DAME Education & Lectures
This page reports the complete information about PhD, M. Sc., Bachelor theses, courses and conference lectures related to DAME team activities.
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;
- 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, 2010 in progress (first 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.)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Photometric AGN classification in the SDSS, Cavuoti et al., Italian E-science2008 Naples, Italy
- Searching for Cosmic Strings in the CMB, Riccio et al. Italian e-Science2008, Naples, Italy
- The Interface between AstroGrid and S.Co.P.E. - GRID, Deniskina, Italian e-Science2008, Naples, Italy
- The VO-Neural Project - a GRID based astrophysical data mining environment, Brescia et al. Italian e-Science2008, Naples, Italy
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