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Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Washington
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Collaborative, participant-driven learning works!
Science has become a big-data endeavor. But scientists are not universally adept in “data science” — the computing and statistical skillsets needed to handle, sort, analyze and draw conclusions from big data. The shortage of know-how in data science can…
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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 MoreDIRAC Institute Open House, May 14th, 2018
2011 Nobel Laureate, Dr. Saul Perlmutter
“What We Learn When We Learn the Universe is Accelerating”.
DIRAC Researcher Helps Investigate the “Most Mysterious Star” from the Kepler Mission
DIRAC Researcher and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, James Davenport, is a coauthor on a recent paper studying “Boyajian’s Star”, aka the Most Mysterious Star in the Universe!
Read MoreDIRAC Researchers Observe 1I/’Oumuamua
UW/B612 Asteroid Institute researchers measure the rotation period and shape of the first interstellar asteroid.
Read MoreZwicky Transient Facility Achieves First Light
Marks the beginning of commissioning of the next generation time domain survey.
Read MoreDIRAC on FiRe
DIRAC Director Andy Connolly discusses with Mark Anderson how the scale of the imaging data that will come from a new generation of telescopes will require different analysis methodologies.
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