by Olivia Curtis | Jan 27, 2025 | Seminar
Naoki Seto October 10, 2024 Zoom recording Abstract: We discuss a Galaxy-wide coordinated signaling scheme in which a SETI observer needs to examine only a small fraction of the sky. The target sky directions are determined over time, based on high-precision...
by Olivia Curtis | Jan 27, 2025 | Seminar
Brian Lacki September 26, 2024 Zoom recording Abstract With their postulated ability to replicate through interstellar travel, technological societies may be unlike any astrophysical phenomenon we have observed. If true, different galaxies could have completely...
by Olivia Curtis | Jan 27, 2025 | Seminar
Gabriella Contardo September 12, 2024 Zoom recording Abstract: Stellar infrared excess usually indicates the presence of debris disks or dust around a star. While common in young stars due to their protoplanetary disks, extreme IR excess in older stars is more...
by Pinchen Fan | May 6, 2024 | Seminar
Yuri Uno April 25, 2024 Zoom recording Abstract: SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) efforts have primarily targeted stellar systems within our Galaxy, with the anticipation of discovering civilizations similar to our own (Type I as defined by the...
by Pinchen Fan | May 6, 2024 | Seminar
Andy Nilipour April 18, 2024 Zoom recording Abstract: Spatiotemporal techniques for signal coordination with actively transmitting extraterrestrial civilizations, without the need for prior communication, can constrain technosignature searches to a significantly...
by Pinchen Fan | May 6, 2024 | Seminar
Winter Parts April 4 & 11, 2024 Zoom recording (part 1, April 4, 2024) Zoom recording (part 2, April 11, 2024) Abstract: Winter will present and discuss 3 papers on Solar System SETI. We will begin with a discussion of R. N. Bracewell’s 1960 paper on Solar System...
