other scientific activities
Courses
	Formation and Evolution of Cosmological Structure Antonio C. da Silva (CAUP) (Four module course given at CAUP; 12 Nov. - 3 Dez. 2008) course description (slides avaiable in pdf): module 1: Large Scale Structure: The Fabric of the Universe module 2: Growth of Cosmological Structure: Linear versus Non-Linear evolution module 3: The Dark Matter component of the Universe: Collisionaless N-body simulations module 4: The Role of Baryon Physics: Hydrodynamic N-body simulations abstracts of the course and modules can be found here
Student supervision
	Constraining the evolution of the Universe with clusters of galaxies PhD project by Elsa Patrícia Ramos Universidade do Porto, Portugal co-supervision with Pedro Viana (CAUP) Period: Nov.2007 - present (ongoing)
	Structure Formation Probes of Dark Energy Master thesis by Rui Fernandes Universidade do Porto, Portugal co-supervision with Paulo Maurício (CAUP) Period: Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008
	Cosmological parameter determination from observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation BII project by Tiago Almeida Universidade do Porto, Portugal Period: Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2009 (ongoing)
	The impact of Dust in formation and evolution of Large Scale Structure DEA thesis by Joseph Lanoux Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France co-supervision with Etienne Pointcouteaux (CESR) and Mauro Roncarali (CESR) Period: Feb. 2008 - Jul. 2008
	From 3D simulations to all-sky maps of the local baryon distribution Master thesis by Ana Valente Universidade do Porto, Portugal in collaboration with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France) Period: Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008
	Formation and evolution of cosmological structure Stage Magistère (2nd year) by  Emmanuel TURLAY Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France co-supervision with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France) Period: Jun. 2005 - Sep. 2005
	Large scale structure: the degree of clumpiness in galaxy clusters Stage Magistère (1st year) by  Emmanuel TURLAY Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France co-supervision with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France) Period: May 2004 – Jul. 2004
Public outreach
	Formação e evolução das grandes estruturas do Universo: A misteriosa teia cósmica Palestra pública at NUCLIO - São Pedro do Estoril (Portugal), Maio 2008 (link: Astronomia em Crescente 2008) and Centro da Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Portugal), September 2007 (link: Astronomia às 21!).
Other duties
	Seminar organization/coordination: CAUP's Cosmology discussion group (2006 - present) Institut d'Astrophysique Spatial (Orsay, France) formal seminars (2004 -2006)

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