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“MY RESEARCH IN 3 MINUTES”. Speed-contest for PhD theses

25 November 2016 / in News / by

You have 3 minutes to tell as many years of study and research to an audience of non-specialists. The doctoral research, carried out on a daily basis by doctoral candidates of the Politecnico, is the protagonist.

This was the challenge of “My Research in 3 Minutes“, that was held on 21st November at the Ph.D Graduation Ceremony for Research Doctors of the Politecnico. Jyotishman Ghosh, Ph.D student of the third year in Mechanical Engineering won the top prize of 1.500 Euro with the presentation “Four wheel steering: Drive like Lewis Hamilton!“; the second place went to the project “Vibration control and mitigation in turbomachinery” by Eleonora Gastaldi, Ph.D student of the third year in Aerospace Engineering. On the third step of the podium there’s instead Daniele Jahier Pilone, second year doctoral student in Computer and Systems Engineering, who was awarded the third prize of 500 euro with the thesis “Energy-efficient approximate computing“.

The three winners prevailed over a shortlist of six finalists – the best students of the sixty ones who were presented in the pre-selection phase – , who however had the opportunity to exhibit their thesis projects in front of a jury of science journalists and disseminators, including Stefano Bagnasco (INFN and CentroScienza), Piero Bianucci (science journalist, founder of Tuttoscienze of La Stampa) and Claudia Pregno (TG Leonardo – RAI-3).

MOTOR REHABILITATION and NEUROTECHNOLOGY: from the physiotherapist 2.0 to a bionic man

25 November 2016 / in News / by

Over the past three decades, the field of Neurotechnologies, Neurorehabilitation and Movement Sciences has undergone a fast development not only in terms of research and didactics, but also in terms of application, in both preventive and rehabilitative process.

On 24th and 25th November (from 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm; from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm) at the Hall of Honor of the Castello del Valentino, the international conference “Tradition and technological innovation in neuromuscular rehabilitation and movement sciences: what is the future?“, organized by the Politecnico di Torino, will take stock of the situation and provide an opportunity for exchanges and continuous training among researchers.

The event will also present latest research works of LISiN, the Laboratory of Engineering of Neuromuscular System – which also celebrates the twentieth anniversary on this occasion – and of its partners, with the participation of research representatives from the University of Birmingham and the Imperial College London.

For more information and registration, please contact: eventi@polito.it

BCG presents “The future makers”, a project for talented students

25 November 2016 / in News / by

“The future makers” is a project of the BCG – The Boston Consulting Group. BCG is looking for 100 talented students, from 25 Top Universities in Italy, to offer them an opportunity for education and interaction with most influential representatives of the business community.

BGC provides its observatory, its expertise and its network to 100 talented students.
If you want to know more about the project “The future makers” and how to participate, there will be a meeting on Tuesday, 22 November, 2016, from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, in the Aula Rosa (Nuovo Polo Didattico) of the School of Management and Economics of the University of Turin (C.so Unione Sovietica, 218bis – Torino).

If you want to attend the meeting, fill in the registration form no later than 3:00 pm on Monday, 21 November.

II Level Master’s Degree for Crime Scene Investigator at the University of Turin

25 November 2016 / in News / by

If you want to enroll in the first edition of II Level Master’s Degree for Crime Scene Investigator, you can do it by 19th December, 2016. 

The Master in Scientific investigations and criminal trial is aimed at professionals from different branches of this sector (from the law to biology, chemistry and medicine) and at legal practitioners, future lawyers, consultants and experts, as well as at lawyers, magistrates and judges who are already exercising their profession and feel the need to investigate the issue.
Also members of the police and journalists of court reporting can enroll in this master.

This innovative master will have a multidisciplinary approach, that “aims to help overcome difficulties due to the different communication codes used by science and criminal trial, areas that are now increasingly interconnected“.
These are the words of Francesco Caprioli, director of the course. During the presentation of the Master, he explained that the lectures will deal mainly with the use of chemical-biological and forensic sciences in the investigation and in the criminal trial.

“Anyone who is acquainted with the current dynamics of the criminal justice or even with television schedules, from the news to tv-series, knows how important new scientific fact-finding techniques are, from the analysis of the DNA to the luminol” explains Professor Caprioli. He also says: “Our Master will be preceded by preparatory lessons for those who want to fill any deficit in the three scientific macro-areas of the course (Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Procedure, Fundamentals of Chemistry and Biology, Fundamentals of Forensic Medicine). In addition to the theory, there will be also technical and practical lectures in the laboratory and for those who want, it will be possible to attend an autopsy“.

The course will start on January 13, 2017 and will last a whole year. End: December 2, 2017.

If you are interested in, visit the website of the Master.

Enrollment growth at the University of Turin. There are 15.365 new students.

16 November 2016 / in News / by

There’s an enrollment growth at the University of Turin. New enrollment figures confirm the positive trend with an increase of 8,32% compared to the last academic year 2015/2016.

There are 15.365 new enrolled students in 3-year or 5-year degree courses, but their number is bound to grow. In fact, the repêchages for Medicine, Health Professions, Veterinary Medicine and Primary Education are still underway.

There’s a high increase especially in the number of students enrolled in the economic and juridical field, with 3630 new students (+ 13,7%) and in the humanistic courses, with a growth of 6220 students (about + 11%). They are followed by the scientific field, with 3853 new freshmen (about +4,7 %), while the health field remains stable with 1662 enrollments.
The elimination of limited enrolment from a number of university courses and the introduction of new courses in the ICT (Information Communication Technology) field certainly helped to raise enrollments.

“The figures, which are constantly growing, confirm the commitment of the University to foster courses, that fit into the changes in the society and in the labour market. These figures are paying back the effort, made to eliminate the limited number in many courses and to ensure more access and right to education”, says Chancelor Gianmaria Ajani. “New freshmen have found in the University of Turin a way to come into contact with the most innovative companies, which are active in international markets and in sciences and technologies. The significant increase in new students enrolment and the good response to the activation of new courses, also in English, are a positive and concrete answer to the assessment of the policies on education that have been implemented“.

IBM University Award: from polymer-based sensors to the “electronic nose” at the Politecnico di Torino

16 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

Marco Sangermano will show the new frontiers of research for the creation of artificial olfactory systems, at the Sala consiglio di facoltà of the Politecnico di Torino, on Tuesday, 15 November, at 11:00 am.

In the occasion of the award ceremony for the IBM University Award, the Professor will hold a speech entitled “From the development of polymer-based gas sensors towards the construction of an electronic nose”, explaining how the research on artificial systems that can detect odor, made great strides.

New economical polymeric materials, developed thanks to the collaboration between Politecnico di Torino and the Almaden IBM Research Center in California, will allow to switch from the production of an electronic nose for industrial or scientific purposes to a “personal e-nose“, which can be directly integrated into a smartphone.

A simple mobile device will be able very soon to emulate our olfactory function, by smelling our food in order to know its quality or identifying a flu through the breath, before having symptoms.

FORMAT Festival: workshops on cinema, informatics and design at the Politecnico

16 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

The Politecnico di Torino offers students, who study Informatics Engineering, Cinema and Media Engineering and Design, a series of meetings and workshops by Steve Della Casa, in order to choose the best ideas for the Format Festival in May 2017.

FORMAT is a festival for the promotion of transmedia projects (animations, gaming, short films and documentaries, audio-visual installations, carried out by the Politecnico’s students).

The first appointment is on Wednesday, 16 November, 2016, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in the lecture room 2T in Corso Castelfidardo 30, A.

The following meetings are scheduled on 21st – 23rd – 28th – 30th November and on 5th and 7th December 2016. On Monday the 21st , the 28th and 5th , the meetings will be held in the lecture room 5T from 8:30 am to 11:30 am.

For more information, please visit the website.

Master of “Energy efficiency and sustainability in the industry” at the Politecnico di Torino

10 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

The 2nd level Master of “Energy efficiency and sustainability in the industry” aims to train professionals who are able to manage efficiently the energy. It is aimed at recent graduates in Engineering or in other academic technical-scientific disciplines and managers.

15 out of 80 applications were successful. The students selected come from Politecnico di Torino, Università La Sapienza di Roma e from the Universities of Bologna, Padova, Parma and of Calabria region, 14 of them will be awarded a scolarship.

The way in which we produce, provide and consume energy, affects the success of a company. For this reason, it is fundamental to train professionals who are able to use energy resources in an efficient way.

This 1-year Master, which consists of 500 lecture hours and 250 hours dedicated to an internship, will deal with all the technical, planning, management, price-related and normative aspects that the professionals of the Energy Management must be acquainted with, both from an efficient and sustainable point of view, together with a knowledge in the reduction of carbon-dioxide emissions.

Management of Complex Systems: conference at the Politecnico of Turin

10 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

The Conference INCOSE on Systems Engineering (CIISE’ 16) will take place in the Aula Magna Lingotto, in Via Nizza 230, on 14th and 15th November 10, 2016 at 8.30 am and will be about the management of the complex systems. The Italian Association on Systems Engineering (AISE) created this conference together with the Politecnico di Torino.

The program of the conference will offer the opportunity to researchers, professionals and Italian and international organizations, which use the Systems Engineering, to meet, debate and have an exchange of views. There will be also: an introductory tutorial, many presentations of articles on both academic and industrial studies and applications, a session dedicated to the tools, a session on Technical Leadership, a poster session dedicated to the students of the Italian University Masters in Systems Engineering and workshops of the working groups of AISE-INCOSE.

The program also includes a visit of the research laboratories of Virtual Reality and Robotics of Thales Alenia Space.

More information and registration to this website.

REUSE, RECYCLE, REDESIGN: the paradigm of the circularity of products and services

10 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

The World Usability Day (WUD) of Turin will take place in the Aula Magna of the Campus Luigi Einaudi of Turin University, on Thursday, November 10, 2016, from 9:00 am.

It is an annual event, promoted by the User Experience Professional Association (UXPA) and a community of professionals, who work in different fields to ensure that the technology works as a factor in the promotion of the people, the expression, the personal fulfillment and the active citizenship.

The theme of this edition is sustainability, or Green UX. Sustainability, regeneration and sharing are the three key words of the new economic, social and productive models. These have launched a conversion from consumption to re-use, from property to sharing and circularity. At the same time those, who design and offer products and services, are redefining the design in terms of sustainability, sharing and circularity of the future.

The WUD TO 2016 is an opportunity to try out the (re)design with and for people, and new ways to provide services and regenerated, sustainable, circular products, that are able to bridge the physical gap and to create physical a social impact .

The event is open to everyone, but you must be registrated.

For more information, visit this website
Contacts: siepiemonte@gmail.com

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