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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · 12d

That would be very cool ans useful!

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · 21d

github.com/annalena-k/t...

GitHub - annalena-k/tutorial_plot_the_first_gravitational_wave: You want to learn how to plot the data of the first observed gravitational wave with python?

You want to learn how to plot the data of the first observed gravitational wave with python? - annalena-k/tutorial_plot_the_first_gravitational_wave

github.com

Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · 21d

To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection, I made a tutorial for high school students that explains how to use python to visualize the original gravitational wave data of GW150914. (Tested and approved by a very motivated German 10th grade student 😄)
#GW10Years

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Gravity Exploration Institute @gravitycardiff.bsky.social · 24d

Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves by @ligo.org 🎉 Research by members of the Gravity Exploration Institute in Cardiff helped lay the foundation for that detection, which opened an exciting new window to the universe. Read more about it here:

A decade of discovery: Academics celebrate 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves amid announcement of exciting new breakthrough

Scientists celebrate anniversary and tests of Stephen Hawking's black hole area theorem

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · 25d

I'd love to see the code, looks really cool!

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is so exciting! Congratulations! @lukasheinrich.com

Lukas Heinrich @lukasheinrich.com · Sep 4

Big grant news today! I feel very lucky and honored for this opportunity from @erc.europa.eu . We will attempt to go for a big qualitative step up in how we use AI/ML to predict how particles interact with matter. Stoked to get started on this in 2026. we will release job advertisements soon!

Technische Universität München @tum.de · Sep 4

Congratulations to six of our #researchers, including Lukas Heinrich, who receive prestigious ERC #StartingGrants worth up to 1.5 million euros each for projects in #informatics, #medicine, #LifeSciences & #NaturalSciences: go.tum.de/682017 👏

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

📷A.Eckert

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really cool workshop! I loved giving a talk and discussing SBI!

Lukas Heinrich @lukasheinrich.com · Sep 5

@annalenakofler.bsky.social giving a great talk on SBI in gravitational waves at our „Build Big vs Build Smart Workshop“ indico.ph.tum.de/event/7906/

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hahaha, our newly found heaviest black hole GW231123 would love this meme 😂
#lvk #ligo #GW231123 #physics #meme

Barb @spicedrum.bsky.social · Jan 25

without downloading new pics where are you at mentally

A graphic showing "The heaviest objects in the universe"

In order from left to right - Sun, Neutron star, Black hole, the weight on my shoulders

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jul 15

The normalizing flows paper is my personal test-of-time award. It is still the go-to architecture in simulation-based inference and ML for physics. 🙃
#AI4science #ML4physics #MachineLearning #ICML

Kosta Derpanis @csprofkgd.bsky.social · Jul 15

#ICML2025 test of time award

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jul 13

Machine learning is becoming a collaborational field like particle physics. ATLAS = Google Gemini Team?

hardmaru @hardmaru.bsky.social · Jul 13

Google’s Gemini 2.5 paper has 3295 authors

arxiv.org/abs/2507.06261

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jul 13

Amazing and fun idea!

University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.

More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q

#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jun 30

"I’m certainly, as far as I know, the only out trans person, that was both tenured and chair of the [physics] department."
astrobites.org/2025/06/27/m...

Transgender in Astronomy: Interview with Dr. Megan Pickett

For Pride Month, Astrobites is interviewing one transgender astronomer every week. This week we interviewed Dr. Megan Pickett, an Associate Professor of Physics at Lawerence University!

astrobites.org

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Jun 30

One of the most useful webpages! Can recommend!

ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · Jun 30

On our blog: Science is moving fast. How do we keep up? #ScholarInbox, developed by the Autonomous Vision Group led by @andreasgeiger.bsky.social, helps researchers stay ahead - by making the discovery of #openaccess papers smarter and more personal: www.machinelearningforscience.de/en/scholar-i...

Scholar Inbox: Daily Research Recommendations just for You

Science is moving fast. How can we keep up? Scholar Inbox helps researchers stay ahead by making the discovery of open access papers more personal.

www.machinelearningforscience.de

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · Jun 24

Why are there two LIGO observatories?

LIGO has two detectors ~3000 km apart for three main reasons:
🎧 Noise discrimination
⏰ Signal timing
🗺️ Source localization

Find out more www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/ligo-de...

Graphic by Mayara Pacheco 🔭🧪

An infographic titled "Why are there two LIGO observatories?" features a map of the United States showing two LIGO locations separated by 3000 km. Three key reasons are illustrated on the right: Noise Discrimination: Each detector is sensitive to local ground vibrations. If both were close together, they’d pick up the same environmental noise, making it difficult to distinguish true gravitational waves. By comparing data from distant locations, LIGO can filter out local noise and isolate real gravitational wave signals.
Signal Timing: Gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, so any signal detected at both sites with a time difference of over 10 milliseconds can be ruled out as a real wave. This time-based filtering helps validate detections.
Source Localization: With two detectors, LIGO can begin to narrow down the area in the sky where a wave originated. Adding more detectors (like Virgo in Italy) greatly improves localization. This was crucial during the 2017 detection of a neutron star collision, where combined data allowed astronomers to quickly identify the galaxy that emitted both gravitational and electromagnetic signals, leading to the most observed astronomical event in history.

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · May 30

And a zero for LISA? This mission would open a window into the universe via gravitational waves that we have never observed before! This might be stunning discoveries, impressive engineering, and Nobel Prize worthy results.

Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · May 30

ESA folks finding zeroes for ExoMars, EnVision, Euclid, LISA, Ariel contributions, and so many more in those documents... the damage to international partnerships and trust would be incalculable if this budget proposal comes to pass...

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · May 30

Two LIGO sites are essential for independently validating observed gravitational wave signals. Without the second site, we can't constrain the sky position well enough for electromagnetic follow-up searches of binary neutron star mergers. This would be devastating for the whole field ...

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.

"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
bsky.app/profile/hast...

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François Rozet @francois-rozet.bsky.social · May 23

📢 I am looking for AI post-doc/research/engineer positions in Europe (Paris, London, Zurich, ...) starting 2026. My work revolves around generative modeling and AI for Science, with 4+ publications at top conferences during my PhD. If you are hiring, please reach out! If not, please repost 🔁

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · May 24

Wuhuu!

ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · May 22

We're super happy: Our Cluster of Excellence will continue to receive funding from the German Research Foundation @dfg.de ! Here’s to 7 more years of exciting research at the intersection of #machinelearning and science! Find out more: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/... #ExcellenceStrategy

The members of the Cluster of Excellence "Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science" raise their glasses and celebrate securing another funding period.

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Machine Learning in Science @mackelab.bsky.social · Apr 30

🎓Hiring now! 🧠 Join us at the exciting intersection of ML and Neuroscience! #AI4science
We’re looking for PhDs, Postdocs and Scientific Programmers that want to use deep learning to build, optimize and study mechanistic models of neural computations. Full details: www.mackelab.org/jobs/ 1/5

Jobs - mackelab

The MackeLab is a research group at the Excellence Cluster Machine Learning at Tübingen University!

www.mackelab.org

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Annalena Kofler @annalenakofler.bsky.social · Apr 1

Aww, enjoy your time off coding. I hope you can profit from some out-of-research-domain generalization on this task 😉
Let me know when you want to chat about the code structure, happy to help with the integration!