Inaugural Conference Program
Thursday May 19, 2022
Zoom link: https://go.illinois.edu/ICASU
| Time (CT) | Sessions | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:50 a.m. |
Breakfast | |
| 8:50 - 9:00 a.m. |
Opening remarks | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Understanding the Glue that Binds Us All | Raju Venugopalan |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Simulating the Visible Universe | Martha Constantinou |
| 11:15 - 12:00 p.m. |
How Experimental Requirements Shape the Mathematics of the Laws of Physics | Christine Aidala |
| 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
Cosmic Birefringence: A New Probe of Dark Matter and Dark Energy | Eiichiro Komatsu |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. |
Searching for New Physics with Light | Roni Harnik |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Panel | Aida El-Khadra (chair) Chris Weaver Jessie Shelton |
POINT VR
Physics Outreach at Illinois through New Technologies (POINT) is an ICASU (Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe) project aimed at generating interest in physics for middle school and high school students through virtual reality (VR).
This project includes two major goals: incorporating VR headsets and existing science demonstrations into outreach programs and developing further simulations to explain fundamental physics (specifically gravity).
Sign up to try on a VR headset and experience the simulation we will be showing to students.
Friday May 20, 2022
Zoom link: https://go.illinois.edu/ICASU
| Time (CT) | Sessions | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Gravitational Waves as Probes of Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics and Gravity | Alessandra Buonanno |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Probing Strong Gravity with Gravitational Waves | Scott Hughes |
| 11:15 - 12:00 p.m. |
Extreme Gravity Signature of Beyond GR | Luis Lehner |
| 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
Poster session | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Panel | Helvi Witek (chair) Takahiro Tanaka Gil Holder |
POINT VR
Physics Outreach at Illinois through New Technologies (POINT) is an ICASU (Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe) project aimed at generating interest in physics for middle school and high school students through virtual reality (VR).
This project includes two major goals: incorporating VR headsets and existing science demonstrations into outreach programs and developing further simulations to explain fundamental physics (specifically gravity).
Sign up to try on a VR headset and experience the simulation we will be showing to students.
Saturday May 21, 2022
Zoom link: https://go.illinois.edu/ICASU
| Time (CT) | Sessions | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Computing the Cosmos | Jim Stone |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Simulations of Compact Binary Mergers: From Gravity to Particle and Nuclear Physics (A) | Elias Most |
| 11:15 - 12:00 p.m. |
Simulations of Compact Binary Mergers: From Gravity to Particle and Nuclear Physics (B) | Francois Foucart |
| 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
Simulations of Matter under Extreme Conditions | Claudia Ratti |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. |
Numerical Modeling of EHT Sgr A* Results | Charles Gammie |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Panel | Jaki Noronha-Hostler (chair) Sasha Philippov Charles Gammie |
POINT VR
Physics Outreach at Illinois through New Technologies (POINT) is an ICASU (Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe) project aimed at generating interest in physics for middle school and high school students through virtual reality (VR).
This project includes two major goals: incorporating VR headsets and existing science demonstrations into outreach programs and developing further simulations to explain fundamental physics (specifically gravity).
Sign up to try on a VR headset and experience the simulation we will be showing to students.