2023
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.
Open Group Seminar: Anya Nugent (Northwestern)
3:30–4:00 pm ERC 545
Anya Nugent (Northwestern) “Characterizing the Host Environments of Short GRBs: From the Ultra Faint to the Highest-Redshift”
KICP seminar: Tri Nguyen (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Tri Nguyen (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research) “Decoding Dark Matter through the lens of Machine Learning”
Dark Matter Day
5:00–9:00 pm Adler Planetarium
This year Dark Matter Day will be held at Adler Planetarium as part of the “Adler at Night” series on Wednesday, November 1st from 5PM-9PM. Adler at Night is free to Illinois residents!
KICP Colloquium: Keith Bechtol (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Keith Bechtol (University of Wisconsin-Madison) “Vera C. Rubin Observatory: from Commissioning to Cosmology”
Astro Tuesday: Mike Gladders
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Mike Gladders “COOL-LAMPS at Year Five: Strong Lensing Discovery by Chicago Undergraduates”