Invitation to the 2021 Salam Distinguished Lectures Series Webinar by Prof. David Spergel on 27- 29 January 2021 (online)

[ICTP Director]

*ICTP is pleased to announce that Professor David Spergel, **will 
deliver this year’s Salam Distinguished Lecture Series on 27, 28 and 29 
January. The lectures will take place by ZOOM.
*

*Please register in advance for these three webinars:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3YbVuQHIQ4m4MZYw7svSqQ *

*The lecture series will also be livestreamed from the ICTP website at: 
http://video.ictp.it/livestream
*

David Spergel is the director of the Center for Computational 
Astrophysics. His research interests range from the search for planets 
around nearby stars to the shape of the universe. Since completing his 
Ph.D. work, he has been interested in using laboratory experiments and 
astronomical observations to probe the nature of dark matter and look 
for new physics. Using microwave background observations from the 
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the Atacama Cosmology 
Telescope, he has measured the age, shape and composition of the 
universe. His observations have played a significant role in 
establishing the standard model of cosmology.

After 30 years at Princeton, Spergel is now retired and full-time at the 
Simons Foundation, and Charles Young Professor of Astronomy Emeritus on 
the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University.

The Lecture Series is scheduled as follows:

*Wednesday 27 January at 16.00 hrs: *"What the Universe’s Baby Picture 
Reveals About Fundamental Physics"
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9500/
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*Thursday 28 January at 16.00 hrs: *“Our Simple Strange Universe”
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9501/

*Friday 29 January at 16.00 hrs*/*: */"Determining the Universe’s 
Initial Conditions”

http://indico.ictp.it/event/9502/

/*The Abdus Salam Distinguished Lecture Series receives generous support 
from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). For 
more information see: https://kfas.ictp.it/
*/

We look forward to seeing you at these events.

Best regards,

Office of the Director, ICTP