The Adventures of Rocky and Friends
This meeting is intended to honor and celebrate Prof Edward (Rocky) Kolb for his myriad research accomplishments and his role as a mentor to a generation of young physicists. Rocky's work on the inner space / outer space interface has touched on foundational questions including:
- Why is the Universe full of stuff?
- Why is some of the stuff invisible?
- How invisible is it, really?
- Why is all the stuff trying to get away from the other stuff?
- And of course, why do Python plots look so much better than Mathematica plots?
The meeting brings together people that have passed through Rocky's orbit, including colleagues and collaborators, students and suck-ups, advocates and apostles, not to mention disciples, devotees and Padawans. Rivals and ridiculers are not welcome, at least not before lunch. Sycophants eat for free.
Speakers are invited to give presentations on a science topic of their choosing. This is not a Rocky-fest (nor a Rocky-roast!). We look forward to hearing about your recent research activities and what excites you. Please join us for "The Adventures of Rocky and Friends."
Speakers
| John Beacom Ohio State University | Daniel Chung University of Wisconsin-Madison | Edmund Copeland University of Nottingham |
| Scott Dodelson Carnegie Mellon University | Fay Dowker Imperial College London | Marcelo Gleiser Dartmouth College |
| Jeffrey Harvey University of Chicago | Will Kinney Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY | Lloyd Knox UC Davis |
| Andrew Long Rice University | Angela Olinto Dean, PSD | Keith Olive University of Minnesota |
| Nelson Pinto-Neto Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) | Antonio Riotto University of Geneva | Albert Stebbins Fermilab |
| Michael Turner KICP/UChicago |
Organizing Committee
| Wendy Freedman University of Chicago | Joshua Frieman University of Chicago | Marcelo Gleiser Dartmouth College |
| Craig Hogan (Co-Chair) University of Chicago | Dan Hooper University of Chicago | Andrew Long (Co-Chair) Rice University |
| Albert Stebbins Fermilab | Michael Turner KICP/UChicago |
Location
5640 S Ellis Avenue
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, 60637
- talks - ERC 161
- breaks and lunches - ERC 401 & ERC 501
- dinner - ERC Atrium
