We are pleased to announce the second joint LIGO-Fermi workshop at Caltech in Pasadena, CA, March 14th & 15th. The focus of the workshop will be on topics of joint interest to both collaborations, including science enabled from coincident GRB/GW…
Category: DGRAV Announcements
GGR Achieved 3% of APS Membership
Dear GGR member, We are delighted to report that GGR’s membership has exceeded the threshold of 3% of the total APS membership. This means that we are now officially on the path to graduating from being a Topical Group to…
Postdoctoral Position at the AEI Hannover
We invite applications for a vacant Post-Doc position at the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI, Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) in Hannover in the “10m Prototype Interferometer Facility Group”. This facility offers a unique experimental environment for testing technologies for future…
New Position for Program Director at NSF
Dear Colleagues, I would like to announce the opening of a position at NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE). The position is for a permanent full-time Program Director and the ideal candidate will have expertise in physics, physics undergraduate education…
PhD Positions at Texas Tech University
There is a new gravity group at Texas Tech University (TTU): Professors Alessandra Corsi (started August 2014) and Benjamin Owen (starting January 2015) work on gravitational wave data analysis, and Owen also does theoretical work on sources of gravitational waves.…
ICTS-Simons Fellows Program at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore
The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) invites applications for the ICTS Simons Fellows Program. This program, funded by a targeted grant to ICTS by the Simons Foundation, is aimed at attracting world-leading young…
Aspen summer workshop on computation/systematics/inference for pulsar-timing arrays
Dear colleagues: This year, the summer program at the Aspen Center for Physics includes a four-week workshop (May 24-June 21) on “CSI PTA: Computation, Systematics, and Inference for Pulsar-Timing Arrays, and Beyond.” Applications to attend are due by January 31…
Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics
We would like to announce the next Workshop on Microphysics In Computational Relativistic Astrophysics MICRA 2015 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, August 17 – 21, 2015. http://compact-merger.astro.su.se/MICRA2015/ Please mark your calendars! MICRA is an interdisciplinary workshop that will bring…
Celebrate GR100 at the April Meeting
Dear GGR member, The upcoming APS April meeting (11-14 April 2015 in Baltimore) will have the Centennial of General Relativity as its major theme. Please help us celebrate by joining us in Baltimore! Registration and abstract submission are open. The Abstract…
Extreme Gravity Workshop in Bozeman, Montana, August 20th – 22nd 2015
Announcing the Extreme Gravity Workshop in Bozeman, Montana, August 20th – 22nd 2015 The eXtreme Gravity Institute at Montana State University will host a discussion workshop devoted to astrophysical systems where relativistic gravitational effects can not be ignored: * Neutron…