DarkMap - Mapping the Dark Universe

Europe/Budapest
Hotel Benczúr, Budapest

Hotel Benczúr, Budapest

Budapest, Benczúr utca 35, 1068
András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)
Description

Scientific program:

DarkMap will be a conference in Budapest about various topics in theoretical and observational cosmology, focusing on the physics of dark matter and dark energy. We will bring together early-career scientists and senior researchers and discuss how the state-of-the-art cosmic maps can be used to learn about cosmic history. 

During the conference, we will hear about novel methods that go beyond standard correlation function analyses, and we will also cover the latest simulation efforts to model standard as well as non-standard cosmological models. 

Confirmed speakers:

  • Zoltán Haiman (IST Austria)
  • Gabrijela Zaharijas (University of Nova Gorica)
  • John Peacock (University of Edinburgh)
  • Luigi Guzzo (Milan University)
  • Marika Asgari (Newcastle University)
  • Ofer Lahav (University College London)
  • István Szapudi (University of Hawaii)
  • Oliver Hahn (University of Vienna)
  • Alexander S. Szalay (Johns Hopkins University)

Registration details:

  • There is no registration fee for the meeting (including coffee breaks, lunches, and a conference dinner) courtesy of funding from Hungarian Mecenatúra Programme, under project MEC_SZ 149132.
  • The maximum capacity is approximately 50 participants.
  • The registration deadline for the conference is July 1st.
  • Selected speakers will be notified by the 15th of July at the latest

Local Organizing Committee:

Judit Nagy, Zsófia Fejes, András Kovács

Scientific Organizing Committee:

András Kovács, Mina Ghodsi Yengejeh, István Csabai

Participants
    • 13:00 14:00
      Registration
      Convener: András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)
    • 14:00 14:15
      Introduction by András Kovács 15m
      Speaker: András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)
    • 14:15 14:45
      Spatial Statistics - Istvan Szapudi 30m

      Chair: I. Csabai

    • 14:45 15:00
      Talk by Gábor Rácz 15m
    • 15:00 15:15
      Talk by Slađana Radinović 15m
    • 15:15 15:30
      Talk by David Sanchez Cid 15m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 16:15
      Talk by Rosa Malandrino 15m
    • 16:15 16:30
      Talk by Nestor Arsenov 15m
    • 16:30 16:45
      Talk by Nicola Principi 15m
    • 09:00 09:30
      Euclid by Luigi Guzzo 30m

      Chair: I. Horvath

    • 09:30 09:45
      Talk by Jose Ramon Bermejo-Climent 15m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Talk by Sofia Contarini 15m
    • 10:00 10:15
      Talk by Simone Sartori 15m
    • 10:15 10:30
      Talk by Frode Hansen 15m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      AI vs Science (Panel I) 1h 30m

      I. Csabai, I. Szapudi, A. S. Szalay

      Moderator: O. Lahav

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 14:30
      KiDS, DESC 3x2pt by Marika Asgari 30m

      Chair: M. Ghodsi Yengejeh

    • 14:30 14:45
      Talk by Susan Pyne 15m
    • 14:45 15:00
      Talk by Conor O'Riordan 15m
    • 15:00 15:15
      Talk by Gisela C. Camacho-Ciurana 15m
    • 15:15 15:30
      Talk by Anjitha John William 15m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 16:15
      Talk by Alejandro Pérez Fernández 15m
    • 16:15 16:30
      Talk by Andrea Fiorilli 15m
    • 16:30 16:45
      Talk by Amirmohammad Chegeni 15m
    • 09:00 09:30
      Time-varying DE - Ofer Lahav 30m

      Chair: M. Pérez Sar

    • 09:30 09:45
      Talk by Zsolt Bagoly 15m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Talk by Istvan Horvath 15m
    • 10:00 10:30
      Talk by Alexander Szalay 30m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      DarkMap - present & future (Panel II) 1h 30m

      L. Guzzo, M. Asgari, J. Peacock

      Moderator: I. Szapudi

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break (+CONFERENCE PHOTO) 1h 30m
    • 14:00 17:00
      FREE AFTERNOON
    • 20:00 22:00
      Conference Dinner

      Our social dinner will be held at VakVarjú Restaurant on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, starting at 8 PM.

    • 09:00 09:30
      CMB X-correlations by John Peacock 30m

      Chair: Sofia Contarini

    • 09:30 09:45
      Talk by Mar Pérez Sar 15m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Talk by Balázs Szigeti 15m
    • 10:00 10:30
      Weak lensing by Zoltán Haiman 30m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Proposals: ERC, MSCA, etc (Panel III) 1h 30m

      O. Lahav, Z. Haiman, G. Zaharijas

      Moderator: O. Hahn

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 14:30
      Simulations by Oliver Hahn 30m

      Chair: Gábor Rácz

    • 14:30 14:45
      Talk by Farbod Hassani 15m
    • 14:45 15:00
      Talk by Benjamin Hertzsch 15m
    • 15:00 15:15
      Talk by Kishan Deka 15m
    • 15:15 15:30
      Talk by Mina Ghodsi Yengejeh 15m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 16:15
      Talk by Abdolali Banihashemi 15m
    • 16:15 16:30
      Talk by Alessandro Vadalà 15m
    • 16:30 16:45
      Talk by Andrew Koshelkin 15m
    • 16:45 17:00
      Talk by Khandro K Chokyi 15m
    • 20:00 22:00
      Social Night at Konkoly Observatory
    • 09:00 09:30
      Dark matter by Gabrijela Zaharijas 30m

      Chair: S. Pyne

    • 09:30 09:45
      Talk by Trystan Lambert 15m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Talk by Anna Durkalec 15m
    • 10:00 10:15
      Talk by Ahmad Al-badawi 15m
    • 10:15 10:30
      Talk by Agata Wislocka 15m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 12:30 14:00
      End of meeting: End