GW Open Data Workshop 2026

20 avr. 2026, 12:00 → 23 avr. 2026, 14:00 Europe/Paris

Amphi 2 (Maison de la Recherche et de la Valorisation, Toulouse, France)

The Laboratoire des 2 Infinis Toulouse (L2IT) and the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center (GWOSC) are organizing the 2026 Open Data Workshop (ODW).

The ODW is a crash-course in gravitational-wave data analysis which includes lectures, software tutorials, quiz questions, and a data challenge.

This year's workshop will be hosted in a hybrid style. Participants can join in-person in Toulouse (France) or are welcome to join the closest study hub or participate online. Participation is done through Thinkific.

This website is only to register for the main in-person event. If you want to participate in a study hub or online, you just need to enroll on Thinkific. If you plan to participate in-person to the main even in Toulouse you must register both here and on Thinkific.

For enrollment, course content, or online participation, see the Thinkific platform: https://gw-odw.thinkific.com/courses/odw2026.

Registration is free and gives access to the lectures and hands-on mentoring sessions with local experts.

Registration includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks. Dinner is not included. On Wednesday, April 22nd, we will hold a cocktail party with speakers and mentors.

We can't provide funding for your travel and accommodation. Please, ask your institution for this.

This page will be updated with new information as the workshop date approaches. Keep reading to learn more.

 

 

poster_ODW2026_Toulouse.pdf

lun. 20 avril

12:00 Welcome Desk

1 Practical information

2 Introduction

3 Introduction to GW (Viola Sordini , IP2I Lyon)

4 Accessing Open Data (Agata Trovato, U. Trieste)

15:30 Break

5 Signal Processing (Quentin Baghi, APC)

6 Mentoring/hands-on session

mar. 21 avril

09:00 Breakfast

7 Mentoring/hands-on session

12:00 Lunch break

8 CBC Science (Frédérique Marion, LAPP)

9 Detector Characterization (Francesco Di Renzo, U. Firenze)

15:30 Break

10 CBC Searches (Tito Dal Canton, IJC lab)

11 Mentoring/hands-on session

mer. 22 avril

09:00 Breakfast

12 Mentoring/hands-on session

12:30 Lunch break

13 Parameter estimation (Charlie Hoy, U. Portsmouth)

14 Introduction to hierarchical inference (Vasco Gennari, L2IT)

15:30 Break

15 Challenges in future detectors (3G and LISA) (John Baker, L2IT)

16 Mentoring/hands-on session

17 L2IT Seminar (optional): Testing gravity with gravitational waves (Maxence Corman, AEI)

This seminar is not part of the ODW but is open to participants

Gravitational waves from merging compact objects provide a unique probe of gravity in the strong-field, highly dynamical regime. Interpreting these signals, and using them to test General Relativity, relies on accurate theoretical models of the full inspiral, merger, and ringdown phases. In this talk, I will discuss ongoing efforts to construct such waveform models in extensions of General Relativity. I will highlight the key theoretical and computational challenges involved, summarize recent progress, and outline future directions.

18:15 Group picture

18:30 Cocktail

Light lunch with the speakers, mentors and participants

jeu. 23 avril

09:00 Breakfast

18 Mentoring/hands-on session

12:30 Lunch break