LIP Summer Internships - Lectures and Tutorials Week

6 Jul 2026, 09:00 → 10 Jul 2026, 23:00 Europe/Lisbon

Helena Santos (LIP), Sofia Andringa (LIP)

Zoom link: https://cern.zoom.us/j/67805187767?pwd=gBvbYXDkDV6LgSW06aa6mC9I4COgbM.1

LIP Lisbon: Av. Prof Gama Pinto nº 2, Seminar Room (3rd floor) 

LIP Coimbra: Room E2, Physics Department, University of Coimbra

LIP Minho: Ed.3-3.02, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga

Monday 6 July

09:30 → 11:30 Introduction to particle physics and detectors

Introductory lectures

09:30 Welcome to LIP and instructions

Speaker: Sofia Andringa (LIP)

EstIntro2026.pdf

10:00 Detectors

Speaker: Alberto Blanco (LIP)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Introduction to particle physics

Speaker: Patricia Conde Muíño (LIP)

11:30 → 12:30 Tour of LIP

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Tutorials: Day 1

Hands-on practical

14:00 Introduction to C++ and ROOT

Speaker: Francisco Neves (LIP Coimbra)

Tuesday 7 July

09:30 → 12:00 QCD, Heavy Ions and Simulations

Introductory lectures

09:30 The internal structure of particles

Speaker: Elmar Biernat

10:00 QCD and heavy ion physics

Speaker: Liliana Apolinário (LIP)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Simulations

Speaker: Bernardo Tomé (LIP)

12:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Tutorials: Day 2

Hands-on practical

14:00 Python

Speaker: Paulo Almeida (SPAC)

Wednesday 8 July

09:30 → 12:00 LHC and Machine Learning

Introductory lectures

09:30 Introduction to LHC physics

Speaker: Nuno Leonardo (LIP)

10:00 Probing the Standard Model and beyond at the LHC

Speaker: Antonio Morais (University of Minho)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Machine learning in particle physics

Speaker: Miguel Crispim Romao (LIP)

12:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 19:30 Tutorials: Day 3

Hands-on practical

14:00 Machine learning

Speaker: Miguel Crispim Romao (LIP)

Thursday 9 July

09:00 → 12:30 Society, astroparticles, dark matter and neutrinos

Introductory lectures

09:00 Social Physics and Complexity

Speaker: Lilia Perfeito (LIP)

09:30 Astroparticle Physics

Speaker: Raul Sarmento (LIP)

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Dark matter

Speaker: Sandro Saltão (LIP-Coimbra)

11:00 Neutrinos

Speaker: Valentina Lozza (LIP)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Tutorials: Day 4

Hands-on practical

14:00 Large Language Models

Speaker: Lilia Perfeito (LIP)

Friday 10 July

09:00 → 12:30 Radiation and health

Introductory lectures

09:00 Dosimetry

Speaker: Jorge Sampaio (LIP / FCUL)

09:30 Radiation environment in space

Speaker: Luísa Arruda (LIP)

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Particles and health

Speaker: Hugo Simões (LIP Coimbra)

11:00 Linear accelerators in radiotherapy

Speaker: Sharif Ghithan (Augusta Victoria Hospital)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Tutorials: Day 5

Hands-on practical (choice)

14:00 Data analysis and fitting with ROOT

Speakers: Alessio Boletti, Guilherme Soares (Universidade de Lisboa, IST (PT))

14:00 Simulation using TOPAS

Speaker: Joana Antunes (LIP/FCUL)