We have the pleasure to announce the IEEE NPSS Prague EduCom International Summer School (PEISS) 2025 that will be held at the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic from June 30th to July 11th, 2025.

It will draw on our extensive experience from past IEEE NPSS instrumentation schools held in Japan (2014), Vietnam (2016), South Africa (2018), Malaysia (2019), Senegal (2022) and Morocco (2024). These summer schools aim to familiarize students with real-world applications, their specificities, and constraints.

This edition of the IEEE NPSS Summer School will run for eight full days of intensive learning, covering key topics related to nuclear radiation instrumentation, measurements, data analysis, statistics, AI, and their applications in fundamental sciences and nuclear medical sciences. Additionally, one full day is dedicated to a scientific excursion, and another one to cultural and touristic visits.

The main objectives of the school are:

·   To train students in the field of radiation detectors and their applications.

·   To support the development of nuclear sciences in Central European countries.

·   To promote the participation of young scientists and local mentors in radiation measurements and related fields.

·   To provide students with hands-on experience in various measurements and offer them the opportunity to present their results.

Plenary lectures cover the following main topics: Introduction lectures (e.g., interaction of radiation with matter, statistics and measurements, data analysis, and AI); Detectors (e.g., scintillators, photodetectors, gaseous detectors, and pixel detectors); Fundamental physics (e.g., astrophysics, particle physics, neutrinos, and accelerators); and Applications (e.g., medical imaging, X-ray, CT, MRI, PET, and hadron therapy). Practical exercises include measurements using various experimental setups: EasyPET, MC tool GATE, TOF, SESTRA educational kit, Photon counting, X-ray imaging, and Radiacode and CzechRad dosemeters.

The number of students is limited to 32. Registration is open on the school website, where applicants must complete a form before the final selection. The school is open to all university students and students from engineering schools (Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, and Medical Physics programs). The school fee is fully covered by IEEE NPSS EduCom.

More information with a preliminary program is available on the school website: https://indico.global/event/6815/. 

We look forward to seeing you in Prague.

Yours sincerely,

Ivan Štekl (IEAP CTU in Prague, CR)

Stanislav Pospíšil (IEAP CTU in Prague, CR)

Martin Grossmann (PSI, Switzerland)

Patrick Le Dû (CEA, France), emeritus

Jitka Svobodová (IEAP CTU in Prague)

Rastislav Hodák (IEAP CTU in Prague)