Ay 111, Introduction to Current Research, Fall 2025

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 3	Matthew Graham	slides (pdf)
Oct 10	Jim Fuller	slides (pdf, no videos)
Oct 17	Andrew Howard	slides (pdf)
Oct 24	Kareem El-Badry	slides (pdf)
Oct 31	Elias Most	slides (pdf)
Nov 7	Phil Hopkins	slides (pdf)
Nov 14	Olivier Doré	slides (pdf)
Nov 21	Sunil Golwala / Jack Sayers	slides (pdf)
Nov 28	No class - Thanksgiving
Dec 5	Mansi Kasliwal	slides

Last Revised: 30Nov25, SGD