DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting

Thursday May 22 through Saturday May 24, 2008

The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is holding The DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting in Columbus, Ohio on May 22-24. Participation is by invitation only and is sponsored by CCAPP. This meeting will bring together the various groups within the Dark Energy Survey (DES) that are working on developing and/or testing cluster finding algorithms in order to compare the different approaches being currently pursued. Our final goal is to clearly identify and characterize the relative strength and weaknesses of each of the methods, in order to improve the quality of the optical cluster finding techniques that will be available for the DES.

DUSEL Theory Workshop

Friday April 4 through Sunday April 6, 2008

The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is holding the DUSEL Theory Workshop at OSU, in Columbus, Ohio from April 4 - 6, 2008. Participation is by invitation only and is sponsored, in part, by the NSF and CCAPP.
The NSF has chosen the site for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory [DUSEL] to be in Lead, South Dakota. The state of South Dakota has already stepped up to the plate and contributed its own funding into the proposed lab. For more information, see http://www.sanfordlaboratoryathomestake.org/index.html.

Special Public Lecture

The View from the Center of the Universe

Monday, March 24, 2008

The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) will host a Special Public Lecture by Joel R. Primack and Nancey Ellen Abrams. Please click here for more information.

R. Jack and Forest Lynn Biard Lectureship in Cosmology and Astrophysics

CCAPP is proud to announce the inaugural R. Jack and Forest Lynn Biard Cosmology and Astrophysics Lecture, the first in an annual series of public lectures which will be supported by a generous gift from Captain Forrest R. Biard, U.S. Navy, Ret., a 1953 MS recipient from the Ohio State University. The Biard Lecture will form the cornerstone of CCAPP's outreach effort, bringing forefront research in cosmology and astrophysics to OSU's undergraduates, the University community, and the general public.

This year's Biard Lecturer is Prof. Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University. Among his long list of notable achievements, Prof. Kirshner along with his students and postdocs formed the core of the High-z Supernova Search Team that shared this year's Gruber Cosmology Prize as one of two teams who discovered the accelerating universe.

The Biard Lecture will be held Oct. 17, 2007. Please contact Yavonne McGarry, CCAPP Program Coordinator for any further information.

CCAPP Workshop: Active Galactic Nuclei in the Cosmological Context

Complete Details here

• Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 3, 2007


• This workshop aims to bring together theorists, analysts and observers to discuss recent advances in our understanding of AGN within the cosmological context.


• Those interested in participating or finding out more about the workshop can find information on the AGN Workshop page.

8th Great Lakes Cosmology Workshop | Complete Details here

The Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) will host the 8th Great Lakes Cosmology Workshop (GLCW8) over the weekend of May 31-June 3, 2007 in beautiful Columbus, Ohio. As is tradition, the Workshop provides a forum for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and young faculty from the Great Lakes region working on all areas of cosmology and particle-astrophysics. More senior faculty will provide useful overviews. The general structure of the workshop includes a registration/reception the evening of May 31 followed by 2.5 days of workshops (5 half-day sessions), ending at lunchtime on Sunday June 3. There will be a GLCW8 BBQ on Saturday evening, June 2.

See GLCW8 registration, accommodations, and other relevant details can be found here. Please contact the CCAPP Program Coordinator, Ms. Yavonne McGarry ( mcgarry@mps.ohio-state.edu) with questions.