Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy - ISSA - University of Malta

07/07/2026

The project addresses one of the biggest challenges facing modern radio astronomy: data

06/07/2026

ISSA's project, STRADA, led by Dr Andrea DeMarco, featured on the news.

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20/06/2026

ISSA's very own Dr Andrea DeMarco has been chosen as one of five leading experts to deliver a school on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Astronomy, at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, in Granada, later this year.

With upcoming astronomy missions on the horizon, the timing of this course is highly pertinent for MSc, PhD, post-doctoral, and early-career researchers looking to employ ML and AI.

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Severo Ochoa (IAA-SO) School on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Astronomy 2026 will provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists with practical training in state-of-the-art AI techniques applied to real...

18/06/2026

16/06/2026

Tune in to learn more about ISSA's work in Radio Astronomy and Artificial Intelligence!

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03/06/2026

Project led by Dr Andrea De Marco from the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy at UM

20/05/2026

Read about the latest project STRADA, funded by Xjenza Malta, and spearheaded by Dr Andrea DeMarco, leading a team of machine learning researchers at ISSA, the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) and the School of Physics and Astronomy (University of Edinburgh).

In this project, we are building foundational AI models for radio astronomy research.

Instead of relying only on expensive human labels, the model learns from the structure already present in the data

23/04/2026

The edge of the Milky Way's star-forming disc has been elucidated in a study led by Maltese scientists. This research formed part of the doctoral work of former ISSA student Karl Fiteni, under the supervision of Joseph Caruana and Victor P. Debattista. Karl's research had also been awarded the University of Malta's Outstanding Doctoral Award for this work.

The work entailed a collaborative effort between institutions in Malta, the U.K., Italy, China, Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, and Chile

09/04/2026

Yesterday, ISSA in collaboration with The Astronomical Society of Malta hosted Prof. Andrew J. Bunker from the University of Oxford, who gave a fantastic talk on the James Webb Space Telescope and the most distant galaxies in the Universe. We thank Prof. Bunker for his time, and the audience for their attendance and participation.