It was a pleasure to attend the PaNRAID (Photons and Neutrons Realistic Artificial Intelligence Dataset) Formation 2026 in Saint-Pierre d’Oléron, organised by the DIADEM Academy. The training focused on generating realistic simulated experimental data by combining materials modelling with virtual beamline simulations using McStas and McXtrace. A primary highlight was training and applying machine learning models on these physics-based simulated datasets.

It was a pleasure to attend the 28th JCNS Neutron Laboratory Course 2026. The first week was a series of lectures on neutron scattering theory and techniques at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The second week was hands-on experiments on the instruments at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble. The course was a great opportunity to gain practical experience with neutron instrumentation and to exchange ideas with fellow young researchers from across Europe.

Prof. Sven Friedemann (University of Bristol, UK) visited us and gave a seminar as part of the ongoing CFM Colloquium Series

Our group hosted a two-days workshop on Neutron Diffraction by Dr. Matthias Gutmann from the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (UK). This was part of the ongoing CFM Neutron Scattering Series. Funding was provided by Estrategia IKUR 2030.

Prof. Take R. Saito (RIKEN, Japan) visited us and gave a seminar as part of the ongoing CFM Neutron Scattering Series

Umbertoluca participated in Pint of Science as a volunteer.