Gravitational Wave Astronomy has become a reality after the detection of the gravitational waves emitted by a coalescing binary black hole system by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Antenna (LIGO) in September 14^th, 2015 (the event known as GW150914). 

Up to know, the LIGO-Virgo collaboration have announced five detections from binary black holes and one from a binary neutron star system. These detections have already provided revolutionary discoveries. The road towards these impressive achievements has involved a combination of high technological developments, sophisticated data analysis algorithms, and theoretical studies.  

The main goal of this school was to present the basic foundations of Gravitational Waves: from the detection principles and technology to the revolutionary science that could be done and its impact on Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics; including the modeling of the gravitational-wave emission and the data analysis techniques.

The Institute of Space Sciences welcomed around 30 Master and Doctoral students who attended the Summer School: they broadened their knowledge in this exciting field as well as got in touch with the other research groups working at the Institute.

• Theoretical Foundations
• Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
• Gravitational Waves Detection
• Gravitational Waves Data Analysis
• Gravitational Waves Source Modeling
• Electromagnetic Counterparts
• Relativistic Stellar Dynamics
• Neutron Stars and Black Holes
• The Galactic Center and Gravitational Waves
• Cosmology and Gravitational Waves