Open Questions and Research Tools in Nuclear Astrophysics: A Combined Summer School and Hackathon Event

Jul
21
2025
Jul
25
2025

Event Location
Beaver Island, MI, USA

Event Audience
Graduate Students
Postdocs
Scientists
Undergraduate Students

Event Hosted By
CeNAM

Website

Website

https://sites.google.com/view/nuclear-astro-hackathon/home


The school is a week-long event for students and postdoctoral researchers, combining elements of a traditional summer school with a hackathon. The primary goal of this summer school is to attract early career researchers (ECR) to the field of nuclear astrophysics, fostering a space for multidisciplinary collaboration within the IReNA network. The event will include a series of lectures introducing participants to a few of the major open questions in our field. The hackathon section will be organized as a competitive event where students work on group projects using advanced computational tools. Its goal is to use an inquiry-based learning method to train ECRs on modern nuclear astrophysics research tools and to enhance their professional development, in particular with skills to work in interdisciplinary teams.