One of the pillars of the IGFAE's progress in the coming years will be its own HR plan to ensure optimal professional development for the Institute's staff. In this way, and on the path towards greater autonomy, the IGFAE will take the first steps to offer a research career of its own.
To do so, in addition to strengthening the Management Unit, the Institute will appoint an Associate Director of Career and Training. This position will be in charge of organizing recruitment processes, developing the mentoring plan, and coordinating applications for external funding, as well as training and visiting research staff programs.
In order to provide comprehensive care to the Institute's staff, the position of Ombudsperson will be created. This person will ensure the maintenance of an environment conducive to personal development and the care of the physical and mental health of the Institute's members.
As part of its career development program, the IGFAE offers its staff a training plan in both specific and transversal subjects.
The courses typically last one week and are held every six months. Some examples:
– Course on Scientific Communication, 14 – 16 November 2018
– Galician Gravitational Wave Week (G2W2), 14 – 18 January 2019
– Course on Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems, 16 – 20 September 2019
– Course: Introduction to Quantum Computing, 20 – 23 January 2020
– Advanced Computing and Machine Learning. 25 May – 3 June 2020
– Course on Black Holes and Quantum Information, 29 June – 13 July 2021
– Integrability, Dualities and Deformations, 23 – 27 August 2021
– Course on Neutron Star Physics, 15 – 19 November 2021
– Course on Light-Cone Techniques applied to QCD 21-25 November 2022
– Data Science in Fundamental Physics, 3-5 June 2024
– Mini-course on some aspects of the SYK Model (9-17 julio 2024)
The IGFAE also disseminates and provides the necessary facilities to access training in other subjects (language courses, tax management, sports, etc.) in courses taught by the USC, the CIGUS Center Network of the Xunta de Galicia or the SOMMa alliance of Centers of Excellence.
