GW:UK@Nottingham
University of Nottingham
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.
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University of Nottingham
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Welcome - Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham)
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10 years of GW - Stephen Fairhust (Cardiff University)
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11:00
Coffe Break
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GW astrophysics and multimessenger - Fabio Antonini (Cardiff University)
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Tests of GR - Michalis Agathos (QMUL)
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12:15
Lunch
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Machine Learning for Parameter EstimationSpeaker: Sama Al-Shammari (Cardiff University)
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Residual neural likelihood estimation for gravitational wave parameter estimationSpeaker: Mattia Emma (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Testing general relativity with black hole ringdownsSpeaker: Lorenzo Pompili (University of Nottingham)
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Observability of eccentricity in a population of merging compact binariesSpeaker: Mukesh Singh (Cardiff University)
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Calibrated uncertainty quantification for improved GW signal detection efficiencySpeaker: Ann-Kristin Malz (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Gravitational Wave Probes of Dark Matter in Neutron Star MergersSpeaker: Dr Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)
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Tidal dissipation in binary neutron star mergersSpeaker: Suprovo Ghosh (University of Southampton)
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Leveraging indirect observations about merging neutron star binariesSpeaker: Nikhil Sarin (Cambridge University)
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Stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds from cosmic phase transitionsSpeaker: Dr Oliver Gould (University of Nottingham)
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Polarisation Singularities of Gravitational Waves.Speaker: Claire Rigouzzo (King's College London)
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Quasinormal modes from numerical relativity with Bayesian inferenceSpeaker: Richard Dyer (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University)
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Accelerating parameter estimation for parameterized tests of general relativity with gravitational-wave observationsSpeaker: Dhruv Kumar (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
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Instrumentation - Ian Wilmut (RAL)
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15:00
Coffe Break
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Progress in GW cosmology - Tessa Baker (Portsmouth U.)
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GW searches and parameter estimation - Michael Williams (Portsmouth U.)
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Astrophysical implications of eccentricity in neutron star-black hole binariesSpeaker: Isobel Romero-Shaw (Cardiff University)
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Accelerating Reduced-Order Quadrature Construction using Multi-Band WaveformsSpeaker: 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?Speaker: Divyajyoti . (Cardiff University)
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Corrections to the energy and angular momentum for eccentric orbitsSpeaker: David Trestini (University of Southampton)
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Rapid parameter estimation in minutes with physical insights from eccentric harmonicsSpeaker: Ben Patterson (Cardiff University)
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Extremal Black Hole SpectroscopySpeaker: Hongyi Wan (Queen Mary University of London)
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Analytic and numerical modeling of boson-star scatteringSpeaker: Ulrich Sperhake (University of Cambridge)
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Constraining the luminosity distance-redshift relation with GWsSpeaker: Elena Colangeli (ICG - University of Portsmouth)
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Early Warning in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with Deep Learning.Speaker: Reem Alfaidi (University of Glasgow)
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The potential of hierarchical inference with extreme mass-ratio inspiral observationsSpeaker: Shahswat Singh (University of Glasgow)
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Fast, Faithful, and Future-Proof: Gravitational-Wave Inference at GPU SpeedSpeaker: Metha Prathaban (University of Cambridge)
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Gravity Spy: Building a Community of Citizen ScientistsSpeaker: Elizabeth Todd (University of Glasgow)
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Detecting Exoplanets beyond Local Super cluster with GWSpeaker: Liming Zheng (Beijing Normal University, Cardiff Universtiy)
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An overview of Coatings and Core Optic research in GlasgowSpeaker: Graeme McGhee
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Amorphous Alumina: a low absorption material for future detectorsSpeaker: Scott Fitzgerald (University of Glasgow)
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He-BAR: A Helium Bulk Acoustic Resonator for Gravitational Wave DetectionSpeaker: Sean Hibbitt (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Multifidelity Approach to Simulation-Based Inference in Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis
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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09:30
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GW in the UK - Introduction
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Parallel Panel discussions: ECR opportunities
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Parallel Panel discussions: Funding for GWs in the UK
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11:15
Coffe Break
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Group introductions
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12:30
Networking lunch
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Community Building Exercise
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14:30
Coffe Break
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Independent Optical Calibration of Gravitational-Wave Detectors via Scattered Light InjectionSpeaker: Kushal Jain (Cardiff University)
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GW230814: black hole spectroscopy with a single detector binary black hole mergerSpeaker: Joshua Sharkey (University of Glasgow)
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Source Inference for Unmodelled SourcesSpeaker: James Neeson (Cardiff University)
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The High–Mass-Ratio Challenge in Gravitational-Wave ModellingSpeaker: Parthapratim Mahapatra (Cardiff University)
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Application of summary data for Simulation-based inferenceSpeaker: Masaki Iwaya (Cardiff University)
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The Formation and Evolution of EMRIs in Accretion DiscsSpeaker: Jupiter Stevenson (University of Nottingham Gravity Group)
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Probing accelerating binary black hole coalescences with deep learningSpeaker: Alexander Roussopoulos (University of Nottingham)
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Frequency contamination from new fundamental fields in black hole bringdownsSpeaker: Jacopo Lestingi (University of Nottingham)
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Optimisation of thermal compensation systems in Gravitational wave detectorsSpeaker: Ruaraidh Dumbreck (Cardiff University)
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Stable black hole solutions with cosmological hairSpeaker: Laurens Smulders (University College London)
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Wrap up
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