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Fast Machine Learning for Science Conference 2024, October 15-18 at Purdue University

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

Organising Committee:

  • Mia Liu (Chair)
  • Maria Dadarlat (Co-chair)
  • Andy Jung
  • Norbert Neumeister
  • Wei Xie
  • Paul Duffel
  • Haitong Li
  • Guang Ling
  • Eugenio Culurciello
  • Yong Chen
  • Alexandra Boltasseva
  • Laimei Nie

Scientific Committee:

  • Thea Aarrestad (ETH Zurich)
  • Javier Duarte (UCSD)
  • Phil Harris (MIT
  • Burt Holzman (Fermilab)
  • Scott Hauck (U. Washington)
  • Shih-Chieh Hsu (U. Washington)
  • Sergo Jindariani (Fermilab)
  • Mia Liu (Purdue University)
  • Allison McCarn Deiana (Southern Methodist University)
  • Mark Neubauer (U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Jennifer Ngadiuba (Fermilab)
  • Maurizio Pierini (CERN)
  • Sioni Summers (CERN)
  • Alex Tapper (Imperial College)
  • Nhan Tran (Fermilab)
  • Verena Martinez Outschoorn (UMass Amherst)

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LISA Data Generation and Analysis Workshop, Oktober 7-10 2024, Online

The LISA Consortium’s Simulation and LDC Groups are happy to invite you to the LISA Data Generation and Analysis Workshop, which will take place online October 7-10 2024. It is aimed at beginners to LISA data analysis (with hands-on getting-started sessions), as well as more expert individuals who want to learn more (with in-depth sessions on simulation and analysis of sources of various types).

Hands-on tutorial sessions on how to generate simulated datasets (similar to LDC datasets) and run parameter estimation on them. It will include 101-level sessions, as well as more in-depth sessions. The end-goal is to work towards including multiple types of sources in the mini-global fit pipeline.

The workshop will cover 4 sessions (European afternoons, North-American mornings), including

A 4-hour “getting started” hands-on tutorial, where we will generate of a simple LDC-like dataset with realistic instrumental noise and one MBHB signal, then run an MCMC on it to recover the source parameters. A 3-hour “in-depth simulation” hands-on tutorial, where the parametrization of the instrumental noise and various effects (such as nonstationary noise and data artifcats) will be demonstrated, as well as realistic time-domain EMRI, Galactic binary ensemble, and SGWB signals. Two 3-hour “in-depth analysis” hands-on tutorials, where a mini-global fit will be constructed, including inference for a Galactic binary population, MHBHs, and instrument noise.

This workshop is open to all. However, some tools might have restricted access to LISA Consortium associated or full members.

The workshop is organized by the junior chairs of the LISA Consortium Simulation Expert Group and the LISA Data Challenge Working Group. Many thanks to the speakers, who agreed to help with the organization of the tutorials, and in particular:

  • Jean-Baptiste Bayle (University of Glasgow)
  • Quentin Baghi (APC)
  • Eleonora Castelli (NASA GSFC)
  • Natalia Korsakova (APC)
  • Christian Chapman-Bird (University of Glasgow)
  • Henri Inchauspé (Universität Heidelberg)
  • Martin Staab (Observatoire de Paris)
  • Maude Le Jeune (APC)
  • Michael Katz (NASA Marshall)
  • Nikolaos Karnesis (AUTh)
  • Olaf Hartwig (AEI Hannover)
  • Senwen Deng (APC)
  • Sylvain Marsat (L2I Toulouse)

Workshop Website

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New Frontiers in NR 2025 – July 21-25 2025 at University of Balearic Islands

In the history of numerical (or computational) general relativity, the “Frontiers” meeting in 1988 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA), played a pivotal role in establishing numerical relativity as a major topic in computational physics and simulation science. The “New Frontiers” meeting in 2006 at the AEI Potsdam convened following major breakthroughs in numerical simulations of binary systems. The most recent “Frontiers 2022” conference was instrumental in assessing the state-of-the-art and identifying future directions in numerical relativity. The upcoming “New Frontiers 2025: past, current and future challenges in Numerical Relativity” will emphasize the significant theoretical and computational challenges ahead, not only in understanding the observations of gravitational waves and electromagnetic counterparts but also in comprehending the nature of gravity at a more fundamental level. Reflecting on past adversities and how our community overcame them may guide us in current and future endeavors.

Main topics:

  • Mathematical foundations
  • Numerical methods for the Einstein and the radiation MHD equations
  • High performance computing
  • Astrophysics (binary mergers, gravitational waves, electromagnetic counterparts,…)
  • Beyond current astrophysics and general relativity

The meeting will take place at the University of the Balearic Islands starting on July 21st and ending on July 25th, 2025. There is no registration fee.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

  • M.Bezares (University of Nottingham)
  • C.Bona (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
  • B.Bruegmann (University of Jena)
  • K.Clough (Queen Mary University of London)
  • J.A.Font (Universitat de València)
  • S.Husa (ICE-CSIC)
  • L.Lehner (Perimeter Institute)
  • C.Palenzuela (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
  • M.Shibata (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)

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NEOSGrav2024, October 1-4, Goa, India

The international conference on Neutron star Equation of State and Gravitational Waves (NEOSGrav2024) shall take place in Goa, India during 01 - 04 October 2024. It is being organized by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.

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.
Date: October 01 – 04, 2024

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Debarati Chatterjee (Chair) — IUCAA, Pune, India Prof. Dipankar Bhattacharya — Ashoka University, India Prof. Sukanta Bose — Washington State University, USA Prayush Kumar — ICTS, Bengaluru, India

Local Organizing Committee:

Debarati Chatterjee (IUCAA) M. S. Sahasrabudhe (IUCAA) S. Samuel (IUCAA) Yogesh Thakare (IUCAA) Kinjal Banerjee (BITS Pilani, Goa) Tarun Kumar Jha (BITS Pilani, Goa) Reshma Raut Dessai (Goa University) Ananthraman S.V. (Ashoka University)

IUCAA Advisory Committee:

Durgesh Tripathi — IUCAA, Pune, India Ranjeev Mishra — IUCAA, Pune, India

For any queries: Please write email to – neosgrav2024(at)iucaa.in

Conference Website

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GRASS Trento, September 30th – October 2nd 2024

The GRAvitational - wave Science&technology Symposia (GRASS) are a series of meetings held in Padova and Trento and aimed at exploring the panorama of gravitational-wave related experimental science beyond the next decade; special emphasis is given to 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.

The GRASS 2024 edition 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.

Attendance to the conference will be in person only. No video streaming of the conference is forseen at this time.

Meeting Website

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Challenges and future perspectives in gravitational- wave astronomy: O4 and beyond, October 14-18, Leiden, NL

This workshop will foster an interdisciplinary discussion about how ongoing and future observations of gravitational and electromagnetic waves can be used to shed light on the physics of compact-object formation and evolution.

We will bring together experts on:

  • (i) parameter estimation from gravitational-wave data;
  • (ii) astrophysical modeling of gravitational-wave sources and their electromagnetic counterparts; and
  • (iii) gravitational-wave “data mining”.

This meeting will bring together astronomers and gravitational-wave scientists whose current research covers these three topics. The key questions we aim to address in the meeting are:

  • how can gravitational-wave parameter estimation be integrated with other forms of astronomy to gain a more comprehensive understanding of compact-object mergers?
  • How can gravitational-wave data help us understand the astrophysical processes and environments involved?
  • What improvements are required for stellar/binary evolution models, cluster dynamics, and galactic nuclei for a meaningful comparison to the data?
  • How can we use modern statistical tools to maximize the astrophysical information extracted from the gravitational-wave data?

This workshop accepts applicants! Application dadline: 21st of July 2024.

Workshop Website

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Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR) Gravitational Waves PhD School, November 4-8 2024 at KU Leuven

The aim of the EMR GW PhD School is to provide beginning PhD students, primarily from the EMR countries (Belgium - Netherlands - Germany), with courses on all aspects of gravitational waves, and in particular in the context of the future Einstein Telescope and the space mission LISA.

Over the course of a week (Mon morning to Fri afternoon), the students will follow six courses taught by distinguished lecturers, with two topics each in theory, data analysis, and instrumentation.

Last but not least, participants get to meet their fellow students from the neighboring institutes and countries, who will be their peers and colleagues throughout (and possibly beyond) their PhD studies working on gravitational wave physics.
Students will have the opportunity to present their own work or research topic to each other in a brief, informal presentation (on Thursday). Thursday evening there will also be a social activity organized.

The target audience of this school is beginning PhD students (first or second year) and advanced Master students. Other young (or less young) researchers wanting to get acquainted with gravitational wave physics are also welcome to apply.

Students from all over the world are welcome to apply, although precedence will be given to students from the EMR region countries (Belgium – Netherlands – Germany)

Participation in the school is free, but participants are responsible for their own accommodation and local expenses. (Accommodations can be booked through the local organizers by indicating this on the application form.) Coffee breaks and lunch are provided for registered participants.

The lecturers and courses for this year are:

  • (Theory) Maarten van de Meent (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen): “The Relativistic Two-Body Problem”
  • (Theory) Sébastien Clesse (Université Libre Bruxelles): “Cosmology with Gravitational Waves”
  • (Data analysis) Gregorio Carullo (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen/University of Birmingham): “Logic with incomplete information: data analysis foundations, and applications to gravitational-waves observations”
  • (Data analysis) Henri Inchauspé (Universität Heidelberg / KU Leuven): “Data analysis for LISA”
  • (Instrumentation) Joseph Martino (APC): “LISA Constellation Performance and Noise Budget”
  • (Instrumentation) Joris van Heijningen (Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam/Nikhef): “How to create a freely falling test mass?”

Local scientific organizing commitee:

  • Thomas Hertog
  • Tjonnie Li
  • Daniel Mayerson
  • Jonathan Menu

School Website

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NEOSGrav2024, October 1-4, Pune

The international conference on Neutron star Equation of State and Gravitational Waves (NEOSGrav2024) shall take place in Goa, India during 01 - 04 October 2024. It is being organized by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.

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:

  1. Fundamental Physics from Neutron stars
  2. Constraining Neutron Star EoS with Electromagnetic observations
  3. Constraining Neutron Star EoS with Gravitational waves
  4. 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.
Date: October 01 – 04, 2024

Scientific Organizing Committee:
Debarati Chatterjee (Chair) — IUCAA, Pune, India
Prof. Dipankar Bhattacharya — Ashoka University, India
Prof. Sukanta Bose — Washington State University, USA
Prayush Kumar — ICTS, Bengaluru, India

Local Organizing Committee:
Debarati Chatterjee (IUCAA)
M. S. Sahasrabudhe (IUCAA)
S. Samuel (IUCAA)
Yogesh Thakare (IUCAA)
Kinjal Banerjee (BITS Pilani, Goa)
Tarun Kumar Jha (BITS Pilani, Goa)
Reshma Raut Dessai (Goa University)
Ananthraman S.V. (Ashoka University)

IUCAA Advisory Committee:
Durgesh Tripathi — IUCAA, Pune, India
Ranjeev Mishra — IUCAA, Pune, India

For any queries: Please write email to – neosgrav2024(at)iucaa.in

Conference Website

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GR24 & Amaldi16, July 14-18, 2025, Glasgow

Welcome to the joint GR24 and Amaldi16 meeting to be held in Scotland, July 2025.

The International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation is organised every three years under the guidance of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. It is the principal international meeting for scientists working in all areas of relativity and gravitation.

The Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves is organised every two years under the guidance of the Gravitational Wave International Committee. It is the principal international meeting for scientists working in all areas of gravitational-wave science.

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, bringing together experts from across classical and quantum gravity, mathematical and applied relativity, gravitational-wave instrumentation and data-analysis, and multimessenger astronomy.

The GR24–Amaldi Meeting will be held as a primarily in-person event at the Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow. 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.

Key Dates

  • Call for abstracts: 8 November 2024
  • Abstract submission deadline: 21 March 2025
  • Early registration deadline: 9 May 2025
  • Registration deadline: 29 June 2025

Conference Website