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#SMASH fellow Konstantinos Tanidis recently gave a talk “Precision cosmology with the large-scale structure in the Universe” at the Institute for the Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) in Trieste. 🇮🇹🌌 #MSCA

📢 Next #SMASH seminar: Handwriting as a Window into the Brain: Digital Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Disorder 📅 26 March 2026, 12:00 📍 Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI), Ljubljana — Room P3 🎤 Prof. Jiří Mekyska #MSCA

🚨 An Avalanche of Cosmic Events: Rubin Observatory Releases Its First Alerts 🌌 As Gabriella Contardo, SMASH fellow, notes: “Among the millions of alerts, there may be events we have never seen before.” 🎥 lnkd.in/dm62-i4q 🔗 lnkd.in/geG8YbJf #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Marko Djukanovic attended the EUROCAST 2026 conference, where he presented the paper: 📄 “On Solving the Multiple Variable Gapped Longest Common Subsequence Problem” #MSCA

After the wonderful #SMASH seminar by Prof. Roberto Ruiz de Austri from the University of Valencia, we had the pleasure of showing our guest some of Slovenia’s beautiful landmarks. 🇸🇮✨ #MSCA

Yesterday we hosted a #SMASH seminar at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, featuring Dr. Roberto Ruiz de Austri Bazan (IFIC / CSIC, Spain). 🔬🌌 #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Pooja Bhattacharjee recently completed a one-month secondment with the Gamma-ray research group at the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE) in Barcelona. 🇪🇸🔬 #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Areeb Ahmed delivered a talk on “Machine Learning–Assisted Secure Random Communication” at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. 🇫🇮🧠 #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Muniba Ashfaq has successfully completed her academic secondment at Queen Mary University of London, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. 🇬🇧🧠 #SMASH #MSCA

Next seminar: 🎤 Deep Learning in the Search for Dark Matter: An Overview - Dr. Roberto Ruiz de Austri Bazan (IFIC / CSIC, Spain) 📅 4 March 2026, 13:00 📍 Main Lecture Hall, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, Ljubljana #SMASH #MSCA

This year marks 30 years of #MSCA — three decades of supporting scientific curiosity, research excellence, and talent across Europe and beyond. 🎉🔬 At #SMASH, we are proud to be part of this vibrant community of curiosity-driven research. #MSCA30 #SMASH

Prof. David W. Hogg (New York University & Flatiron Institute) asks a fundamental question:“Why do we do astrophysics?” 🔗 arxiv.org/pdf/2602.10181… We had the privilege of hosting him for a UNG scientific afternoon talk last year 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=MTyumu… #SMASH #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Nerea Portillo participated in the Hydrology Days at the University of Trento last week. 🌍💧 🔗 eventi.unitn.it/en/trento-hydr… She presented a poster on her newly launched project: “Low-cost Image-based Microplastic Identification in Freshwater Environments.” #MSCA

#SMASH fellow Iva Međugorac presented her work at DATA_FAIR 3 in Ljubljana last week. 🌍📊 This year’s conference focused on sustainability, bringing together experts in data engineering, data science, and emerging trends in machine learning and artificial intelligence. #MSCA

🌩️ #SMASH fellow Marco Stefanelli has released a new preprint on improving convective storm forecasting with AI-driven radar data assimilation: 🔗 arxiv.org/pdf/2512.18289 #MSCA

We kicked off a course on applying ML/AI to scientific research, delivered in part by #SMASH Fellows for students and staff at the @UNG_ungsi. The strong turnout highlights the growing demand for ML/AI skills, which are becoming increasingly essential in modern science. #MSCA

We held a #SMASH soft skills training event, featuring excellent presentations from Dr. Umek Venturini and Dr. Stojan Sorčan from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, that included MSCA grants, ERC instruments, The EU Strategy for AI in Science. #MSCA

Lukas Kugler has started his #SMASH fellowship at the UL-FMF to improve Earth-system models by strengthening the coupling between the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and land surface using neural networks. #SMASH #MSCA Image source: windy.com

We’re proud to share several career success stories from our fellows, who have secured exciting new positions after completing #SMASH fellowships. A big thank you to the #MSCA COFUND scheme and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation for making SMASH possible.

We are incredibly proud of the groundbreaking projects our fellows are developing and deeply grateful to our partner institutions for their continued support, trust, and collaboration. 🤝

We are especially proud that five Fellows have already completed their appointments, and all have moved on to exciting new roles. We wish each of them every success in their future careers! 👏 #SMASH #MSCA

As we welcome 2026, we take a moment to look back on SMASHing last year, when we successfully completed our final call for applications and welcomed all 50 postdoctoral fellows into the SMASH network. 🎓🚀 Wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful New Year! 🎉 #SMASH #MSCA