UA coverage on the Stanford University ranking
Read the U. Aveiro coverage on the Stanford University researcher's ranking, led by John P. A. Ioannidis, that features several Gr@v members.
Other News & Events
Discussion of the paper "Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold" by J. Jumper et al.
Speaker
Felipe Freitas (UA)
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Sala Sousa Pinto and online
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Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
J. Jumper et al.
Nature 596 (2021) 583–589
Group hike in the Paiva walkways
Great way to close the academic year with a sunny (and refreshing) group hike in the beautiful walkways next to Paiva river. Enjoy the holidays!
Black holes course for high school teachers
Introduction to computer vision with pyTorch
Gr@v member Felipe Freitas will lecture a free course on "Introduction to computer vision with pyTorch". Classes will take place on Fridays (the next class will be April 9th 2021) every two weeks, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. More info below (in Portuguese).
Interpretable Machine Learning for Astrophysics, using Symbolic Regression and Graph Neural Networks
Speaker
Miles Cranmer (Princeton University)
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online (only)
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In this talk I will argue two points. 1) Symbolic regression, a machine learning technique that fits data by iteratively searching the space of all possible analytic equations, should be a standard machine learning algorithm in astrophysics. 2) Symbolic regression can be extended to high-dimensional spaces, such as to models for N-body simulations, using the method we have developed.
APS Outstanding Referee
C. Herdeiro was nominated a 2021 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS). The Outstanding Referee program was instituted in 2008 to recognize scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. This highly selective program annually recognizes about 150 of the roughly 71,000 currently active referees.
FCT 2021 Ph.D. studentships call
FCT announced a call for Ph.D. grants, from 1-31 March 2021. If you are looking for Ph.D. opportunities please contact the group coordinator to discuss a possible application.
Experimental Tests and Signatures of Modified and Quantum Gravity
C. Herdeiro was one of the invited speakers of the 740ths WEH Seminar "Experimental Tests and Signatures of Modified and Quantum Gravity", held from 1-5 Feb 2021. The talks of the meeting were recorded and are available here. The page is password protected.