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
    • Registration
      Convener: András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)
    • 1
      Introduction by András Kovács
      Speaker: András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)
    • 2
      Spatial Statistics - Istvan Szapudi

      Chair: I. Csabai

    • 3
      Talk by Gábor Rácz
    • 4
      Talk by Slađana Radinović
    • 5
      Talk by David Sanchez Cid
    • 15:30
      Coffee break
    • 6
      Talk by Rosa Malandrino
    • 7
      Talk by Nestor Arsenov
    • 8
      Talk by Nicola Principi
    • 9
      Euclid by Luigi Guzzo

      Chair: I. Horvath

    • 10
      Talk by Jose Ramon Bermejo-Climent
    • 11
      Talk by Sofia Contarini
    • 12
      Talk by Simone Sartori
    • 13
      Talk by Frode Hansen
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • 14
      AI vs Science (Panel I)

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

      Moderator: O. Lahav

    • 12:30
      Lunch break
    • 15
      KiDS, DESC 3x2pt by Marika Asgari

      Chair: M. Ghodsi Yengejeh

    • 16
      Talk by Susan Pyne
    • 17
      Talk by Conor O'Riordan
    • 18
      Talk by Gisela C. Camacho-Ciurana
    • 19
      Talk by Anjitha John William
    • 15:30
      Coffee break
    • 20
      Talk by Alejandro Pérez Fernández
    • 21
      Talk by Andrea Fiorilli
    • 22
      Talk by Amirmohammad Chegeni
    • 23
      Time-varying DE - Ofer Lahav

      Chair: M. Pérez Sar

    • 24
      Talk by Zsolt Bagoly
    • 25
      Talk by Istvan Horvath
    • 26
      Talk by Alexander Szalay
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • 27
      DarkMap - present & future (Panel II)

      L. Guzzo, M. Asgari, J. Peacock

      Moderator: I. Szapudi

    • 12:30
      Lunch break (+CONFERENCE PHOTO)
    • FREE AFTERNOON
    • Conference Dinner

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

    • 28
      CMB X-correlations by John Peacock

      Chair: Sofia Contarini

    • 29
      Talk by Mar Pérez Sar
    • 30
      Talk by Balázs Szigeti
    • 31
      Weak lensing by Zoltán Haiman
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • 32
      Proposals: ERC, MSCA, etc (Panel III)

      O. Lahav, Z. Haiman, G. Zaharijas

      Moderator: O. Hahn

    • 12:30
      Lunch break
    • 33
      Simulations by Oliver Hahn

      Chair: Gábor Rácz

    • 34
      Talk by Farbod Hassani
    • 35
      Talk by Benjamin Hertzsch
    • 36
      Talk by Kishan Deka
    • 37
      Talk by Mina Ghodsi Yengejeh
    • 15:30
      Coffee break
    • 38
      Talk by Abdolali Banihashemi
    • 39
      Talk by Alessandro Vadalà
    • 40
      Talk by Andrew Koshelkin
    • 41
      Talk by Khandro K Chokyi
    • Social Night at Konkoly Observatory
    • 42
      Dark matter by Gabrijela Zaharijas

      Chair: S. Pyne

    • 43
      Talk by Trystan Lambert
    • 44
      Talk by Anna Durkalec
    • 45
      Talk by Ahmad Al-badawi
    • 46
      Talk by Agata Wislocka
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • End of meeting: End