Organizing committees
Astro Colloquia MATs Journal Clubs Grad lunches Postdoc lunches Astrogazers
Prof Lina Necib, Nayanika Minghao Yue, Daniele Michili Prof Kiyoshi Masui, Kai-feng Chen, Ellie Rath, Xiaowei Ou, Kishalay De, Deep Chatterjee Emma Chickles, Chris Layden, Michael Reefe Vincent MacKay, Adam Lanman, Benjamin Schneider Megan Masterson, Dominika Durovcikova, Tri Nguyen

 

IAP 2024
Marlar lounge, #37-252/272
Date/Time Topic Presented by
Tuesday, 1/16/2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm		 A hands-on introduction to very simple GPU programming in Python Kevin Burdge
Tuesday, 1/16/2024
3:00pm – 4:00pm
To be rescheduled		 Structure of astrophysical jets unraveled: Theory and supporting observations Bruno Coppi
Thursday, 1/18/2024
noon – 12:30pm		 Roman warships in experiment: Reconstruction & sailing tests Hans Moritz Guenther
Thursday, 1/18/2024
12:45pm – 1:15pm		 How stars are born Hans Moritz Guenther
Thursday, 1/18/2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm		 LIGO – Listening to black holes
Lab tour		 Richard Mittleman & Benjamin Lane
Friday, 1/19/2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm		 X-ray polarimetry beamline
Lab tour – Due to restricted access to NE-83, meeting place will be in front of Mamaleh’s Delicatessen at 15 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Note: Anticipate a 10-15 minute walk each way from/to the main campus.		 Sarah Heine & Alan Garner
Friday, 1/19/2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm		 Anatomy of a cyclops – building an all-seeing ‘Eye of Sauron’ for a giant telescope that peers into the cosmos
Lab tour		 Gabor Furesz & Ace Metivier
Monday, 1/22/2024
11:00am – noon		 Aladin, Topcat, Vizier, Simbad, and other powerful tools for finding gems in big astronomical datasets Kevin Burdge
Tuesday, 1/23/2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm		 Amateur astronomy: Telescopes & accessories Ricky Leiserson & Paul Hsi
Wednesday, 1/24/2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm		 Searching for planets around distant stars
Lab tour		 Glen Petitpas
Thursday, 1/25/2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm		 An insider’s guide to observing with WINTER Nathan Lourie & Danielle Frostig
Tuesday, 1/30/2024
1:30pm – 3:00pm		 Generating interactive figures & displays for publications & websites Hans Moritz Guenther
Friday, 2/2/2024
3:00pm – 4:00pm		 eROSITA hackathon Kevin Burdge, Joheen Chakraborty, Erin Kara