CosmoSur VIII – Cosmology and Gravitation in the Southern Cone

The VIII CosmoSur — Cosmology and Gravitation in the Southern Cone — will take place in Valparaíso, Chile, from October 6 to 9 of this year, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in collaboration with the Universidad de Valparaíso.

This event is the eighth edition of a biennial meeting whose previous editions have been held in Rio de Janeiro, Valparaíso, Córdoba, and Salvador. The conference, which is usually attended by around one hundred researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students, aims to bring together scientists from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and other South American countries working in Cosmology, Gravitation, and Astrophysics.

The meeting provides a forum where different research groups can present their work, exchange ideas, and foster new collaborations. It also contributes to the training of students and early-career researchers by encouraging direct interaction with scientists from across Latin America.

Our webpage is now online, and registration and talk submission are open:

https://fis.ucv.cl/cosmosur8/

For any further information, please contact us at

[email protected]

Coloquio en el IFIS: “From Quantum Chaos to Black Holes”

El próximo miércoles 23 de septiembre, el Dr. Viktor Jahnke investigador postdoctoral del Instituto de Física Teórica de São Paulo, Brasil, dictará el coloquio “From Quantum Chaos to Black Holes” a las 11:00 horas en la Sala 208 del Instituto de Física, Edificio de Ciencias, Campus Curauma, PUCV.

Compartimos el resumen de la presentación:

Recently, ideas from quantum chaos have begun to play an important role in high-energy physics, especially in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, a duality relating certain theories of gravity in anti-de Sitter space to lower-dimensional quantum field theories without gravity. In this colloquium, I will explain in what sense black holes can be viewed as maximally chaotic systems, and how this perspective helps sharpen our understanding of the AdS/CFT correspondence. I will focus on the physics of out-of-time-order correlators and present a modern perspective on them based on free probability theory.

Extendemos la invitación a la comunidad del Instituto de Física y público interesado a participar de este coloquio.

Mini-Curso: Introduction to Cosmology Part II

El Instituto de Física PUCV tiene el agrado de presentar un nuevo Mini-Curso: Modelos basados en agentes y ciencia de las redes, impartido por la Dra. Yerali Gandica, profesora visitante del IFIS proveniente de la Universidad Internacional de Valencia, España.

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Coloquio en el IFIS: “AI in academy”

El próximo miércoles 26 de agosto, el Dr. Remigiusz Durka (Universidad de Breslavia, Polonia), físico teórico, dictará el coloquio “AI in academy” a las 11:00 horas en la Sala 208 del Instituto de Física, Edificio de Ciencias, Campus Curauma, PUCV.

Compartimos el resumen de la presentación:

Although conversational interfaces are currently the most popular way to interact with artificial intelligence, the true potential for academic application lies in more structured content. This colloquium introduces foundational concepts of AI integration in scientific workflows and focuses on practical execution and demonstrations. We will emphasize the Markdown format as a vital interface, demonstrating how it can be seamlessly edited, versioned, and transformed into computational notebooks and dynamic demonstrations.


We will explore how AI-generated frameworks can be methodically developed into Python environments, such as Google Colab or Visual Studio Code. The talk will demonstrate how to extend basic notes into functional code, complex plots, animations, and interactive HTML applications with dynamic visualizations. Consequently, AI functions not as a simple shortcut, but as a robust tool for deep exploration, advanced visualization, and rigorous project-based research.

Extendemos la invitación a la comunidad del Instituto de Física y público interesado a participar de este coloquio.

Seminario de Astrofísica: “Feeding, Erupting, and Bursting: The restless lives of accreting white dwarfs”

Seminario de Astrofísica en el IFIS. El próximo martes 25 de agosto a las 14:30 hrs, la Dra. Odette Toloza (UTFSM), presentará en el Instituto de Física el seminario:

“Feeding, Erupting, and Bursting: The restless lives of accreting white dwarfs”.

La presentación se realizará en la Sala 208 del Instituto de Física (IFIS), 2° piso, Edificio de Ciencias, Campus Curauma, PUCV.

 

Extendemos la invitación a la comunidad PUCV y al público interesado.