LIGO Academic Advisory Committee (LAAC)

Useful LAAC material

• Educational Resources - related to gravitational waves and LIGO - aimed at students, postdocs, and educators

• Tutorials, recorded talks and presentations for new students and postdocs.

• Mentorship Program -- (some description)

• Undergraduate Resources - aimed at undergraduates associated with or interested in LIGO

• LIGO Student Fellowship Program - competitive fellowship to spend a year doing research at one of the LIGO observatories

For LVC meetings

• Student Poster Prize
• Tutorials
• Wiki page
• general info
• DCC agenda

Career with LVC

• Job and Fellowship Resources, including job listings plus advice on CVs, applications and recommendation letters
• The LIGO-LAAC page on LinkedIn. Here you can find job postings, or solicit advice for your job search
• Job and fellowship postings
• CV and job application guidance

Student records

• Thesis database -- list of students working on LIGO related projects. Advisors can add their students to the list.
• Past Ph.D. students list
• Help on managing current and past student listings in the thesis database

Other useful links

• GWoptics provides information and software related to gravitational wave detection, with a special focus on optics research.
• Technical resources (how-to documents, etc.) for new students and postdocs.

LAAC resources

• LAAC Meeting Minutes
• LAAC membership and charter

Under development

• Master's students list : Under development!
• Here (this page doesn't exist any more) you can find a general repository of introductory/pedagogical material about how gravitational wave detectors work and how data analysis is done;
• Gravitational waves course development

LAAC Projects

• Student Poster Prize at LVC meetings (and poster session logistics -- reference for LAAC members).
• Lessons learned / Planning for future LAAC sessions at LVC meetings (tutorials/retreat) - wiki link
• LAAC wiki
• Ph.D. thesis database (see Students record section above). Update reminder every ~6 months Example reminder update email
• Author credit issues
• Peer mentoring program
• Job and fellowship postings and CV and job application guidance
• Suggested: alumni tracking and networking

LAAC Web Utilities