| ESR | Secondment |
| Carolina Andonie (UDUR) | 1. Simune Atomistics (Simune) on image pattern recognition using machine learning (15 Sep – 15 Dec 2021, Spain). 2. UBATH (University of Bath) on machine learning applications (Jun – Jul 22). 3. Nature Astronomy (NatAstro) on visualisation and communication of scientific results (Mar – Apr 2023, UK). 3. MPE (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) on X-ray spectral fitting and stacking (Apr-Jun 2023, Germany). The original plan for a secondment to BiD4BEST beneficiary NOA was modified to partner MPE to match the research and training requirements of the ESR. This deviation was communicated and accepted by the project manager. |
| Brivael Laloux (NOA) | 1. Simune Atomistics (Simune) on image pattern recognition using machine learning (15 Sep – 15 Dec 2021, Spain). 2. UDUR (University of Durham) on Bayesian Spectral Energy Distribution fitting to infer physical parameters of AGN and galaxies (Mar – May 2022, UK). 3. MPE (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) on searches for obscured AGN on multiwavelength observations using Bayesian analysis tools (Apr – Jun 2023, Germany). The original plan for a secondment to BiD4BEST beneficiary SISSA was modified to partner MPE to match the research and training needs of the ESR at the time of the secondment. This deviation was communicated and accepted by the project manager |
| Blessing Musiimenta (UNIBO) | 1. UDUR (Durham University) on the reduction and analysis of integral field unit observations (Feb – Apr 2022, UK). 2. PreWarp on sales time series analysis predictions using machine learning (Jun – Aug 2022, UK). 3. MPE (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) on eRASS:1 sample (Oct – Nov 2022). 3. ULEI (University of Leiden) on zoom-in simulations of AGN feedback and comparison with observations (Jun – Jul 2023, Netherlands). |
| Giovanna Speranza (IAC) | 1. UNIBO (University of Bologna) on the X-ray properties of the diffuse emission in SDSS J1356+1026 (Sep – Oct 2021, Italy). 2. PreWarp on sales predictions and time-series analysis using machine learning (14 Mar – 13 Jun 2022, UK). 3. Nature Astronomy (NatAstro) on Visualisation and communication of results (Nov – Dec 2022, UK). 4. ULEI/UNIBO (University of Leiden and University of Bologna) on zoom-in simulations with AGN feedback and comparison with observations (May-June 2023, Netherlands, Italy). Secondment was split between ULEI (4 weeks) and UNIBO (4 weeks) to maximise the interaction between different groups and ESRs. This deviation was communicated and accepted by the project officer. |
| Mathilda Avirett-MacKenzie (UBATH) | 1. PreWarp on data regularisation and optimisation (Feb – Apr 2021, UK). 2. IAC (Institute of Astrophysics of Canarias) astronomical image pattern recognition using deep learning techniques for the identification and classification of galaxy mergers (Oct – Nov 2021 & May-Jun 2023, Spain). 3. LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) on numerical hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy evolution and merging (Jul – Aug 2022, Germany). 4. SOTON (University of Southampton) theoretical models of galaxy mergers, black hole growth and star formation (Oct-Dec 2023, UK). |
| Ivan Munoz-Rodriguez (NOA) | 1. PreWarp on data regularisation and optimisation (Feb-April 2021, UK). 2. OLT (Omega Lambda Tec, Germany) on machine learning applications on image recognition, visualisation tools and database input/output (Apr – Jul 2022, Germany). 3. LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) on numerical hydrodynamical simulations of the evolution of AGN and galaxies in massive dark matter halos representing clusters of galaxies (Apr – Jun 2023, Germany). The original plan for a secondment to BiD4BEST beneficiary SOTON was modified to beneficiary LMU to match the research and training requirements of the ESR. This deviation was communicated and accepted by the project manager. |
| Ivan Ezequiel Lopez (UNIBO) | 1. DIPC (Donostia International Physics Center) on JPAS data (15 Sep – 15 Dec 2021, Spain). 2. PreWarp on sales time series analysis predictions using machine learning (Mar – May 2022, UK). 3. SOTON (Southampton University) on modelling low luminosity AGN in the LeMMINGs sample (15 Feb – 15 May 2023, UK). |
| Nischal Acharya (DIPC) | 1. MPE (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) on AGN host-galaxy properties (Apr – Jun 2022, Germany). 2. OLT (Omega Lambda Tec, Germany) on databases, visualisation, distributed computing on machine learning (Jul – Sep 2022, Germany). 3. Nature Astronomy (NatAstro) on science dissemination and storytelling with data (Mar-Apr 2023, UK). 4. LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) on studying AGN host galaxies through hydrodynamic simulations (Nov 23 – Jan 24, Germany). |
| Alexander Sicilia (SISSA) | 1. BASF on machine learning, (Jul-Sep 2021, Germany). 2. UDUR (Durham University) on the comparison between model predictions and observations on the incidence of infrared-selected AGN in galaxies (Jul -Sep 2022, UK). 3. NOA (National Observatory of Athens) on the comparison between model predictions and observations on the incidence of X-ray selected AGN in galaxies (Jan – Mar 2023, Greece). |
| Evgenii Chaikin (ULEI) | 1. IAC (Institute of Astrophysics of Canarias) deep learning applied to hydro simulations (Mar – May 2022, Spain). 2. PreWarp on sales predictions and time series analysis using machine learning techniques (Jun – Aug 2022, UK). 3. UNIBO (University of Bologna) on sales time series analysis predictions using machine learning (Jan – Mar 2023, Italy). |
| Alba Vega Alonso Tetilla (SOTON) | 1. INAF-OATS (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy) on semi-analytic models (Feb – Apr 2022, Italy). 2. LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) on the adaptation of analytic recipes from simulations (Oct – Nov 2022, Germany). 3. OLT (Omega Lambda Tec, Germany) on databases, visualisation, distributed computing (16 Jan – 15 Apr 2023, Germany). 4. INFA-OATs on the comparison of model outputs with observed AGN fraction in galaxies (Aug – Nov 23, Italy) |
| Hau Fu | 1. LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) on comparing analytic recipes for black hole growth and accretion with outputs from high-resolution simulations (May – Jun 2022, Germany). 2. OLT (Omega Lambda Tec, Germany) on databases, visualisation, distributed computing (Jan – Mar 23) 3. SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy) on the comparison of model outputs with observed AGN fraction in galaxies with merging signatures (Jun – Jul 23) |
| Luca Sala (LMU) | 1. ULEI University of Leiden on hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation and black hole growth (15 Sept – Dec 2021, Netherlands). 2. DIPC (Donostia International Physics Center) observational constraints on AGN and their hosts (Oct 2022 & Jun-Jul 2023, Spain). The secondment was split into two visits because of the availability of the DIPC PI. 3. Nature Astronomy (NatAstro) on Visualisation and communication of results (Nov – Dec 2022, UK). |
