The NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) is excited to announce the date and location for our inaugural conference.
The Cosmic Horizons conference will be held at the University of Texas at Austin from May 6 to 8, 2025.
| Important Dates | |
| January 26 | Contributed Talk Abstracts Due |
| February 3 | Conference Talk Schedule Set |
| March 1 | Poster Abstracts Due |
| April 15 | Registration Fee Due / Last Day to Register to Attend |
| May 6 | Conference Starts |
Rationale and focus
The recent revolution in AI is fundamentally changing how astronomers observe, explore, analyze, and model astronomical data. The Cosmic Horizons conference aims to bring together researchers who are actively developing and applying AI/ML methods in astronomy. The conference will focus on:
- Recent advances at the intersection of AI and Astronomy and AI-powered progress towards understanding our cosmic origins, from cosmology to habitability.
- Methodologies to increase the trustworthiness, robustness, interpretability, and efficiency of AI applications in astronomy.
- Preparation for the big-data challenges posed by next-generation observing facilities and approaches for analyzing high-dimensional data.
Conference participants will have opportunities to demonstrate AI-Astro packages in conjunction with the inaugural AI-in-Astronomy Bootcamp from May 5 to 9 at the University of Texas at Austin.
The conference is sponsored by CosmicAI, with support from the NSF, Simons Foundation, and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.
Register here. Stay tuned for more information about the agenda and speakers.
