MUSES 2026 Annual Workshop

Session

Morning 1

11 May 2026, 09:00

236 (UIUC Loomis Laboratory of Physics)

1. Nico + Andrew Cyber. The past

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

11/05/2026, 09:00

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

6. Should we care about critical points?

Rene Bellwied (University of Houston (US))

11/05/2026, 11:00

4. The MUSES User’s experience

Joaquin Grefa

11/05/2026, 15:30

5. The Present

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

12/05/2026, 09:00

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

2. Recent NS discoveries we should care about

Prof. Carl Haster (UNLV)

12/05/2026, 11:00

3. Discussion of Physics discoveries on NSs

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

12/05/2026, 11:45

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

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

13/05/2026, 09:00

10. the final count down

Prof. Nicolas Yunes

13/05/2026, 11:00

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?).

8. Discussion on the future of the Cyberinfrastructure. Burn it to the ground or preserve it?

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

13/05/2026, 15:30