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Awards and honours
We are creating a webpage to showcase the achievements of DIFA professors, researchers, and students. If you want your awards included, please fill out the provided form.
Latest news
All DIFA offices. From Monday 12 to Friday 16 August 2024: total closure. From Monday 29 July to Friday 30 August 2024: closure at 2 p.m.
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Research areas
A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.
News
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University
Seeking Big Data Specialists - announcement is now online
FutureData4EU is the European project offering 53 PhD scholarships to train Big Data specialists on various topics of Data Science, ranging from culture to health, from environment to technology.
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Meetings and Initiatives
What are the latest frontiers of research in the fight against climate change?
On 31 May, there will be a meeting with Professor Di Lorenzo from Brown University to discuss the removal of carbon dioxide from the oceans in the fight against climate change. Register online.
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Awards and Recognitions
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
The selection is open to female and male students enrolled in bachelor's degrees at our Department.
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Meetings and Initiatives
Photographic contest on 'Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics'
1st Photographic Contest "Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics" - on the applications of differential geometry and representation theory to physics and AI. Open to students and teachers.
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Innovation and Research
6th Physical Sensing and Processing summer school
Registrations opened - deadline 30th June
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Innovation and Research
Unlocking the Future of Data Science - PhD webinar
Join the Webinar to Discover 53 PhD Open Positions for 2024/2025 A.Y.
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Innovation and Research
Towards the Quantum Alliance: Bologna is ready!
Event open to members of the academic community and representatives of research institutions interested in the development of quantum technologies.
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Innovation and Research
Flood in Emilia-Romagna: five Unibo projects to tackle extreme climate events
Part of the Alma CaReS initiative: Climate Change, Resilience, Sustainability, will develop tools/solutions to address the impacts of climate change and increase the resilience of regional territory