Jess McIver, University of British Columbia

Research

Black holes Detector noise Gravitational waves LIGO Machine learning Multi-messenger astronomy Noise mitigation Noise modeling

Latest funding

Increasing the discovery potential of black holes with gravitational waves
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$179,601

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Increasing the discovery potential of black holes with gravitational waves

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McIver, Jess J

Keywords: black holes; detector noise; gravitational waves; ligo; machine learning; multi-messenger astronomy; noise mitigation; noise modeling; time series data analysis; virgo

$179,601

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Black holes Dear Professor McIver, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on black holes connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Increasing the discovery potential of black holes with gravitational waves" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]