Talks

Last updated: July 12, 2014

Invited/solicited conference talks, seminars, colloquia

Date	Venue and Title
2014-07-14 G1400753	Seminar, U. of Rome La Sapienza Astrophysics with Gravitational Wave Transients
2014-06-17	GW-GRB worskshop, Chicheley Hall, Milton Keys UK Preparing for first joint observations
2014-05-21	Seminar, University of Birmingham Solar Neutrino Detection with Borexino
2014-05-14 G1400527	Seminar, Glasgow University Astrophysics with Gravitational Wave Bursts
2014-04-22 G1400168	Sant Cugat Forum on Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Barcelona, Spain Astrophysics with 2nd Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
2014-04-07 G1400003	APS April Meeting Savannah, Georgia Gravitational Wave Observations Expected from the Transient Gravitational Wave Sky
2014-01-23	Colloquium, School of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia Institute of Technology Opening a Window on the Gravitational Wave Transient Sky
2013-12-19 G1301223	GWPAW 2013 Pune, India Probing the Gravitational Wave Transient Sky in the Advanced Detector Era
2013-10-03 G1301119	Colloquium, UMass Astronomy Department Progress towards gravitational wave astronomy
2013-05-22 G1300628	GW Science Workshop, South Padre, TX Searching for GW Transients without (Accurate) Templates
2012-07-30 G1200747	Rattle and Shine, KITP, Santa Barbara CA Gravitational-wave Triggers and Electromagnetic Follow-up in the Advanced Detector Era
2012-06-01 G1200594	CIPANP 2012, St. Petesburg FL Status and Future of the Quest for Gravitational Waves
2012-05-29	Gravitational Wave Bursts Workshop 2012, Tobermory Scotland Data Analysis and Instrumentation: Mano a Mano

Date	Venue	Title
2012/05/15 G1200557	7th Sackler Conference in Theoretical Astrophysics, Harvard University	Testing GR with Gravitational Waves from Ground-Based Interferometers and EM Signatures
2012/04/11 G1200402	Colloquium, KICP/U. of Chicago	Probing the Transient Universe with Gravitational Waves
2011/11/10	Colloquium, Clemson University	Neutrino Probes and New Results  from the Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment
2011/10/14	Seminar, UMass Physics Department	New Results from the Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment
2011/10/05	Colloquium, UMass Physics Department	Listening to the Transient Universe with Gravitational Waves
2011/09/05 G1100602	TAUP 2011, Munich, Germany	Past and Future in the Quest for Gravitational Wave Transients
2011/07/25	PANIC 2011, Cambridge MA	New Solar Neutrino Measurements in Borexino
2011/07/21	Colloquium, Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket MA	Probing the Transient Universe with Gravitational Waves
2011/07/20	Public Lecture, Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket MA	Gravitational Waves: Einstein’s Messengers from Warping Spacetime
2011/05/16 G1100423	GRBs as Probes 2011, Como, Italy	Searches for Gravitational Waves associated with Gamma Ray Bursts using ground-based laser interferometer detectors
2011/04/14 G1100433	Colloquium, Harvard CfA	Probing the Transient Universe with Gravitational Waves: Status and Prospects
2010/10/08 G1000966	Gravitational Physics PI Mini-Symposium at NSF	News on the Hunt for Gravitational Waves
2010/07/09 G1000672	GR19, Mexico City, MX	Numerical Relativity Waveforms and Searches for Gravitational Wave Signatures
2010/02/24 G1000090	Colloquium, Duke University	Gravitational wave bursts and multimessenger astrophysics
2010/01/19 G1000027	Seminar, RIT Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester NY	Template-less Searches for Gravitational Wave Bursts and Astrophysical Signatures
2009/11/10 G0900989	Seminar, Case Western Reserve U.	Gravitational Waves, Laser Interferometers and Multimessenger Astrophysics
2009/10/29 G0900926	Colloquium, UMass Astronomy Dept.	Listening to Gravitational Wave Echos from the Universe
2009/10/08	NNN09 Estes Park, Colorado	Solar Neutrino Measurements with Borexino
2009/09/14 G0900464	First MCCQG Kolymbari, Crete, Greece	Laser Interferometers, Gravitational Waves and Echos from the Universe
2009/06/18 G0900546	Probing Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves, Penn State U.	Searching for Binary Neutron Star Coalescences in LIGO
2009/05/20 G0900443	Multi Messenger Relativistic Astrophysics 2009 Atlanta, GA	All sky searches for Gravitational Wave transients
2009/05/04 G0900379	APS April meeting Denver, CO	Gamma Ray Burst Observations with LIGO
2009/04/17 G0900352	Seminar: joint LIGO/TAPIR, Caltech, Pasadena CA	Gravitational wave un-modeled searches and astrophysical signatures
2009/04/04 G0900284	Neutron Stars and Gamma Ray Bursts Alexandria, Egypt	Gamma Ray Burst Observations with LIGO
2009/02/27 G0900088	Colloquium, Williams College	LIGO and its progress towards gravitational wave astronomy
2008/08/13 G080564	NRDA 2008 Aug 11-14 Syracuse NY	The NINJA project
2008/07/21	Lecture, Princeton-LNGS summer school for high school students	What are Gravitational Waves and how can we detect them
2008/05/07 G080286	Colloquium, UMass Amherst	Gravitational Waves and LIGO: a new Probe into the Universe
2008/04/23 G080252	Colloquium, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab	LIGO: a journey towards gravitational wave astronomy
2008/01/31 G080026	Colloquium, Amherst College	Gravitational Waves and LIGO: a new Probe into the Universe
2007/07/04 G070458	Colloquium, INFN Legnaro Laboratory (Italy)	Status of the search for gravitational waves with LIGO
2007/04/27 G070251	Seminar, Bloomington IN	Exploring the GW sky with LIGO
2007/04/04 G070213	Seminar, Columbia U.	Panning for gravitational gold: status and prospects for the search of gravitational wave events in the LIGO data stream
2007/03/01 G070046, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51	Graduate lecture series, Trento U.	Data Analysis Techniques for LIGO
2007/02/21 G070030	Colloquium, Trento U. (Italy)	LIGO e la sfida delle inafferrabili onde gravitazionali
2006/11/09 G060582	SESAPS 06 Williamsburg VA	Astrophysical sources, analysis methods and current results in LIGO’s quest for gravitational waves
2006/09/25 G060501	COSMO 2006 Lake Tahoe CA	Exploring the gravitational wave sky with LIGO
2006/03/23 G060174	Seminar – Caltech CA	LIGO’s Eyes Wide Open Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts.
2006/03/08	Seminar – U. Maryland	LIGO’s Eyes Wide Open Search for Gravitational Waves.
2006/02/24	Seminar – UMass Amherst	LIGO’s Eyes Wide Open Search for Gravitational Waves.
2006/02/03	Seminar – Syracuse NY	Gravitational Wave Burst Search in LIGO: Methods and Results.
2006/02/02	Colloquium – Syracuse NY	LIGO and its Quest for Gravitational Waves.
2005/05/25 G050670	FCP05 – Nashville TN	Observational results from the LIGO second science run.
2005/02/01	Seminar – LSU Baton Rouge LA	Gravitational wave burst search in LIGO: methods and results.
2004/12/13	Seminar – U. of Trento (Italy)	CorrPower: a cross-correlation-based algorithm for triggered and untriggered gravitational-wave bursts.
2004/11/12	Colloquium – VirginiaTech	Gravitational waves and LIGO: a new set of eyes on the universe.
2004/08/09	Lecture, GranSasso/Princeton summer school	Gravitational waves and LIGO.
2004/02/20	Seminar – Princeton Astrophysics/Cosmology	Hunting for gravitational waves with LIGO: first results and future prospects.
2004/01/15	Seminar INFN Legnaro (Italy)	Coherent coincident analysis of LIGO burst candidates.
2003/09/23 G030699	Conference: gwm2003 Miramare (Trieste, Italy)	The LIGO Project: status report.
2003/05/27	Seminar LIGO, Caltech (CA)	Searching for gravitational wave bursts in S1 and beyond.

 

 

Contributed conference talks

Date	Venue	Title
2010/02/14 G0900971	APS April Meeting 2010, Washington DC	Probing the Association of Gravitational-Wave and Gamma-Ray Bursts with LIGO and Virgo.
2010/02/14 G1000965	APS April Meeting 2010, Washington DC	Detectability of Numerical Relativity Waveforms for Black Hole Binaries with Rotating Spins and Templateless Analyses
2010/01/24 G1000783	GWDAW-14, Rome, IT	Detection of GW bursts with chirplet-like template families
2010/01/24 G0901156	GWDAW-14, Rome, IT	Complete hybrid Spin-Taylor waveforms for generic spins
2009/07/09 G0900668	NRDA 2009 Potsdam, DE	Exploring the Use of Numerical Relativity Waveforms in Burst Analyses of Binary Black Hole Mergers.
2009/07/02 G0900661	TAUP 2009 Rome, IT	Multi-Messenger Observations in LIGO.
2009/06/25 G0900565	Amaldi 8 New York, NY	Performance study of Boosted Decision Trees in a Gravitational Wave Burst Search.
2009/06/25 G0900572	Amaldi 8 New York, NY	Exploring the Use of Numerical Relativity Waveforms in Burst Analyses of Binary Black Hole Mergers.
2009/05/05 G0900430	APS APR09 Denver, CO	Exploring Use of NR Waveforms in Burst Analyses of BBH Mergers.
2009/01/21 G0900019	GWDAW-13 San Juan, Puerto Rico	Unmodeled search for black hole binary systems in NINJA.
2009/01/20 G0900029	GWDAW-13 San Juan, Puerto Rico	Systematics of NR waveform accuracy and burst searches for binary black hole.
2007/12/16 G070801	GWDAW-12 Cambridge, MA	All-Sky Burst Search in the First Year of the LSC S5 Run.
2007/04/16 G070209	APS APR07 Jacksonville, FL	Gravitational Wave Burst Search in LIGO’s Fifth Science Run
2006/12/18 G060628	GWDAW-11 Postdam, DE	Data Quality Vetos in LIGO S5 Searches for Gravitational Wave Transients.
2005/04/16 G050235	APS APR05 Tampa (FL)	New LIGO Results in the Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts.
2004/12/16 G040552	GWDAW-9 Annecy (France)	The AURIGA-LIGO Joint Burst Search.
2004/12/16 G040568	GWDAW-9 Annecy (France)	CorrPower: a cross-correlation-based algorithm for triggered and untriggered gravitational-wave bursts.
2003/12/17 G030691	GWDAW-8 Milwaukee (WI)	Coherent Coincident Analysis of LIGO Burst Candidates.
2003/07/06 G030335	AMALDI-5 Tirrenia (Pisa, Italy)	Confidence Test for Waveform Consistency of LIGO Burst Candidate Events
2002/12/17 G020554	GWDAW-7 Kyoto (Japan)	LIGO Burst Search Analysis.

 

 

Presentations to the LIGO-Virgo Collaborations

Date	Venue	DCC	Title
2011/03	LVC, Arcadia CA	G1100341	Burst Group Planning for the Advanced Detector Era
2010/09	LVC, Krakow	G1000878	Burst group update
2010/09	LVC, Krakow	G1000809	Update from the LIGO Academic Advisory Council
2009/12	LVC, Cambridge	G0901143	NINJA-2 Proposal
2009/09	LVC, Budapest	G0900866	Glitch investigations in LIGO S6A
2009/09	LVC, Budapest	G0900863	Strategies for reduction of instrumental artifacts in LIGO
2009/09	LVC, Budapest	G0900797	The IMR group (C. Pankow et al)
2009/03	LVC, Arcadia CA	G0900123	Exploring the Use of Numerical Relativity Waveforms in Burst Analyses of Binary Black Hole Mergers (S. Fischetti et al)
2009/03	LVC, Arcadia CA	G0900113	Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown (IMR group)
2008/09	LVC, Amsterdam	G080470	Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown (LC for IMR working group)
2008/09	LVC, Amsterdam	G080479	Review of S5 LIGO Data Quality (LC for Glitch Group)
2008/03	LVC, Caltech	G080126	Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown waveforms in Compact Binary Coalescence and Burst searches: current efforts and prospects (LC for CBC and Burst groups)
2008/03	LVC, Caltech	G080137	S5 Glitch Studies Update (LC for Glitch Group)
2007/03	LVC BatonRouge	G070077	A Joint Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts with AURIGA and LIGO (LC for Auriga-LIGO team)
2006/11	LSC MIT	G060563	S5A LIGO all-sky WaveBurst+CorrPower search (LC for Burst Group)
2006/08	LSC LSU	G060406	Update on the Low Threshold S5 All-Sky Burst Search (Nov-April) (LC for Burst Group)
2006/08	LSC LSU	G060407	Glitch Group S5 Activities (LC for Glitch Group)
2006/03	LSC Hanford	G060071	Glitch Group S5 Activities (LC for Glitch Group)
2005/11	LSC MIT	G050626	Status of the AURIGA-LIGO Joint Burst Analysis (LC et al)
2005/11	LSC at MIT	G050627	LIGO-GEO S4 Analysis Update (I.S. Heng et al)
2005/08	LSC Hanford	G050407	Comparison of h(t) and AS_Q on WaveBurst and CorrPower triggers (I. Yakushin, L. Cadonati)
2005/06	LSC  Ann Arbor MI	G050281	Status of the LIGO-AURIGA Joint Burst Analysis (LC et al)
2005/03	LSC  Livingston	G050140	S3 LIGO-only Burst Analysis (LC for Burst Group)
2005/03	LSC Livingston	G050182	Glitch Group S4 Activities (LC for Glitch Group)
2005/03	LSC Livingston	G050158	Glitch Investigations with KleineWelle (A. di Credico et al)
2004/08	LSC Hanford	G040380	S3 Glitch Updates (LC for Glitch Group)
2004/06	LSC Tufts	G040262	Update on the Low-Threshold Untriggered Burst Analysis (LC for Burst Group)
2004/03	LSC Livingston	G040145	S2/S3 glitch investigation update (LC for Glitch Group)
2004/03	LSC Livingston	G040174	r-statistic performance in S2
2003/11	LSC Hanford	G030568	Coincidence Analysis of S2 Burst Candidates
2003/11	LSC Hanford	G030610	Glitch Investigation Update (LC for Glitch Group)
2003/08	LSC Hannover	G030438	Waveform Consistency Test in Burst Detection
2003/08	LSC Hannover	G030428	Update on the Analysis of S2 Burst Hardware Injections
2003/08	LSC Hannover	G030412	S2 Glitch Investigation Report (LC for Glitch Group)
2003/03	LSC Livingston	G030084	r-statistic for time-domain cross correlation on burst candidate events
2003/03	LSC Livingston	G030083	Efficiency estimation (and its uncertainty) in the S1 burst analysis
2003/03	LSC Livingston	G030081	Hardware Burst Injections in S2 (A. Weinstein et al)
2003/03	LSC Livingston	G030124	fastGlitch: Filtered time series displaying (S. Ballmer et al)
2002/08	LSC Hanford	G020355	Vetoes Used in the Burst and Inspiral Analysis (E. Katsavounidis et al)
2002/06	12th PAC Meeting	G020275	Burst Data Analysis

 

 

Neutrino contributed conference talks

Date	Title	Author	Venue
2002/09	A screening facility for next generation low background experiments.	T. Shutt, L. Cadonati	Ness 2002, International workshop on Neutrinos and Subterranean Science, September 19-21 2002, Washington DC
1999/03	The Scintillator Containment Vessel for Borexino.	L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, M. Chen, R. Fernholz, F. Loeser, T. Shutt (Princeton University).	APS Centennial Meeting, March 20-26 1999 Atlanta, GA.
1998/10	Supernova Neutrino Detection in Borexino.	L. Cadonati, F.P. Calaprice, M.C. Chen (Princeton University).	APS Division of Nuclear Physics 1998, October 28-31, 1998 Santa Fe, NM
1997/10	Measurements of Radon Diffusion Through Nylon Membranes.	L. Cadonati, J. Benziger, F. Calaprice, M. Chen, N. Darnton, M. Johnson, F. Loeser, R.B. Vogelaar (Princeton University).	APS Division of Nuclear Physics 1997, October 5 – 8, 1997 Whistler, BC