hi cosmo-pl,

Four 2018 cosmo workshops/conferences + jobs (CMB postdoc; 12 PhD positions; cosmo professorship), courtesy of PNCG.

Cheers Boud

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:47:16 +0100 From: pncg

*Diffusion PNCG - n° 134 - 24 janvier 2018*

workshops:

1. Workshop on Frontiers in Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology, ICNFP 2018, 9-10 July 2018 (Kolymbari Crete)

2. Statistical Challenges in 21st century cosmology, 23-25 May (Valencia, Spain)

5. CosmoTools 2018, 23-27 April (Aachen, Germany)

6. PhD School "The Dark Side of the Universe", 18-23 June 2018 (GSSI L'aquila)

jobs:

7. postdoc position in CMB studies, Caltech (US)

8. PhD Grants, IFAE Barcelona

9. Portsmouth professorship

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *1. **Workshop on Frontiers in Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology, ****ICNFP 2018, **9-10 July 2018 (**Kolymbari Crete)*

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss and share new developments, experimental and theoretical, in Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology. https://indico.cern.ch/event/663474/page/12522-workshop-on-frontiers-in-grav...

It is part of the International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, which aims to promote scientific exchange and development of novel ideas in science with a particular accent in interdisciplinarity. The conference will bring together worldwide experts and promising young scientists working on experimental and theoretical aspects of particle, nuclear, heavy ion and astro-particle physics and cosmology, with colleagues from other disciplines, for example solid state physics, mathematics, mathematical physics, quantum optics and other.

The conference will be hosted in the Conference Center of the Orthodox Academy of Creta (OAC), an exceptionally beautiful location only a few meters from the mediteranean sea. Soon, information on lodging be available, as well as the registration will be open soon, but you can contact already by email the convenors to inform your intention to attend.

Soon information on lodging will be available, as well as the registration step, but you can already contact by email the convenors to inform on your intention to attend.

/transmis par Roland Triay/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *2. Statistical Challenges in 21st century cosmology, 23-25 May (Valencia, Spain)*

The third COSMO21 conference will be held in Valencia, Spain, May 23-25, 2018 http://cosmo21.cosmostat.org

Rationale: The dialogue between astronomers and statisticians during the last 20 years has been fruitful and has been the origin of a new discipline that is now widely called Astrostatistics. In addition to actual data challenges, the cosmological community is preparing big surveys such as LSST, Euclid and SKA. These examples highlight the big current role and even bigger future role of archival data in astrophysics research.

Keynote speakers • Cosmic Microwave Background Jo Dunkley (USA / Princeton) • Bayesian Methodology Jens Jasche (Germany / TUM) • Deep Learning Stephane Mallat (France / ENS) • Weak Lensing Rachel Mandelbaum (USA / Carnegie Mellon) • Gravitational Waves Samaya Nissanke (The Netherlands / Radboud University)

Invited speakers • Radio Survey Stefano Camera (Italy / Torino Univ) • Intensity Mapping Tzu-Ching Chang (USA / JPL) • Machine Learning Francois Lanusse (USA / CMU) • Bayesian Methodology Michelle Lochner (South Africa / AIMS) • Large scale structures Elisabeth Krause (USA / Stanford)

Topics • Cosmic Microwave Background, Weak lensing, Large scale structure, High redshift supernovae, Mapping high-z 21-cm radiation, Lyman-alpha forest, Gravitational waves • Astronomical discovery from overwhelmingly large datasets • Statistical methods used in astronomical data analysis, e.g.: Bayesian methods: evidence, model selection, multivariate classiYication and clustering; Sparsity: wavelets, compressive sampling; Machine learning

SOC: B. Basset, V. Charmandaris, E. Feigelson, A. Heavens, S. Ho, A. Krone-Martins, F. Le- clerq, V. Martinez, H. Peiris, V. Pettorino, E. Sellentin, D. Spergel, J.-L. Starck, L. Verde, Y. Zhang

ADA IX Summer School (http://ada9.cosmostat.org)

A summer school on Astronomical Data Analysis (ADAIX) will take place just before the conference (20-22 May), at the same venue and the COSMO21 registration includes the possibility to participate in the ADAIX Summer School. Three review talks and three tutorials will be given on Machine learning, Bayesian methodology and Sparsity.

Deadline for abstract submission: 16 February 2018 Deadline for early registration: 30 March 2018

/transmis par M. Tristram/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *5. CosmoTools 2018, 23-27 April (Aachen, Germany)*

We are very happy to announce the third edition of the CosmoTools School, taking place this time at RWTH Aachen, Germany, from the 23rd to the 27th of April 2018.

This school is designed to help young researchers understand and familiarise themselves with the black box of cosmology codes.

We would very much appreciate if you could circulate the announcement below to the students at your institute and to anyone else you might think could be interested. Also feel free to print the PDF poster below and display it in your institute. You can find all the relevant information below or at: https://indico.cern.ch/e/CosmoTools2018

Please note that the deadline for registration is the 15th of March.

Local Organising Committee: Julien Lesgourgues, Christian Fidler, Thejs Brinckmann, Deanna C. Hooper

/Transmis par J. Lesgourgues/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *6. PhD School "The Dark Side of the Universe", 18-23 June 2018* (*GSSI L'aquila)*

The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on “The Dark Side of the Universe”, to be held in L’Aquila, Italy, 18-22 June 2018, directed by A. Gregorio, B. Garilli and Y. Mellier.

The course is designed for PhD students and young post-doctoral researchers and will offer an overview of current knowledge of the content of the Universe with special regards to the unknown Dark Universe. The physical problems will be treated from the theoretical and experimental points on view. Special emphasis will be given to observations with space-borne instruments and the next generation ESA space mission: Euclid. The connection with the most important space missions of the past, present and future will be presented.

Applications are due before February 25th, 2018.

For more information visit http://www.cifs-isss.org/ or send an e-mail to ssc at aquila.infn.it

/Transmis par Anna Gregorio/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *7. postdoc position in CMB studies, Caltech (US)*

please forward to interested parties this ad for a postdoctoral position at Caltech in Cosmic Microwave Background studies. The ad officially opened today and has a nominal deadline of March 1, but applications will continue to be considered after that date until the position is filled.  Suggestions of strong candidates are welcome. The ad (copied below) is currently available at this URL:

http://www.pma.caltech.edu/content/postdoctoral-scholar-physics

and will be posted to the AAS job register, AcademicJobsOnline and InspireHEP in the next few days.

/Transmis par Lorenzo Moncelsi/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *8. PhD Grants, IFAE Barcelona*

"INPhINIT" predoctoral positions in Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, and Instrumentation R&D at IFAE Barcelona

The High Energy Physics Institute in Barcelona (IFAE-Barcelona) announces the opening of 12 predoctoral positions for outstanding young graduates interested in working towards a PhD thesis at IFAE. IFAE is one of the top research centers in Spain conducting experimental and theoretical research at the frontier of fundamental physics, as well as developing cutting-edge detector technology. IFAE is one of the few Spanish research institutes awarded with the Severo Ochoa distinction for excellence on research (recently renewed for the 2017-2021 period).

The PhD positions are offered in the following research areas:

• theoretical particle physics,     • experimental particle physics (ATLAS),     • experimental neutrino physics (T2K and WA105),     • astroparticle physics (MAGIC and CTA),     • observational cosmology (DES and PAU),     • instrumentation development (ATLAS upgrades and medical imaging)

These positions are funded by the “La Caixa” Foundation under the INPhINIT program, a doctoral fellowship program devoted to attracting international early-stage researchers to the top Spanish research centres in the areas of Bio and Health Sciences, Physics, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. INPhINIT relies on the European Commission’s support through the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - COFUND programme to recruit a larger number of researchers and achieve a broader impact, as well as to further pursue the highest standards for research training.

Interested candidates with an excellent CV and satisfying the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply online.

Programme description: https://obrasociallacaixa.org/en/educacion-becas/becas-de-posgrado/inphinit

Eligibility criteria and how to apply: https://obrasociallacaixa.org/en/educacion-becas/becas-de-posgrado/inphinit/...

The application deadline is February 1, 2018.

The publication of the results of the review process will take place on May 29, 2018.

General information about IFAE is available at http://www.ifae.es.

For any questions please visit the INPhINIT webpage above or contact IFAE’s Project Manager Marta Balza (mbalza at ifae.es).

/Transmis par Ramon Miquel/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *9. Portsmouth professorship*

ICG Portsmouth is advertising a new full professorship in cosmology

http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2018/01/professor-of-cosmology/

The position is advertised on the LSST-DESC Job Centre

https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/LSSTDESC/DESC+Job+Center

Portsmouth is an institutional member of LSSTC

/Transmis par Bob Nichol/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------