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
2019-01-14 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…
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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,…
Read More2018-10-25 Astronomy Colloquium: Stephen Portillo
When: October 25, 2018 @ 4:00pm Where: PAA A102, with refreshments at 3:45PM This week’s colloquium speaker is our own Stephen Portillo. Counting Stars: Developing Probabilistic Cataloging for Crowded Fields The depth of next generation surveys poses a great data…
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 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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