Workshop Schedule

Venue

The workshop will happen at Room 313 in Butler Carlton Hall (1401 N Pine St, Rolla, MO 65409, see the map below). 

Parking: you may readily find free spots along the nearby roads between 12th & 15th or Pine & Oak St.

Schedule

The schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Monday 20th May 2024

3 – 6 PMRegistration & Check in

Tuesday 21st May 2024

10:00 – 12:30 PMBasic Python Overview
(Hands-on: Tutorial 0)
Cole Rischbieter
12:30 – 2:00 PMLunch
2:00 – 2:45 PMOverview of Gravitational Waves
(Lecture)
Prof Marco Cavaglià
2:45 – 3:30 PMLIGO & Interferometers
(Lecture)
Dr. Dripta Bhattacharya (Online)
3:30 – 4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 – 5:30 PMIntroduction to LIGO data and analyses
(Lecture & Hands-on: Tutorial 1.1)
Charlie Winborn

Wednesday 22nd May 2024

9:00 – 10:30 AMGravitational waveforms and Generating them
(Lecture & Hands-on: Tutorial 2.1)
Dishari Malakar
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 PMSignal Processing: Introduction to matched filtering
(Lecture & hands-on: Tutorial 2.2)
Dishari Malakar
12:30 – 2:00 PMLunch
2:00 – 3:30 PMExtraction of GW signals in data
(hands-on: Tutorial 2.3, Tutorial 2.4)
Dishari Malakar
3:30 – 4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 – 5:30 PMIntroduction to Skymaps
(Lecture & hands-on: Tutorial 2.5)
Charlie Winborn
6:00 – 8:00 PMNetworking Dinner

Thursday 23rd May 2024

9:00 – 10:30 AMIntroduction to Parameter Estimation
(Lecture)
Dr. Yanyan Zheng
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 PMBILBY: The PE tool
(hands-on: Tutorial 3.1, Tutorial 3.2,
Tutorial 3.3)
Dr. Yanyan Zheng
12:30 – 2:00 PMLunch
2:00 – 3:30 PMFinding Signals Project : File
3:30 – 4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 – 5:30 PMFinding Signals Project

Friday 24th May 2024

9:00 – 10:00 AMOverview of different LIGO searches
(Lecture)
Sushant Sharma Chaudhury
10:00 – 10:30 AMGetting involved with LIGO
(Lecture)
Prof. Marco Cavaglià
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 PMApplication to Graduate Schools
(Lecture)
Dishari Malakar
12:30 PMConcluding remarks and Farewell lunch
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