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Talks Schedule

2026

Thursday, Jan 29, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • Erick Franklin (UNICAMP) TBC
    • Mary Baaru (Kenyatta University) TBC
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 01:00PM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Wai Ling (Kimmy) Wu (Caltech) New CMB lensing measurements from SPT-3G
    • Gerrit Farren (LBNL) Challenges and advances in testing systematics in CMB lensing cross-correlation analyses
  • Simons Amphitheater 02:00PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Hong Liu (MIT) "Filtering" CFTs at large N: Euclidean Wormholes, Closed Universes, and Black Hole Interiors

2026

Monday, Jan 26, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • TBC (TBC) Townhall SEG: introduction & consolidation of open questions
  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Mat Johnson (Perimeter) new participants - presentation
    • Colin Hill (Columbia U.), Simone Ferraro (LBL) Secondary CMB anisotropies overview

2026

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • Raisa Achiriloaie (University of Pennsylvania) TBC
    • Evelyn Sun (University of Pennsylvania) TBC
    • Nandish Vora (University of Pennsylvania) TBC
  • Broida 3302 12:30PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Don Marolf (UCSB) The Gravitational Path Integral and Axion Wormholes, Part II
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Mat Madhavacheril (Penn) Tutorial: ACT and SO data
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 03:30PM Physics Colloquium

    • 60 Seconds of Physics: A Snapshot of Research in Our Department. Speakers: Faculty, Postdocs, and Graduate Students in UCSB Physics

2026

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • John Shaw (University of Arkansas) TBC
    • Eckart Meiburg (UCSB) TBC
  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Kendrick Smith (Perimeter) Overview of KSZ and higher-point statistics
    • Adam Lidz (Penn) Squared-Field Cross-Correlations: Reionization-Era kSZ and Faraday Rotation Tomography

2026

Thursday, Jan 29, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • Erick Franklin (UNICAMP) TBC
    • Mary Baaru (Kenyatta University) TBC
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 01:00PM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Wai Ling (Kimmy) Wu (Caltech) New CMB lensing measurements from SPT-3G
    • Gerrit Farren (LBNL) Challenges and advances in testing systematics in CMB lensing cross-correlation analyses
  • Simons Amphitheater 02:00PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Hong Liu (MIT) "Filtering" CFTs at large N: Euclidean Wormholes, Closed Universes, and Black Hole Interiors

2026

Friday, Jan 30, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Soft Earth Geophysics

    • TBC (TBC) Townhall SEG: summary of break-out groups of this week, and scoping for next week
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 10:30AM Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys

    • Selim Hotinli (Perimeter), Matthew Johnson (York Univ.), Sophia Singh (USC) Lead discussion

2026

Saturday, Jan 31, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Feb 01, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Monday, Feb 02, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 08:50AM New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (Conference)
    Schedule Available Online
    • Tzu Ching Chang (JPL) - Survey of Modern Surveys - I
    • Mark Bowick (KITP) Welcome
    • Simone Ferraro (LBNL) The Next Decade of Cross-Correlations: Mapping the Future of CMB and LSS Science
    • Yuuki Omori (U. Chicago) Probing the Late-Time Universe with the South Pole Telescope: Secondary Anisotropies and Lensing Cross-Correlations

2026

Wednesday, Feb 04, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (Conference)
    Schedule Available Online
    • Elena Pierpaoli (USC) - Successes and Opportunities in Cross-Correlations - I
    • Alex Krolewski (Univ. of Waterloo) Mapping the History of Cosmic Structure Growth with CMB Lensing Cross-Correlations
    • Selim Hotinli (Perimeter Inst.) Cosmology and Astrophysics from kSZ Tomography at the Current Frontier

2026

Thursday, Feb 05, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (Conference)
    Schedule Available Online
    • Stefano Borgani (Univ. of Trieste) - Modeling Challenges for Cross-correlation - I
    • Joop Schaye (Leiden Obs.) Baryonic Effects from Simulations
    • William Mc Donald (Leiden Univ.) The FLAMINGO Project: Exploring the X-ray–Cosmic Shear Cross-Correlation as a Probe of Large-Scale Structure
    • Lurdes Ondaro Mallea (Cambridge) Towards Accurate Modelling of the Stacked kSZ Signal
    • Frank Qu (Stanford) Probing Baryonic Feedback and Gas Thermodynamics via the Kinetic SZ Effect: New Measurements from ACT DR6 × DESI LRGs

2026

Friday, Feb 06, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (Conference)
    Schedule Available Online
    • Kendrick Smith (Perimeter Inst.) - New Opportunities in Multi-Probe Cosmology - I
    • Junwu Huang (Perimeter Inst.), Vikram Ravi (Caltech) Beyond Standard Model Secondaries
    • Oliver Philcox (Stanford) Inflation from CMB & LSS
    • Nickolas Kokron (IAS) Local Primordial Non-Gaussianity from ‘zero-bias’ 21cm Radiation during Reionization
    • Suroor Seher Gandhi (Perimeter Inst.) Measuring Cosmic Bulk Flow with kSZ Velocity Reconstruction

2026

Saturday, Feb 07, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Feb 08, 2026

No talks scheduled.

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