Name: Cosmic Roy and the General Roylativitis
Start: 2025-03-10T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-03-11T20:00:00+02:00
Location: SAAO

Cosmic Roy and the General Roylativitis

from Monday, 10 March 2025 (09:30) to Tuesday, 11 March 2025 (20:00)

Monday, 10 March 2025

10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Roy@70 - George Ellis (UCT)
Roy@70
- George Ellis (UCT)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Auditorium
11:30 Roy is an Astro Super Star (ASS) - Chris Clarkson (QMUL)
Roy is an Astro Super Star (ASS)
- Chris Clarkson (QMUL)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium
12:00 The strategic history of the SKA in South Africa - Rob Adam
The strategic history of the SKA in South Africa
- Rob Adam
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
12:30 Reflections on the dawn of precision cosmology and the ICG - Bruce Basset
Reflections on the dawn of precision cosmology and the ICG
- Bruce Basset
12:30 - 12:50
Room: Auditorium
12:50 Video Collection
Video Collection
12:50 - 13:00
Room: Auditorium

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Auditorium
14:00 Roy@70 - the early years - Sunil Maharaj (UKZN)
Roy@70 - the early years
- Sunil Maharaj (UKZN)
14:00 - 14:20
Room: Auditorium
14:20 Amazwi Ombulelo - Siyambonga Matshawule (UWC)
Amazwi Ombulelo
- Siyambonga Matshawule (UWC)
14:20 - 14:40
Room: Auditorium
14:40 The effects of relativistic and wide-angle corrections to the galaxy power spectrum - Sêcloka Lazare Guedezounme
The effects of relativistic and wide-angle corrections to the galaxy power spectrum
- Sêcloka Lazare Guedezounme
14:40 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:20
Room: Auditorium
15:20 Cosmological constraints using 2-and 3- point corRoylations with MeerKAT, the SKA, and HIRAX - Liantsoa Randrianjanahary (UKZN)
Cosmological constraints using 2-and 3- point corRoylations with MeerKAT, the SKA, and HIRAX
- Liantsoa Randrianjanahary (UKZN)
15:20 - 15:40
Room: Auditorium
15:40 Probing the Cosmological Principle with weak lensing shear - James Adam
Probing the Cosmological Principle with weak lensing shear
- James Adam
15:40 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
16:00 Honoring Roy Maartens: A Legacy in Science and Mentorship - Sim Dlamini (UCT)
Honoring Roy Maartens: A Legacy in Science and Mentorship
- Sim Dlamini (UCT)
16:00 - 16:20
Room: Auditorium
16:20 My last decade+ of roysearch - Stefano Camera (Turin)
My last decade+ of roysearch
- Stefano Camera (Turin)
16:20 - 16:40
Room: Auditorium
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
09:40 The primordial Universe and 21cm - Dionysis Karagiannis
The primordial Universe and 21cm
- Dionysis Karagiannis
09:40 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00 I Believe I can Fl(at Sk)y! - William Matthewson
I Believe I can Fl(at Sk)y!
- William Matthewson
10:00 - 10:20
Room: Auditorium
10:20 Roylativistic effects and the quest for GR null tests with LSS - Jose Fonseca (Porto)
Roylativistic effects and the quest for GR null tests with LSS
- Jose Fonseca (Porto)
10:20 - 10:40
Room: Auditorium
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Auditorium
11:20 Constraining primordial non-Gaussianity by combining photometric galaxy and 21cm intensity mapping surveys - Mponeng Kopana (UWC)
Constraining primordial non-Gaussianity by combining photometric galaxy and 21cm intensity mapping surveys
- Mponeng Kopana (UWC)
11:20 - 11:40
Room: Auditorium
11:40 HI intensity mapping from forecasts to data - Matilde Barberi-Squarotti (Milan)
HI intensity mapping from forecasts to data
- Matilde Barberi-Squarotti (Milan)
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium
12:00 Model-agnostic assessment of dark energy after DESI DR1 BAO - Bikash Ranjan Dinda
Model-agnostic assessment of dark energy after DESI DR1 BAO
- Bikash Ranjan Dinda
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Auditorium
12:20 Good Hope for detecting our acceleration trough space? - Christian Marinoni
Good Hope for detecting our acceleration trough space?
- Christian Marinoni
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Auditorium
12:40 Cosmic Histories - Lerothodi Leeuw (UWC)
Cosmic Histories
- Lerothodi Leeuw (UWC)
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Auditorium
13:00 Relativistic Effects in the Large-Scale Structure - Pritha Paul (QMUL)
Relativistic Effects in the Large-Scale Structure
- Pritha Paul (QMUL)
13:00 - 13:20
Room: Auditorium
13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 14:20
Room: Auditorium
14:20 Roylativistic Contributions to the Galaxy Bispectrum - Samantha Rossiter
Roylativistic Contributions to the Galaxy Bispectrum
- Samantha Rossiter
14:20 - 14:40
Room: Auditorium
14:40 The Galaxy mass-spin relation (and Roy's contribution) - Ed Elson (UWC)
The Galaxy mass-spin relation (and Roy's contribution)
- Ed Elson (UWC)
14:40 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00 A positive and encouraging correlation of multi tracers Roy brought between the two towns 14,000km apart - Shun Saito
A positive and encouraging correlation of multi tracers Roy brought between the two towns 14,000km apart
- Shun Saito
15:00 - 15:20
Room: Auditorium
15:20 Contribution from all students
Contribution from all students
15:20 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium
15:30 Cosmology with MeerKAT/SKA from South Africa - Mario Santos (UWC)
Cosmology with MeerKAT/SKA from South Africa
- Mario Santos (UWC)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
16:00 Aperitivo & Dinner
Aperitivo & Dinner
16:00 - 20:00

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