MastercosmosBCN

Master's Thesis defended last week

September 15, 2021

IFAE

Last week the students of the Postgraduate Program in High Energy Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology (Mastercosmos) defended their Master’s Thesis. A total 13 theses have been tutored by IFAE researchers.

List of Theses:

  • Juan Urrutia: “Search for primordial blackholes via gravitational wave lensing with ground based detectors”. Tutor: Ville Vaskonen
  • Marc Andrés Carcassona: “Searches of gravitational waves from asymmetric compact binary coalescence events using convolutional neural networks during O2”. Tutor: Mario Martínez.
  • Jordi Capó, “Neutron Detection Capabilities”. Tutor: Thorsten Lux
  • Arul Prakash, “B decays form factor parameterization using Neural Networks”. Tutor: Pere Masjuan
  • Adriana Ghiozzi, “A two-particle solution to lepton magnetic moment anomalies and its implications for rare B decay observables” Tutor: Pere Masjuan
  • Helena Recasens, “Application of machine-learning techniques for background suppression in searches for higgsino pair production with the ATLAS detector”. Tutor: Aurelio Juste, Carlos Moreno
  • Oriol Izquierdo, “Optimization of a new light scalar boson search analysis using data of the ATLAS experiment”. Tutor:Imma Riu
  • Fernando García. “Search for the pair production of vector-like quarks in final states with multiple b-jets”. Tutor: Aurelio Juste
  • Aday Cárdenas, “On Cosmological Phase Transitions: Gravitational Waves and Gauge Dependence”. Tutor: Ville Vaskonen
  • Maria Lainez, “Analysis of gamma-ray observations performed with the first Large-Sized Telescope of CTA”. Tutor: Abelardo Moralejo
  • Akshay Kumar, “Optimising baffle parameters in Einstein Telescope”. Tutor: Mario Martínez
  • Daniel Serrano, “Novel instrumentation for light detection in the Virgo Interferometer”. Tutor: Mario Martínez
  • Joan Llobera, “Modeling Gravitational Waveforms for Parameter Estimation with Machine Learning”. Tutor: Mario Martínez

Latest Group News

Outreach

IFAE Hosts Hands-On Workshop on Muon Detection and Cosmic Rays

March 14, 2025

The initiative is part of a collaboration with the artist Blanca Pujals and is supported by CCCB and Hangar.

Event

Tamara Vázquez and Gerard Ariño at ATRAE Researchers' Day

March 13, 2025

The Programa ATRAE (Ayudas para incentivar la incorporación de talento consolidado) is an initiative by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) aimed at attracting established research talent to Spain.

Outreach activities

IFAE researchers participate in Científiques 2025 to make visible the research of women in science

February 13, 2025

#Científiques 2025 beat the participation record