Exploring the Energetic Universe 2019

June 17-21, 2019-Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan  

Overview

Exploring the Energetic Universe 2019 is the second international conference of the Energetic Cosmos Laboratory (ECL) at Nazarbayev University, taking place June 17-21, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The conference covers the core areas of our laboratory, cosmology and the high energy universe, with major session themes of Cosmology, High Energy Astrophysics and Transients (including gamma ray bursts and fast radio bursts), and Advanced Detectors (including MKIDs and other cryogenic sensors). Come join us for several days of leading speakers and plentiful opportunities for scientific interaction and collaboration, in Nur-Sultan, one of the most unusual built environments in the world, with opportunities to visit the attractions and exhibits of World Expo 2017 (theme: Future Energy) just across the street, and many more activities in the city and surrounding area.

ECL was founded in 2016 as an international center under Prof. George Smoot, Director, and research groups are guided by UC Berkeley scientists Bruce Grossan and Eric Linder. Major programs include a cryogenic facility for MKIDs and other detector research, a fast response, multi-band optical telescope experiment for measuring gamma-ray bursts and other transients, ultrafast astronomy techniques, and cosmology theory and data analysis.

Invited Speakers

Ivan Colantoni (Dublin) – MKIDs: the next generation kilo-pixel camera

Johannes Hubmayr (NIST) – MKIDs

Alina Kiessling (JPL) – Big Science from Exoplanets to Universe Simulations

Pawan Kumar (UT Austin) – The mystery of Fast Radio Bursts

Hyung Mok Lee (KASI) – Gravitational Waves

David Mota (Oslo) – Cosmological Simulations and Gravity

Kieran O’Brien (Durham) – MKIDs

Alexei Pozanenko (IKI) – Gamma Ray Bursts and Transients

Varun Sahni (IUCAA) – Cosmology

Osamu Tajima (Kyoto) – MKIDs and CMB

Ernazar Abdikamalov (NU) – Explosions of Massive Stars

Daniele Malafarina (NU) – How to tell a black hole mimicker

Michael Good (NU) – Relativistic Quantum Information Mirror

Ratbay Myrzakulov (ENU) – F(R,T) curvature teleparallel gravity and cosmology

Bobomurat Ahmedov (UBAI, Tashkent) – Optical and Energetic Properties of Gravitational Compact Objects

Avas Khugaev (INP, Tashkent) – An overview to the pure Lovelock type gravities

Scientific Organizing Committee

Kanat Baigarin – Vice President for Innovation and Research, NU

Eric Linder – Leader of the Theory and Data Analysis program

Bruce Grossan – Leader of Observational Astrophysics and Optical Inst.

George Smoot – Nobel Laureate in Physics Founder and Director of ECL