NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)

CosmicAI at Texas Science Festival 2026 presenting "AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe"
@texasscience.bsky.social

Cosmic Horizons Conference Abstract Submission & Registration Reminder!!
Abstract deadline: April 1st
We are building the schedule leading up to this date. Hoping to be considered for a talk? We recommend submitting your abstracts ASAP!
July 14-16
Charlottesville, VA @thenrao.bsky.social

Reserve your spot! CosmicAI is at @sxsw.com! Our panel, "Revolutionizing Astronomy with Next Generation Big Data," focuses on how AI is transforming astronomy to unlock new insights into the origins of our universe.
Austin, TX
Mar 15
JW Marriott, Salon D
4-5 pm CT
schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP116...

Upcoming Hybrid Seminar! March 4th - 11 AM CT / 12PM ET!
Zoom/in person at UVA Astronomy Building (Room 201). “Cosmo3DFlow: Powering the Digital Twin of the Universe” w/ Judy Fox (Associate Professor, UVA) & LLM Reasoning Beyond Scaling w/ Greg Durrett (Associate Professor, NYU)
Cosmicai.org/events

CosmicAI team presenting "AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe" at Texas Science Festival 2026! Join our email list/slack to stay posted on future events! cosmicai.org/get-involved @texasscience.bsky.social @taccutexas.bsky.social

Reminder! Austin in person event with CosmicAI and Texas Science Festival this Wednesday, February 25th from 1-2pm

Details ⬇️

sciencefest.utexas.edu/events/exper...

This week's two part CosmicAI hybrid Seminar! “AI-Assisted Peer Review at Scale: The AAAI-26 AI Review Pilot” w/ Joydeep Biswas (UT Austin & Texas Robotics) and Olmo 3: State-of-the-art in fully open models” w/ Kyle Lo (AI2)
Join our email list to learn about the next one cosmicai.org/get-involved

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 CosmicAI Seed Funding Awards! We were impressed by the overall quality, creativity, and strong research plans that thoughtfully integrated astronomy and AI. Read the abstracts.
cosmicai.org/news/cosmica...

CosmicAI hybrid seminar today at 11AM CT/12PM ET!
🌮 will be served!
cosmicai.org/events/sprin...

Upcoming Hybrid Seminar Feb 18! Olmo 3: State-of-the-art in fully open models” w/ Kyle Lo (AI2) and “AI-Assisted Peer Review at Scale: The AAAI-26 AI Review Pilot” w/ Joydeep Biswas (UT Austin & Texas Robotics)

11 AM CT / 12PM ET!
Venue: Zoom & in-person at UT Austin
Cosmicai.org/events

Austin in person event w/ CosmicAI and Texas Science Festival! “AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe”
Feb 25
1-2pm
Peter O'Donnell Building, Avaya Auditorium, Room 2.302 201 E. 24th St sciencefest.utexas.edu/events/exper...
@taccutexas.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social

We’re excited to see our collaborators at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory spotlight recent progress from CosmicAI in a new press release following @aas.org
Read it here public.nrao.edu/news/nationa... @thenrao.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org

CosmicAI Co-Director @mattlease.bsky.social giving his talk at our 2026 CosmicAI Seminar Series "Responsible AI for Science: Assessing Potential Benefits vs. Risks"

Sign up for our email list to join the next hybrid seminar ! cosmicai.org/get-involved

Registration is open ! Cosmic Horizons Conference 2026

Hosted by CosmicAI and @thenrao.bsky.social

Bringing together researchers who are actively developing and applying AI/ML methods in astronomy.

July 13th to 16th, 2026

Charlottesville, VA 

go.nrao.edu/Cosmic-Horiz...

Upcoming CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar!
Wed Feb 4th, 11am CT!
Responsible AI for Science: Benefits vs Risks (Matt Lease, CosmicAI Co-Director), & Trade-offs in LLM-Supported Research Ideation (Houjiang Liu, PhD Student)
Zoom/in-person (@utaustin.bsky.social - POB 4.304)
Cosmicai.org/events

CosmicAI student feature Yufeng Luo! "I’m a 5th-year PhD applying AI to cosmology and a DESI collaborator. I built a ViT model to flag bad exposures in Legacy Survey DR11. Now I’m developing a foundation model combining DESI spectra and multiband images for classification and redshift estimation."

CosmicAI Certificate Scholarship Announcement! CosmicAI offers a full scholarship to early-career educators who enroll in the AstroAI pathway of the Graduate Certificate in AI and Machine Learning (CAIML) program. How to apply? Complete the forms & application at the QR codes! @thenrao.bsky.social

Announcing our 2026 Hybrid Seminar Series! Bringing together researchers in AI and astronomy to share new ideas, tools, and results at the intersection of data, computation, and the universe. Join our mailing list or Slack to get the Zoom link cosmicai.org/get-involved @simonsfoundation.org

Spots are filling up, 10 remain!! Register now or share with network. We'll open up the waiting list once the slots are filled! @thenrao.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Cosmic Horizons Conference hosted by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins and @thenrao.bsky.social!

We are now accepting abstract submissions for both speakers and posters!

July 13th to 16th, 2026
Charlottesville, VA
go.nrao.edu/Cosmic-Horiz...

Upcoming CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar! “Unexpected Insights from Astronomical Data” (Dr. Stephanie Juneau, NSF NOIRLab & CosmicAI) and Foundation Models for Survey Astronomy (Francois Lanusse, CNRS)

Jan 21st
11 AM CT / 12PM ET!

Zoom & in-person at @noirlabastro.bsky.social (MCR)!
Cosmicai.org/events

Registration is open! AI Boot Camp For Astronomers
Presented by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins and the Texas Advanced Computing Center
June 1st-5th 2026
Location: Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin
Learn more cosmicai.org/astroai-boot... @simonsfoundation.org @utaustin.bsky.social

CosmicAI Post-Bac student Andy Morgan, sharing his poster at @aas.org

"Outlier Detection & Redshift Prediction Applied to >1 Million DESI Spectra with Continuous Normalizing Flows"

CosmicAI fifth-year PhD student Yufeng Luo giving his talk "AVIS: Astro Vision model for Imaging and Spectroscopy" at @aas.org !

CosmicAI at @aas.org !

Packed house for our special @aas.org session with SkAI Institute “Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets“ !! Presented by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins and the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky, funded by National Science Foundation and @simonsfoundation.org

Stop by our booth at @aas.org!! And don't miss our special AAS session today Jan 6th 2-330pm "Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets" @simonsfoundation.org

Promotional graphic for Tuesday's 2:00 PM Special Session at the AAS Conference: Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets, Room 232 A.

#AAS247 Attendees: Be sure to check out TODAY'S (Tuesday) 2:00 PM Special Session: Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets (📍Room 232 A).

Come hear about and discuss AI applications for analysis of big datasets - like from @vrubinobs.bsky.social, #ngVLA, and #ALMA.

We're at @aas.org! Stop by booth 404 to learn about our upcoming initiatives! Join our special session "Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets" tomorrow, tues Jan 6th, 2026! 2:00–3:30 PM MST
Phoenix, AZ aas.org/meetings/aas...

Join our AAS Special Session! Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets
Tomorrow (Jan 6th) 2–3:30 PM MST
Phoenix, AZ