Visit to Vienna

As part of the Kharkiv-Vienna International Science School, 25 participants of the final round of All-Ukrainian Science Olympiads in 2023 will come to spend a week in Vienna. They will visit state-of-the-art research labs at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, TU Wien, and the University of Vienna. The intensive scientific program is complemented by cultural activities in and around Vienna. The students' home base in Vienna is the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics.

You can learn about our students here.

starting 09:00 arrivals in Vienna
10:00 - 13:45 Brunch at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna
- Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
14:00 - 15:00 Check-in and cleaning up at Hotel Atlanta
- Währingerstraße 33-35, 1090 Vienna
15:00 - 18:00 Exploring the city center of Vienna
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Sägewerk
- Währingerstrasse 21, 1090 Vienna

08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
09:00 - 09:45 Visit to the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics
- Welcome by
  - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Dellago, Director of the Erwin Schrödinger Institute
  - Dr. Othmar Karas, MBL-HSG, Vice-President of the European Parliament (video)
  - Univ.-Prof. Michael Eichmair, PhD and Dmytro Rzhemovskyi, BSc, Organizers
    - Overview of the week's program, Q&A
10:00 - 12:30 Visit to the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
- 10:00 - 10:20 Welcome by
  - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer, Group leader at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 10:20 - 11:10 Presentations about the research at IQOQI Vienna
  - Nancy Gupta (Experiment)
  - Viktoria Kabel, Anne-Catherine de la Hamette, Caroline Jones (Theory)
- 11:10 - 12:30 tours of three labs
  - Michael Keller – BEC Lab
  - Mario Ciampini, PhD – University Lab Aspelmeyer
  - Dr. Alois Mair – Telescope
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the AAI-Mensa
13:45 - 14:45 Sports and recreation in Volksgarten
15:00 - 16:30 Visit to the Vienna City Hall
- 15:00 - 16:00 Guided tour of the City Hall
- 16:00 - 16:30 Reception with Christoph Wiederkehr, MA, Vice-Mayor of the City of Vienna
17:00 - 18:15 Sports and recreation in the Gardens of Belvedere Palace
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner at GRND

08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
09:00 - 11:00 Lab of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrii Chumak (Nanomagnetism and magnonics) at the University of Vienna
- 09:00 - 10:00 Lecture + Q&A
- 10:00 - 11:00 Labtours
11:15 - 13:30 Computer Vision Lab at the Vienna University of Technology
13:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Visit to Siemens Mobility
17:00 - 19:00 Sports and recreation in Donaupark
19:00 - 19:30 Dinner

08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
09:00 - 09:30 Visit to the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science, and Research
- Reception with Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Polaschek, Federal Minister of Education, Science, and Research
- Music by Viktor Andriichenko (violin and countertenor) and Anastasiia Karaieva (soprano)
Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- 11:00 - 12:00 Lab of Prof. Dr. Vadim Kaloshin (Dynamical systems, celestial mechanics, and spectral rigidity)
- 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch at the ISTA Cafeteria
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lab of Prof. Maksym Serbyn, PhD (Condensed matter theory and quantum dynamics)
- 14:00 - 15:00 Lab of Ass.-Prof. Hryhoriy Polshyn, PhD (Emergent electronic phenomena in 2D materials)
- 15:15 - 16:15 Math Treasure Hunt on Campus – VISTA Fellow Zuzana Masárová, PhD
17:00 - 19:00 Grinzing-Nussdorf Wanderweg (except for the wine, of course)
19:00 Dinner in Vienna

08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
11:00 - 12:00 Visit to the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Lab of Daniel Gerlich, PhD (Organization of chromosomes in human cells)
- Lab of Sofia Grade, PhD (Mechanisms of plasticity after brain injury)
12:00 - 13:00 Visit to the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Lab of Silvia Ramundo, PhD (Chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control)
- Lab of Liam Dolan, PhD (Development and evolution of land plants)
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch in the Cafeteria at the IMP
14:30 - 17:30 Visit to the Department of Astrophysics of the University of Vienna and the University Observatory
- Program by
  - Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sudeshna Boro Saikia, leader of the research group on Exoplanet Atmospheres
  - Dr. Begona Anahí Caldu Primo, outreach coordinator of the Department of Astrophysics
  - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Hahn, Chair of Data Science in Astrophysics
  - lic. Mag. lic. dr. Filip Ficek of the Gravitational Physics Group
17:30 - 18:30 Sports and recreation with Vladyslav Heraskevych in Türkenschanzpark
18:45 - 22:00 Dinner and board game night with game developer Markus Slawitscheck at the Erwin Schrödinger Institute

08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
09:30 - 15:30 Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- 10:00 - 12:00 Growtrails with VISTA Fellow
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA Cafeteria
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lab of Prof. Laszlo Erdös, PhD (Combinatorics and probability)
- 14:00 - 15:00 Lab of Ass.-Prof. Matthew Kwan, PhD (Combinatorics and probability)
15.30 – 17.00 Guided tour of Museum Gugging
17:30 - 19:00 Dinner at Redlinger Hütte

08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast at Hotel Atlanta
09:00 - 12:00 Lectures on Game Theory by emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Sigmund
- Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna
12:30 - 13:45 Picknick in the Gardens of Schönbrunn Palace
13:45 - 14:45 Guided tour of Schönbrunn Palace
15:30 - 19:30 Presentation of students' research projects & pizza dinner
- Sky Lounge of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Vienna
- Talks
  - Yaroslav Molybog. Distinguishing Knots. The Jones Polynomial and Integer Invariants (Mathematics)
  - Bohdan Filonenko. Amorphous silicon nanostructures scattering (Physics)
  - Sviatoslav Lavrenyuk. Tesla coil (Physics)
  - Oles Fedirko and Sviatoslav Bezhenar. Potential use of amino acid crystals as actuators (Biochemistry)
  - Oleksii Gamov. Study of closed dynamical systems based on the Kapitsa phenomenon (Physics)
  - Mykhail Rubtsov. Automated measurement of laser wavelength using Michelson interferometer (Physics)
  - Oles Hordiichuk and Fedir Uleshchenko. Polarization & Interference (Physics)
  - Amir Abdulkhanov and Nazarii Ilynych. Water responsive materials (Physics)
  - Dmytro Koziuk and Oleksii Gamov. AI assistant for the police. Proof of concept (Computer Science / AI)
  - Yurii Chubenko. 3D printing and modelling course (Science Education)
  - Melisa Galiba. Hi AI! An introductory course on Artificial Intelligence for high school students (Science Education)
20:15 - 21:00 Vienna at night as seen from Bellevuewiese

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