Ay 111, Introduction to Current Research, Fall 2026

The class is held on Fridays, 11-12, in Cahill 219

Instructor/coordinator: George Djorgovski, [lastname] at caltech.edu

The purpose of these seminars is to familiarize the first-year Ay graduate students with the research done by our faculty, and thus assist them in choosing their initial research projects. Attendance by first-year students is thus mandatory. Anyone else is welcome to attend, subject to approval by the instructor. Informal continued discussions after the seminars are encouraged.

Grading: P/F
Requirements: (1) Attendance of all lectures; exceptions may be granted at the instructor's discretion for valid reasons. (2) A 1-2 page written summary of one or two subject(s) you found most interesting. It is also highly recommended that the students attend the weekly Astronomy colloquia.

Fall term schedule:

Oct 2	George Djorgovski	slides (pdf)
Oct 9	Kareem El-Badry	slides (pdf)
Oct 16	Matthew Graham	slides (pdf)
Oct 23	Andrew Howard	slides (pdf)
Oct 30	Dimitri Mawet	slides (pdf)
Nov 6	Jim Fuller	slides (pdf)
Nov 13	Lynne Hillenbrand	slides (pdf)
Nov 20	Gregg Hallinan	slides (pdf)
Nov 27	No class - Thanksgiving
Dec 4	Shri Kulkarni	slides (pdf)

Last Revised: 02Oct26, SGD