SIGRAV mourns the loss of Alexei Starobinsky, a distinguished cosmologist and cherished colleague to many within our community, who passed away on December 21st. Professor Starobinsky, as an Amaldi Medal awardee in 2012, was also an esteemed member of SIGRAV. His absence leaves a void that will be deeply felt by us all.
The 2023 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for outstanding research in General Relativity has been awarded to Dr. Elisa Maggio. The Committee consisted of Profs. Lars Andersson, Mauro Carfora, Gerhard Huisken, Luciano Rezzolla, and Fulvio Ricci. The prizes will be presented to Elisa Maggio at the 25th edition of the “Italian Society for General Relativity and […]
The recipients of the 2023 Amaldi medals are: Jospeph Silk and Gabriele Veneziano. The 2023 SIGRAV prizes (for scientists under 40 who work in Italy) are assigned to: Giulia Gubitosi and Sunny Vagnozzi The prizes will be assigned during the SIGRAV XXV conference in Trieste, when special seminars will be held by the awardees.
Sigrav Conference will be held in Triestre, on September 4-8, 2023. First announcement Info here
BRAVE NEW WORLDS II Understanding the planets of other stars Villa del Grumello Como – Italy 12-16 June 2023 For further info
Giulio Rampa PhD Thesis Prize for Outstanding Research in General Relativity and Gravitational Physics – 2023 Edition For more info
Scientific Committee Justin Corvino (Lafayette College) Pengzi Miao (University of Miami) Organizing Committee Mauro Carfora (Università di Pavia) Giorgio Patrizio (Università di Firenze) Tommaso Ruggeri (Università di Bologna) INdAM (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica), MSRI (Mathematical Science Research Institute), SMI (Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria), in cooperation with the CMI (Clay Mathematics Institute), organize a a summer graduate workshop on Mathematical General […]
The Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation announces the XXIV SIGRAV Conference, to be held in Urbino (Marche region, Italy) from 7 to 9 September 2021, hosted by the Urbino University Carlo Bo in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Battiferri located in the historic centre of the town, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The […]
The nomination deadline is 31 January 2020. The Gravitational Wave International Committee is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Friends of Stefano Braccini to award a single yearly prize recognizing an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the field of gravitational waves, the GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prize. Nominations for the 2019 GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prizes are […]
SIGRAV International School 2020. Gravity: General Relativity and beyond. Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitational waves. 3-7 February 2020 – Vietri sul Mare (Salerno – Italy)