D I R A C I n s t i t u t e
Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Washington
Category: Seminars
2019-04-12 Seminar: David van Dyk
When: April 12, 2019 @ 11:00am Where: PAB, 6th floor, WRF Data Studio, eScience Seminar Room Quantifying Discovery in Astro/Particle Physics: Frequentist and Bayesian Perspectives David A van Dyk, Statistics Section, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London Statistical discovery questions in…
Read More2019-03-26 Lunch Talk: Renée Hložek
Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor When: March 26, 2019 @ 11:00 am Separating wheat from chaff: photometric classification in the age of LSSTThe Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will generate a data deluge: millions of transients and variable sources…
Read More2019-03-13 Lunch Talk: Kelle Cruz
Where: PAB, B305, 3rd floor When: March 13, 2019 @ 12:00 pm Astropy Overview, Update, and Discussion Dr. Kelle Cruz is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Hunter College and a Research Associate at the American Museum of…
Read More2019-02-22 Seminar: David Jones
When: February 22, 2019 @ 11:00am Where: PAB, 3rd floor, B305 Disentangling Overlapping Astronomical Sources using Spatial, Spectral, and Temporal Information We present a powerful new algorithm that combines spatial and spectral information to separate photons from overlapping X-ray sources….
Read More2019-01-14 Seminar: Alex Malz
When: January 14, 2019 @ 12:30pm Where: PAB, eScience Data Studio, 6th floor Maximizing LSST science with probabilistic data products LSST will produce massive catalogs including detected objects down to unprecedented floors in signal-to-noise ratio, opening the door to a new space of potential…
Read More2018-12-11 Seminar: Benjamin Pope
When: December 11, 2018 @ 12:00pm Where: PAB, B305, 3rd floor The Brightest Stars in Kepler and K2 The Kepler mission and its continuation as K2 have revolutionized both the study of exoplanets and of stellar astrophysics, providing high-precision light curves of hundreds…
Read More2018-11-30 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 More2018-10-29 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,…
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