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Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Washington
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2018-11-30 Seminar: Pauline Barmby
When: November 30, 2018 @ 11:00am Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor, seminar room (C607) Prof. Barmby is an Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Her Friday 11am talk will be on “Two tales…
Read More2018-11-13 Lunch Talk: Daniela Huppenkothen
When: November 13, 2018 @ 12:00pm Where: PAB, Astronomy Department, B305 What is Data-Intensive Astronomy, Anyway (and Why Should I Care)? Across almost all scientific disciplines, the instruments that record our experimental data and the methods required for storage and data…
Read More2018-11-09 Seminar: Sjoert van Velzen
When: November 9, 2018 @ 11:00am Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor, seminar room (C607) Sjoert van Velzen is James Arthur Postdoctoral Fellow at the CCPP, NYU. He also has a partial affiliation at UMD, where he works with the exciting data from…
Read MoreQuanta Magazine’s Interview with Prof. Mario Juric
Prepping for a Flood of Heavenly Bodies
Just as mathematics transformed physics from a philosophy into a science, data and computation are transforming science today, says Mario Jurić. He’s leading the push to get astronomy ready for the torrents of data that are about to flow.
2018-10-29 Seminar: Michael Koss
When: October 29, 2018 @ 12:30pm Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor Dr. Michael Koss is currently funded through NASA satellite grants and resides in Kirkland, Washington. Prior to this he was an Ambition fellow in Zurich,…
Read More2018-10-23 Seminar: Kathryn McKeough
When: October 23, 2018 @ 12:00pm Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor, Seminar Room DIRAC is pleased to welcome Katy McKeough as a visitor next week. Katy is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Statistics at Harvard University. She does research…
Read MoreEstimating the Milky Way’s Mass via Hierarchical Bayes: A Blind Test on MUGS2 Simulated Galaxies
Published in the Astrophysical Journal, by DIRAC Researcher, Gwendolyn Eadie.
Read More2018-09-28 DIRAC Astronomy Open-source Sprint
DIRAC Institute has the 1st Astronomy Open-source Sprint, Sep 28, 2018 at the University of Washington. When: September 28, 2018 @ 1:00-4:30pm Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor, Meeting Room Maintainers of several projects (e.g. astropy, astroquery, astroplan, stingray,…
Read More2018-09-07 Seminar: Lia Sartori
When: September 7, 2018 @ 11:00am Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor Lia Sartori from the ETH Zürich Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, will be discussing variability in active galactic nuclei. A study of active galactic…
Read More2018-08-03 Seminar: David van Dyk
When: August 3, 2018 @ 3:00 pm Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor David A van Dyk, Statistics Section, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London Quantifying Discovery in Astro/Particle Physics: Frequentist and Bayesian Perspective Statistical discovery questions in astrophysics and high-energy…
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