About the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center 

The Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center (MPC) is new interdisciplinary initiative of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in Germany, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, USA, and the National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei, Taiwan.  The Center aims to create an interdisciplinary research hub, uniting experts in mathematics, particle physics, and cosmology to develop a novel framework for describing the universe at all scales. The initial funding period covers five years. The MPC is co-directed by Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS), Johannes Henn (MPP), and Daniel Baumann (NTU). More information can be found here.

About LeCosPA 

LeCosPA is a research center at National Taiwan University (NTU). It was founded in 2007 with the generous support of Chee-Chun Leung (Quanta Computers Inc.). In 2018, LeCosPA moved into its current home in the Cosmology Hall on the NTU campus. Members of LeCosPA study a wide range of topics, from the initial conditions of the Big Bang to the formation of the large-scale structure in the late universe (and many things in between). The center contains both groups focussing on theoretical research and groups performing experiments (observations). More information on LeCosPA’s research priority areas can be found on the center's website.