Announcements

SISSA is one of the insititutional supporter of the Fiera del Lavoro FVG that will take place on 24 November 2018 at 12.30 pm at the Teatro Giovanni da Udine, in Udine. The event involve 70 different companies offering more than 400 positions. Job interviews may be held in Italian or in English. A "Video Curriculum Prize" will also be assigned (Submission deadline 18 November, 11.59 pm). The Fiera del Lavoro FVG is free but registration is mandatory.

For more info and to register: www.alig.it

JOBFair aims at starting a direct interaction between the leading Italian and international companies and the world of academic excellence, where Students and PostDocs will have the opportunity to have one-to-one meetings with the companies. It is organized by SISSA, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS di Pavia, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Scuola IMT Alti Studi di Lucca and GSSI Gran Sasso Science Institute. 

Registration here.

The MIT-FVG Project, supporting collaborations between MIT faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts at SISSA, as well as at the University of Udine and at the University of Trieste is open for its second call.
It was launched in summer 2017 for the first time with funding provided by the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, now recently renewed (July 13, 2018).
The maximum award is $25,000.

The Research Hub by Electrolux Professional offers a 3-year scholarship at SISSA for a doctoral student placement in Electrolux Professional’s Global R&D. The research will be carried out in the frame of the project “Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Performance Enhancement of Professional Food Service Appliances”. The investigation will focus on mathematical modeling, numerical methods and scientific computing as data analysis tools for the development of the next generation Company’s products.

Andrea Piccaluga, Professor of Management Innovation and Director of the Institute  of Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, will give a seminar entitiled "The valorisation of public research in Italy: numbers, examples, proposals” on 30 May 2018. Prof. Piccaluga is also the President of Netval, the Italian Network of University Technology Transfer Offices.

On Thursday 15 March, world-class researchers in neurodegenerative diseases will share and discuss the latest results on the role of different protein such as Abeta, alpha-synuclein, tau and prion protein in neurodegenerative diseases.

Four SISSA projects have been recently awarded MIT-FVG Seed Funds. They will support collaborations and exchanges between faculty, research scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT and their counterparts at SISSA for the next 20 months.

The job fair "La Fiera del Lavoro FVG - Convegno ALIg 2017" will take place on 25 November 2017 at 12.30 PM (midday) at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni (via Trento, 4) in Udine.
The event is an opportunity to meet 66 companies. More than 300 positions are available.

The first WIOS2017 will take place Thursday 5 October 5 and Friday 6 October at SISSA. WIOS (Women in olfactory science) is the first international forum to unite women scientists in olfactory science. The forum objective is to strength women role in the development and promotion of their representation among the leaders in the field of the chemical senses. More information here.