2023
The 33rd Midwest Relativity Meeting
Through November 18, 2023 ERC 161
The 33rd Midwest Relativity Meeting will be held at the University of Chicago on Nov. 17-18, 2023. The Midwest Relativity Meetings bring together researchers from across the Midwest and beyond to discuss a broad range of topics in gravitational physics, including cosmology, gravitational waves, numerical relativity, and quantum gravity. The primary focus of this meeting is on graduate students and postdocs, all of whom are encouraged to give talks. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by APS DGRAV, will be given for the best graduate student talk.
KICP seminar: Rahul Datta (UChicago)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Rahul Datta (UChicago) “Measuring the large angular scale CMB with CLASS”
A&A Colloquium: Robert Simcoe (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Robert Simcoe (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research) “The Emergence of Circumgalactic Heavy Elements in the First Gyr with JWST/EIGER”
Astro Tuesday: Meng-Xiang Lin (Penn) and Lucas Secco (UChicago)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Meng-Xiang Lin (Penn) “Dark Energy Tracking Modification of Structure Growth and the S8 tension” and Lucas Secco (UChicago) “Large Language Models for Physicists”
Open Group Seminar: Eltha Yu-Hsuan Teng (University of California San Diego)
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 517
Eltha Yu-Hsuan Teng (University of California San Diego) “Revealing the Drivers of CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Variation and its Impact on Star Formation Efficiency across Nearby Galaxies”
Open Group Seminar: Georgios Valogiannis (University of Chicago)
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 401
Georgios Valogiannis (University of Chicago) “Precise Cosmological Constraints from BOSS Galaxy Clustering with the Wavelet Scattering Transform”
KICP seminar: Zach Atkins (Princeton University)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Zach Atkins (Princeton University) “The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Map-Based Noise Modeling for DR6”
CANCELED - KICP Colloquium: Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology) “Numerical Relativity, Gravitational Waves and Astrophysics”
AI+Science Series: Aleksandra Ćiprijanović (Fermilab)
4:30–6:00 pm ERC 401
Aleksandra Ćiprijanović (Fermilab) “Bridging the Gap Between Astronomical Datasets: From Proof of Concept to AI Model Deployment with Domain Adaptation”
Astro Tuesday: Viraj Pandya (Columbia) and James Sullivan (Berkeley)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Please join us tomorrow (Tuesday Nov. 7) at *12pm* in the Hubble lounge for pizza and science. This week we have two visitors who will tell us about their work.