<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Gabriele Umbriaco � News</title><link>https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gabriele.umbriaco/news/</link><description /><language>en-US</language><copyright>� Copyright 2004-2026 - Universit� di Bologna</copyright><a10:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gabriele.umbriaco/news/rss" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">27149efa</guid><link>https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gabriele.umbriaco/news/27149efa</link><title>PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Politecnico di Milano / INAF Arcetri</title><description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;PhD scholarship opportunity&lt;/strong&gt; is available under the supervision of &lt;strong&gt;Elena Masciadri (INAF – Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory)&lt;/strong&gt; within the PhD in Physics at Politecnico di Milano.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Research topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Optical Turbulence Forecast Applied to the Free-Space Optical Communication (FSOC)&lt;/strong&gt;. The project focuses on developing optical turbulence forecasting methods for free-space optical communications using atmospheric models, machine learning and neural networks. The research will be carried out at INAF Arcetri in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space Italia. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Application deadline:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;18 September&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More information:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;English:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.polimi.it/?id=5234amp;L=1 &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are interested, please contact &lt;strong&gt;Elena Masciadri&lt;/strong&gt; directly,nbsp;elena.masciadri@inaf.it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:49:34 +0200</pubDate><a10:updated>2026-08-04T16:49:34+02:00</a10:updated></item></channel></rss>