Michele's videos
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Exploring the Unseen Universe with Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Inaugural lecture at ETH Zurich, Mar 9, 2026.
Watch on video.ethz.ch.
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The Brave New Skies of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
A short exercise in storytelling about the birth of pulsar timing. At the March 16, 2019 March for Science event at Caltech.
Watch on YouTube.
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Lectures on gravitational waves at ICTP
On June 13-17, 2016, I had the privilege of lecturing on gravitational waves at the 2016 Summer School of Cosmology of the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. I met dozens of smart, enthusiastic students from all over the world, and I had a chance to re-learn the foundations of my very own subject. I short, I had a ball.
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Nemo, i profeti del futuro (in Italian)
An excerpt from the documentary by Natia Docufilm about my work and my personal trajectory from Italy to Pasadena. The documentary was filmed in June 2013, and aired on Oct 28, 2014, on Italian channel Marco Polo. In this short excerpt, I explain what gravitational waves are, and I am seen discussing physics in a (very serene-looking, I'm happy to say) research group meeting.
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Einstein's Cosmic Messengers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
An excerpt from the performance "Einstein's Cosmic Messengers", the GW-themed multimedia performance by Andrea Centazzo and Michele, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sep 24, 2012. This video includes my introduction on the scientific context of the show, as well as the "Eternal Discoveries" performance segment.
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Space-based gravitational-wave astronomy in the next decade, with a coda of statistics
Talk given at CITA on Dec 1, 2011.
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New ideas in gravitational-wave data analysis: exact maps of the maximum-likelihood estimator
CaJAGWR talk, May 10, 2011.
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The Art and Science of Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
A short documentary feature about the making of Andrea Centazzo's multimedia show "Einstein's Cosmic Messengers", and about the science of gravitational waves, which inspired the show. Produced by Michele Vallisneri. Shot and edited by Almost Red productions. Music and video images by Andrea Centazzo.
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A discussion panel on Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, 22 Oct 2010. After the performance of Andrea Centazzo's "Einstein's Cosmic Messengers", an expert panel including K C Cole, Elena Pierpaoli, Michele Vallisneri, and Andrea Centazzo discuss gravitational waves and the inspiration behind the concert.
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Andrea Centazzo: Einstein's Cosmic Messengers (excerpt)
Excerpts from the solo multimedia concert "Einstein's Cosmic Messengers", by Andrea Centazzo and Michele Vallisneri. The show premiered on Oct 30, 2008 at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.
© M. Vallisneri 2014 — last modified on 2026/11/06