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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'16), Bloomington, Indiana 1.2. 16th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, Canada 1.3. Eastern Gravity Meeting, Durham, NH 1.4. II Flag Meeting "The Quantum and Gravity", Trento, Italy 1.5. XXXVII Max Born Symposium hosting 2016, WG3 Meeting of COST Action MP 1405, Wroclaw, Poland 1.6. Einstein Toolkit EU School and Workshop, Trento, Italy (2nd announcement) 1.7. "Supernovae, Hypernovae and Binary Driven hypernovae", Pescara, Italy 1.8. Forth Bego Rencontres - IRAP Ph.D. Erasmus Mundus School, Nice, France 2. Jobs 2.1. Max Planck Partner Group postdoctoral positions at IISER-TVM, Trivandrum, India 2.2. Assistant Professor in Mathematical Physics at Nottingham, UK 2.3. Publishing Editor Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Sciences, at Springer Nature, New York, USA 2.4. Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing Normal University 2.6. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position available at the University of Cape Town, SA 3. News 3.1. Registration is now open for the meeting on the GW detection GW150914, Hannover, 2016 ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'16), Bloomington, Indiana --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/06/seventh-meeting-on-cpt-and-lo… Starting: 2016-06-20 to 2016-06-24 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Additional Information: http://www.indiana.edu/~lorentz/cpt16/ Contact: kostelec[AT]indiana.edu The Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry will be held in the Physics Department, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, on June 20-24, 2016. The meeting will focus on tests of these fundamental symmetries and on related theoretical issues, including scenarios for possible violations. You are cordially invited to attend and participate in this event. Topics to be covered include the following: (1) experimental and observational searches for CPT and Lorentz violation involving - accelerator and collider experiments - astrophysical birefringence, dispersion, and anisotropy - atomic and molecular spectroscopy - clock-comparison measurements - CMB polarization - decays of atoms, nuclei, and particles - equivalence-principle tests with matter and antimatter - exotic atoms, muonium, positronium - gauge and Higgs particles - gravimetry - gravitational waves - high-energy astrophysical observations - hydrogen and antihydrogen - matter interferometry - neutrino oscillations and propagation, neutrino-antineutrino mixing - oscillations and decays of K, B, D mesons - particle-antiparticle comparisons - post-newtonian gravity in the solar system and beyond - resonant cavities and lasers - second- and third-generation particles - sidereal and annual time variations, compass asymmetries - space-based missions - spin-polarized matter - spin precession - tests of short-range gravity - time-of-flight measurements (2) theoretical and phenomenological studies of CPT and Lorentz violation involving - physical effects at the level of the Standard Model, General Relativity, and beyond - origins and mechanisms for violations - classical and quantum field theory, gravitation, particle physics, and strings - mathematical foundations, Finsler geometry Information about the meeting and online registration, including instructions on submitting a talk or poster, are available on the meeting web site. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 16th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/06/16th-canadian-conference-on-g… Starting: 2016-07-06 to 2016-07-08 Location: Vancouver, Canada Additional Information: http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/CCGRRA-16/ Contact: ccgrra-16[AT]sfu.ca The registration is open for the 16th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (CCGRRA16), 6-8 July 2016, at Simon Fraser Universitys downtown campus in Vancouver, Canada. As with previous meetings in the CCGRRA series, it will bring together both Canadian and international relativists for scientific discussion and exchange. Topics covered include mathematical and numerical relativity, quantum gravity, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. Confirmed (* indicates tentatively) plenary speakers are Spyros Alexakis, Robert Brandenberger*, Matt Choptuik, David Garfinkle, Jack Gegenberg, Gil Holder, Vicky Kaspi, Luis Lehner, Don Page*, Dejan Stojkovic, and David Wands. In addition to the plenary lectures, time will be allotted in the afternoons for contributed talks from members of the national and international community. Postdocs and graduate students are especially encouraged to contribute talks and posters. The conference will feature a public talk by Vicky Kaspi on July 6, and a special session on July 7 honoring Paul Wesson and his work. Local information can be found on the conference website. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Vancouver in July! CCGRRA16 LOC: Andrei Frolov, Gabor Kunstatter, Levon Pogosian CCGRRA16 SOC: Ivan Booth, Andrew Frey, Andrei Frolov, Jeremy Heyl, Hari Kunduri, Gabor Kunstatter, Levon Pogosian, Bill Unruh +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Eastern Gravity Meeting, Durham, NH --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11722 Starting: 2016-05-26 to 2016-05-27 Location: Durham, NH USA Additional Information: http://easterngravitymeeting.org/ Contact: admin[AT]easterngravitymeeting.org The 19th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, NH (about an hour north of Boston on the New Hampshire seacoast) on May 26th and 27th, 2016. Participation is encouraged for researchers in all areas of gravitational physics, including classical, quantum, theory, observation, computation and experiment. Younger researchers, postdocs, and students are especially urged to attend and present their research as the regional gravity meetings traditionally provide excellent opportunities to give talks and discuss in a relaxed atmosphere. Since this is a regional meeting, most participants are expected to be from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, but all are welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. II Flag Meeting "The Quantum and Gravity", Trento, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11728 Starting: 2016-06-06 to 2016-06-08 Location: Physics Department, Trento, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=10849 Contact: massimiliano.rinaldi[AT]unitn.it We are pleased to announce that the the second meeting organised by the I.N.F.N. research network FLAG (FieLds And Gravity) will be held in the department of Physics of the University of Trento (Italy), on the 6-7-8 of June, 2016. The Flag Research Network is devoted to the study of the theoretical aspects of the gravitational interactions with application to cosmology and black holes. The aim of the II Flag Meeting is to bring together researchers working in the areas of scientific interest of the network, in particular to present new ideas and stimulate discussion of topics, which are at the frontier of modern physics. The preliminary list of invited speakers include: N, Bartolo, Università di Padova and INFN, Italy X. Calmet, Sussex University, United Kingdom S. Capozziello, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy A. Codello, Southern Denmark U. and CP3-Origins, Denmark G. Dvali, LMU, Max Planck, NYU, Germany M. Maggiore, U. Geneve, Switzerland T. Morris, Michigan State University, USA P. Nicolini, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany N. Pavloff, L.P.T.M.S., Université Paris-Sud and CNR, France A. Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Russia F. Vidotto, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands A special event will be held at the Science Museum (MUSE) on Tuesday 7th of June, where Prof. S. Capozziello will deliver a public talk, followed by the social dinner in the same venue. We have organised also a special guided tour of MUSE for the participants. There is no registration fee but the number of registrants is limited to about 60 persons. Lunch and social dinner are offered. For further information, please contact any member of the Local Organising Committee: - Rinaldi, Massimiliano - Zerbini, Sergio - Vanzo, Luciano - Cognola, Guido +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. XXXVII Max Born Symposium hosting 2016, WG3 Meeting of COST Action MP 1405, Wroclaw, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11734 Starting: 2016-07-04 to 2016-07-07 Location: Wroclaw, Poland Additional Information: http://ift.uni.wroc.pl/~mborn37/index.html Contact: mb37_wg3[AT]ift.uni.wroc.pl Noncommutative geometry, quantum symmetries and quantum gravity II XXXVII Max Born Symposium hosting 2016 WG3 Meeting of COST Action MP 1405 4 - 7 July 2016, Wroclaw, Poland The main aim of the Symposium and WG3 meeting is to gather leading experts and young researchers linking the advanced studies in quantum gravity (QG) and noncommutative geometry (NC geometry), to promote direct contact and generate new collaborations. We wish to contribute to the creation of a scientific network of European theoretical physicists working on NC and its applications to QG. The first part of the Symposium will be devoted to the COST Action MP 1405 "QSPACE" workshop of the Working Group 3 which has as its research subject the relation between quantum gravity and noncommutative geometry. It is in two years the second Symposium devoted to these modern, intensively studied research subjects. The main topics of the present meeting are: QG effects as described by NC geometries Deformations of strings and NC gravity/gauge correspondence QG models and the formalism of NC Riemmannian geometries NC field theory and matrix models NC aspects of loop quantum gravity (LQG) 20 years of kappa-deformation List of invited speakers include: G. Amelino-Camelia G. Arutyunov* P. Aschieri * A. Ballesteros * J. Barret * T. Brzezinski M. Dimitrijevic * M. Hatsuda L. Jonke H. Kawai * J. Lewandowski S. Meljanac A. Pachol * A. Sitarz H. Steinacker * R. Szabo V.N. Tolstoy L. Tomassini * J. Trampetic K. Yoshida * S. van Tongeren *) Invited speaker of the WG3 Organizing Committee: Andrzej Borowiec (Head) Andrzej Frydryszak Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman Jerzy Lukierski Anna Pachol Harold Steinacker Tomasz Trzesniewski +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Einstein Toolkit EU School and Workshop, Trento, Italy (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/31/einstein-toolkit-eu-workshop/ Starting: 2016-06-16 to 2016-06-17 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://events.unitn.it/en/et-eu2016 Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it The annual European Einstein Toolkit Workshop will be hosted this year at the University of Trento from June 16 to 17. The Einstein Toolkit is a publicly available framework used by several numerical relativity groups in the world, with applications ranging from high-energy astrophysics to cosmology. This meeting is open not only to Einstein toolkit developers, but also to anyone interested in numerical relativity and computational astrophysics and cosmology. The workshop will cover the most recent developments of the toolkit and discussions about future plans. This year the workshop will be also preceded by a school (registration for the school is now closed) that will introduce students and postdocs to the Einstein Toolkit and in particular to its general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) code GRHydro. People interested in the workshop are strongly encouraged to register soon and book an hotel as soon as possible. Trento is a popular tourist destination in June and some hotels are already full. For further information please do not hesitate to contact any of the organizers: Bruno Giacomazzo (University of Trento, Italy) Eloisa Bentivegna (University of Catania, Italy) Riccardo Ciolfi (University of Trento, Italy) Frank Loeffler (Louisiana State University, USA) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. "Supernovae, Hypernovae and Binary Driven hypernovae", Pescara, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/31/supernovae-hypernovae-and-bin… Starting: 2016-06-20 to 2016-06-30 Location: ICRANet, Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://icranet.org/am/ Contact: secretariat[AT]icranet.org The scientific meeting will take place at the ICRANet headquarters in Pescara, Italy from 20 to 30 of June, 2016. The meeting will cover observational activities in the X, gamma ray astronomy, ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR), as well as theoretical progress in the relativistic astrophysics of neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational collapse and their role in type Ib/c supernovae, hypernovae, binary-driven hypernovae, and their association with gamma-ray bursts. The meeting will also cover theoretical and observational aspects on the progenitor systems, population synthesis analyses, and the occurrence rates of such events. The different scenarios for type Ia supernovae and the role of white dwarfs in the single-degenerate, the core-degenerate and double-degenerate scenarios will be also discussed. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Forth Bego Rencontres - IRAP Ph.D. Erasmus Mundus School, Nice, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/31/forth-bego-rencontres-irap-ph… Starting: 2016-05-29 to 2016-06-03 Location: Villa Ratti, Nice, France Additional Information: http://icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=986 Contact: secretariat-irapphd[AT]icra.it The school is dedicated to Roy Kerr in celebration of him being awarded the Crafoord Prize 2016. The school will take place at the ICRANet Seat in Villa Ratti, in Nice, where the IRAP-PhD is based. We recall that the IRAP-PhD is coordinated by ICRANet, involving various universities and research centres, and the diploma are jointly delivered by all the universities participating in the program: University of Bremen (Germany), University of Ferrara (Italy), University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France), University of Oldenburg (Germany), University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy), University of Savoie (France). At the school distinguished scientists, such as Prof. Roy Kerr himself (which owns the Yevgeny Mikhajilovic Lifshitz ICRANet Chair), will present advanced seminars and the IRAP-PhD students will report advanced results of their PhD theses. The school is jointly organized between ICRANet and EMJD of the IRAP PhD, funded by the EACEA under the Erasmus Mundus framework program, Grant Number 2011-1640. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Max Planck Partner Group postdoctoral positions at IISER-TVM, Trivandrum, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/04/max-planck-partner-group-post… Deadline: 2016-03-31 Location: Trivandrum, India Additional Information: http://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/~mppg Contact: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint a postdoctoral position in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st June 2016. The position is funded under the Max Planck Partner group on cosmology. Currently, the group has 4 post-doctorate fellows and 4 Ph.D. students. Please see the URL http://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/~mppg about the group and its activities. The group strongly interacts with the Max Planck Partner Group on Gravitational waves at IISER-TVM. The fellow of this Partner Group will have the opportunity to visit and interact with members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. The position is available for a period of one year. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in). Salary: Rs. 5,18,000 Rs. 5,76,000 per annum Deadline: 31 March 2016 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject Application for MP-PG positions Candidate name. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Assistant Professor in Mathematical Physics at Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11724 Deadline: 2016-04-13 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI037516 Contact: john.barrett[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Applications are invited from outstanding candidates for the position of Assistant Professor in Mathematical Physics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute substantially to maintaining and enhancing the School's high standards in teaching and research. Candidates should hold a PhD (or equivalent) in Mathematics or a related subject and have a commitment to high-quality teaching in mathematics to a broad range of students across science and engineering. The post-holder will undertake original research of international excellence in mathematical physics and related areas of pure mathematics, complementing existing activity within the School. Priority will be given to research in mathematical physics that has the potential to contribute to the creation of new mathematics. The REF 2014 results place the School in the top 10 nationally within Mathematical Sciences for 'research power' and 'research quality'; with 32% of its research recognised as world-leading and a further 56% as internationally excellent. Its research environment was classified as 75% world-leading in vitality and sustainability, with the remaining 25% internationally excellent, reflecting the outstanding setting the School provides for its academic staff as well as its postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers. Overall the University of Nottingham is ranked 8th in the UK in terms of Research Power. In recognition of its commitment to promoting women in science, the University of Nottingham is one of a small number of universities to hold a Silver Athena SWAN Award. This post is available from 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. Information about the School is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx. Information about the Mathematical Physics research group is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/research/mathematical-physics.aspx Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor John Barrett, tel: +44 (0) 115 95 14956 or email: john.barrett[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. In order to apply please follow this link: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI037516 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Publishing Editor Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Sciences, at Springer Nature, New York, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/21/publishing-editor-astronomy-a… Deadline: 2016-04-30 Location: New York, USA Additional Information: https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=C000… Contact: ramon.khanna[AT]springer.com The Editor is responsible for growth of part of the companys astronomy, astrophysics and space science portfolio via acquisition as well as development of existing assets. Further details at https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=… . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2016/03/28/postdoctoral-positions-at-the… Deadline: 2016-12-31 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs Contact: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates in the areas of modeling of gravitational waves sources and their electromagnetic counterparts with numerical relativity, and gravitational wave data analysis for LIGO and its astrophysical interpretation. In the area of computational astrophysics and astrophysical numerical relativity we are particularly interested in candidates who are interested in relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole mergers, and jet dynamics. This work will have direct impact on electromagnetic observations of active galactic nuclei, and is part of an ongoing long-term collaborative research effort with Julian Krolik at Johns Hopkins University, Scott Noble at the University of Tulsa, as well as other collaborators. In the area of numerical relativity we are interested in a candidate capable of working on the initial data and evolution of binaryblack holes and neutron stars in the framework of the Einstein-toolkit (ETK) and LazEv codes. We seek to develop and optimize current RIT's group codes as well as semianalytic efforts to model hybrid waveforms and final remnant formulae for LIGO. The ongoing effort includes several faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, as well as external collaborator Nakano at Kyoto University, and others. In the area of gravitational-wave astronomy, we are particularly interested in candidates who are interested in the data analysis challenges involved in the detection of astrophysical gravitational wave sources, including LMXBs and merging compact binaries; in the parameter estimation of binary compact objects, particularly binary black holes; and in the opportunities afforded by multimessenger astrophysics. The successful postdoctoral candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org), and a Petascale computing project with NCSA. There are many senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. This includes Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group also collaborates with many faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the larger astrophysics group (http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/), the school of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/) and the School of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/). The positions are for two or three years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and BlueWaters as well as a dedicated 1600-core cluster hosted at the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs. Enquiries can be addressed to the center's Director: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Starting date can be as early as September, 2016. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing Normal University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11743 Deadline: 2016-04-30 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/index.html Contact: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal Univerisity has one post-doctoral position openning from September 2016 in the areas of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. The appointment will be for two years. The salary is CNY 100,000 per year. A research starting grant of CNY 40,000 will be offerred, and the postdoc fellowship will also get the chance to further apply for the China Postdoctoral Sciense Foundation. The gravity group consists of Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Hong Lu, Yongge Ma, Hongbao Zhang, Bin Zhou and Jianyang Zhu. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang and Zheng Zhao join the academic activities frequently, and Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann hold visiting professorships at the Institute. The areas of research in the group concern loop quantum gravity, black hole physics, general relativity, de Sitter spacetime, higher dimensional gravity and cosmology, supergravity, AdS/CFT etc.. For further information on the group, see the webpage: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/index.html Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research proposal and arrange to have two recommendation letters (one from the PhD advisor of the applicant) sent directly to Prof. Yongge Ma by: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn, yonggema[AT]yahoo.com The deadline for receipt of all application material is April 30, 2016. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position available at the University of Cape Town, SA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11746 Deadline: 2016-04-22 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.uct.ac.za/usr/about/intro/vacancies/execacad/2016/SCI_16055_L_SL… Contact: awelti[AT]gmail.com The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town is a large and dynamic department with over thirty permanent faculty members. We seek to make one new appointment in Applied Mathematics at the level of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. We are mainly interested in candidates specializing in some field related to cosmology, but applications in all areas of Applied Mathematics will be considered. In particular, candidates with interests in quantum gravity, theoretical astrophysics, string theory or theoretical cosmology are encouraged to apply. Requirements include: - A PhD in Applied Mathematics or related areas as described above. - Academic experience in the relevant areas as described below. For the Level of Lecturer: - A record of published research outputs. - Postdoctoral experience. - Some teaching experience would be advantageous. For the Level of Senior Lecturer: - An established track record of published research outputs. - Demonstrable teaching experience at junior and/or senior years. - A record of postgraduate student supervision. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Registration is now open for the meeting on the GW detection GW150914, Hannover, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=11736 Additional Information: https://gw150914.aei.mpg.de/ Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the conference "The first observation of a binary black hole merger: Status and future prospects" which will take place in Hannover, Germany from May 23-26, 2016. The meeting is hosted by the Albert Einstein Institute and is targeted to a wide audience and not just experts in gravitational wave research. Please visit the meeting webpage: https://gw150914.aei.mpg.de/ for further details. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the conference. Badri Krishnan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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