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SUMMARY:CosmoVerse@Bilbao 2026
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DESCRIPTION:Our understanding of the Universe is at a turning point with t
 he predictions of the standard cosmological model and the observations fro
 m different surveys are showing tensions in several key areas. The disagre
 ement is expressed in the value of cosmic expansion as well as in the grow
 th of large-scale structure in the Universe. New cosmological surveys\, ma
 ny of which are European\, may expose tension in additional areas of the c
 oncordance model. The question of cosmological tensions can be confronted 
 in a number of ways. Firstly\, survey data needs to be further analyzed fo
 r potential systematic uncertainties or biases. Secondly\, there have been
  numerous advances in approaches to data analysis and statistics\, some of
  which provide less dependence on cosmological models to make cosmological
  parameter estimates. Lastly\, there are a plethora of new proposals from 
 fundamental physics which range from novel neutrino physics to dark energy
  proposals (and others) which may contribute to a solution to the cosmolog
 ical tensions problem. These represent the three research themes through w
 hich cosmological tensions will either be alleviated or resolved.\n\nCosmo
 Verse@Bilbao 2026 (15 September – 17 September 2026 & 18 September Manag
 ement Committee Meeting) is the fourth annual conference in a series of co
 nferences that aim to establish a link between the different research area
 s in cosmology with the main focus on challenges of tensions in cosmologic
 al survey data.\n\nThis conference is organized within the COST Action ini
 tiative CA21136 – Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with sy
 stematics and fundamental physics (CosmoVerse).\n\nThe first conference ca
 lled CosmoVerse@Lisbon 2023 took place between 30 May and 1st June 2023. A
 ll of the recorded talks and presentations are public and available here.
  The second conference called CosmoVerse@Krakow 2024 took place between 9 
 and 11 July 2024. All of the recorded talks and presentations are availabl
 e here. The third conference called CosmoVerse@Istanbul 2025 took place b
 etween 24 and 26 June 2025. All of the recorded talks and presentations ar
 e available here.\n\nThe conference is organized together with IFIC (Insti
 tut de Physica Corpuscular)\, EHU QC at Universidad del Pais Vasco\, and B
 asque foundation for Science.\n\nMain topics\n\n\n	Observational cosmology
  and Systematics (cross-correlation of data\, systematic effects)\n	Data a
 nalysis (astrostatistics\; data science in astronomy\; Bayesian analysis\;
  machine learning and artificial intelligence)\n	Fundamental Physics (chal
 lenge of the cosmological hypothesis\, dark energy and modified gravity\, 
 neutrino physics\, dark energy\, and dark matter interaction)\n\n\nInvited
  Talks\n\n\n	Tessa Baker (Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation\, Univers
 ity of Portsmouth\, UK)\n	Stefano Casertano (Space Telescope Science Insti
 tute\, USA)\n	Jens Chluba (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics\, Universi
 ty of Manchester\, UK)\n	Willem Elbers (Institute for Computational Cosmol
 ogy\, Durham University\, UK)\n	Martina Gerbino (University of Ferrara\, I
 taly)\n	Valeria Pettorino (European Space Agency/ESTEC\, The Netherlands)\
 n	Jesús Torrado (Institute for the Structure of Matter (IEM-CSIC)\, Spain
 )\n\n\n** WARNING: Regarding hotel bookings: conference organizers HAVE NE
 VER AUTHORISED ANY COMPANY to send any requests regarding accommodation or
  travel. We strongly advise you NOT TO reply to any emails or calls from s
 uch companies and we do not accept any responsibility for adverse conseque
 nces should you choose to do so.\n\nYour personal data is safe with us but
  note that just your name and affiliation appearing at the conference web 
 page is sometimes enough for a scammer to find your contact information at
  your institute's web page. **\n\nVenue\n\nThe conference will take place 
 at the Bilbao Aretoa. The talk will be at the Mitxelena auditorium and the
  posters will be exhibited at the Chillida and Axular rooms.\n\n\n\n\nhttp
 s://indico.ific.uv.es/event/8160/
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