From 15 to 19 December the staff from the Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science of AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow) – Professor Marek Idzik and associate professors Tomasz Fiutowski and Krzysztof Sviontak – has held a training course in MEPhI on the basics of through designing of analog and digital integrated circuits for facilities of physics experiments.

The AGH University is one of the leading technical universities in Poland, with extensive experience in a number of major international physics experiments at charge particle accelerators, including the Large Hadron Collider.

The event was initiated by the co-Director of the FAIR-Russia Research Centre and member of the international trusteeship Council Hans Gutbrod (GSI/FAIR, Darmstadt, Germany).

The course included lectures, seminars and master classes and was focused on students of the 4th year from field-specific Departments of MEPhI, such as the Department of electronics and micro- and nanoelectronics, as well as entarant specialists. The participants were suggested to learn the full route of chips development, including theoretical aspects of design using advanced microelectronics CAD, modeling and implementation of its topology.

During the course there was a series of discussions with Polish experts on improvement of the educational process at the University and on plans for joint research work and involvement of the youth in it in the framework of international collaborations, in particular, CBM and PANDA at the FAIR accelerator. It is noted that the organization of such courses contributes to the enhancement of the MEPhI competitiveness among the world's leaders in education and research.