CORNERSTONE: A Journey Completed, a Path Forward
After two years of intensive research, the CORNERSTONE project (PRIN 2022 PNRR, code P2022RKXH9) has officially reached its conclusion. What began as an ambitious effort to bring physics-informed machine learning…
CORNERSTONE at the UN/Costa Rica Workshop on ML for Space Weather
The CORNERSTONE project was represented at the United Nations/Costa Rica Workshop on Machine Learning Applied to Space Weather and Global Navigation Satellite Systems, held in San José, Costa Rica, from…
Physics-Informed Features for Fair and More Interpretable Solar Flare Forecasting
A new CORNERSTONE’s recent work explores how physics-driven feature design can make solar flare forecasting not only accurate but also physically meaningful. Physics-Informed Learning: Embedding Physical Consistency in AI In…
CORNERSTONE at ESWW 2025: Dr. Chierichini Presents Attention-Based Flare Forecasting
Bringing CORNERSTONE Research to the International Stage We’re proud to share that Dr. Simone Chierichini presented CORNERSTONE’s cutting-edge research at the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) 2025 in Umeå, Sweden…
Testing Every Variable: Ablation Studies
Systematic Science: Understanding What Works and Why A major accomplishment from CORNERSTONE: comprehensive ablation studies that reveal exactly how different design choices affect our ability to predict solar flares. This…
From Data to Predictions: the Machine Learning Pipeline
Building on a Strong Foundation Exciting progress from the CORNERSTONE team! Dr. Simone Chierichini has developed a complete machine learning pipeline that transforms the carefully curated dataset prepared by Dr.…
Ensuring Quality: Data Refinement Work
An important update from the CORNERSTONE team: Dr. Stefano Scardigli has completed a critical analysis to ensure the reliability of our solar flare prediction dataset. The Challenge of “Clean” Data…
Building the Foundation: A Dataset for Solar Flare Prediction
We’re excited to share the significant achievements of Dr. Stefano Scardigli in advancing the CORNERSTONE project’s mission to predict solar flares and space weather events. What Did CORNERSTONE Accomplish? Over…
Welcome to Dott. Simone Chierichini – New CORNERSTONE Team Member
Selection Results Announcement We are delighted to announce that Dott. Simone Chierichini has been selected as the recipient of the research fellowship within the CORNERSTONE project. Following the public selection…
Position Opening: Second Research Fellowship at UNITOV
CORNERSTONE Project – Call for Applications We are pleased to announce the opening of a research fellowship position within the CORNERSTONE project: “CORonal mass ejection, solar eNERgetic particle and flare…