Lists of Conferences and Workshops

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The discussion revolves around the identification and sharing of conferences and workshops relevant to physics, particularly for someone preparing for graduate school and seeking to expand their knowledge in various fields. Participants express interest in both summer and winter schools, as well as general conferences in physics.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
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  • Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions being offered a research assistantship and seeks recommendations for conferences and workshops to attend, particularly after September 2012.
  • Another participant shares a link to a website that lists physics conferences but notes it may not include summer schools.
  • A different participant suggests another resource, SPIRES, for finding conferences.
  • There is a discussion about whether the original poster receives information about APS-sponsored conferences, with one participant noting that their university may be filtering such communications.
  • One participant discovers they are subscribed to "APS News" but had not been receiving the information due to university filtering.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best sources for conference information, as multiple links and resources are shared, and there is uncertainty regarding the filtering of communications from APS.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their subscription status to APS communications and the completeness of the conference lists provided.

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I have been offered a research assistance-ship this coming fall, and I'll have a certain amount of money that's intended to cover a decent amount of travel to conferences since I do theory work and my mentor has a decent grant.

I went to the American Physical Society April Meeting for 2012, and I thought it was a great experience as my first conference and I'll probably be looking at the conferences that my mentor goes to as my first priorities, but I'd like to see if everyone could post the conferences they go to/have heard of. Also, if anyone has good links to lists of conferences. I will be at an REU until late August so I'm concerned with late Sept. 2012 on-wards, mostly.

I'm also interested in Summer and Winter schools/workshops in any and all topics. I really want to expand what I know and gain some prospective as to what is being done at the forefronts of the various fields within physics.

I'll probably be looking at choosing my list of graduate schools to apply to this coming Fall and Spring and I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet. I have a very specialized set of skills, and that's probably not healthy...hence I'd like to do what I can to learn about other fields :)
 
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Elwin.Martin said:
Thanks, I'll try to look through it.

So, out of curiosity, since you've attended the APS conference and presumably, you are an APS member, don't you receive mailings (both via e-mail and the APS Newsletter) on all the conferences and workshops that the APS sponsors/co-sponsors?

Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
So, out of curiosity, since you've attended the APS conference and presumably, you are an APS member, don't you receive mailings (both via e-mail and the APS Newsletter) on all the conferences and workshops that the APS sponsors/co-sponsors?

Zz.

Ermmm most of what they mail me goes to my university, I just use my access to Phys Rev D online and I think I checked my member information once while signing up for the conference and I'm not sure if I'm set up to receive emails? I get APS membership through the Society of Physics Students.

I didn't know there were other APS sponsored conferences, I only knew about the March and April meetings. I'll look now, though
 

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