November 22, 2023
In the gravitational-wave world, we usually say a binary merger is detected if it has a sufficiently large SNR (signal-to-noise ratio). But is that true? Detection pipelines are far more complicated than that. Here we try to figure out a … Continue reading
November 21, 2023
I’m teaching the first lecture of a new class today. This is “Scientific computing with Python,” a 16h module for PhD students. To the (many) PhD students who signed up: thanks for your interest, hope you’ll like this. BTW the … Continue reading
November 20, 2023
We had another graduation session in November, and a whopping 4 people graduated with research projects in our group. Here are the new BSc physicists who just defended: Congrats all (and twice congrats to Marco and Serena, who graduated with … Continue reading
November 17, 2023
Looks like my name is on a list of the 2% top scientists worldwide. Take these rankings with a grain (or a block) of salt… but this is kind of cool! The list was compiled by Stanford University and bounced … Continue reading
November 3, 2023
This is the latest of the amazing reviews coming out on the LISA space mission. Short post to say that the LISA signal modeling is challenging but so fascinating. Everything you ever wanted to know it’s in here. Niaesh Afshordi, … Continue reading