AI&GW@CZ

Workshop on gravitational wave science and artificial intelligence in the Czech Republic

The purpose of this workshop is for the various experts in the Czech Republic who could contribute to gravitational-wave (GW) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in astrophysics to meet, network, and discuss opportunities to strengthen the Czech contribution to the main international GW astronomy observatories and AI-related scientific efforts.

Date: Nov 28, 2025
Time: 8:00 – 18:30
Place: Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (see Venue)
Registration deadline: Nov 6, 2025 (see Registration)
Outreach: Two days before the main workshop, there will be an outreach talk in Czech in Prague city centre (see Outreach)

Speakers

In alphabetical order.

Name Affiliation
Asen Christov Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Elena Cuoco University of Bologna
Philip Lynch Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Samaya Nissanke DESY/DZA (The German Centre for Astrophysics)
Václav Pavlík Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael Prouza Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Nikolaos Stergioulas University of Thessaloniki
Ladislav Šubr Astronomical Institute, Charles University
Martin Urbanec Silesian University
Vojtěch Witzany Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University
Michal Zajaček Masaryk University
Ondřej Zelenka Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Registration

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Schedule

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Time Speaker Topic
8:00 registration
Session 1 chair: Václav Pavlík
8:45 Miroslav Bárta Welcome
9:00 Nikolaos Stergioulas From Algorithms to Astrophysics: Machine Learning in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
9:45 Elena Cuoco Gravitational Waves, Artificial Intelligence and a Multimodal Approach
10:30 coffee break
Session 2 chair: Elena Cuoco
11:00 Philip Lynch Modelling Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals for LISA: Overview, Challenges, and Roadmap
11:45 Samaya Nissanke New Perspectives onto the Universe in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
12:30 Ladislav Šubr N-body dynamics leading to GW sources
13:00 lunch break
Session 3 chair: Nikolaos Stergioulas
14:15 Michal Zajaček Searching for repeating nuclear transients with QUVIK – future Czech UV space telescope
15:00 Michael Prouza The new large research infrastructure - GravWave
15:20 Asen Christov Hardware Development for the LISA Mission of ESA
15:40 Vojtěch Witzany Integrability structures in the relativistic two-body problem
16:00 Martin Urbanec Signals of qark-hadron phase transitions in neutron star mergers
16:20 coffee break
Session 4 chair: Georgios Loukes Gerakopoulos
16:45 Ondřej Zelenka First machine learning gravitational-wave search mock data challenge and Space for Humankind
17:10 Václav Pavlík Using machine-learning to study the evolution of star clusters
17:30 panel discussion
18:30 end of workshop
Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (c) Václav Pavlík

Venue

Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague

The meeting will take place in the main lecture hall of the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (CAS), which is located right next to the Astronomical Institute of the CAS. Refreshments will be provided during coffee breaks. You have two main options for lunch: you can either go to one of the nearby restaurants, or you can order lunch in the local buffet (the menu will be available during registration).

Address: Geofyzikální ústav AV ČR v.v.i., Boční II/1401, 141 00, Praha 4 – Spořilov

Coordinates: 50.0408 N, 14.4761 E

Public transport: 10 minutes from either the metro station Roztyly (line "C" – red), or the bus stations Starý Spořilov or Nad Pahorkem

Participants

Name Affiliation
Karel AdamekSlezska Universita v Opave
Miroslav BártaAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Claudia CaputoITF, Charles University
Asen ChristovFZU CAS
Elena CuocoUniversity of Bologna
Atabak Fathe JalaliCEICO, FZU Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Charles University
Artem GorodilovMasaryk University
Maitrayee GuptaAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Leontýna HergetováMasaryk University
Barbora HudačkováMasaryk University
Vladimír KarasAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Šimon KnoškaAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
David KofroňUTF MFF / ASU AV ČR
Ondřej KopáčekTechnical University of Liberec
Svitlana KolomiyetsAstronomy Institute CAS, Ondrejov
Filip KomoňMasaryk University
Konstantinos KouroumpatzakisAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Brankica KubátováAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Tomáš LedvinkaCharles University
Georgios Loukes GerakopoulosAstronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Philip LynchMax Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Álvaro MartínezInstitute of theoretical Physics Charles University
Samaya NissankeDESY, DZA, University of Potsdam
Filip NovotnýUniversity of Potsdam/ MUNI
Václav PavlíkAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Ondřej PejchaInstitute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University
Pavlo PlotkoDZA
Lukáš PolcarInstitute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University
Michael ProuzaFZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Myank SinghalAUUK, Charles University
Viktor SkoupýCharles University, Prague
Misbah ShahzadiAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Ondřej SmečkaMasaryk University, Faculty of Science
Vaclav SmidlCzech Technical University
Nikolaos StergioulasUniversity of Thessaloniki
Michal StratenýAstronomical Institute of the CAS
Ladislav SubrAstronomical Institute of Charles University
Matthias SubroweitUniversity of Cologne
Martin TopinkaINAF-OAC
Matěj TrnkaCzech Technical University in Prague
Martin UrbanecSilesian University in Opava
Vojtěch WitzanyCharles University, Prague
Richard WünschAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Michal ZajačekMasaryk University
Ondřej ZelenkaAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

(Updated manually. We probably have your registration form even if your name is not yet listed here.)

Jiří Podolský (c) CTK

Outreach / Veřejná přednáška

GRAVITAČNÍ VLNY – Dekáda objevů a záření budoucnosti

V rámci tohoto workshopu prosloví Prof. Jiří Podolský popularizační přednášku v češtině.

Abstrakt: Před deseti lety jsme poprvé "uslyšeli" vesmír – slabé chvění prostoru, které potvrdilo Einsteinovu předpověď. Nové projekty LISA a Einstein Telescope nám brzy umožní slyšet i nejhlubší ozvěny vesmíru – od jeho pradávného zrodu až po tajemství jeho nejzazších koutů.

Přednáška se bude konat ve středu 26. 11. 2025 od 19:00 v prostorách budovy MFF UK na Malé straně, v posluchárně S9. Vstup je zdarma a není třeba předchozí registrace.

Souřadnice: 50.0884 N, 14.4037 E

Dopravní spojení: vedle tramvajové a autobusové zastávky Malostranské náměstí, nebo 10 minut pěšky od stanice metra Malostranská (linka "A" – zelená),

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