Name

Our organization’s name is: the Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology. This is shortened to the DiRAC Institute, or sometimes simply DiRAC.

Logo

High resolution versions of our logo are available for download here

The background of our logo represents the sensor array on the Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera. The “dot” on the i represents one of these camera sensors, and connects the mission our organization to this revolutionary source of data.

Mission Statement

To build the world’s most advanced datasets, algorithms, and tools and use them to explore and understand the universe

Vision Statement

A universe understood through data-intensive discovery.

Funding Acknowledgement

For published work that is supported by DiRAC, or includes DiRAC members as authors, please use the following funding acknowledgment:

We acknowledge support from the DiRAC Institute in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. The DiRAC Institute is supported through generous gifts from the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, Janet and Lloyd Frink, and the Washington Research Foundation.

(This can be modified to indicate the authors specifically who acknowledge DiRAC support)