Einstein@Home public event
July, 2nd 2011 at AEI Hannover
Meet Einstein@Home
Meet Einstein@Home participants, ask the physicists and developers behind Einstein@Home, listen to inspiring and informative talks and see what else happens in the Gravitational Wave community and at the Albert Einstein Institute, have some food, drink and fun!
Please refer to this website for updates on the event.
Bruce Allen and Bernd Machenschalk (among others) are looking forward to meet you.
| Date & Time: | July 2nd, 2011, 2pm |
| Location: | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Hannover |
Program:
- 14:00h-14:20h
- Welcome & background talk: the history, development, and future of Einstein@Home (Bruce Allen)
- 14:20h-14:40h
- First pulsar discovery with Einstein@Home (Benjamin Knispel)
- 14:40h-15:00h
- Increase your Science Highscore - Scientific Computing on Graphics Cards for Einstein@Home (H.-B. Eggenstein)
- 15:00h- 15:20h
- Coffee break
- 15:20h-15:40h
- The next five years: the first gravitational wave detections (Jonathan Leong)
- 15:40-16:15h
- Square Kilometer Array (Michael Kramer)
Guided tours: Cluster, Laboratories
After the talks we'll have an informal get together and barbecue.
How to get to the AEI in Hannover: http://www.aei.mpg.de/hannover-en/02-instAnreise/index.html
Accommodation: nearby hotels [+]
| Hotel Schlafgut | Kniestr. 33 30167 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 353560 Fax +49 (0) 511 3535636 http://www.hotel-schlafgut.de |
0,8 km – 10 Min. on foot to MPI |
| Gästehaus am Herrenhäuser Garten | Herrenhäuser Kirchweg 17 30167 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 700720 http://www.mit-h.de |
0,6 km – Max. 10 Minutes on foot to MPI |
| Hotel Savoy | Schloßwender Str. 10, 30159 Hannover, Tel.: +49 (0) 511 1674870 Fax +49 (0) 511 16748710 http://www.hotel-savoy.de |
1,8 km – 21 Min. |
| Hotel Charlton | Gustav-Adolf-Str. 6 30167 Hannover Tel: +49 (0) 511 131 95 47 Fax: +49 (0) 511 15 6 15 http://www.hotel-charlton.de |
1,5 km – 18 Min. |
| Hotel Mercure Medical Park Hannover |
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 1 30625 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 95660 Fax +49 (0) 511 9566333 http://www.mercure.com |
10,3 km – 15 Min. to MPI (by car) – Located in peaceful surroundings on the outskirt of the city |
| Hotel Mercure Hannover City |
Willy Brandt-Allee 3 30169 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 80080 Fax +49 (0) 511 8093704 http://www.mercure.com |
3,5 km – 6 Min. to MPI (by car) |
| Hotel Mercure Hannover Mitte |
Postkamp 10 30159 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 473900 Fax +49 (0) 511 47390100 http://www.mercure.com |
1,8 km – 22 Min. on foot to MPI – Located in the city center |
| Novotel Hannover | Podbielskistr. 21/23 30163 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 39040 Fax +49 (0) 511 3904100 |
4,5 km – 10 Min. to MPI (by car) |
| Suitehotel Hannover | Rundestr. 9 30161 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 374500 Fax +49 (0) 511 37450333 http://www.suitehotel.com |
2,1 km – From all directions, follow signs for Zentrum and then Hauptbahnhof |
| Hotel Loccumer Hof | Kurt-Schumacher Str. 14/16 30159 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 12640 Fax +49 (0) 511 131192 http://www.loccumerhof.de |
2,4 km – Near Steintor and main railway station 3 tram Stopps Steintor – Kopernikusstrasse with line 6 oder 11 |
| Concorde Hotel Hannover | Am Markte 12 30159 Hannover Tel.: +49 (0) 511 357910 Fax.: +49 (0) 511 35 79 11 00 http://www.concordehotel-am-leineschloss.de/ |
3,3 km – Near the Marktkirche and the Kröpcke |
| Contact: | felicitas.mokler (at) aei.mpg.de elke.mueller (at) aei.mpg.de |