Welcome to the Students of the XXXV Cycle of the Ph.D. School of Physics - A.A. 2019/2020 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica
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Welcome to the Students of the XXXV Cycle
of the Ph.D. School of Physics
A.A. 2019/2020
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 1
Outlook
● School target
● The path to the title of Doctor
– Formation
– Research
● Funds
● Tutoring
● Working Space
● Organization of the school and contacts
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The target of this School
● Main aim :
– formation of researchers, able to propose, pursue and complete an original research program on world-class, state-
of-the-art topics in several Physics fields
● … but also :
– develop skills to be spent outside Academia
● face intellectual challenges
● problem solving
● communication, dissemination
● group-work
● programming experience
● statistics and Data analysis
● budget management
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 3Path to achieve the title
● Three years program, during which the student will
– pursue her/his academic education
– perform fronteer research under the supervision of an experienced scientist
– describe the results of her/his work in a thesis subject to multi-steps review
– defend the thesis in front of a board of experts.
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 4Education
● Accomplished through attendance to
– front lectures in the School
– seminars offered by the DFA
– attendance to school, workshops, conferences, etc.
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 5Front Lectures
● The school this year offers 20 courses, out of which
– 18 Physics courses, devoted to state-of-art topics in Astrophysics, Cosmology, HEP,
Matter, Nuclear, Statistics, Data Analysis and Instrumentation technicques. Each of them
corresponds to three credits (24 h front lectures), held by at most three different teachers.
– 2 soft skills courses, aimed at improving the student capabilities in teaching, fund raising, self-
promotion, communication, etc. They both correspond to about 1.5 credit.
● The list of the courses can be found at this URL
● A brief overview of all the courses will follow this presentation.
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 6Exams
● Students are free to follow the courses they prefer
● Students are expected to
– pass the exams of at least four Physics courses by the end of the second year (Sept 2021)
– out of these, at least three by the end of the first year (Sept 2020)
– obtain the idoneity from at least one soft skill course by the end of the second year
● To pass exams and to obtain idoneity attendance to the lectures is mandatory
● Remote connection must be agreed with the teacher
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 7Substitution
● The school provides a very wide education offer, yet not exaustive
● We encourage students to follow also internal courses not directly related to their
research activity, however …
● … students are allowed to substitute at most two Physics courses with lectures taken from
– other PhD school in Padova or abroad
– University lectures (Physics, Statistics, Maths, etc.)
– lectures from Schools
● Soft skill courses cannot be replaced
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 8Conditions for replacement
1) The request is well motivated and approved by the student’s supervisor
2) The replacement is at least as demanding as the internal courses:
- true course (not a set of seminars) consisting in at least three credits
- validated by a final exam
- subject to the same restriction as the internal courses
● The student must present the replacement request with proper advance and with due
documentation to the coordinator
● The request is then subject to the approval of the school Advisory Boards, either the
Consiglio Direttivo or the Collegio dei Docenti
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 9Schools
● Several schools for PhD students are activated worldwide each year
● We encourge students to attend at least one school focused on their preferred research
topics
● Funds to attend the school can be either provided
– by each student research budget
– by the supervisor budget
– by the school allowance
– ...
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 10Research
● Research is the main activity of the student
● The academic burden is significant in the first year, then it steeply decreases
● The third year is devoted only to research
● Students are assigned a supervisorwho will tutor them all along their path to the thesis
● Usually students are embedded in a research team, often in collaborations with other institutions,
labs, etc.
● We support students in spreading their achievement by means of publications, report to
conferences or workshops, etc.
● Several facilities (labs, computing power) are provided by DFA and INFN to support the
student’s research
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 11Admssion to the Next Year
● Admission to the next year is due about Sept. 15th , subject to the approval of the
Consiglio Direttivo
● For this purpose student must:
– complete by that time their academic duties (exams, schools)
– obtain the written approval of their supervisor
– provide a brief presentation of their activity
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 12Thesis
● The thesis marks the completion of the program
● It is evaluated through several steps:
– approved by the supervisor
– submitted to the judgement of two independent readers who, within 30 days, might either
● accept
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 13Thesis
● The thesis marks the completion of the program
● It is evaluated through several steps:
– approved by the supervisor
– submitted to the judgement of two independent readers who, within 30 days, might either
● accept
● ask minor revision
Apply the suggested corrections, get the supervisor blessing and proceed further
( no other interaction with the readers)
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 14Thesis
● The thesis marks the completion of the program
● It is evaluated through several steps:
– approved by the supervisor
– submitted to the judgement of two independent readers who, within 30 days, might either
● accept
● ask minor revision
● ask major revision
Have six more months to apply the corrections, then go through all the approval process again
( implies another interaction with the readers)
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 15Thesis
● The thesis marks the completion of the program
● It is evaluated through several steps:
– approved by the supervisor
– submitted to the judgement of two independent readers who, within 30 days, might either
● accept
● ask minor revision
● ask major revision
● Finally it’s defended in front of a Board of 3 – 5 experts
● In exceptional cases the Board might approve “cum laude”
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 16Doctor Europaeus
● Student can apply to this honorific title provided that:
– they spent at least three months of research in a Lab or institution outside Italy
– the two readers are professors in two Universities from two different UE countries, and
different from Italy as well (Labs are not included, sorry)
– at least one member of the Board comes from an UE country different from Italy
– at least part of the discussion is held in UE language different from italian.
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 17Suspension
● Due to health problems, parental leave, or other seriuos reasons, students can require a
suspension, during which
– the pay of the allowance is suspended
– the conclusion of the PhD program is delayed
● The request must be well documented and is subject to the approval of the Consiglio
Direttivo, which will forward its decision to the University Board (Ufficio Formazione e
Ricerca).
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 18Funds
● All students are provided with a budget of 3068.66 € starting from the second year for:
– Travels
– Conference and seminars fees
– Publication fees
– Specific training aimed at research (eg language courses).
● Students are responsible for the management of the fund ,
● … which must be authorized in any case by the coordinator
● Funds from the supervisor research budget can also be provided
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 19Funds (again)
● In case of long permanence abroad, more than consecutive 20 days, PhD students
WITH SCHOLARSHIP can ask for a 50% increase of the scholarship, by
providing
– before leaving, the authorization from our school, to be sent to the PhD Office
– during or at the end of the stay, a communication signed by the supervisor of the hosting
university with the precise periods of mobility
● Travel permission, even if on supervisor or other private funds, must always be required
– to the Coordinator, in case of short terms
– to the School Boards for periods of six months or longer
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 20Teaching and tutoring
● Students are not subject to teaching duties,
● … but they can
– tutor bachelor and master degree students
– provide support to front teaching and Lab activities for at most 40 h a year
● … subject to the approval of the School Boards
● Support to bachelor and degree students preparing a thesis in the same research area
as the Ph D student is common practice not subject to any approval
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 21School Boards
● Coordinatore (franco.simonetto@unipd.it)
● Vice-Coordinatore (cinzia.sada@unipd.it)
● Collegio dei Docenti
– a wide assembly of more than 40 researchers and professors, who meet few times a year to discuss the
most delicate school-items (e.g., approves yearly the courses)
– students representatives are invited at each session
– defers most of routine decisions to the
● Secretariat (sig.ra Cristina.Mazzucco@unipd.it )
● Consiglio direttivo Dr. Carlo Broggini (INFN), Dr. Chiara Sirignano,
Prof. LucaSalasnich, Prof. Pierpaolo Mastrolia,
plus Coordinator & Vice
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 22Student representatives
● Any student can contact the Boards, and in particular the Coordinator, in case of
needs
● A bunch of representatives are elected each year, who should
– attend to the meeting of the Consiglio Direttivo
– report to the Boards and issue of common interest
● This is the list of those elected on 5/11/2018:
Benevento, Bragagnolo, Mantovani, Pacciani, Pobbe, Ganz
Garlaschi, Kalinani, Papini, Partipilo, Libanore, Orlando, Giorgio
21/10/19 Riunione Collegio Docenti Dottorato in Fisica 23Working spaces
● We encourage supervisors to host students in one of the rooms allotted to their groups
● In addition three common rooms are reserved for the use of Ph D students only :
– Room 382 in this building (G.Galilei), 24 working places
– Room P210 in Paolotti, 4 positions
– Room P408 in Paolotti, 2 positions
● We plan a survey of the actual placement of each student, trying to spot critical
situations
● We also plan to establish a regulation defining the proper behaviour in the common
areas, agreed with the students’ representatives.
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