2 January 2008 : LIGO project sheds light on cosmic event with help from UWM [ More ]
12 November 2007 : Closing in on the origin of cosmic rays. [ More ]
09 October 2007 : Computer System Administrator for UNIX/Linux systems [ More ]
07 September 2007 : Postdoctoral positions with emphasis on LIGO software infrastructure [ More ]
14 August 2007 : Post-doctoral research position for the Einstein@Home project at UWM [ More ]
Posted by Patrick Brady on 2 January 2008
MILWAUKEE -- An analysis by the international LIGO (Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific
Collaboration, including University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)
scientists, has excluded one previously leading explanation for
the origin of an intense gamma-ray burst that occurred last
winter.
Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most violent and energetic
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Posted by Luis Anchordoqui on 12 November 2007
UWM Professor Luis Anchordoqui and the rest of the Pierre Auger Collaboration may have just solved one of the greatest mysteries of modern astrophysics - what is the origin of cosmic rays? Cosmic rays are particles of astounding energy that bombard the Earth from all direction in space. For decades, physicists have wondered what the source of these particles, with energies that can exceed 100 exa-EV (that's a 1 followed by 20 zeroes of electron volts), could be. The Pierre Auger Observatory, a collection of particle detectors covering 3000 square kilometers in Western Argentina, may have just provided ........ [ More ]Posted by Patrick Brady on 09 October 2007
The LIGO Group at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking an
energetic, dynamic and motivated Information Processing Consultant
(Computer System Administrator) for UNIX/Linux systems. The LIGO Group
is a premier research group providing computational and other services
to a large scientific collaboration. The successful candidate will
work as part of a team to maintain the hardware, software and services
on the group's workstations, servers, and computing cluster.
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Posted by Scott Koranda on 07 September 2007
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) group at UW-Milwaukee (http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/) is seeking to fill, as soon as possible, at least two postdoctoral positions with an emphasis on development and support of software infrastructure enabling LIGO data analysis efforts.
........ [ More ]Posted by Bruce Allen on 14 August 2007
The Einstein@Home Project (http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/) is seeking to
fill a post doc position at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
(http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu), starting as soon as possible.
Einstein@Home is a public distributed computing project that utilizes
compute cycles donated by the general public to analyze data collected
by the gravitational wave detectors of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
in search of continuous gravitational wave signals. The successful
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Posted by Bruce Allen on 13 August 2007
The Einstein@Home project (http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/) at the UWM
Physics Department (http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu) is seeking an
energetic, dynamic and motivated Information Processing Consultant
(Computer System Administratior) for UNIX/Linux systems. A central part
of this position will be to maintain the main Einstein@Home servers, set
up auxiliary data servers for host institutions, prepare and maintain,
insuring integrity, of the Project's input data and of the returned
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Posted by Patrick Brady on 02 October 2006
The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at the University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee invites applications for AT LEAST 6
postdoctoral research positions. At least three of these positions
will be new positions supported by an ongoing award program within
the University. The program is intended to strengthen and expand
our efforts in gravitational physics. The initial appointments are
for one year, with renewal for a second (and, in some cases, a
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Posted by Patrick Brady on 01 December 2005
UWM's Center for Gravitation and Cosmology is a very large and strong
gravity group, including faculty members Bruce Allen, Warren Anderson,
Patrick Brady, John Friedman, Leonard Parker, Alan Wiseman, and Jolien
Creighton; senior scientist Marialessandra Papa, six postdocs, and
about six graduate students. Listed below is our 3-year curriculum of
courses in gravitational physics, astrophysics, and quantum field
theory.
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Posted by Patrick Brady on 24 October 2004
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) are making great strides toward performing scientifically significant data analysis using Grid resources. LIGO is using the occasion of SC2004 to undertake a production analysis of data from its third science run (S3) searching for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars and black holes using Pegasus to manage the workflow. Scott Koranda (Univ. of WIsconsin-Milwaukee) is the central LIGO participant in this demo. Patrick Brady, Duncan Brown, Jolien Creighton, Stephen Fairhurst and Eirini Messaritaki (also from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) contributed the analysis software and workflow used in the Demo. Download the brochure [ PDF ] for more information about the Demo.
Press contact: Scott Koranda, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 414-229-5056, skorandaNO@SPAMuwm.edu
........ [ More ]Posted by Patrick Brady on 23 August 2004
MWRM-14 is being hosted by the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology in the Physics Department of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on October 15th - 16th 2004. The sessions will convene at the UCCE facility on the 7th floor of the Plankinton Building in downtown Milwaukee. UCCE is operated by the UWM School of Continuing Education.
........ [ More ]Posted by Patrick Brady on 09 April 2004
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will host the LIGO burst group meeting on Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 6-8, 2004. The meeting will start at 9:30AM on Thursday, May 6. We expect to wrap up the meeting on Saturday, May 8 at or about 2PM.
Teleconferencing information
........ [ More ]Posted by Patrick Brady on 24 November 2003
The 8th Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop (GWDAW-8) will be held from December 17th-to-20th, 2003, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop is an annual meeting devoted to data analysis for current and future gravitational wave detectors, studies of potential gravitational wave sources, and detector physics.
There will be a reception at the hotel on the evening of Tuesday December 16th. There will be a banquet at the hotel on the evening of Wednesday December 17th.
The workshop sessions will last three-and-one-half days, beginning at about 08:30 AM on Wednesday December 17th,
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