BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//linuxsoftware.nz//NONSGML Joyous v1.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The GWverse and black-hole blues DTSTART:20210830T090000Z DTEND:20210830T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T225920Z UID:72e61732-8914-4447-87d6-63b9bf09fcdf SEQUENCE:7 CREATED:20210819T175522Z DESCRIPTION:In 2016\, a short time before the announcement of the first gr avitational-wave detection\, a cross-disciplinary initiative in Europe led to the establishment of the new CA16104 COST networking Action on Black h oles\, gravitational waves and fundamental physics (GWverse). GWverse\, c haired by Prof. Vitor Cardoso\, aims to maintain and consolidate leadershi p in black-hole physics and gravitational-wave science. The Action support s the training of the next generation of leaders in the field\, and the ve ry first “native” GW/multi-messenger astronomers\, ready to tackle the challenges of high-precision GW astronomy with ground and space-based det ectors.The fourth and final global meeting of the Action will be a hybrid meeting. The meeting will be remote (via Zoom)\, with its core programme t aking place in the afternoons\, from 30 Aug – 03 September 2021. However \, for those willing and able to be in Lisbon in person\, there will be ad ditional sessions in the morning in the wonderful Academy of Sciences of L isbon. A meeting of the Board of the Action is scheduled for the morning o f Aug 30.The first day of the meeting includes a public talk (at 16:00 PT) by well-known scientists Janna Levin (Columbia University) and Pedro G. F erreira (Oxford University). To join this public event\, please click htt ps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83173449837.Brief Bio of Janna Levin and Pedro G. F erreiraJanna Levin is the Tow Professor of physics and astronomy at Barnar d College of Columbia University. She has contributed to an understanding of black holes\, the cosmology of extra dimensions\, and gravitational wav es in the shape of spacetime. Among other prizes she has been named a Gugg enheim Fellow. She is also director of sciences at the cultural center Pio neer Works and the editor-in-chief of The Broadcast. Her previous books in clude How the Universe Got Its Spots and a novel\, A Madman Dreams of Turi ng Machines\, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize. Her book\, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space\, is the inside story on the discovery o f the century: the sound of spacetime ringing from the collision of two bl ack holes over a billion years ago. Her most recent book is Black Hole Sur vival Guide.Pedro G. Ferreira is Professor of Astrophysics at the Universi ty of Oxford. He studied and worked at Imperial College in London\, at the University of California at Berkeley and at CERN in Geneva. He has held v isiting positions at University of Edinburgh\, at the Albert Einstein Inst itute in Berlin and at Columbia University in New York. His area of expert ise is cosmology where he has pioneered research in the relic radiation le ft over from the Big Bang\, the nature of the dark Universe (such as dark matter and dark energy) and has led the way in studying alternatives to Ei nstein’s theory of General Relativity. He has published over 200 papers and has delivered over 100 talks at universities\, institutes and conferen ces all over Europe\, America\, Asia and Africa. Pedro has written extensi vely outside academia\, writing for Nature\, Science\, New Scientist\, Phy sics World\, Physics Today\, Scientific American\, Sky at Night\, CERN Cou rier\, BBC Focus\, The Guardian. His most recent book\, “The Perfect The ory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity” has b een published in over 20 countries and was shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Science Book Prize. LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T103520Z LOCATION:Academia de Ciências de Lisboa URL:http://df.vps.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/eventos/the-gwverse-and-black-hole -blues/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


In 2016\, a short time before the announcement of the firs t gravitational-wave detection\, a cross-disciplinary initiative in Europe led to the establishment of the new CA16104 COST networking Action on Black holes\, gravitational wav es and fundamental physics (GWverse). GWverse\, chaired by Prof. Vito r Cardoso\, aims to maintain and consolidate leadership in black-hole phys ics and gravitational-wave science. The Action supports the training of th e next generation of leaders in the field\, and the very first “native ” GW/multi-messenger astronomers\, ready to tackle the challenges of hig h-precision GW astronomy with ground and space-based detectors.


The fourth and final global meeting of the Action will be a hybrid meeting. The meeting will be remote (via Zoom)\, with its core programme taking place in the afternoons\, from 30 Aug – 03 Septem ber 2021. However\, for those willing and able to be in Lisbon in person\, there will be additional sessions in the morning in the wonderful Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. A meeting of the Board of the Action is scheduled for the morning of Aug 30.


The first day of the meeting includes a public talk (at 16:00 PT) by well-known scientists Janna Levin (Columbia University) and Pedro G. Ferreira (Oxford University ). To join this public event\, please click https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83173449837.



Brief Bio of Janna Levin and Pedro G. Ferreira

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