Abstract
The lectures are primarily addressed to Ph.D. students in High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics. The aim of the school is to give a pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts and tools needed for research, covering the foundations of the subject at a deep and advanced level. The main topics include the Standard Model of Particle Physics and its extensions, Collider Physics, Quantum Field Theory and Cosmology.

Topics

Topics and lecturers:

Diego BLAS (IFAE Barcelona) -- Quantum sensing for fundamental physics
Nathaniel CRAIG (UC Santa Barbara) -- The generalized 't Hooft paradigm
Joan ELIAS MIRÓ (ICTP Trieste) -- S-matrix bootstrap
Shirley LI (UC Irvine) -- Neutrinos in the '20s
Geraldine SERVANT (DESY) -- BSM in the Early Universe
Jesse THALER (MIT) -- Machine Learning for fundamental physics

Additional info here https://www.ggi.infn.it/ggilectures/ggilectures2026/

Weekly schedule:

1st week: Craig, Thaler
2nd week: Li, Servant
3rd week: Blas, Miró

Organizers
Angelo Esposito (Roma Sapienza U. & INFN)
Roberto Franceschini (Roma Tre U. & INFN)
Diego Redigolo (INFN Firenze)
Giulia Ricciardi (Napoli Federico II U. & INFN)
Filippo Sala (Bologna U. & INFN)
Andrea Tesi (INFN Firenze)


Local organizer
Andrea Tesi

Contact
andrea.tesi@fi.infn.it