Gravitational Wave Astronomy Northwest
at the LIGO Hanford Observatory
GWANW Student Workshop
Monday, June 27 (all times PDT)
LIGO Exploration Center (LExC) classroom and on Zoom
- 10:00 Welcome and introductions
- 10:15 GWA overview with Jenne Driggers
- 11:00 LIGO tutorial with Bruce Edelman, Adrian Helmling-Cornell, and Alan Knee
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:30 NANOGrav tutorial with Aaron Johnson, Nima Laal, and Jerry Sun
- 3:00 Coffee break
- 3:30 Machine Learning tutorial with Man Leong Chan
- 3:50 LISA tutorial with Jess McIver and Kyle Gersbach
- 4:30 GWA outreach opportunities with Amber Strunk
- 4:45 Summary and wrap-up
- 6:30 Board games and pizza at 2665 Kingsgate Way
Folder with 2022 workshop slides
Folder with 2021 workshop slides
GWANW Meeting
Tuesday, June 28: LIGO Exploration Center (LExC) and Zoom
- 9:00 Welcome
- 9:10 GW observatory status reports
- 10:30 GWANW group projects and challenges
- 12:00 Lunch
- 1:15 GWANW group projects and challenges
- 2:15 Coffee break
- 3:00 Student and Fellow talks
- 4:00 Outreach discussion
- 6:30 Group dinner
Wednesday, June 29: LIGO Exploration Center (LExC) and Zoom
- 9:00 Coffee
- 9:15 Tour
- 10:45 Science talks
- 12:00 Lunch
Suggested hotel: Home2 Suites in Richland
DETAILED AGENDA (all times PDT)
Tuesday, June 28: LIGO Exploration Center (LExC) and Zoom
- 9:00 Welcome
- Organizing Committee: Jeff Kissel, LHO
- GW observatory status reports
- 9:10 LISA status: Tuck Stebbins, NASA LISA Study Team [z]
- 9:30 NANOGrav status: Deborah Good , UConn [z]
- 9:50 LHO status: Elenna Capote, LHO
- 10:10 LVK status: Ray Frey, UO
- GWANW group projects and challenges
- 10:30 University of Washington Bothell: Joey Key
- 10:45 University of Washington: Michael Ross
- 11:00 Washington State University: Matt Duez [z]
- 11:15 Western Washington University: Svenja Fleischer
- 11:30 University of British Columbia: Jess McIver
- 12:00 Lunch
- GWANW group projects and challenges
- 1:30 University of Oregon: Ray Frey
- 1:45 Oregon State University: Xavi Siemens [z]
- 2:15 Coffee break
- Student and Fellow talks
- 3:00 New Insights into the Population Properties of CBCs with GWTC-3: Bruce Edelman, UO
- 3:15 Prospects for Observing Cosmic Strings in LIGO’s Fourth Observing Run: Adrian Helmling-Cornell, UO
- 3:30 A frequency-dependent optimal statistic for gravitational wave detection in pulsar timing arrays: Kyle Gersbach, Vanderbilt University
- 3:45 Implementation of homodyne interferometers for inertial rotation sensor: Jasmine Watt, UW
- Outreach discussion
- 4:00 LIGO Exploration Center (LExC)
- 4:15 International Gravity Outreach Group (IGrav)
- 4:30 Undergraduate research
- 6:30 Group dinner at Proof Pasco
Wednesday, June 29: LIGO Exploration Center (LExC) and Zoom
- 9:00 Coffee
- 9:15 Tour with Jeff Kissel
- Science talks
- 10:45 Black Hole Coagulation: Modeling Hierarchical Mergers – Sangeet Paul, UO [z]
- 11:00 Data Quality for Continuous Wave Searches: Toward O4 – Ansel Neunzert, UWB
- 11:15 Quiet Coatings: An Overview of Coatings Research at UBC – Kirsty Gardner, UBC
- 12:00 Lunch
LIGO DCC link to presentation slides
GWANW 2023 June 26-28 at LHO
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