MUSES 2026 Annual Workshop

11 May 2026, 09:00 → 13 May 2026, 17:30 US/Central

236 (UIUC Loomis Laboratory of Physics)

Claudia Ratti, Deanna Frye (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Jorge Jose Leite Noronha (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Nicolas Yunes, Veronica Dexheimer (Kent Stae University)

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88902347426

Monday 11 May

09:00 → 10:30 Morning 1: Morning session

09:00 Nico + Andrew Cyber. The past

What was the status before and how has it changed in terms of community organizing and cyberinfrastructure ? – little to no physics here.

Speakers: Prof. Nicolas Yunes, T. Andrew Manning (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA)

2026 MUSES meeting - Manning - CI review

2026 MUSES meeting - Manning - CI review.pdf

MUSES_overview_Yunes.key

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Morning 1: Morning Talks

11:00 Should we care about critical points?

Speaker: Rene Bellwied (University of Houston (US))

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Breakout Sessions

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 17:00 Morning 1: Afternoon Discussion

15:30 The MUSES User’s experience

Speaker: Joaquin Grefa

Tuesday 12 May

09:00 → 10:30 Morning 1: Morning Session

09:00 The Present

The present (modules) beta release + stuff done since (no or very, very little content about what we are doing next)

Speakers: Claudia Ratti, Prof. Veronica Dexheimer (Kent Stae University)

MUSES_2025.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Morning 1: Morning Talks

11:00 Recent NS discoveries we should care about

Speaker: Prof. Carl Haster (UNLV)

11:45 Discussion of Physics discoveries on NSs

Speakers: Dr Isaac Legred (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Mateus Reinke Pelicer (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Breakout Sessions: HIC Discussion+Breakout Session

13:30 Discussion on Physics discoveries on HIs

Speakers: Ms Isabella Danhoni, Micheal Kahangirwe (Kent State University)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 17:00 Morning 1: Afternoon Discussion

Wednesday 13 May

09:00 → 10:30 Morning 1: Morning Session

09:00 The future. What do we want to do next in terms of NS modules and HI modules? What are we still missing?

Speakers: Prof. Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Prof. Jorge Jose Leite Noronha (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Morning 1: Morning Talks

11:00 the final count down

Discussion on “the final count down” (all we want to discuss before the grant ends on Sept 1st, e.g. outreach to the community, training, online schools, physics?).

Speaker: Prof. Nicolas Yunes

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Breakout Sessions: Breakout Session

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 17:00 Morning 1: Afternoon Discussion

15:30 Discussion on the future of the Cyberinfrastructure. Burn it to the ground or preserve it?

Speakers: Mateus Reinke Pelicer (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Nikolas Cruz Camacho (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)