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General Announcements

This page lists announcements sent to announcement_submit@sympa.ligo.org . Announcements are posted to this page and sent out as a weekly email to the LSC every Friday morning (Eastern US). Job announcements sent to announcement_submit@sympa.ligo.org are not posted here but are instead posted on the LAAC page: https://wiki.ligo.org/LAAC/JobPostings.

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11th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting

(posted here December 20, 2024)

The GCGM returns to the University of Mississippi! The 11th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, on April 11 and 12, 2025. In keeping with its tradition, this will be an open, relaxed, and informal conference. We are inviting researchers and students interested in all areas of gravitational physics: classical and quantum gravity, general relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, quantum cosmology, gravitational waves, and experimental gravity. Because this is a regional meeting, many attendees will be from the southeastern United States, but all are welcome.

Talks

Following the usual tradition all participants, and especially postdocs and graduate students, are encouraged to contribute short, introductory talks on their current research, with the aim of fostering communication and understanding among gravitational physicists with different backgrounds. A prize (sponsored by the APS Division of Gravitational Physics) will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting.

Deadlines

Prospective speakers should register by March 01 to receive full consideration. Late applicants will be considered at the discretion of the organizers. See the website for details: https://www.phy.olemiss.edu/gcgm11/.

Announcing the 3rd LISA Sprint

(posted here December 20, 2024)

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint effort of ESA and NASA to develop and operate the first space-based observatory of gravitational waves (GWs) in the millihertz frequency band. To prepare for LISA observations and its unique data products, we are organizing the 3rd LISA Sprint in Huntsville, AL, from Monday April 28 to Wednesday April 30, 2025.

The meeting's goals will be two-fold: The first goal is to connect LISA data scientists with astronomers and astrophysicists who will incorporate LISA data products into their own research. The second is to advance the broader research community’s readiness to capitalize on LISA observations.

The theme for this third meeting is Time Domain and Multimessenger Astronomy with LISA. During the workshop small interdisciplinary teams of researchers will come together and make concrete progress on concise projects and goals related to this scientific area. A number of project ideas and mock data and/or data products will be produced and provided by the organizers in collaboration with experts in the field. Additionally, participants are encouraged to propose ideas and contribute further material that adheres to the workshop’s format.

This will be a hands-on workshop: there will be no talks--only brief project “pitches” at the beginning of the workshop, and “show and tell” at the close of the meeting to share progress with the group.

In early January 2025 we will advertise the meeting website and application form for interested participants. Please note that space will be limited, so applying does not guarantee acceptance. Accepted applicants will be notified by the end of February. There is no financial support available to attend the meeting, nor is there any registration fee for participating.

Please join the IAU!

(posted here Novemeber 29, 2024)

Dear LVK members,

We invite you to join the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and in particular, Commission D1: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics.

The IAU is the world's largest astronomical organization---it hosts conferences, sponsors prizes, and supports a wide range of scientific research and outreach activities around the globe. Commission D1 represents the gravitational-wave astrophysics community.

For information about IAU Commission D1:
https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/D1/

For information about membership:
https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/qualification/

To apply for membership, please contact your relevant National Committee and they will provide you with a link:
https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/national/nca/

For members who work in the US, please use this link to apply for membership:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/us-national-committee-for-the-international-astronomical-union-usnc-iau

While a Ph.D. in astrophysics or physics is required, no recommendation letters are required to join.

Best wishes,
Daniel Holz, on behalf of the IAU D1 Commission leadership (Parameswaran Ajith, Masaki Ando, Pia Astone, Monica Colpi, Valeriya Korol, Elena Maria Rossi, Ryan Shannon, Peter Shawhan)

Abstract submission now open for GR Amaldi meeting, July 2025

(posted here Novemeber 15, 2024)

We are pleased to invite you to join us for the 24th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation & 16th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (GR-Amaldi), taking place from the 14-18 July 2025 at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, UK.

This joint meeting brings together experts from across classical and quantum gravity, mathematical and applied relativity, gravitational-wave instrumentation and data analysis, multimessenger astronomy, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. This 5-day event will welcome an extensive line-up of invited speakers and contributed talks, as well as poster presentations, a public lecture, and numerous networking opportunities. Leading up to the event, there will also be a satellite Early Career Workshop held on 10-12 July 2025.

This meeting will be a special celebration, as 2025 is the 10th anniversary of the first direct observation of gravitational waves. We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow, where we promise you a warm Scottish welcome!

Contributions for oral and poster presentations are now being welcomed across a broad range of topics. Abstracts should be up to 250 words in length and submitted online by 21 March 2025.

For further information, please visit the event website at https://iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi16/

Key dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 21 March 2025

Early Registration Deadline: 9 May 2025

Registration Deadline: 29 June 2025

Workshop on Scientific Machine Learning for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at ICERM

(posted here Novemeber 08, 2024)

We are pleased to announce a workshop on Scientific Machine Learning for Gravitational Wave Astronomy which will be held at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) in Providence, RI, June 2-6, 2025. Applications are open at https://icerm.brown.edu/program/topical_workshop/tw-25-smlgwa.

The workshop will bring together participants from computational mathematics and gravitational wave astronomy to tackle computational challenges in leveraging data-driven methods in key areas of gravitational wave data analysis in order to maximize the science output of the ongoing and upcoming observations.

The participants will develop and apply new mathematical and computational techniques including: (i) neural network classifiers for distinguishing signals from instrumental noise, (ii) generative machine learning models for simulating realizations of non-Gaussian and non-stationary stochastic processes, (iii) surrogate models including uncertainty quantification, (iv) stochastic sampling, neural posterior estimation leveraging deep neural networks with normalizing flows or diffusion models, and (v) hierarchical Bayesian inference with non-parametric models such as Gaussian processes and simulation-based / approximate Bayesian approaches.

While the application window will be open until all slots are filled, we recommend applying by December 15.

The workshop will be in-person, with streaming options available for lectures.

ICERM will be able to offer limited funding for some participants, so apply early for best chance at this funding!

With warm regards,

Sarah Caudill, Katerina Chatziioannou, Maya Fishbach, Brendan Keith, Jess McIver, Michael Puerrer, Joshua Speagle, and Vijay Varma

RAS specialist discussion meeting: “Gravitational wave analysis in the era of machine learning” (10th of January 2025)

(posted here October 18, 2024)

We are pleased to invite you to the RAS specialist discussion meeting on “Gravitational wave analysis in the era of machine learning”. The meeting will take place at the Geological Society in London on the 10th of January. You can find the event page with more information here: https://ras.ac.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings/gravitational-wave-analysis-era-machine-learning.

The meeting will be based on panel-led discussions focusing on the use of machine learning in gravitational wave science. We will focus on topics such as the interpretability of ML-derived results, the robustness of ML models to uncertainties, and the integration of ML algorithms into existing and future GW search and analysis pipelines.

If you would like to present a poster or sparkler talk, please submit your abstract in the form below. You can also use the form to register your interest in the meeting and to receive updates.

expression of interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZJPvdWzLABkpXHv0VcUyr5XzNUhg_OV4P0j-vBXKU-8R3sA/viewform

Registration for the meeting will be via the RAS meeting event page and will open in mid-December.

Best regards,

Mattia Emma, Ann-Kristin Malz, Greg Ashton, John Veitch, Vivien Raymond

Information session on LISA Preparatory Science Program

(posted here September 20, 2024)

TITLE: Information session on NASA’s LISA Preparatory Science Program
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 27th, 2024 @ 1200 EDT
WHERE: Webex, see connection information below
DESCRIPTION:
LISA Preparatory Science is an element within the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program which supports U.S.-based investigators to conduct activities that contribute to furthering the eventual science yield of LISA. The program has been recently amended to clarify both the scientific objectives of the program as well as the eligibility criteria. An important component of this amendment is the establishment of a “LISA science gaps” list which will track areas of scientific need relevant to LISA. The science gaps will be sourced from the community and the list will be curated by the Physics of the Cosmos Program Office. In this one hour webinar, NASA staff will provide a brief update on the LISA project, an overview of the LPS program, and details on the science gaps process. Remaining time will be available for Q&A.

------ Webex Connection Info -----------------
LISA Preparatory Science Program and LISA Science Gaps list
Hosted by Stephanie CLARK

https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=md3b4e5d0d0513b59773ecad17d6b1bf4
Friday, September 27, 2024 12:00 PM | 1 hour | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting number: 2830 423 5190
Password: HhytKAp?358 (44985270 when dialing from a phone or video system)

Join by video system
Dial 28304235190@nasaenterprise.webex.com
You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone
+1-415-527-5035 United States Toll

Access code: 283 042 35190

Cosmology, GWs and dark matter session at RENATA-Multidark Workshop, Santander, Spain

(posted here September 13, 2024)

For dark matter enthusiasts and cosmologists in the LVK: There will be
another workshop soon in Spain of the MultiDark ("Multimessenger
Approach for Dark Matter Detection") research network, this time joint
with the astroparticles network RENATA. It will take place in Santander,
Spain, on October 8-11. Gravitational waves as probes of dark matter
(both at the particle level and through large-scale distribution) fall
under the "cosmology" section, and this can also include any more local
kind of GW probes of DM (e.g. CW searches).

Priority is given to network members, but it is open to the general
community in Spain and from abroad. Registration is free (except for
dinner) but accommodation can only be covered for members. You can find
the full meeting website at https://indico.ifca.es/event/3186/

If you decide to submit an abstract, please do it BOTH through the
online call for abstracts and by email to the following 4 addresses:
alexander.knebe@uam.es
maroto@ucm.es
david.keitel@uib.es
f.jimenez@uib.es
This is to ensure that it can be sorted into the right session.

LISA Spain meeting at the Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Oct 15-16 2024

(posted here September 13, 2024)

This meeting is intended to organize the Spanish community interested in the LISA mission.

Meeting website: https://indico.ice.csic.es/event/42/

There is no registration fee.

The meeting will take place at the Institute of Space Sciences (https://www.ice.csic.es) on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Cerdanyola del Vallès in the greater Barcelona area

(Carrer de Can Magrans, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona)

Announcement for Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA) Workshop, France

(posted here September 06, 2024)

Dear LVK Community,

On behalf of the SOC, it is our pleasure to extend a formal invitation to you all for the upcoming Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA) Workshop, scheduled to take place in Belle-Île-en-Mer, France from September 30 to October 3, 2024. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lunarlabs/2024-lila-meeting/

LILA is a proposed sub-hertz GW detector concept on the lunar surface. A major focus of the meeting is the multi-messenger astrophysics returns from the Moon and roadmap for GW detector technology development at Artemis Base Camp. This workshop is strategically timed to follow the LVK September meeting, making it convenient for participants already attending.

The registration is open till September 20. The cost includes hotels and meals across the 4-day meeting. For ECR, we can partially waive the registration cost. This will be an in-person meeting.

Warm regards,

Karan and Volker on behalf of the SOC

Abstract submission deadline extension for the GRASS 2024 - GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium, Trento, Italy

(posted here August 30, 2024)

The 2024 GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium (GRASS 2024) will be held on September 30th, October 1st and 2nd, in Trento (Italy). It will include topical sessions on Gravitational Waves and Multi-messenger Observational Science, Coatings and Materials, Perspectives for the Reduction of Quantum Noise and Stray Light mitigation for future GW detectors. A general session to discuss any other open issue is foreseen as well.

We are pleased to let you know that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to September 8th. Kindly send us your abstract as soon as possible to help us to better organize the scientific agenda of the workshop.

To upload your abstract, find out more about the updated important dates and for other infos, please visit the symposium webpage:

https://agenda.infn.it/event/40538/

Best regards,

The GRASS LOC
Marco Bazzan, Giacomo Ciani, Livia Conti, Rita Dolesi, Matteo Leonardi, Valeria Milotti, Antonio Perreca, Giovanni Andre

Abstract submission deadline for the GRASS 2024 - GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium, Trento, Italy

(posted here August 23, 2024)

Dear All,

We remind you that the 2024 GRAvitational-wave Science&technology
Symposium (GRASS 2024) will be held on September 30th, October 1st and
2nd, in Trento (Italy).

Abstract submission is still open and we are pleased to remind you that
the deadline is August 26th.

Kindly send us your abstract as soon as possible to help us to better
organize the scientific agenda of the workshop.

You can find more information on the symposium web page
https://agenda.infn.it/event/40538/

Thank you. Best regards,

The GRASS LOC
Marco Bazzan, Giacomo Ciani, Livia Conti, Rita Dolesi, Matteo Leonardi,
Valeria Milotti, Antonio Perreca, Giovanni Andrea Prodi, Daniele Vetrugno

Announcement for FastML Workshop 2024 at Purdue

(posted here August 02, 2024)

We are pleased to announce a four-day event Fast Machine Learning for Science, which will be hosted by Purdue University from October 15-18, 2024. The first three days will be workshop-style with invited and contributed talks. The last day will be dedicated to technical demonstrations and satellite meetings. The event will be hybrid with an in-person, on-site venue and the possibility to join virtually. For those attending in person, there will be a social reception during the evening of Tuesday, October 15, and a dinner on Thursday, 17th.

As advances in experimental methods create growing datasets and higher resolution and more complex measurements, machine learning (ML) is rapidly becoming the major tool to analyze complex datasets over many different disciplines. Following the rapid rise of ML through deep learning algorithms, the investigation of processing technologies and strategies to accelerate deep learning and inference is well underway. We envision this will enable a revolution in experimental design and data processing as a part of the scientific method to accelerate discovery greatly. This workshop is aimed at current and emerging methods and scientific applications for deep learning and inference acceleration, including novel methods of efficient ML algorithm design, ultrafast on-detector inference and real-time systems, acceleration as-a-service, hardware platforms, coprocessor technologies, distributed learning, and hyper-parameter optimization.

Abstract submission deadline: September 16th, 2024

Registration deadline: October 1st, 2024

webpage: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1387540/overview

LVK Meeting in Barcelona is now open for registration

(posted here July 19, 2024)

Registration for the September 2024 LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration meeting in Barcelona is now open!

The meeting will take place from September 23rd – 26th with satellite meetings on the 27th.

More information and registration here: https://lvkmeeting2024.ifae.es/. Online participation is possible free of charge.

The meeting wiki page is under construction here: https://wiki.ligo.org/LSC/Meeting/LVKMeetingSp2024

We hope to see you in Barcelona!

NEOSGrav2024 conference announcement

(posted here July 12, 2024)

Neutron star Equation of State and Gravitational Waves (NEOSGrav2024)

Website: https://web.iucaa.in/ws/~NEOSGrav2024/index.html

Date:1 - 4 October, 2024

Contact:neosgrav2024[AT]iucaa.in

Location:Goa, India

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce the international conference on Neutron star Equation of State and Gravitational Waves (NEOSGrav2024), which will take place from 1st to 4th of October 2024 in Goa, India.

The scientific programme shall consist of invited review talks and some short oral presentations.

The following areas in the neutron star physics will be covered in the meeting:

Fundamental Physics from Neutron stars
Constraining Neutron Star EoS with Electromagnetic observations
Constraining Neutron Star EoS with Gravitational waves
Numerical modelling of Neutron Stars

In addition to the science sessions, there will be two public talks during the week at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus and Goa Science Centre.

Venue: All the scientific sessions shall be held at the Kenilworth Hotel, Goa.

Key speakers include

Luciano Rezzolla (ITP University of Frankfurt, Germany)
Nils Andersson (University of Southampton, UK)
David Ian Jones (University of Southampton, UK)
Sukanta Bose (Washington State University, USA)
Anthony Thomas (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Paul Lasky (Monash University, Australia)
Constança Providencîa (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Adriana Raduta (IFIN-HH, Bucharest, Romania)

Conference registration is open, and the deadline is August 15, 2024.

If you are not an invited speaker and interested to contribute a talk, please submit a title and abstract with your registration. You will be informed if there is a possibility to accommodate your talk in the programme.

Limited accommodation may be arranged at BITS Goa (subject to availability) for PhD students in India, which can be applied for via the registration form.

NEOSGrav2024 is organised by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, in Pune, India.

More information on the conference is available on the website. For further questions, please contact Debarati Chatterjee.

Looking forward to seeing you in India,

Debarati Chatterjee (on behalf of the local organisers)

Sukanta Bose, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Prayush Kumar (Scientific Organising Committee)

GRASS announcement

(posted here July 05, 2024)

It is our pleasure to announce that the registration and abstract submission for the 4th GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium (GRASS 2024), which will be held in Trento (Italy) from September 30, 2024 to October 2, 2024, is now open.

https://agenda.infn.it/event/40538/registrations/4509/

The GRASS is a series of meetings aimed at exploring the experimental science related to the gravitational-wave panorama. The symposium will emphasize open issues and key enabling technologies at the forefront of the most advanced detection techniques. It represents an informal and unique meeting occasion for experts from different fields involved in experimental aspects of future gravitational-wave science and technology.

This year four topical sessions are foreseen:

Coatings and materials: Challenges in materials for ground and space-based GW detectors. Reflective Coatings (crystalline and amorphous) for cryogenic and high-power applications. Substrates for cryogenic operation. Confirmed invited speaker: Francois Shittekatte (Université de Montréal)
Reduction of quantum noise in interferometric gravitational wave detectors: New ideas and challenges for quantum noise reduction. New approaches to quantum noise shaping.
Stray light mitigation: Straylight modelling, characterization and mitigation tools for ground and space based GW detectors. Confirmed invited speaker: Michel Lintz (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
GW and multi-messenger observational science: Multi wavelength GW observations (PTA, LISA, ground based, …) and multimessenger strategies. Confirmed invited speaker: Elena Cuoco (European Gravitational Observatory)

A general session to discuss issues and advances in GW physics or detection which do not explicitly fall within the scope of the other topical sessions is foreseen as well. All sessions will be plenary, with both invited and contributed talks. Attendance will be in person only.

The deadline for abstract submission to the GRASS 2024 is August 26th, 2024.

Contributions are particularly welcome from communities not yet deeply involved in gravitational-wave science and from researchers whose work is related to these topical sessions.

Participation by young researchers is strongly encouraged, and financial support may be available upon request.

The International Scientific Advisory Committee is composed by:

Masaki Ando – The University of Tokyo, Japan
Stanislav Babak – Laboratoire Astroparticule & Cosmologie, France
Elisabetta Cesarini – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Roma Tor Vergata), Italy
Martin Fejer – Stanford University, USA
Jan Harms – Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Barbara Patricelli – Università di Pisa, Italy
Henning Vahlbruch – Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Germany
Daniele Vetrugno – Università di Trento, Italy
Gudrun Wanner – Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Jean Pierre Zendri – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Padova), Italy
Myriam Zerrad – Institut Fresnel, France

You can find more information on the symposium web page https://agenda.infn.it/event/40538/ .

We are looking forward to seeing you in Trento.

Kind regards, the GRASS LOC

Marco Bazzan, Giacomo Ciani, Livia Conti, Rita Dolesi, Matteo Leonardi, Valeria Milotti, Antonio Perreca, Giovanni Andrea Prodi, Daniele Vetrugno

Dawn VII program and remote participation

(posted here May 31, 2024)

A program is now available for the Dawn VII meeting (June 12-13 in Vancouver): https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/program/

There may be a few further changes as the meeting gets closer.

The meeting will focus on enabling participation in the discussion by in-person attendees. Registration is still open for in-person attendance: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/registration/

The organizers (with a generous contribution from the LIGO Lab) intend to offer a remote connection on a best-effort basis. If you are interested in participating in the Dawn VII meeting remotely, please register here.

Announcement of the 24th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation & 16th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational waves 14th – 18th July 2025 Glasgow, UK

(posted here May 31, 2024)

In 2025, the 24th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR24) and the 16th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi16) will be held together as a joint meeting in Glasgow. The meeting will bring together scientists from across classical and quantum gravity, mathematical and applied relativity, gravitational-wave instrumentation and data-analysis, and multi-messenger astronomy. The GR24–Amaldi16 Meeting will be held as an in-person event at the Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, Scotland, from 14th–18th July 2025. Registration will open in autumn 2024. Meeting website: https://iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi16/ Online resources will be made freely available after the event. Meeting organisation is led by the Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow and the Institute of Physics.

Gravitational-wave snowballs, populations, and models workshop

(posted here May 31, 2024)

We are organizing "Gravitational-wave snowballs, populations, and models" — a workshop to be held in Sexten, in the Dolomites region of Italy, January 20-24, 2025: https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/gwsnowballs

Our goal is to bring together researchers at the forefront of both forward astrophysical modeling of compact object binary formation and gravitational-wave data analysis in preparation for the upcoming O4 data release of LIGO/Virgo, for discussions focused on population-level modeling and inference.

The meeting will be held at Bad Moos Hotel right next to the ski slopes and the conference program will have appropriate breaks for snow activities; more details are available at https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/gwsnowballs/logistics

We hope you will consider applying to participate. Space is limited to 40 people. Please apply online at https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/gwsnowballs/registration by July 15, 2024. We plan to notify accepted participants by the end of July.

ZTF Summer School 2024

(posted here May 24, 2024)

Theme: Machine Learning and AI in Time-Domain Astronomy

Applications are now open for the ZTF summer school which will take place on Jul 29- Aug 2, 2024 at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA. We offer in-person and remote participation.

The school provides a week of hands-on experience via Python Jupiter notebook assignments. Students will work with real astronomical data from the ZTF and other transient surveys. The school is designed for students at the graduate level (MS and PhD) in astronomy and physics with a strong research interest in time-domain astronomy.

In addition to the standard data processing techniques applied in the field, students will learn about unsupervised and supervised learning, deep learning, simulation-based inference, and more.

To learn more and apply, go to https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/summer-school-2024.html

Applications will be accepted between now and May 31st (00:00 UTC).

The Zwicky Transient Facility is an international partnership led by Caltech that conducts a systematic time-domain survey of the Northern Sky from the Palomar Observatory. The partnership is engaged in leading time-domain research.

Contact

Questions can be sent to ztf.summer.school@gmail.com

Magnetar session at 17th MG - call for abstracts

(posted here May 24, 2024)

We are pleased to invite you to participate to the Parallel Session devoted to Galactic and extragalactic magnetars: recent observations and theoretical progress at the Seventeenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (Pescara, Italy, July 7-12, 2024).

Abstract submission is open until May 31, 2024 at https://indico.icranet.org/event/8/

Magnetars are unique laboratories to test physical theories in the strong field regime. Their energetic outbursts and the extreme properties of their birth events makes them relevant in diverse astrophysical contexts. Recent progress in this field has also been driven by the recognition of an expanding number of giant flares from magnetars outside the Local Group.

This parallel session will focus on the most recent observational results on Galactic and extraGalactic magnetars, as well as on the theoretical developments on their structure, formation and connections with other astrophysical phenomena, such as: fast radio bursts, gamma-ray bursts, sources of gravitational waves and neutrinos, super luminous supernovae.

Future Innovations in Gamma-Ray Science workshop - Michigan, June 24-28

(posted here May 10, 2024)

The Future Innovations in Gamma-Ray Science Analysis Group (FIG SAG) invites you to Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula for a workshop on June 24-28, 2024 that we hope will define the future of gamma-ray science at NASA.

The meeting will alternate between in-depth discussion and drafting sections for the report and broader conversations that bring these ideas together. There are opportunities for talks, but much of the meeting will be about defining and discussing key questions for future missions and outlining the metrics and priorities for key science areas for the next two decades.

The workshop organizers encourage participation by members of the gravitational wave community to discuss multi-messenger science opportunities which may influence the design of future gamma-ray missions.

For more information, see the workshop website: https://pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/sags/figsag/events/workshops/June-2024/June-2024.php

The registration and abstract deadlines are May 15.

11th Fermi Symposium -- abstract submission extended to May 15

(posted here May 03, 2024)

The 11th International Fermi Symposium will be held in College Park, Maryland, USA on September 9-13, 2024. Like past editions of the Fermi Symposium, this scientific conference will highlight astrophysics investigations and results enabled or influenced by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, within the broad scope of astrophysics research. We are looking forward to a fruitful conference focused on many areas of gamma-ray astrophysics and related fields, including multimessenger sources.

Abstract submission opened in early April and the abstract submission deadline has now been extended to May 15. Registration to attend the symposium has not quite opened, but it will soon and the early registration deadline will be July 8. More information, and the abstract submission form, can be found on the website: https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/symposia/eleventh/

Dawn VII program outline available and room block deadline May 8th

(posted here April 26, 2024)

Dawn VII 2024 will be held in person at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver Wednesday, June 12 – Thursday, June 13, 2024 with satellite meetings on Friday, June 14: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/

This discussion-based workshop will focus on planning for upgrades to the LIGO detectors (in the 2030-2035 timeframe) and the next-generation Cosmic Explorer detectors in the context of a global network of future ground-based detectors. A major aim for this meeting is to engage a broad representation of our global community to place plans for future detectors in the context of multi-messenger astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics, and astronomy.

We encourage you to register by May 8th, which will be the last day to obtain a discount on accommodation and secure your spot in the reserved room block.

Registration: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/registration/

Accomodation: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/accommodation/

The SOC is pleased to announce a program outline is now available: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/program/

with the following invited speakers and panelists confirmed (more to come soon):

Riccardo Bassiri (Stanford)
Matt Evans (MIT)
Peter Fritschel (MIT)
Rachel Gray (Glasgow)
Gregg Hallinan (Caltech)
Kelly Holly-Bocklemann (Vanderbilt)
Chuck Horowitz (Indiana)
Den Martynov (UBirmingham)
Paul Lasky (Monash University)
Pat Meyers (Caltech)
Michele Punturo (INFN)
Jon Richardson (UC Riverside)
Bangalore Sathyaprakash (Penn State)
David Shoemaker (MIT)
Vicky Xu (MIT)

On Friday June 14, there will be four satellite workshops with content depending on demand:

GW detector coatings
GW detector technology development
Multi-messenger astrophysics with GWs
Machine learning for GW astronomy

We hope to see you in Vancouver!

Second Cosmic Explorer Symposium (online) Apr 23-25, 2024 (full agenda available)

(posted here April 19, 2024)

A reminder that the second Cosmic Explorer Symposium will be held online on April 23-25, 2024: https://indico.mit.edu/e/CES2024.

If you wish to attend but you have not registered yet, please register now by clicking “applying for participation” from the link above, as zoom links and announcements will be communicated only to registered participants.

This online event will bring together the community to discuss important aspects of the Cosmic Explorer observatory design, covering both observational and instrument science, with a focus on topics of high impact for the facility design.

The full agenda is now available at https://indico.mit.edu/event/1010/timetable/#20240423.detailed.

The symposium will take place over 3 days, with two hours in the morning (11am-1pm EDT, 4pm-6pm UTC) and two hours in the afternoon (3-5pm EDT, 8pm-10pm UTC), hoping to maximize attendance from different time zones.

Final announcement for PAX IX workshop

(posted here April 12, 2024)

This is the final announcement for the 9th Physics and Astrophysics at the eXtreme workshop (https://indico.kcl.ac.uk/event/484/), which will be held at King’s College London from 23–25 July 2024. Sessions will take place in central London, at the historic Bush House general auditorium.

The goal of this workshop is to explore how the ongoing and upcoming observations of gravitational and electromagnetic waves can help us understand physics at the extreme –– strong gravitational fields, dark matter, nuclear physics, cosmology, and multimessenger astrophysics. Another focus will be to recognize challenges while conducting science with the next-generation of gravitational wave detectors.

PAX is largely a discussion-based workshop with a very strong involvement of participants. The workshop will consist of panel discussions organized around a small number of presentations to identify important areas for research and foster new collaborations based on the deliberations of the workshop.

If you are able to attend we ask that you register by the 1st of May 2024 using this link: https://forms.gle/eNbmFErxwWb3tEc86

To enhance discussion and engagement, the participants list is capped at 100, including SOC members and panelists.

11th Fermi Symposium - Sep 9-13 in College Park, Maryland, USA

(posted here April 12, 2024)

The 11th International Fermi Symposium will be held in College Park, Maryland, USA on September 9-13, 2024. We are pleased to announce that abstract submission for contributed talks and posters is now open with a deadline of May 1, 2024. We look forward to a fruitful conference focused on many areas of gamma-ray astrophysics and related fields, including multimessenger sources.

More information, and the abstract submission form, can be found on the symposium website: https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/symposia/eleventh/

CW school at KIAA Beijing, July 7-11

(posted here April 05, 2024)

CW school at KIAA Beijing, July 7-11

This five-day school will be held between Sunday 7th July 2024 until Thursday 11th July 2024 and it will be hosted at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) in Peking University, in Beijing, China. This will be the very first dedicated continuous gravitational waves meeting in China and it will be in the form of a school, aimed primarily at undergraduates and postgraduates, though postdocs and faculty are also welcome. Priority will be given to domestic (Chinese) students, though international students will be considered if places are available, of which there will be between 30-50 in total. The deadline for registering will be Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 23:59 (Chinese Standard Time). Participants can also submit talk requests. For more info: https://garvinyim.wixsite.com/home/cw-school-at-kiaa

GWPAW 2024: Early Registration Deadline Approaching! Program Now Online

(posted here March 29, 2024)

This is a reminder that the GWPAW 2024 early registration ends March 31. Note that you need to register AND pay the registration fee using two separate links. Registration fees not settled by March 31 will not be entitled to the early bird rate.

The first version of the program is now up on the website (gwpaw2024.space)! You can see it directly here. The full program with all abstracts will be uploaded soon. Invited talks will be 20+10 minutes and contributed talks will be 10+5, with discussion buffer time built into the schedule to allow for productive discussions on all topics. Poster sparkler talks will be 1-3 minutes long, depending on the number of posters we will finally have.

It's going to be a very interesting conference and we are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Iair Arcavi & Ofek Birnholtz on behalf of the GWPAW 2024 SOC and LOC

XG Mock Data Challenge

(posted here March 29, 2024)

We are pleased to announce the XG Mock Data Challenge Workshop-2024, supported by the NSF, which will take place at Penn State on June 10, 11, 2024. Those attending the Dawn meeting in Vancouver will find convenient flights departing State College after 5 pm on June 11 and reaching Vancouver by 10:15 pm the same day. The workshop is open to anyone interested in the analysis of the mock data or in learning about the challenges posed by the signal-rich data expected in next generation terrestrial observatories. Funding is available to US early career scientists and participants from underrepresented backgrounds. Please register for the meeting before May 10, 2024. Further details will be disseminated via presentations to the Cosmic Explorer consortium, which will also be available to all registered participants.

Dawn VII - registration now open

(posted here March 22, 2024)

Dawn VII June 12-13 in Vancouver - registration now open!

Second announcement: Dawn VII 2024 will be held in person at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. The meeting will be on Wednesday, June 12 – Thursday, June 13, 2024 with four satellite meetings on Friday, June 14 (GW detector coatings; GW detector technology development; Multi-messenger astrophysics with GWs; Machine learning for GW astronomy).

This discussion-based workshop will focus on planning for upgrades to the LIGO detectors (in the 2030-2035 timeframe) and the next-generation Cosmic Explorer detectors, in the context of a global network of future ground-based detectors. A major aim for this meeting is to engage a broad representation of our global community to place plans for new detectors in the context of multi-messenger astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics, and astronomy.

In-person registration is now open: https://ubc.ungerboeck.net/prod/emc00/register.aspx?aat=4243652f316d6753436c6b316a78436855776b496b6b746c505047767038573751715764772f374e63356b3d

Reduced-cost room blocks are also now available: https://dawn7.phas.ubc.ca/accommodation/

Please reach out to the Local Organizing Committee with any questions (mciver@phas.ubc.ca, young@phas.ubc.ca)

GWADW 2024 | Extension of Early Bird Deadline and Abstract Submission Closing Date

(posted here March 15, 2024)

New Deadline: March 17th!

GWADW will be held in Hamilton Island, Australia, 12-18 May 2024.

We wanted to inform you of some important updates regarding the upcoming 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW).

After careful consideration and to accommodate the requests we've received, we have decided to extend the early bird registration deadline and abstract submission closing date by one week. The new deadlines are as follows:

Key Dates:

Early Bird Deadline: 17th March 2024
Abstract Submission Closing Date: 17th March 2024
Event Dates: 13th to 17th May 2024

Click on the following links to complete your registration:

This extension provides you with an additional opportunity to take advantage of the discounted registration rates and ensure ample time to finalise and submit your abstracts. Visit our website at www.gwadw2024.org for any further information.

Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us. We are here to support you throughout the process.

Thank you and we look forward to welcoming you to GWADW 2024.

Best wishes,

Bram Slagmolen and David Ottaway,

on behalf of the GWADW scientific and local organising committees

NASA Seeking self-nominations for LISA Science Team

(posted here March 08, 2024)

US Participation in the LISA Science Team (LST) NASA is soliciting self-nominations from interested individuals to participate as members of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Science Team (LST).

LISA is an ESA-led mission with NASA as a partner. NASA is contributing flight-hardware systems, a science ground segment to produce scientific data products and facilitate scientific interpretation, and systems engineering and science support. LISA was Adopted by ESA’s Science Programme Committee on 25 January 2024, beginning the start of the implementation phase of the mission.

The role of the LISA Science Team is to provide scientific stewardship during the development and operations of the LISA mission.

Self-nominations to be considered for participation as a member of the LST are due to NASA no later than 16 April 2024 at 11:59p Eastern (8:59p Pacific). These self-nominations must consist of a cover letter, a resume, and an up-to-date Current and Pending Support declaration. Cover letter and resume shall be up to two pages each and must follow the guidelines in Section IV(b)ii of the ROSES-2024 Summary of Solicitation.

For details see the Dear Colleagues Letter PDF]. For additional questions please contact Eric.P.Smith@nasa.gov

The International GEMMA2 workshop - Sept. 16-19, 2024

(posted here March 08, 2024)

It is a pleasure to announce the International GEMMA2 (G ravitational-waves, E lectro M agnetic and dark MA tter) Physics Workshop to be held in Rome (Italy) from September 16th to September 19th, 2024.

The aim of the GEMMA2 workshop is to discuss on gravitational waves, multimessenger astrophysics and dark matter physics at these especially exciting times, bringing together mainly the theoretical and data-analysis aspects of such apparently heterogeneous fields. Registration is now open and Abstract Submission on these topics is welcome. Please find further information at https://agenda.infn.it/event/39794/.

GEMMA2 is organised into days focused on key topics introduced by invited speakers (who will be announced soon) and followed by contributed talks. There will also be a poster session, along with two Young Scientist GEMMA2 Awards for the best poster contributions by skilled young researchers.

The deadline for abstract submission is June 16th, 2024, and the deadline for early registration is June 28th, 2024.

The LOC and the SOC are looking forward to welcoming you to Rome.

Best Regards, Paola Leaci on behalf of the SOC and LOC of GEMMA2

IPTA 2024 Science meeting and student week: registration open!

(posted here March 08, 2024)

It is our pleasure to announce the 2024 International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) Science Meeting to be held on June 24-28 in Sexten, Italy.

The meeting is preceded by a IPTA Student week be held in Milano-Bicocca on June 17-21.

Registration is opened for both events, see full info below

Science meeting:

Following the breakthrough results published last June, we plan to open the Science Meeting (June 24-28) to the broad astrophysics/cosmology/fundamental physics community, to investigate possible interpretations and implications of those results in the context of galaxy evolution but also for cosmology and physics of the early universe.

Note that the Meeting is the week before annual EAS Symposium, which will be in Padua, ~3h drive from Sexten,

https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/

This will give the unique opportunity to attend both meetings.

Registration and abstract submission is now open, so please register! Registration link and logistic information about the meeting can be found on the dedicated website:

https://ipta4gw.org/meetings/2024/

and on the Sexten Center for Astrophysics website

https://www.sexten-cfa.eu/event/ipta24/

Student week:

The meeting is preceded by a student week dedicated to PTA astrophysics and data analysis with lectures and tutorials at the Master/PhD Level. We can accommodate up to 40 extra students on a first come first served basis. Please register by following the links at:

https://ipta4gw.org/meetings/2024/

If you have any questions please contact:

Alberto Sesana alberto.sesana@unimib.it

Golam Shaifullah golam.shaifullah@unimib.it

It’s an exciting time for Gravitational Wave Astrophysics! Look forward to sharing this enthusiasm with you in the Dolomites (and/or in Milan).

Cheers

The IPTA 2024 LOC

2024 GW Open Data Workshop - Mentors wanted!

(posted here March 01, 2024)

This year’s GW Open Data Workshop will be April 18-20, with details at https://gwosc.org/odw/odw2024

This year (2024), the KAGRA Taiwanese members will host the main workshop in National Museum of the natural Science (https://www.nmns.edu.tw/en/) in Taichung City of Taiwan. We have a serious of EPO activities (i.e., the Gravity Realm: https://www.nmns.edu.tw/en/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/Exhibition-000473/), and the ODW will be held following the 11th KAGRA international workshop (KIW-11: Apr 16-17; https://indico.phys.sinica.edu.tw/event/92/overview). The schedule of the ODW can also be referred to https://indico.phys.sinica.edu.tw/event/92/page/220-gravitational-wave-open-data-workshop.

We will not charge any registration fee and provide the free coffee and snacks in the coffee break. Because of the expensive travel expense, we know it is still difficult to attract the foreign students to come to Taiwan to join the ODW in person. Therefore, we are welcome for/encourage mentors from different countries to host the study hub and register one for the local participants on ask.igwn.org(https://ask.igwn.org/t/open-data-workshop-study-hubs-2024/881).

GWADW 2024 | Last Chance for Early Bird Discount

(posted here March 01, 2024)

Last Chance for Early Bird Discount: Register for GWADW 2024 by March 10th!

GWADW will be held in Hamilton Island, Australia, 12-18 May 2024.

This is a friendly reminder that the early bird discount for registration and hotel accommodation for the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW) ends in two weeks on the 10th of March!

Don't miss out on the opportunity to save on registration fees and secure your preferred accommodation at the renowned Reef View Hotel on Hamilton Island. Take advantage of the discounted rates and ensure your participation at GWADW.

Key Dates:

Early Bird Deadline: 10th March 2024
Event Dates: 13th to 17th May 2024

Click on the following links to complete your registration:

Visit our website at www.gwadw2024.org for any further information.

Should you have any questions or need assistance with the registration process, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help!

Thank you and we look forward to welcoming you to GWADW 2024.

Best wishes,

Bram Slagmolen and David Ottaway,

on behalf of the GWADW scientific and local organising committees

2nd Announcement of the 2nd TVLBAI Workshop in London, UK on April 3 to 5, 2024

(posted here February 23, 2024)

This is the 2nd announcement of the 2nd TVLBAI Workshop that will take place in London, UK, from April 3 to 5, 2024.

Participation in-person or remotely is free of charge, and you can register via this link:

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1369392/registrations/101750/

Even if you are unable to attend the event, we encourage you to register as we will use the registration list to keep you informed about the follow-up of the workshop and the next steps in the TVLBAI activity.

The workshop features an interesting programme of Cold Atom Physics discussions as well as an overview of the fundamental physics opportunities TVLBAI can explore.

In addition, the event features a Poster session, and we have secured funding to support selected PhD students and Early Career Researchers with an amount of approximately £250 for expense compensation. Interested candidates can apply for Poster Session support through the registration link provided here:

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1369392/registrations/101749/

Best regards,

The Workshop Organisers

Second Cosmic Explorer Symposium (online) Apr 23-25, 2024

(posted here February 23, 2024)

We are happy to announce the second Cosmic Explorer Symposium, which will be held online on April 23-25, 2024: https://indico.mit.edu/e/CES2024.

Participation will be free, but we invite you to register (by clicking “applying for participation” from the link above), as zoom links and announcements will be communicated only to registered participants.

The Scientific Organizing Committee is working on finalizing the agenda – the list of topics we will discuss includes: mirror coatings, optical layouts, Newtonian noise mitigation, facility compatibility with cryogenics, neutron star equation of state, dark matter and dark energy, population of binaries, continuous waves, unmodeled transients. We will also discuss how to strengthen the connection between Cosmic Explorer's science and the broader high energy and nuclear and particle physics communities, as well as the evolution of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium. We will update the final agenda on the website in the upcoming weeks.

We invite you to save the dates (Apr 23-25) in your calendar now!

Best regards,

Lisa Barsotti <lisabar@mit.edu> Salvatore Vitale <svitale@mit.edu> for the Organizers and the Scientific Organizing Committee

GWPAW 2024 Registration Open! Abstract Submission Deadline Feb 20

(posted here February 16, 2024)

Registration and talk and poster abstract submission for GWPAW 2024 are open at: https://www.gwpaw2024.space/registration

As a reminder, the meeting will take place in Birmingham, May 28-31.

Abstract submission deadline is February 20.

Early registration deadline is March 31.

Best,

Ofek & Iair on behalf of the GWPAW 2024 SOC

Second Announcement - Hotwiring the Transient Universe VII

(posted here February 16, 2024)

Abstract Submission and Registration for Hotwiring VII Are Now Open

After a nearly 5 year hiatus, Hot-Wiring the Transient Universe is returning with a bang! Hotwiring VII will be hosted by the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto, May 13-16 2024. Please find important information regarding the program, abstract submission, and registration below, as well as on the conference website: https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/hotwired7/

Program: This will be a WORKshop. Each day will have a mixture of talks, hack sessions, code demos, and brainstorming new instruments and systems. The three main science pillars will be:

Enabling GW astronomy
Rubin and the deep time-domain optical sky
The Radio transient revolution

Sessions will focus on themes that span all three communities including challenges for effective follow-up (spanning everything from real-time alerts/brokers and rapid classification to coordination across multiple facilities and post-facto host galaxy follow-up at scale), how to turn the coming flood of observations into scientific inference at scale, and the path towards the next generation of facilities. We will focus on software AND hardware infrastructure. In addition, any attendee can suggest other topics for discussion during daily unconference sessions.

Conference Dates: Our formal program will run 9:00am-5:00pm from Monday May 13 to Thursday May 16. However, we will be able to provide rooms in the Astronomy Building at the University of Toronto on Friday May 17 for any groups who wish to continue hacking/working on projects (no food will be provided).

Abstract submission: To submit an abstract for a talk and/or a poster, please fill out this form by Friday March 1. We plan to finalize the schedule and let everyone know of the status of their abstracts by Friday, March 15. In addition to traditional talks, we welcome abstracts for topics that may be best suited as e.g. code demos or other technical demonstrations. Please note that except for extenuating circumstances we expect all speakers to attend in person.

In-person Registration: To register for the conference, please go to the Dunlap Institute Eventbrite page here. Deadline for registration is Monday April 15 (or until we are full; we have capacity for 100 in-person attendees). General registration is $200, student registration is $100.

Online Participation: Our intention is to have a partially hybrid meeting. In particular, we will live stream all talks on Zoom and provide moderators to ensure that online participants can ask questions. We will also add any interested online participants to the conference Slack. However, conference organizers will not explicitly facilitate online participation during the unconference/breakout sessions. To express interest in online participation, please fill out this form by Friday May 10 (we will use this to add participants to Slack and share the relevant Zoom links).

Summary of Important Dates:

March 1: Abstract Submission Deadline.
March 15: Notice of Abstract Status.
April 15: Deadline for in person registration
May 10: Deadline for expression of interest in online participation.

We hope to see you in May!

-- Reed Essick (on behalf of the organizing committee)

11th KAGRA International Workshop (KIW-11) on 16-17 April 2024

We are happy to announce that the 11th KAGRA International Workshop (KIW-11) will be held on 16-17th April 2024 in Taichung City, Taiwan.

Along with the Open Data Workshop on 18-20th April, 2024, we will have these two events inside our National Museum of Natural Science, which is also the venue of the exhibition "The Gravity Realm", an exhibition showcasing gravitational wave science and discoveries of the Event Horizon Telescope.

Call for submission is open with the deadline on 17th March, 2024.

Online registration is open until 20th March, 2024.

The information about transportation and accommodation can be found via the link below

https://indico.phys.sinica.edu.tw/event/92/

Please plan your itinerary soon and let us know if you have any questions, emailing Miss TC Yang at tcyang@gapp.nthu.edu.tw

Looking forward to seeing you at Taichung.

Regards,

Ray-Kuang Lee, for the Local Organizing Committee.

Open Call for Membership of the LISA Science Team

Dear LISA Consortium,

I would like to draw your attention to the open call to join the LISA Science Team (LST).

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ao-for-LISA-Science-Team

The call is open to scientists based in ESA Member States (you do not have to be a national of this country, just work there). The LST should reflect the diversity of the scientific community, hence we encourage applications from early career scientists and historically under-represented groups in astronomy and space science.This will be an appointment for 3 years with possible renewal.

Please read the call carefully, we are asking for Letters of Intent (not the full application) within two weeks. If you do not provide a LoI by February 24th you will not be considered in the application process.

This is your chance to actively participate in this amazing mission. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,

Nora

March 1 deadline for Nomination for IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Scientist Prize

http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php

The deadline for nominations for the IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Scientist Prize has been extended to March 1. (This is in part to compensate for a typo on the webpage (2025 instead of 2024) that may have misled people to think the prize was not being offered this year. Instructions for a nomination are as follows:

The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Scientist Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental.

On 1 March 2024, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation.

The primary nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation.

Nominations may be made by any member of ISGRG (other than the nominee) and should be accompanied by a CV, a proposed citation of 30-50 words summarizing the reason for the nomination, a list of publications and a description (about one page long) of the specific achievements of the nominee, who need not be an ISGRG member.

It is important that the selection committee has specific information that allows it to determine what the nominee has contributed and how this will impact the subject. Therefore it will be extremely helpful to the selection committee to receive at least two additional letters supporting the nomination that detail the expected significance of the contributions of the nominee.

It is also appropriate to submit additional materials such as published articles. In the case of co-authored or multi-authored publications, it is essential for nominators and supporters to discuss the nominee's precise contributions, if known, in addition to the work's overall significance.

The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the Secretary of ISGRG, garfinkl@oakland.edu, by 1 March 2024.

AIslands: Arran 24

Aislands: Arran 24 DISCUSSION MEETING ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GW SCIENCE

The Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow is pleased to announce AIslands: Arran, a discussion meeting on the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the context of gravitational wave science. The meeting will be held on the island of Arran, off the West Coast of Scotland, between 23 and 26 April 2024.

The meeting will have three main theme areas for discussions: waveforms and theory; detection and detector characterisation; and parameter estimation and astrophysics.

The AIslands meetings are intended to provide an environment which will nurture collaboration and network building. To that end we are pleased to be able to maintain a low registration cost of £250 per person, with a reduced rate of £150 per person for students.

The conference fee will cover a networking meal, lunches on the three full days of the meeting, and refreshments during the meeting.

Further information can be found on the conference web page: https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/aislands-arran24/ and additional enquiries can be directed to the local organising committee via Daniel Williams (daniel.williams@glasgow.ac.uk).

Workshop on continuous gravitational waves and neutron stars, Hannover, Germany

The continuous gravitational waves and neutron stars workshop will be
held from June 17-20 2024, in Hannover (Germany) at the Max Planck
Institute for Gravitational Physics. This is the second edition of the
previous “Multi-messenger continuous gravitational waves” workshop.

The main purpose of this workshop is for members of the continuous
gravitational waves community and of closely related fields (such as
electromagnetic detections of neutron stars, neutron star modeling,
etc.) to come together and present their work, with plenty of time for
discussions.

The main topics of the workshop are: search methods, search results, and
neutron star modelling / continuous gravitational-wave emission /
galactic population of neutron stars (
https://plan.events.mpg.de/event/133/program ). The workshop will be
divided into sessions for the different topics, and will consist of
contributions from some of the participants and review talks from
invited speakers. We accept contributions in the format of traditional
talks, reviews, or tutorials about different software tools. We
especially welcome contributions from early-career scientists.

Important deadlines:

Abstract submission and registration: 7 March 2024
Acceptance/rejection of received abstracts and registration: 22 March 2024
Payment of registration: 22 April 2024

Given the limitation on the number of participants, notification
regarding the acceptance of your abstract and/or registration will be
provided on March 22th.

Invited speakers will be announced soon on the website!

For any questions, please write to contact.cw2024@aei.mpg.de

GWPAW 2024 will be in Birmingham, UK on May 28-31

Dear all,

Unfortunately, due to the continued situation in Israel, it will not be possible to host GWPAW 2024 in Tel Aviv this year. Instead, we will have it in Birmingham, UK on almost the same dates as originally planned: May 28-31. We are very grateful to Alberto Vecchio for stepping up to the task of hosting the meeting at such short notice.

We will update the website soon with all the relevant information. For now, we can say that:

1. The registration fee will be in the 280-350 GBP range.

2. The talks will be broadcast by Zoom but there will be a preference for presentations to be in person (except for special cases).

3. Abstract submission deadline will likely be on February 20. Accepted posters and talks will be announced on or before March 15. Early registration will end on March 31 and final registration will end on April 30.

So for now, please (continue to) save the dates and start thinking about your abstract submissions. We will send another announcement when submission and registration opens.

Best,

iair Arcavi on behalf of the GWPAW 2024 SOC

9th Physics and Astrophysics at the eXtreme workshop (PAX IX)

Dear Colleagues,

It is a pleasure to announce the 9th Physics and Astrophysics at the eXtreme workshop (PAX IX), which will be held at King’s College London from 23–25 July 2024. Sessions will take place in central London, at the historic Bush House general auditorium.

The goal of this workshop is to explore how the ongoing and upcoming observations of gravitational and electromagnetic waves can help us understand physics at the extreme–– strong gravitational fields, dark matter, nuclear physics, cosmology, and multimessenger astrophysics. Another focus will be to recognize challenges while conducting science with the next-generation of gravitational wave detectors.

If you are able to attend we ask that you register by the 1st of May 2024 using this link.

To enhance discussion and engagement, the participants list is capped at 100, including SOC members and panelists.

Best regards,

SOC members:

Lionel London (lionel.london@kcl.ac.uk)

Anuradha Gupta (agupta1@olemiss.edu)

Bangalore Sathyaprakash (bss25@psu.edu)

Greg Ashton (Gregory.Ashton@rhul.ac.uk)

Emanuele Berti (berti@jhu.edu)

Alessandra Bounanno (alessandra.buonanno@aei.mpg.de)

Marica Branchesi (marica.branchesi@gssi.it)

Katy Clough (k.clough@qmul.ac.uk)

Tanja Hinderer (t.p.hinderer@uu.nl)

Krishnendu N V (krishnendu.nv@icts.res.in)

Salvatore Vitale (svitale@mit.edu)

Announcing the second LISA Sprint

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint effort of ESA and NASA to develop and operate a space-based observatory to survey the mHz gravitational wave band. To prepare for LISA observations and its unique data products, we are announcing the 2nd LISA Sprint to be held in Pasadena, CA on the Caltech campus from Monday April 29 to Wednesday May 1, 2024.

The meeting's objectives are twofold: The first goal is to connect LISA data scientists with astronomers and astrophysicists who will incorporate LISA data products into their own research. The second is to advance the broader research community's readiness to capitalize on LISA observations.

During the workshop small interdisciplinary teams of researchers will come together and make concrete progress on concise projects and goals related to LISA science objectives. A number of project ideas, analysis and visualization tools, and simulated data products, will be curated and provided by the organizers in collaboration with experts in the field. Additionally, participants are encouraged to propose ideas and contribute further material that adheres to the workshop's format.

This will be a hands-on workshop: there will be no talks - only brief project "pitches" at the beginning of the workshop, progress reports at the end of each day, and "show and tell" at the close of the meeting to share results and future work with the group.

Due to a limited number of places available, we request that those interested in attending fill out an application form (deadline: February 20th). Accepted applicants will be notified by the end of February. Please note that there is no financial support available, but there is also no registration fee.

Black Holes Inside and Out, Niels Bohr Institute, Aug. 26-30

Dear all,

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the Black Holes Inside and Out International Conference, which takes place from 26 – 30 August 2024 at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.

https://strong-gr.com/black-holes-inside-and-out/

The program of the conference, among many topics, includes a celebration of the Hawking black hole evaporation, and discussion on tests on the nature of compact objects, superradiance and dark matter in strong-field gravity, progress in post-Newtonian expansions and effective field theory methods, progress in mathematical relativity, Numerical Relativity and its applications to astrophysics and high-energy physics, and an update on the status of observations.

Each session will consist of invited talks and ample discussion sessions. This conference is preceded by the focused workshops “Ringdown Inside and Out” (Aug 22-24). We hope that while both meetings can certainly be attended separately, participants as well as speakers can benefit from the proximity of the events, allowing them to continue discussions.

Invited speakers and table discussion leads include:

Niayesh Afshordi
Abhay Ashtekar
Enrico Barausse
Iosif Bena
Emanuele Berti
Richard Brito
Alessandra Buonanno
Cliff Burgess
Gregorio Carullo
Mihalis Dafermos
Mariafelicia de Laurentis
Adrian del Rio
Roberto Emparan
Netta Engelhardt
Stefan Gillessen
Ruth Gregory
Carlos Herdeiro
Tanja Hinderer
Jutta Kunz
Luis Lehner
Ramesh Narayan
Samaya Nissanke
Paolo Pani
Alessia Platania
Eric Poisson
Frans Pretorius
Misao Sasaki
Paul Tiede
Will Unruh
Matt Visser
Bob Wald
Silke Weinfurtner
Helvi Witek

The meeting will be held at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. The Niels Bohr Institute carries an important legacy in physics and is one of the leading institute in theoretical and experimental physics. Copenhagen is a very enjoyable and beautiful city, and as the capital of Denmark has plenty of wonderful things to do and is easy to reach. The entire Nordic region has plenty to offer and is a remarkable place for summer vacations.

Register now!

The LOC

Hotwiring VII will be hosted by the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto

Dear Colleagues,
After a nearly 5 year hiatus, Hot-Wiring the Transient Universe is returning with a bang!
Hotwiring VII will be hosted by the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto, May 13-17 2024.

https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/hotwired7/

Please come join us to build the future of time-domain astrophysics.This will be a WORKshop, and will have a mix of talks, hack sessions, brainstorming new instruments and systems, and dreaming up big robots to look at the sky!
We will focus on software AND hardware infrastructure, and this will include related questions of how to turn the coming flood of observations into scientific inference at scale!The three science pillars of the workshop will be:

Enabling GW astronomy
Rubin and the deep time-domain optical sky
the Radio transient revolution

and how to link developments in these fields for a bright multi-messenger and multi-wavelength future.Please sign up to be notified of updates, registration, a call for abstracts, etc.
A preliminary agenda will be available, and registration will open, by early February.https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/hotwired7/

Request for young researchers talks at EDSU conference on 3-7 June 2024

Dear LSC speakers board,

I’d like to draw your attention to the upcoming World Summit on Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (EDSU-Tools2024) which will be held in the beautiful Island of Noirmoutier (France) on 3-7 June 2024.
This is the 5th such World Summit meeting exploring progresses and future directions in Cosmology and Particle Physics.

As for the former summits, the focus will be on the survey of successes and shortcomings of the cosmological and particle physics Standard Models with main sessions on Cosmology, Dark Matter, Neutrino and Standard Model physics, Gravitational Waves and Gravity.

This year’s summit has two additional features: an emphasis on tools in the largest sense (instrumentation, electronics, big data, modelling, …) and the inclusions of tools developed in close by domains of physics (quantum physics, photonics, etc).

There are ~20 slots reserved for young researchers (PhD students and post-docs) talks of 10+5 min. The selected speakers will be offered full board, lodging and waived conference fees.

Interested young researchers are expected to submit their abstract (see application form on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1267450/page/29202-call-for-abstracts-for-phds-and-post-docs ) before February 15th (strict deadline).

Thanks for spreading the information,

Edwige for the EDSU scientific organizing committee

NCfA Multimessenger Symposium 2024

The Nevada Center for Astrophysics (NCfA) is hosting the second symposium on new advances in multimessenger astrophysics.
The meeting intends to bring together experts in theory, experiment, and observation to discuss recent developments and envision the path forward for finding more sources. The symposium will be held from Wednesday, February 28, to Friday, March 1, 2024, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
More information about the meeting is available at https://www.physics.unlv.edu/~kheirand/ncfasymp2.html

The symposium consists of invited plenary, contributed talks, and poster presentations. Talks will be followed by a panel discussion.
The registration is now open and abstracts for contributed talks and posters are accepted until February 10.
If you have any questions about the symposium please contact the organizers.

Ali Kheirandish (ali.kheirandish@unlv.edu)

Bing Zhang (bing.zhang@unlv.edu)

Carl Haster (carl.haster@unlv.edu)

Announcement for 10th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting @ UT-Austin

The 10th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (GCGM) will be hosted by the Center of Gravitational wave Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. The presentations will be held on Friday March 1st and Saturday March 2nd. The GCGM encourages all levels of scientists to present recently published or current work; we especially encourage early career scientists to participate. All areas of gravitational wave physics, classical and quantum, theory and experiment are welcome. While we encourage all members from the Gulf Coast region of the United States to participate, all scientists are welcome.

There is no registration fee although we ask all who plan to attend to register, so the organizers can get a head count. Due to the limits in funding, we cannot provide financial assistance to speakers or participants. A prize (sponsored by the APS Division of Gravitation Physics) will be awarded for the best student talk.

Please follow link for registration and abstract submission links.

Important Dates:
February 2nd – Last day to submit abstract and register
February 8th – Last day to reserve hotel room for the special event block
February 16th – Schedule announcement
March 1st & 2nd – GCGM Talks

Registration

IAU Symposium on Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, Cape Town, August 6-8 2024

We are delighted to announce that the IAU Symposium on Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics [IAU 389, see https://gw2024.saao.ac.za/] will be held August 6–8, 2024, in Cape Town, South Africa as part of the 32nd, and first African, IAU General Assembly 2024. Early registration and abstract submission are now open (through 1 March, 2024) at https://astronomy2024.org/. We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town!

Best wishes,
Samaya on behalf of the IAU Symposium 389 organising committee

Dawn VII meeting June 12-13, 2024 at UBC in Vancouver

Dawn VII, the next in the Dawn series of meetings addressing the future of the field of GW astrophysics with ground-based detectors, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia Wed-Thurs June 12-13, 2024.

This discussion-based workshop will focus on planning for upgrades to the LIGO detectors (in the 2030-2035 timeframe) and the next-generation Cosmic Explorer detectors, in the context of a global network of future ground-based detectors. This meeting should engage a broad representation of our global community to place plans for new detectors in the context of multi-messenger astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics, and astronomy.

In order to help us plan, please let us know if you are interested in attending Dawn VII: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyAdse3fZNxtUiBM9r2G413tCid__yHC7Zx7PjJenMdMSv-Q/viewform

We expect there will be space for ~150 attendees.

Thanks and best,

Jess McIver

David Shoemaker

Abstract Submission is Now Open for GWADW 2024

We are pleased to inform you that Abstract Submissions for the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW) is now open!

To submit your Abstract and Register for GWADW2024, please click on the following link: https://www.gwadw2024.org/registration-and-abstract-submission.html

Key Information:

Event Dates: May 12 to May 18, 2024
Early Bird Registration Available: Register now and take advantage of our early bird discount.

Please visit our website to find important information regarding the event, including details about the venue, accommodation options, and registration. Registration and abstract submission is open. You can stay updated via our website as we move forward with the program development after the abstract submission phase.

We look forward to your participation in the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop.

Bram Slagmolen and David Ottaway - on behalf of the GWADW scientific and local organising committees

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