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GWIC News

GWIC welcomes three new Pulsar Timing Collaborations

The goal of GWIC is to represent the field of gravitational waves broadly. At its last meeting GWIC heard presentations about the efforts to use precision pulsar timing measurements to detect gravitational waves in the nanoHertz frequency band. As a result of those presentation, GWIC has invited three collaborations to join. We are pleased to announce that the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA), the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA), and the NANOGrav collaboration will now be represented on GWIC.

2008 Thesis Prize Nominations Now Open

Nominations for the 2008 GWIC Thesis are underway. Nominations are due January 15, 2009. Please check the Thesis Prize page for more information and to learn how to submit a nomination.

GWIC welcomes a third generation interferometer study, the Einstein Telescope project, as a new member project

This past year, the European Commission awarded a Framework Programme 7 grant to the Einstein Telescope project, a major design study for a future European third generation interferometric gravitational wave detector. As a result, GWIC has invited ET as a new member project. Michele Punturo was selected as the Scientific Coordinator for ET, and he will represent ET on GWIC.

GWIC Roadmap

GWIC has formed a subcommittee charged to prepare a Roadmap for the field of gravitational wave detection and observation for the next 30 years. This committee should interact with the broader gravitational wave community to out-lining the scientific opportunities, identify the technological developments needed, and the describe a path that optimizes the scientific return. More details can be found here.

2007 Thesis Prize winner announced

GWIC is pleased to announce that the 2007 Thesis Prize is awarded to Keisuke Goda for his thesis “Development of Techniques for Quantum-Enhanced Laser-Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors.”

Statement on the Importance of the Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope (LCGT)

On 3 April 2008, GWIC issued a Statement on the Importance of the LCGT Interferometer Detector, and urged that it be funded on a rapid timescale.