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NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation. Driving AI innovation to explore cosmic origins and make astronomy more accessible and collaborative.

That’s a wrap on the 2026 AI Boot Camp for Astronomers in collaboration with @taccutexas.bsky.social ! Listen as Ryan Lynch (Staff Scientist at NSF @thenrao.bsky.social and the Green Bank Observatory) shares how the hands on activities helped him understand the fundamentals of AI.

Using cutting-edge simulations, Dr. Jenna Samuel, Prof. @mbkplus.bsky.social, & Asst. Prof Julian Munoz investigated a major puzzle revealed by the JWST: why do the earliest galaxies appear brighter, more massive, & clumpier than expected? cosmicai.org/news/researc... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5dI...

Today is the last day of the 2026 AI Boot Camp for Astronomers presented by CosmicAI and @taccutexas.bsky.social Listen to Niall Gaffney, Computing Director (TACC) discuss why its important for folks to have machine learning and AI skills and capabilities!

The AI Boot Camp for Astronomers is officially underway in collaboration with @taccutexas.bsky.social ! Students are already on day four of a weeklong, immersive training experience designed to help researchers build practical AI skills for astronomy. @simonsfoundation.org

CosmicAI Lightning Talk! MD. Khairul Islam is a PhD student at University of Virginia Listen to the talk “Cosmo3DFlow: Reconstructing the Early Universe using Generative Models” @simonsfoundation.org

Hot off the virtual presses: Jenna Samuel @texasastronomy.bsky.social) has led a huge new effort to understand galaxy formation in the early Universe. These simulations can serve as key comparisons with JWST observations to see where our best models do and do not work 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.24104

CosmicAI Student Lightning talk! Andy Morgan is a Science Intern at NSF @noirlabastro.bsky.social Listen to the talk "Machine Learning for Spectroscopic Redshift Estimation" www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJT_...

33 scientists responded to the question: “What is the future of scientific discovery in this new age of AI?” CosmicAI PI & Director Stella Offner was among them. Read about “how AI developments within astronomy can accelerate AI advancements more broadly" www.amacad.org/daedalus/ai-...

CosmicAI Student Lightning talk - with Brian Kirk, PhD student at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with application at @thenrao.bsky.social Listen to the short talk "Reinforcement Learning in Radio Astronomy" youtu.be/lid7ty36zTg?... @simonsfoundation.org

CosmicAI Student Lightning talk - with Jonathan Kho, PhD Student at University of Virginia! Listen to the short talk "Developing 1000 Galaxies on Fire" youtu.be/3GjKpc-GYk0?... @simonsfoundation.org