Spring 2026 CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar Series
We’re excited to announce our third CosmicAI hybrid seminar series in spring 2026. The CosmicAI Seminar Series brings together researchers in AI and astronomy to share new ideas, tools, and results at the intersection of data, computation, and the universe. The series features talks by faculty, students, and invited speakers from across institutions, focusing on methods for large astronomical datasets, open science, and collaborative research. You can find videos of our previous seminar talks here.
This semester, we focus on the Explorable Universe research pillar and feature talks on research related to LLMs and Foundation AI Models, including their application to advance research in Astronomy.
| Date | Speaker | In-Person Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | Stephanie Juneau (NOIRLab) and Francois Lanusse (CNRS) | NOIRLab |
| February 4, 2026 | Matt Lease (UT Austin) and Houjiang Liu (UT Austin) | UT Austin |
| February 18, 2026 | Kyle Lo (AI2) and Joydeep Biswas (UT Austin) | UT Austin |
| March 4, 2026 | Judy Fox (UVA) and Greg Durrett (NYU) | UVA/NRAO |
| March 25, 2026 | Dalya Baron (Stanford)& TBD () | NOIRLab |
| April 1, 2026 | John Wu (StSCL) & Ioana Ciuca (Stanford) | UT Austin |
| April 15, 2026 | Shiqi Yu (Utah) & TBD () | Utah |
| April 29, 2026 | Peter Jansen (Arizon) and TBD () | NOIRLab |
If you are on the UT Austin campus, you are welcome to join us in person in POB 4.304 at the Oden Institute (201 E. 24th Street). For talks hosted at the NOIRLab campus, hop over to the Main Conference Room (950 N Cherry Ave.). On the Utah campus, join us in [TBD]. On the NRAO/UVA campus, come on over to Room 201 in the Astronomy Department (530 McCormick Rd.). All talks are at Noon Eastern / 11 AM Central /10 AM Mountain / 9 AM Pacific.
We will serve some light refreshments and coffee/drinks to those attending in person.
If you want to attend virtually, please join our mailing list or Slack workspace to get the Zoom link.