Recent Talks

2023

Revisiting GW200129 with machine learning noise mitigation: is it (still) precessing?

Binary black hole GW200129 is claimed to be the highest precessing binary ever observed. In fact, the measured orbital precession is …

Gravitational-wave detector data quality

Gravitational-wave transient noise modelling and mitigation

Gravitational-wave transient noise poses a challenge in the upcoming LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing (O4) run. In this talk, I will …

2021

Do glitches in gravitational-wave data affect our ability to estimate the correct sky localization?

Gravitational-wave (GW) data contains non-Gaussian noise artifacts called ‘glitches’. These glitches can sometimes overlap …

2019

Search for gravitational waves associated with Gamma-ray bursts during the second Advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most violent phenomena in the universe. They are generally divided into two categories: …

Unmodelled source reconstruction with gravitational waves

Parameter estimation of all gravitational-wave signals detected so far relies on precise source models. They are usually limited to …

Search for gravitational waves associated with Gamma-ray bursts during the second Advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most violent phenomena in the universe. They are generally divided into two categories: …

2018

Gravitational-wave Bursts: Searching for the Unknown

Gravitational waves (GWs) have been detected for the first time in 2015 and so far all detections were made using templates for …

2017

Gravitational-wave search using Gamma-ray bursts with Advanced LIGO

I will present results from Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) search for gravitational waves (GWs) …