Events 2024

DateLocationEvent
Apr 5-6Skopje, North MacedoniaIEEE Region8 Volunteer Leadership Training *
Apr 15MessinaWorkshop “Future directions of spintronic Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting”
Apr 17MessinaDL of prof. Kerem Camsari, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Apr 23CataniaFrontiers in Magnetism 2024
Jun 19BariWorkshop “Micromagnetic Modeling and Spintronics”
Jun 26TorinoDL of prof. S.N. (Prem) Piramanayagam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jun 28MilanoDL of prof. S.N. (Prem) Piramanayagam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jul 15RomeDL of prof. S. Emori, Virginia Tech, USA
Jul 17BariDL of prof. S. Emori, Virginia Tech, USA
Nov 19MessinaSeminar of Prof. Virgil Provenzano, NIST, USA
Nov 27BariChapter Annual Meeting

*organized by IEEE Region 8

IEEE Region 8 VLT 2024
Skopje, North Macedonia, April 5-6, 2024

The Chair of the MAG Italy Chapter participated at the Region 8 Volunteer Leadership Training, which took place in Skopje, North Macedonia, in April 5-6, 2024.
The VLT event was organized by Region 8 Membership Development Committee and Chapter Coordination Committee. For more information, visit the official page.

Workshop “Future directions of spintronic Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting”
Messina, April 15th, 2024

The Italy Chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society, in collaboration with Petaspin Association and the project Samothrace (Sicilian Micro and Nano Technology Research and Innovation Center), organized a workshop on Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting at the University of Messina.
Program and details can be found at this webpage.

DL Kerem Camsari
Messina, April 17th, 2024

On April 17th, prof. Kerem Camsari, from the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, one of the 2024 Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE Magnetics Society, gave his lecture in Messina, at the Aula Magna of the University Rectorate. For more information, contact the chair Vito Puliafito.
The title of his DL is “Probabilistic Computing With p-Bits: Optimization, Machine Learning and Quantum Simulation“.

Workshop “Micromagnetic modeling and spintronics”
Bari, June 19th, 2024

The Italy Chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society organized a workshop on June 19th, 2024, in Bari, at the Politecnico. The workshop was about recent results on micromagnetic modeling and spintronics. The event was free and welcomed students and researchers working in this field and related topics.
Location: Politecnico di Bari, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari
Organizers: Vito Puliafito, Riccardo Tomasello, Politecnico di Bari
Contact information: vito.puliafito@poliba.it, riccardo.tomasello@poliba.it
Program and speakers

h.14:00Welcome and Introduction
Vito Puliafito, Politecnico di Bari
h.14:15 – 15:45Technical presentations – part 1
Chair: Riccardo Tomasello, Politecnico di Bari
h.14:15 – 14:45Giovanni Finocchio, University of Messina“Next generation of micromagnetic simulators”
h.14:45 – 15:15Mario Carpentieri, Politecnico di Bari“Spintronics-based Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs)”
h.15:15 – 15:45Alessandra Manzin, INRIM TorinoUpdates of micromagnetic and spintronic modelling at INRIM
h.15:45 – 16:15Antonio Faba, University of PerugiaAdditive manufacturing of soft magnetic components: experimental characterization, modelling and applications
h.16:15 – 16:45Coffee break
h.16:45 – 18:15Technical presentations – part 2
h.16:45 – 17:15Giovanni Carlotti, University of Perugia“Spin waves in nanostructures: comparison between Brillouin light scattering experiments and micromagnetic simulations
h.17:15 – 17:45Marco Lanuzza, University of CalabriaNon Volatile In Memory Accelerators
h.17:45 – 18:15Anna Giordano, University of MessinaGPU-based micromagnetic solvers”
h.18:15 – 19:00Round table
Chair: Giovanni Finocchio, University of Messina
Perspectives of the research in spintronics and discussion about new proposals”

DL S.N. (Prem) Piramanayagam
Torino, June 26th and Milano, June 28th, 2024

The IEEE MAG Italy Chapter hosted the 2024 Distinguished Lecture prof. Prem Piramanagayam, from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Prof. Piramanayagam gave his DL firstly in Torino, on June 26th, at the National Institute of Metrology, with the local organization led by Paola Tiberto, vice-Chair of the Chapter.
On June 28th, the DL was given at the Politecnico di Milano, with the local organization of Christian Rinaldi, member of the Chapter. The same day, Vito Puliafito, Chair of the Chapter, presented the Chapter activities and promote the membership.
The title of the DL is “Brain-Inspired Computing Using Magnetic Domain Wall Devices“.

DL Satoru Emori
Rome, July 15th and Bari, July 17th, 2024

The IEEE MAG Italy Chapter hosted the 2024 Distinguished Lecture prof. Satoru Emori, from the Virginia Tech, USA.
Prof. Emori gave his DL firstly in Rome, on July 15th, at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR) in Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, with the local organization led by Dr. Gaspare Varvaro. The same day, Vito Puliafito, Chair of the Chapter, presented the Chapter activities and promote the membership.
On July 17th, the DL was given at the Politecnico di Bari, with the local organization of Vito Puliafito. In this case, the DL was given in hybrid mode.
The title of the DL is “Pumping Iron: Revealing Counterintuitive Mechanisms of Magnetization Dynamics“.

Seminar – prof. Virgil Provenzano, NIST USA
Messina, November 19th, 2024

The Italian Chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society hosts prof. Virgil Provenzano from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA, who will give a seminar about “Phase Transformation during Cryogenic Treatment and Applied Magnetic Fields of Additively Manufactured Nitrogen Atomized 17-4PH Stainless Steel” on November 19th, 2024.
The seminar will be given in person at the University of Messina, Italy.
Please, register for in person participation by sending an email to agiordano@unime.it by Saturday, November 16th.