PhDiaFusion2025

6^th Summer School of Plasma Diagnostics

Towards a fusion reactor: synergy between public and private initiatives

9 - 13 June 2025, Niepołomice Royal Castle, Poland

The 6th edition of the School will cover innovative plasma diagnostic solutions towards a fusion reactor, with a focus on the synergy between public and private initiatives. The scientific topics include:

challenges of a fusion reactor,
basic diagnostic concepts and technologies,
modelling & synthetic diagnostics,
machine learning, reconstruction methods, data processing and validation,
real-time control.

PhDiaFusion is a biennial summer school on plasma diagnostics organized jointly by the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) and the Institute of Magnetic Fusion Research (IRFM) of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA). The School is addressed to bachelor, master, PhD students and their tutors, as well as young researchers. The School will be held in the spirit of "the master and apprentice" approach:

Lectures supported by "hands-on" tutorials will be given by eminent world experts in the field of plasma physics.
Oral presentations will be also given by students.
The selected papers will be, after a peer-review process, published in a special issue of Journal of Fusion Energy, Springer.

More about this edition

Website of the previous edition of the School: PhDiaFusion2023: phdia2023.ifj.edu.pl

News:

Important Dates:

Abstract Deadline: 31.03.2025

Registration Deadline: 27.04.2025

Registration fees: 4000 PLN up to 10.05.2025 (4400 PLN after)

The fee covers also full board (accommodation & meals), social events (conference dinner, excursion) and coffee breaks.

Instructions for payment will be provided soon.

Lecturers -preliminary list

• Alexandru Boboc, STEP / UKAEA, Culham Campus, United Kingdom

• Marco De Baar, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

• Domenico D'andrea, Renaissance Fusion SAS, Grenoble, France

• Richard Kembleton, Gauss Fusion GmbH, Munich, Germany

• Yevgen Kazakov, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

• Martin Kocan, ITER Organization, Cadarache, France

• Monika Kubkowska, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Warsaw, Poland

• Haiqing Liu, Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), Hefei, China

• Dariusz Makowski, Politechnika Łódzka, Łódź, Poland

• Didier Mazon, IRFM, CEA Cadarache, France

• Jef Ongena, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

• Mario Oliver, Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd, Reading, United Kingdom

• Alfredo Portone, Fusion For Energy, Barcelona, Spain

• Marek Scholz, IFJ PAN, Krakow, Poland

• Claudio Torregrosa, IFMIF-DONES / University of Granada, Spain

• Tan Yi, Startorus Fusion, Xian, Shaanxi, China

• Yu Yi, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China

Venue

The Royal Castle is located in the small community of Niepołomice, 25 km from the centre of Kraków. The School venue is easily accessible from Kraków via the A4 motorway and/or national road 75. The distance from the John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice is 40 km with a driving time of about 30 minutes.

The village borders the Niepołomice Forest natural area which used to be the favourite hunting ground of the kings of Poland. It is located close to the banks of the meandering Vistula (polish: Wisła) river.

Agenda

This is only a preliminary agenda of the event. The final one will be published soon

Scientific Committee:

Chairman:

Didier Mazon, IRFM CEA, Cadarache, France

Members:

Marek Scholz, IFJ PAN, Poland

Wojciech Królas, IFJ PAN, Poland

Organizers

Director of the School:

Didier Mazon, IRFM CEA

Vice-director of the School:

Marek Scholz, IFJ PAN

Organizing Committee:

Jakub Bielecki - Chairman, IFJ PAN

Agnieszka Kulińska - Managing Director, IFJ PAN

Axel Jardin - Scientific Secretary, IFJ PAN

Urszula Wiącek - Editor, IFJ PAN

Arkadiusz Kurowski, IFJ PAN

Krzysztof Król, IFJ PAN

Maciej Turzański, IFJ PAN

Registration

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The deadline for registration is: 27.04.2025

Accommodation:

Food:

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Bus:

I would like to take an organized bus: Kraków (IFJ) → Niepołomice (venue) on the arrival date: 09/06/25

I would like to take a return bus: Niepołomice → Kraków on the departure date: 13/06/25

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Abstract submission

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School participants are kindly requested to submit a short abstract, following the instructions given in phdia_abstract_template.doc file. The abstract prepared in docx format should be uploaded using the form below. When submitting, please provide your first and last name along with your affiliation. The abstracts submitted by students will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee.

The deadline for abstract submission is: 31.03.2025

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Preparing presentation

The presentation should cover one or more of the following topics:

• challenges of measurement in fusion reactors,

• basic diagnostic concepts and technologies,

• modelling & synthetic diagnostics,

• machine learning, reconstruction methods, data processing and validation,

• real-time control

Student presentation should not exceed 15 minutes, including discussion (typically 10 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of discussion).

Please prepare your presentation in pdf or pptx format and provide it to the organising committee in advance, before the scientific session with your talk.

The abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts which will be distributed among the school participants.

Contact:

Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN

152 Radzikowskiego street

31-342 Krakow

Poland

E-mail: phdia2025@ifj.edu.pl

Phone: (+48) 12 662 83 35

Fax: (+48) 12 662 80 89