Coding The Cosmos:
Introduction to Gravitational Waves Summer Workshop
May 21 – 24, 2024
Institute for Multi-messenger Astrophysics and Cosmology
Physics Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO – 65401
Image credit: NASA
Join the exciting field of gravitational waves as LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA continue to search for compact object mergers during their fourth observing run. You will learn how gravitational waves are discovered and how you can use Python to do some Gravitational wave analysis!
This workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation’s “Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education” grant AST-2219212, in collaboration with Lincoln University.
Three Pillars
Python Programming
We will cover basic python syntax including scientific programming with numpy and visualization with matplotlib.
Gravitational Wave Theories
Understanding how gravitational waves are formed in the universe and how we can detect them.
Gravitational Wave Analysis
Understanding how LIGO data analysis works.
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Lecturers
Prof. Marco Cavaglià
Professor of Physics at Missouri S&T.
Dr. Yanyan Zheng
Research Scientist in the Physics Department of Missouri S&T.
Dr. Dripta Bhattacharjee
Post-doctoral researcher at LIGO-Hanford
Sushant Sharma Chaudhary
5th year Graduate Student (Currently working in LIGO-Livingston)
Dishari Malakar
2nd year Graduate Student in Physics at Missouri S&T.
Cole Rischbieter
2nd year Graduate Student in Physics at Missouri S&T
Charlie Winborn
1st year Graduate Student in Physics at Missouri S&T.
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