<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="">Dear All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see the advertisement below by Dr. Marie Gueguen (Marie Curie Fellow, Rotman Institute of Philosophy / Institut de Physique de Renne) about the upcoming conference on “Philosophical Aspects of Simulations in Astrophysics and Cosmology”. &nbsp;Santi Roca-Fabrega is one of the speakers. &nbsp;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you very much!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class="">Ji-hoon</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Marie Gueguen &lt;<a href="mailto:mariotte.gueguen@gmail.com" class="">mariotte.gueguen@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Upcoming conference - AGORA</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">July 9, 2021 at 5:52:35 PM GMT+9<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Ji-hoon Kim &lt;<a href="mailto:mornkr@snu.ac.kr" class="">mornkr@snu.ac.kr</a>&gt;</span></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-97d05114-7fff-ff30-0f56-6948c06c65bc" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Philosophical Aspects of Simulations in Astrophysics and Cosmology&nbsp;</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">August 9th-10th, via Zoom</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration Deadline: August 6th&nbsp;</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIode2opzwsHtZjeae3Vlv9A-A92Ji5X8P5/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration Link</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> | </span><a href="https://www.philcosmo.uwo.ca/events/conference-on-philosophical-aspects-of-simulations-in-cosmology/" style="text-decorati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line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://mariegueguenphilosophy.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Marie Gueguen </span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario &amp; External member of the Centre Atlantique de Philosophie, Université de Rennes 1)</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="http://www.claus-beisbart.de/index.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Claus Beisbart</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (University of Bern)</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://franciscovillaescusa.github.io/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (Princeton University)</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration:&nbsp;</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We invite attendees from physics, philosophy, history, and sociology of science. Please fill out </span><a href="https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIode2opzwsHtZjeae3Vlv9A-A92Ji5X8P5/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">this registration form</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> by August 6th if you are interested. Registration is free but there is a maximum of 300 participants. Once registered, participants will receive the Zoom link.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Organizing Committee:&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">David Freeborn (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:dfreebor@uci.edu" class="">dfreebor@uci.edu</a>)</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Kevin Kadowaki (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:kadowakk@uci.edu" class="">kadowakk@uci.edu</a>)</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Helen Meskhidze (<a href="mailto:helen.meskhidze@uci.edu" class="">helen.meskhidze@uci.edu</a>)</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">This workshop is funded by the</span><a href="https://www.philcosmo.uwo.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> grant from the Templeton Foundation. It is also supported by </span><a href="https://cosmology.uci.edu/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">UC Irvine’s Center for Cosmology</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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