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Advancements in the IFMIF-DONES target system for fusion materials irradiation Open

D. Oravecz, A. Zsákai, R.L. Csiszár, D. Ferenczy, T. Dézsi , et al. · 2025

DONES performance, experimental capabilities and perspectives Open

Á. Ibarra, W. Królas, D. Bernardi, D. Cano‐Ott, S. Becerril , et al. · 2025

The key problems in the development of fusion technology as a possible energy source are linked to the understanding of the behavior of materials, components and systems under working conditions of the fusion environment. As a consequence,…

Remote handling validation of the OPM-FDS connecting system for the IFMIF-DONES target assembly Open

Gabriele Benzoni, D. Bernardi, D. Fuentes-Calero, Antonio Cammi, Vincenzo Claps , et al. · 2025

The qualification process of the materials for future DEMO fusion reactors plays a pivotal role towards its realization. In this light, the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) has …

A novel metric for species vulnerability and coexistence in spatially-extended ecosystems Open

D. Bernardi, Giorgio Nicoletti, Prajwal Padmanabha, Samir Suweis, Sandro Azaele , et al. · 2025

We develop a theoretical framework to understand the persistence and coexistence of competitive species in a spatially explicit metacommunity model with a heterogeneous dispersal kernel. Our analysis, based on methods from the physics of d…

Preface to the Special Issue on the IFMIF-DONES fusion neutron source Open

Á. Ibarra, W. Królas, D. Bernardi · 2025

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PERSEVAL: A Framework for Perspectivist Classification Evaluation Open

Soda Marem Lo, Silvia Casola, Erhan Sezerer, Valerio Basile, Franco Sansonetti , et al. · 2025

Finite size scaling of survival statistics in metapopulation models Open

Alice Doimo, Giorgio Nicoletti, D. Bernardi, Prajwal Padmanabha · 2024

Spatial metapopulation models are fundamental to theoretical ecology, enabling to study how landscape structure influences global species dynamics. Traditional models, including recent generalizations, often rely on the deterministic limit…

Landscape and environmental heterogeneity support coexistence in competitive metacommunities Open

Prajwal Padmanabha, Giorgio Nicoletti, D. Bernardi, Samir Suweis, Sandro Azaele , et al. · 2024

Metapopulation models have been instrumental in quantifying the ecological impact of landscape structure on the survival of a focal species. However, extensions to multiple species with arbitrary dispersal networks often rely on phenomenol…

Perspectivist approaches to natural language processing: a survey Open

Simona Frenda, Gavin Abercrombie, Valerio Basile, Alessandro Pedrani, Raffaella Panizzon , et al. · 2024

In Artificial Intelligence research, perspectivism is an approach to machine learning that aims at leveraging data annotated by different individuals in order to model varied perspectives that influence their opinions and world view. We pr…

Update of the 5 MW Beam-on-Target Requirements for improvement of the materials irradiation performance at IFMIF-DONES Open

Iván Podadera, Philippe Cara, I. Álvarez, M. Anguiano, Frederik Arbeiter , et al. · 2024

Validation activities at ENEA Brasimone in support of the IFMIF-DONES design Open

D. Bernardi, P. Arena, Gabriele Benzoni, Andrea Di Ronco, P. Favuzza , et al. · 2024

IFMIF-DONES is a powerful neutron source which is being designed with the main purpose of qualifying structural materials (EUROFER being the first candidate) to be used in DEMO and fusion power plants envisaged after it. This source relies…

Spatially disordered environments stabilize competitive metacommunities Open

Prajwal Padmanabha, Giorgio Nicoletti, D. Bernardi, Samir Suweis, Sandro Azaele , et al. · 2024

Metapopulation models have been instrumental in demonstrating the ecological impact of landscape structure on the survival of a focal species in complex environments. However, extensions to multiple species with arbitrary dispersal network…

Thermal and structural analysis of the DONES target system under steady state and transient loading conditions Open

I. Catanzaro, P. Arena, D. Bernardi, G. Bongiovì, T. Dézsi , et al. · 2024

One of the crucial steps in the European Roadmap to the realisation of fusion energy is the design and construction of the Demo-orientated NEutron Source (DONES) facility. DONES is a fusion-like neutron source, based on the International F…

TRL analysis of IFMIF-DONES Open

B. Brañas, Jorge Maestre, D. Bernardi, Á. Ibarra, Frederik Arbeiter , et al. · 2024

This work presents an analysis of the IFMIF-DONES design maturity and the necessary activities to increase it up to the level required to launch the procurement phase. The analysis has been performed using a Technology Readiness Level (TRL…

Overview of recent advancements in IFMIF-DONES neutronics activities Open

Yuefeng Qiu, Martin Ansorge, Ignacio Álvarez, Klemen Ambrožič, T. Berry , et al. · 2024

Recent advancements in the neutronics activities of the IFMIF-DONES project, developed within the EUROfusion framework, are presented. These include updates to radiation dose maps during commissioning and normal operation of the accelerato…

Alignment strategy for IFMIF-DONES facility Open

Fernando Arranz, S. Becerril, D. Bernardi, T. Dézsi, Javier Gutiérrez , et al. · 2024

This article addresses the challenges associated with the alignment of the equipment within the IFMIF DONES installation and presents the strategy devised to achieve acceptable levels of uncertainty. The primary obstacles stem from the nee…

A Survey on Knowledge Editing of Neural Networks Open

Vittorio Mazzia, Alessandro Pedrani, Andrea Caciolai, Kay Rottmann, D. Bernardi · 2023

Deep neural networks are becoming increasingly pervasive in academia and industry, matching and surpassing human performance on a wide variety of fields and related tasks. However, just as humans, even the largest artificial neural network…

Overview of IFMIF-DONES diagnostics: Requirements and techniques Open

Claudio Torregrosa, Á. Ibarra, Jesús S. Aguilar–Ruiz, Francesca Ambi, Fernando Arranz , et al. · 2023

EPIC: Multi-Perspective Annotation of a Corpus of Irony Open

Simona Frenda, Alessandro Pedrani, Valerio Basile, Soda Marem Lo, Alessandra Teresa Cignarella , et al. · 2023

Simona Frenda, Alessandro Pedrani, Valerio Basile, Soda Marem Lo, Alessandra Teresa Cignarella, Raffaella Panizzon, Cristina Marco, Bianca Scarlini, Viviana Patti, Cristina Bosco, Davide Bernardi. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of …

Mitigating the Burden of Redundant Datasets via Batch-Wise Unique Samples and Frequency-Aware Losses Open

Donato Crisostomi, Andrea Caciolai, Alessandro Pedrani, Kay Rottmann, A. Manzotti , et al. · 2023

Donato Crisostomi, Andrea Caciolai, Alessandro Pedrani, Kay Rottmann, Alessandro Manzotti, Enrico Palumbo, Davide Bernardi. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 5: Industry Track).…

Regression-Free Model Updates for Spoken Language Understanding Open

Andrea Caciolai, Verena Weber, Tobias Falke, Alessandro Pedrani, D. Bernardi · 2023

Andrea Caciolai, Verena Weber, Tobias Falke, Alessandro Pedrani, Davide Bernardi. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 5: Industry Track). 2023.

Potential Use of IFMIF-DONES Target Back-Plate for Material Specimens Open

Yuefeng Qiu, Frederik Arbeiter, D. Bernardi, M. Frisoni, S. Gordeev , et al. · 2022

In the IFMIF-DONES facility of the future, the back-plate behind the Li target will receive strong irradiation from high-energy neutrons. The potential use of the back-plate for material specimens is attractive with respect to providing co…

The IFMIF-DONES Project: Design Status and Main Achievements Within the EUROfusion FP8 Work Programme Open

D. Bernardi, Á. Ibarra, Frederik Arbeiter, Fernando Arranz, Mauro Cappelli , et al. · 2022

International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO-Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) is a high-intensity neutron irradiation facility for qualification of fusion reactor materials, which is being designed as part of the European …

Alexa Teacher Model Open

Jack FitzGerald, Shankar Ananthakrishnan, Konstantine Arkoudas, D. Bernardi, Abhishek Bhagia , et al. · 2022

We present results from a large-scale experiment on pretraining encoders with non-embedding parameter counts ranging from 700M to 9.3B, their subsequent distillation into smaller models ranging from 17M-170M parameters, and their applicati…

Play música alegre: A Large-Scale Empirical Analysis of Cross-Lingual Phenomena in Voice Assistant Interactions Open

Donato Crisostomi, A. Manzotti, Enrico Palumbo, D. Bernardi, Sarah Campbell , et al. · 2022

Donato Crisostomi, Alessandro Manzotti, Enrico Palumbo, Davide Bernardi, Sarah Campbell, Shubham Garg. Proceedings of the Massively Multilingual Natural Language Understanding Workshop (MMNLU-22). 2022.

The IFMIF-DONES fusion oriented neutron source: evolution of the design Open

W. Królas, Á. Ibarra, Frederik Arbeiter, Fernando Arranz, D. Bernardi , et al. · 2021

IFMIF-DONES is a powerful neutron irradiation facility for the study and qualification of materials planned as part of the European roadmap to fusion-generated electricity. Its main goal is to study properties of materials under severe irr…

CFD Optimization of the Resistivity Meter for the IFMIF-DONES Facility Open

Ranieri Marinari, P. Favuzza, D. Bernardi, Francesco Saverio Nitti, I. Di Piazza · 2021

A detailed study of lithium-related topics in the IFMIF-DONES facility is currently being promoted and supported within the EUROfusion action, paying attention to different pivotal aspects including lithium flow stability and the monitorin…

Determination of a pre-heating sequence for the DONES Target Assembly Open

P. Arena, D. Bernardi, G. Bongiovì, P.A. Di Maio, G. Miccichè , et al. · 2021

Fusion technologies development at ENEA Brasimone Research Centre: Status and perspectives Open

M. Tarantino, Daniele Martelli, Alessandro Del Nevo, Marco Utili, I. Di Piazza , et al. · 2020

Analytical and Numerical Assessment of Thermally Induced Pressure Waves in the IFMIF-DONES Liquid-Lithium Target Open

S. Gordeev, P. Arena, D. Bernardi, P.A. Di Maio, Francesco Saverio Nitti · 2020

The intended steady-state operation conditions of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) target system are based on the D+ beam stationary running at full nominal power (5 MW). Ne…

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