Summer School Program

The detailed program of the Summer School is become available here.

Invited Speakers

• C. Alissandrakis (University of Ioannina)
  "The Universe is Made of Plasma and Magnetic Field"
• A. Anastasiadis (National Observatory of Athens)
  "MHD as the Backbone for Space Weather Prediction"
• V. Archontis (University of Ioannina)
  "MHD, Solar and Stellar Activity"
• I. Contopoulos (RCAAM of the Academy of Athens)
  "MHD with Physics Informed Neural Networks"
• K. Gourgouliatos (University of Patras)
  "MHD in extreme Astrophysical Environments"
• K. Moraitis (University of Ioannina)
  "Theory and Applications of Magnetic Field-Line Helicity in Solar Physics"
• A. Nindos (University of Ioannina)
  "Magnetic Helicity: Applications in Solar Physics"
• K. Tassis (University of Crete & FORTH)
  "MHD of the Interstellar Medium"
• G. Throumoulopoulos (University of Ioannina)
  "MHD of Laboratory Plasmas: Crossovers with Astrophysics"
• K. Tsinganos (University of Athens)
  "MHD in Astrophysics: Introduction and highlights"
• N. Vlahakis (University of Athens)
  "MHD Instabilities"
• L. Vlahos (University of Thessaloniki)
  "MHD Τurbulence and Particle Energisation"
• J. Zhuleku (University of Ioannina)
  "Heating of Solar and Stellar Coronae"

Practical Exercises

• I. Dimitropoulos & I. Contopoulos: Solution of a Simple Physics Problem with Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs)
• K. Gourgouliatos: Numerical Methods for MHD -Force-free equilibria via relaxation methods. -Time dependent problems: upwind schemes - flux limiters. Demo of AMR-VAC MHD code
• K. Moraitis, J. Zhuleku, V. Agalianou, A. Giannis: Visualization and Analysis of MHD simulation output
• A. Nindos & N. Vlahakis: Problem Solving in MHD