Friday, April 25, 2025

Start: 9:00 a.m.
End: 5:30 p.m.

9:00–10:00 a.m. – Poster Session 1 – Coffee – NCSA Atrium/Lobby

10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. – Session 1: Plenary — Prof. Joaquin Vieira, CAPS Director – NCSA Auditorium

10:00 a.m. – Opening Remarks — Prof. Joaquin Vieira, Astronomy/NCSA and Physics
10:05 a.m. – Science Talk — “A Journey to the Center of a Neutron Star,” Prof. Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Physics
10:50 a.m. – Science Talk — “Simulating a galaxy,” Prof. Kirk Barrow, Astronomy
11:10 a.m. – Science Talk — “Changing Galaxies,” Prof. Decker French, Astronomy
11:30 a.m. – Science Talk — “Visualizing the Universe,” Prof. Matthew Turk, School of Information Sciences and Astronomy
Noon – Alum Talk — “Career from Illinois,” Dr. Phil Jewell, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

12:30–1:30 p.m. – Lunch – NCSA Atrium/Lobby

1:30–3:00 p.m. – Session 2: Lightning Talks – NCSA Auditorium

3:00–4:00 p.m. – Poster Session 2 – Coffee – NCSA Atrium/Lobby

4:00–5:30 p.m. – Session 3: Parallels

How to Get Into Grad Schools, David Vizgan, U. Illinois – NCSA 1040
David Vizgan, U. Illinois
Dr. Veronica Dike, U. Illinois
Maggie Verrico, U. Illinois

Life After Grad School, Dr. Kedar Phadke, U. Illinois – NCSA Auditorium
Dr. Phil Jewell, NRAO
Dr. Jennifer Li, NCSA
Dr. Andrew Manning, NCSA

AI+Astro, Prof. Gautham Narayan, Astronomy/NCSA – NCSA 1030