GW:UK@Nottingham
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University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Giles Hammond
(University of Glasgow),
Gregory Ashton
(University of Southampton),
Hong Qi
(Queen Mary University of London),
Krishnendu Naderivarium
(University of Birmingham),
Laura Sberna
(University of Nottingham),
Miguel Bezares
(University of Nottingham),
Sama Al-Shammari
(University of Cardiff),
Stephen Green
(University of Nottingham),
Thomas Sotiriou
(University of Nottingham)
Description
GW:UK@Nottingham is the first meeting of the GW:UK initiative (website). It will bring together researchers from across the UK involved in gravitational wave science to celebrate 10 years of gravitational wave discoveries (day 1) and to engage in community-building activities (day 2).
Due to the nature of this meeting, we will only offer in person participation. Some funding to cover accommodation and travel expenses for UK-based participants is available. There will be a number of slots available for contributed talks, including flash talks. We especially encourage early career researchers to apply for a slot.
To be considered for financial support and a contributed or flash
talk, please complete your registration by 16 December.
The meeting will be held in room B13 of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham.
Participants
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Registration 30m C14
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University of Nottingham
School of Physics and Astronomy -
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Welcome - Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham) 15m
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10 years of GW - Stephen Fairhust (Cardiff University) 45m
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Coffe Break 15m
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GW astrophysics and multimessenger - Fabio Antonini (Cardiff University) 30m
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Tests of GR - Michalis Agathos (QMUL) 30m
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Lunch 1h
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Machine Learning for Parameter Estimation 5mSpeaker: Sama Al-Shammari (Cardiff University)
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Residual neural likelihood estimation for gravitational wave parameter estimation 5mSpeaker: Mattia Emma (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Testing general relativity with black hole ringdowns 5mSpeaker: Lorenzo Pompili (University of Nottingham)
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Observability of eccentricity in a population of merging compact binaries 5mSpeaker: Mukesh Singh (Cardiff University)
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Calibrated uncertainty quantification for improved GW signal detection efficiency 5mSpeaker: Ann-Kristin Malz (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Gravitational Wave Probes of Dark Matter in Neutron Star Mergers 5mSpeaker: Dr Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)
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Tidal dissipation in binary neutron star mergers 5mSpeaker: Suprovo Ghosh (University of Southampton)
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Leveraging indirect observations about merging neutron star binaries 5mSpeaker: Nikhil Sarin (Cambridge University)
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Stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds from cosmic phase transitions 5mSpeaker: Dr Oliver Gould (University of Nottingham)
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Polarisation Singularities of Gravitational Waves. 5mSpeaker: Claire Rigouzzo (King's College London)
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Quasinormal modes from numerical relativity with Bayesian inference 5mSpeaker: Richard Dyer (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University)
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Accelerating parameter estimation for parameterized tests of general relativity with gravitational-wave observations 5mSpeaker: Dhruv Kumar (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
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Instrumentation - Ian Wilmut (RAL) 45m
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Coffe Break 15m
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Progress in GW cosmology - Tessa Baker (Portsmouth U.) 30m
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GW searches and parameter estimation - Michael Williams (Portsmouth U.) 30m
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Astrophysical implications of eccentricity in neutron star-black hole binaries 5mSpeaker: Isobel Romero-Shaw (Cardiff University)
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Accelerating Reduced-Order Quadrature Construction using Multi-Band Waveforms 5mSpeaker: Murdoc Newell (Queen Mary University of London)
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What can the future GW detectors tell us about the peak of star formation? 5mSpeaker: Divyajyoti . (Cardiff University)
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Corrections to the energy and angular momentum for eccentric orbits 5mSpeaker: David Trestini (University of Southampton)
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Rapid parameter estimation in minutes with physical insights from eccentric harmonics 5mSpeaker: Ben Patterson (Cardiff University)
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Extremal Black Hole Spectroscopy 5mSpeaker: Hongyi Wan (Queen Mary University of London)
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Analytic and numerical modeling of boson-star scattering 5mSpeaker: Ulrich Sperhake (University of Cambridge)
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Constraining the luminosity distance-redshift relation with GWs 5mSpeaker: Elena Colangeli (ICG - University of Portsmouth)
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Early Warning in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with Deep Learning. 5mSpeaker: Reem Alfaidi (University of Glasgow)
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The potential of hierarchical inference with extreme mass-ratio inspiral observations 5mSpeaker: Shahswat Singh (University of Glasgow)
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Fast, Faithful, and Future-Proof: Gravitational-Wave Inference at GPU Speed 5mSpeaker: Metha Prathaban (University of Cambridge)
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Gravity Spy: Building a Community of Citizen Scientists 5mSpeaker: Elizabeth Todd (University of Glasgow)
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Detecting Exoplanets beyond Local Super cluster with GW 5mSpeaker: Liming Zheng (Beijing Normal University, Cardiff Universtiy)
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An overview of Coatings and Core Optic research in Glasgow 5mSpeaker: Graeme McGhee
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Amorphous Alumina: a low absorption material for future detectors 5mSpeaker: Scott Fitzgerald (University of Glasgow)
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He-BAR: A Helium Bulk Acoustic Resonator for Gravitational Wave Detection 5mSpeaker: Sean Hibbitt (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Multifidelity Approach to Simulation-Based Inference in Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis 5m
Simulation-based inference (SBI) is opening new possibilities in gravitational-wave data analysis, including the use of computationally expensive simulators to generate waveforms. When simulators are computationally expensive, generating sufficient training data becomes challenging. Multifidelity methods combine the accuracy of high-fidelity (expensive and accurate) models with the computational efficiency of low-fidelity (fast and less accurate) models. This transfer learning approach makes inference tractable even with limited simulation budgets, potentially enabling analyses that would otherwise require prohibitive computational resources.
Speaker: Cecilia Fabbri (University of Nottingham)
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GW in the UK - Introduction 15m
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Parallel Panel discussions: ECR opportunities 1h 30m
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Parallel Panel discussions: Funding for GWs in the UK 1h 30m
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Coffe Break 15m
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Group introductions 1h
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Networking lunch 1h
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Community Building Exercise 1h
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Coffe Break 30m
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Independent Optical Calibration of Gravitational-Wave Detectors via Scattered Light Injection 5mSpeaker: Kushal Jain (Cardiff University)
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GW230814: black hole spectroscopy with a single detector binary black hole merger 5mSpeaker: Joshua Sharkey (University of Glasgow)
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Source Inference for Unmodelled Sources 5mSpeaker: James Neeson (Cardiff University)
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The High–Mass-Ratio Challenge in Gravitational-Wave Modelling 5mSpeaker: Parthapratim Mahapatra (Cardiff University)
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O4 EM Follow-up Observations with GOTO 5mSpeaker: Kendall Ackley (University of Warwick)
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Application of summary data for Simulation-based inference 5mSpeaker: Masaki Iwaya (Cardiff University)
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The Formation and Evolution of EMRIs in Accretion Discs 5mSpeaker: Jupiter Stevenson (University of Nottingham Gravity Group)
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Probing accelerating binary black hole coalescences with deep learning 5mSpeaker: Alexander Roussopoulos (University of Nottingham)
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Frequency contamination from new fundamental fields in black hole bringdowns 5mSpeaker: Jacopo Lestingi (University of Nottingham)
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Optimisation of thermal compensation systems in Gravitational wave detectors 5mSpeaker: Ruaraidh Dumbreck (Cardiff University)
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Stable black hole solutions with cosmological hair 5mSpeaker: Laurens Smulders (University College London)
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Wrap up 20m
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