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27 - 29 October 2017
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
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PROGRAM
Friday, October 27
1:30 |
Registration & Introductory Remarks |
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Session 1 (Chair:Nora Boyd) |
2:00 |
Sarah Shandera, Inferring Primordial Physics From Data in a Finite Universe (Commentator: Slobodan Perovic) |
2:45 |
Slobodan Perovic, [co-author Milan Cirkovic] Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (Commentator: Sarah Shandera) |
3:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 (Chair: John D. Norton) |
4:00 |
Barry Madore, Why Astrophysics is an Especially Special "Special Science" (Commentator: Jamee Elder) |
4:45 |
Jamee Elder, Modeling Black Hole Coalescence: Numerical Relativity and Ligo (Commentator: Barry Madore) |
Saturday, October 28
8:45 |
Breakfast |
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Session 3 (Chair:Siska De Baerdemaeker) |
9:15 |
Melissa Jacquart & Marja Seidel, Observing the Invisible Through Computer Simulation (Commentator: Genco Guralp) |
10:00 |
Genco Guralp, Using Data Models and Simulations in Testing Supernova Cosmology (Commentator: Melissa Jacquart) |
10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4 (Chair: John D. Norton) |
11:15 |
Sibylle Anderl, Data Reduction in Astronomical Interferometry - Data Models & Observational Undetermination(Commentator: Marja Seidel) |
12:00 |
Wahid Bhimji, [co-author Deborah Bard] Advanced Analytics in Astronomy (Commentator: Sybille Anderl) |
12:45 |
Lunch On Your Own |
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Session 5 (Chair: Nora Boyd) |
2:00 |
Keynote: Michela Massimi |
3:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 6 (Chair: Porter Williams) |
4:00 |
Bridget Falck, Simulating the Universe (Commentator: Helen Meskhidze) |
4:45 |
Helen Meskhidze, Simulationist's Regress in Laboratory Astrophysics (Commentator: Bridget Falck) |
Sunday, October 29
8:45 |
Breakfast |
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Session 7 (Chair:Yao-Yuan Mao) |
9:15 |
Matt Wiesner, Measurement Through Distortion: Gravitational Lensing as a Fundamental Tool of Cosmology (Commentator: Yann Bénetreau-Dupin) |
10:00 |
Yann Benétreau-Dupin, Simplicity and Unification in Cosmological Model Selection (Commentator: Matt Wiesner) |
10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 8 (Chair: Porter Williams) |
11:15 |
Rachel Mandelbaum, Weak Lensing: A Window Into the Dark Side of the Universe (Commentator: Casey McCoy) |
12:00 |
Casey McCoy, Model Independence in the Search for Dark Energy (Commentator: Rachel Mandelbaum) |
12:45 |
Lunch On Your Own |
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Session 9 (Chair: Siska De Baerdemaeker) |
2:00 |
Keynote: Wendy Freedman (via Skype) |
3:30 |
Adjourn |
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