinicius De Oliveira – “Scale Factors for Boosted Object Identification in Diboson Events at ATLAS”
- Alberto Saborido Patino – “NNLO QCD predictions for W boson production in association with jets and their use in PDF fits”
- Bastian Schuchardt – “Machine learning-based identification and mitigation of pile-up contributions
in topoclusters in ATLAS”
- Zahra Syeda Eman – “Updated Predictions for Cosmic-Ray Beryllium Isotopes”
- Lorenzo Tincani – “Measurement of Sieverts’ constant in lithium-lead alloys”
- Niccolò Tonin – “Enhancing The Efficiency of Event Generation with MCMC and Machine Learning Techniques”
- Can Toraman – “Studies of systematic effects for measurements of oscillating B0s mesons at the LHCb experiment”
- Jamson Ujang – “Validation of Machine-Learning Based Topocluster Calibration in ATLAS Using Data and Monte Carlo Simulation”
- Ishaan Utkarsh – “Determination of the Discovery Potential of Leptoquarks Decaying into a Tau-Lepton and a Top-Quark Using the ATLAS Detector at CERN”
- Pio Varrella – “Preliminary Amplitude Analysis of the D 0 – K +K – 0 decay at LHCb”
- Nicolai Weitkemper – “The Impact of Topo-Cluster Splitting on Boosted Object Identification in ATLAS”
- Theodor Zeis – “Measurement of strangeness production in pNe collisions at LHCb”
The following day, the Degree Award Ceremony in the elegant setting of aula Prodi.
Together with family and friends, they were celebrated by representatives of the three universities involved in the master’s degree.
Prof. Daniela Cavalcoli – Vice Rector’s Delegate for International Relations – and Prof. Luca Pasquini – delegate for Teaching at Department of Physics and Astronomy – were also present from University of Bologna.
Two speeches enriched the ceremony: Dr. Vincenzo Vagnoli – research at INFN Bologna and spokesperson of the LHCb experiment at CERN – delivered a keynote on the future of elementary particle physics and a role of young researchers – and Elena Cuppini – one of the very first IMAPP graduates – shared how the programme has shaped her career path.
The day ended in music, with the prestigious participation of the Collegium Musicum Almae Matris – Choir and orchestra of the University of Bologna.
For the occasion, a short video was screened to celebrate the new graduates and their journey across Europe in the last two years 👉 https://youtu.be/ivQTMS408Zw
For information on this and previous Graduation sessions 👉 https://imapp.eu/programme/finale-examination-and-award/