DAME Education & Lectures

This page reports the complete information about PhD, M. Sc., Bachelor theses, courses and conference lectures related to DAME team activities.

Information on science production & technical documentation of the project, click here.

University Graduation Offer

DAME project is under continuous evolution. There are graduate (Bachelor and Master of Science) and PhD theses as well as undergraduate apprenticeships available in the following areas:

Astrophysics: mining, exploration, analysis, processing of massive data archives by using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning models;

Computer Science & Software Engineering: design and development of web applications for data processing in distributed infrastructures (GRID/CLOUD); Design and implementation of data analysis models;

If you are interested to collaborate, you should contact any of the following people:

Prof. G. Longo (Principal Investigator), Department of Physics, Univ. Federico II (Tel. +39.081.676.912)

Dr. M. Brescia (Project Manager), INAF Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte (Tel. +39.081.5575.553)

University Courses related to DAME

Technologies in Astronomy, M. Brescia, Master of Science in Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Dept. of Physics, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Astrophysics Laboratory, G. Longo, Master of Science in Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Dept. of Physics, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Philosophiae Doctor (PhD)

Data Rich Astronomy: Mining Synoptic Sky Surveys, S. Cavuoti, PhD in Physics, since 2010, in progress (second year)

The large scale structure of the nearby Universe, R. D'Abrusco, PhD in Physics, 2007

Unsupervised Neural Networks for the Extraction of Scientific Information from Astronomical Data, A. Staiano, PhD in Physics, 2004

Licentia (M. Sc.)

GPU Computing for Machine Learning Algorithms, M. Garofalo, M.Sc. in Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Supervisor Prof. G. Ventre, Prof. A. Pescape', Dr. M. Brescia, A.Y. 2010/11, (thesis presentation also available here)

Virtual Observatory and Data Mining, J. Vazny, M.Sc. in Astrophysics, Masaryk University Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Supervisor RNDr. Petr Skoda, CSc., A.Y. 2011

The multiplicity function for Photometric Redshifts, M. Guglielmo, M.Sc. in Physics, A.A. 2008/2009

Deprojecting the AGN Universe within the Virtual Observatory, O. Laurino, M.Sc. in Physics, A.A. 2008/2009 (thesis presentation also available here)

Ricerca di Nuclei Galattici Attivi in survey fotometriche multibanda, S. Cavuoti, M.Sc. in Physics, A.A. 2006/2007

Studio delle proprietà fotometriche globali a diverse lunghezze d'onda dell'ammasso Abell 85, R. D'Abrusco, M.Sc. in Physics, A.A. 2003/2004

Classificazione Stelle/Galassie tramite reti neurali, N. Capuano, M.Sc. in Physics, A.A. 1996/1997

Una rete neurale per il trattamento di segnali geoficisici e datazione di profili orografici basata su eventi astronomici, M. Brescia, M.Sc. in Informatics, A.A. 1993/1994

Bachelor

Automation of Systems for integration of Machine Learning Models into DAME Data Mining Web Application, S. Riccardi, Computer Science, A.A. 2010/2011

A Graphical User Interface for the Web Application VOGCLUSTERS, E. Mancini, Computer Science, A.A. 2010/2011 (thesis presentation also available here)

Software Virtualization of the Computing Infrastructure to Interface DAMEGRID web application on the S.Co.P.E. Grid, G. Vebber, Computer Science, A.A. 2010/2011 (thesis presentation also available here)

Integrazione di due nuove tecniche di apprendimento automatico per il Progetto DAME, M. Guglielmo, Computer Science, A.A. 2009/2010 (thesis presentation also available here)

DAME-KappA: Integrazione del framework KNIME nella Suite DAME, P. Esposito, Computer Science, A.A. 2009/2010 (thesis presentation also available here)

VOGCLUSTERS: una Web Application per l'analisi e trattamento di ammassi globulari, S. Checola, Computer Science, A.A. 2008/2009 (thesis presentation also available here)

Una Web application su infrastruttura GRID per il progetto DAME, F. Manna, Computer Science, A.A. 2008/2009 (thesis presentation also available here)

Il componente Data Mining Model del progetto DAME, A. Di Guido, Computer Science, A.A. 2008/2009 (thesis presentation also available here)

NEXT (NEural Extractor) II: un segmentatore di immagini astronomiche, C. Vellucci, Computer Science, A.A. 2008/2009 (thesis presentation also available here)

Il componente Framework del progetto VO-Neural/DAME, M. Fiore, Computer Science, A.A. 2007/2008

Lectures

Globular Clusters Classification with GPU-based data mining methods, M. Brescia, Astrophysical Colloquium at Astromeeting, OAC Naples, March 28, 2012

VOGClusters, a Web Application for Globular Clusters, M. Castellani, Workshop on VO Publish or: How to publish data into the Virtual Observatory, Trieste, February 27-29, 2012

Computational Science and new perspectives for the analysis of massive data sets, G. Longo and M. Brescia, 2nd International Conference Frontiers in Diagnostic Technologies, National Labs Frascati, Italy, November 29, 2011

DAME: A Web 2.0 Technology based Infrastructure for Data Exploration, M. Brescia, AstroInformatics 2011 Conference, Sorrento, Italy, September 26, 2011

What is (Astronomical) Data Mining, G. Longo, M. Brescia, GREAT Summer School on Astrostatistics and Data Mining, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, May 30th - June 3rd, 2011

The VO Standards for KDD: The DAME Experience, M. Brescia et al., IVOA Interop meeting, Napoli, Italy, May 16-21, 2011

DAME: A Web Oriented Infrastructure For Scientific Data Mining And Exploration, S. Cavuoti, Data analysis in Astronomy Conference, Erice, Italy, April 2011

VOGClusters: A Data Mining Web App on Globular Clusters, M. Castellani, Journal Club, Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy, November 2010

Data rich Astronomy: mining synoptic sky surveys, S. Cavuoti, PhD Workshop, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, November 2010

Between Massive Astronomical DataSets and the Virtual Observatory, R. D'Abrusco, Lecture at CfA Postdoc Colloquium, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge MA, USA, November 2010

Mining Astronomical Massive Data Sets, G. Longo, Lecture at ASI (Italian Space Agency), Roma, Italy, July 2010

Concluding Thoughts and Provocations, G. Longo, S.G. Djorgovski, Lecture at AstroInformatics 2010, Pasadena, CA, USA, June 2010

DAME: An extensible, astronomer friendly data mining platform, M. Brescia, O. Laurino, G. Longo, Lecture at IVOA Interop 2010, Victoria, Canada, May 19, 2010

Candidate astronomy with Data Mining: Deprojecting the Distribution of Quasars, O. Laurino, R. D'Abrusco, G. Longo, M. Brescia, Lecture at CIDU 2010 Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Ca, USA, October 5-7, 2010

DAME: A Distributed Web Based Framework for Knowledge Discovery in Databases, M. Brescia, G. Longo, M. Castellani, S. Cavuoti, R. D'Abrusco, O. Laurino, Lecture at 54th SAIT Congress "L'astronomia italiana: prospettive per la prossima decade", Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, May 6, 2010

DAME: A Distributed Data Mining & Exploration Framework within the Virtual Observatory, M. Brescia, S. Cavuoti, R. D'Abrusco, O. Laurino, G. Longo, Lecture at INGRID "Instrumenting the GRID" Workshop, Poznan, Poland, May 12-14, 2010

Knowledge discovery in astrophysics: massive data sets, virtual observatory and beyond, G. Longo, M. Brescia, Interdepartmental Physics-Mathematics lecture, Department of Physics, Università Federico II, Napoli, February 3, 2010

Photometric Redshifts with DAME, O. Laurino, R. D'Abrusco, M. Brescia, G. Longo, presentation at VO-Day...In Tour Meetings, INAF, 2009-2010

Mining Massive Data Sets in Data Rich Sciences, M. Brescia, G. Longo, F. Pasian, invited lecture at ICFDT - 1st International Conference on Frontiers in Diagnostic Technologies, LNF Frascati, Italy, November 25-27, 2009

Discussion of the charter for the Data Mining Interest Group DMi - IG, G. Longo & M. Brescia, presentation at IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Garching bei Munchen, Germany, November 9-12 2009

DAME: Astrophysical Data Mining & Exploration on SCoPE GRID - M. Brescia et DAME group, talk at Astronomy and Astrophysics Applications in Grids session of EGEE'09 (Uniting our strengths to realise a sustainable European GRID), Barcellona, Spain, September 24 2009

Astronomical Data Mining: An Application to the photometric redshifts of galaxies and QSOs with DAME - G. Longo et DAME group, Lecture at IPAC, Pasadena, California USA, August 2009

Astronomical Data Mining: Renaissance or dark age? - G. Longo et DAME Group, Workshop on Machine Learning and AI Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology, IJCAI-09 Conference, Pasadena, California USA, July 2009

The VO-Neural/DAME infrastructure: an integrated data mining system for the e-science community - Brescia et al. OACN Napoli, Apr. 2009

DAME & NEXt II - Segmentation of images in a distribuited computing environment, Brescia et al. 2009

The VO-Neural/DAME infrastructure: an integrated data mining system support for the e-science community, Brescia et al., Workshop finale dei Progetti Grid del PON "Ricerca" 2000-2006, Catania, February 2009

Probing the QSOs Distribution within the Virtual Observatory, D'Abrusco et. al, AAS 213th meeting 6th January 2009

VO-Neural/DAME, G. Longo, Tiruvalla (India), January 2009

An Integrated Data Mining Framework for Massive Data Sets - O. Laurino et al., Lecture at Caltech, Pasadena, California USA, December 2008

A photometric unsupervised candidate quasars selection algorithm,RAS NAM2007, D'Abrusco, Preston (UK), 18th April 2007

Virtual organizations in astronomy and beyond, Tblisi, INTAS Meeting, Longo, March 28, 2007

VO-Tech Phase 5, G. Longo, Munich, 12-15 March 2007

The 3D Structure of the Nearby Universe. From the SDSS Archive, Longo, Brescia, D'Abrusco, ADA IV, Marseille, September 2006

VO-Tech DS-6 Meeting, Leicester, February 24-th, 2005

VO-Tech, DS-6 Meeting, Edimburgh, January 21, 2005

VO-Tech, Kickoff Meeting, Cambridge, November 2004

Posters

VO-Day in Tour, R. Smareglia, M. Brescia, R. D'Abrusco, O. Laurino, et al., presented at 54th SAIT Congress "L'astronomia italiana: prospettive per la prossima decade", Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, May 6, 2010

DAME: A distributed data mining infrastructure for e-science discoveries , M. Brescia et al., Workshop on Machine Learning and AI Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology, IJCAI-09 Conference, Pasadena, California USA, July 2009

A unified approach to photometric redshift evaluation for galaxies and QSOs, O. Laurino et al., Workshop on Machine Learning and AI Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology, IJCAI-09 Conference, Pasadena, California USA, July 2009

A web application for photometric redshifts evaluation, Laurino et al., Workshop finale dei Progetti Grid del PON "Ricerca" 2000-2006, Catania, February 2009