ChaICA - 6

Challenges and Innovations in Computational Astrophysics VI

A Hybrid Meeting covering all areas of Computational Astrophysics

September 29 - October 2, 2025

IISER Mohali, India

Rationale:

This is the 6th edition of the ChaICA series of meetings on computational astrophysics organised by IAU Commission B1: Computational Astrophysics. The meeting provides a forum especially for early-career researchers to present to their peers their work on computational algorithms, methods and new software projects. The talks can be a mix of both numerical methods and scientific results, but the focus of the meeting is on the computational and programming aspects. It is less formal than a scientific symposium, and so presentations on work-in-progress that does not yet have any scientific application/results are warmly welcomed.

Topics to be covered:

  1. Data Management & Mock Catalogs

  2. AI/ML Aided Simulations

  3. Astrophysical Codes in the Era of GPU

  4. Cosmological codes with Subgrid Models

  5. Multi-scale simulations

  6. Advances in Stellar Evolution codes

  7. Particle Simulations and Kinetic Plasma codes.

Invited Speakers

  1. Keiya Hirashima; University of Tokyo, Japan

  2. Hsi-Yu Schive; National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  3. Prateek Sharma; Indian Institute of Science, India

  4. Wladimir Lyra; New Mexico State University, USA

  5. Jayanta Roy; National Centre for Radio Astrophysics; India

  6. Emily M. Boudreaux; Dartmouth College; USA

  7. Nishikant Khandai; NISER Bhubneshwar; India

Important Dates:

March 30, 2025 : Registration and Abstract Submission Starts

April 30, 2025 : Abstract Submission Ends

May 31, 2025 : Selected Abstracts will be informed

June 30, 2025 : Last date for Registration

Registeration:

You can register and submit your asbtract using the link below : Register here

Instructions for registeration fee payments will be updated here.

About the Venue:

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali (https://www.iisermohali.ac.in) is located in Northern India.
The closest airport is Chandigarh (distance 10km) and there is excellent connectivity with New Delhi (distance 250 km) by Road, Rail and Air.
IISER Mohali, like other IISERs is a university with education and research in basic sciences as the primary focus.

More details will be updated soon

Scientific Organizing Committee

  1. Michiko Fujii ; Co-Chair

  2. Jonathan Mackey; Co-Chair

  3. Bhargav Vaidya; Co-Chair

  4. Jasjeet Singh Bagla

  5. Jungyeon Cho

  6. Pratika Dayal

  7. Catherine Lovekin

  8. Surajit Paul

  9. Steven Rieder

  10. Christian M. Boily

Local Organizing Committee

  1. Jasjeet Singh Bagla; Chair

  2. Harvinder Kaur Jassal

  3. Kinjalk Lochan

  4. Pankaj Kushwaha