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Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Washington
Category: Talks & News
2018-09-07 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…
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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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Happy Asteroid Day!
June 30th is Asteroid Day! Live broadcast from Luxembourg! Astronauts, astronomers, scientists, students, teachers, and interested citizens around the world are coming together at this very moment to learn about and discuss asteroids.
Read MoreDr. Gwendolyn Eadie received the J.S. Plaskett Medal
CASCA is pleased to announce Dr. Gwendolyn Eadie as the 2018 recipient of the J. S. Plaskett Medal. Dr. Eadie completed her doctoral studies at McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. William Harris. In her thesis entitled “Lights in…
Read MoreDiRAC Institute in B612 Press Release
New Research Fellows to work on Asteroid Tracking and Analyses
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Berkeley astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter discusses the implications of the universe’s accelerating expansion at the University of Washington.
Read MoreDIRAC Institute Open House, May 14th, 2018
2011 Nobel Laureate, Dr. Saul Perlmutter
“What We Learn When We Learn the Universe is Accelerating”.
2018-02-20 Seminar: Jean-Charles Cuillandre, CEA-Saclay/Observatoire de Paris
When: February 20, 2018 @ 12:30 – 1:30pm Where: PAB, B305, 3rd floor The challenge of the distributed Euclid survey: The ESA Euclid space mission core science goals rely on complementary deep ground-based surveys covering both the northern and southern galactic…
Read More2018-02-14 Brown Bag: Eddie Schlafly, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
When: February 14, 2018 @ 2:00-3:00pm Where: PAB, WRF Data Science Studio, Seminar Room, 6th floor The DECam Plane Survey: Optical Photometry of Two Billion Objects in the Southern Galactic PlaneThe DECam Plane Survey is a five-band optical and near-infrared survey of…
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