Author: ds264

“Analytical model for starshade formation flying with applications to exoplanet direct imaging observation scheduling,” by Gabriel Soto, Dmitry Savransky, and Rhonda Morgan has been published in the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, and is available via open access

At a recent group meeting, we discussed responding to funding opportunities from US funding agencies (mostly NASA).  A recording of the discussion is available below.  As always, all opinions are strictly my own.

Congratulations to Jacob Shapiro for successfully completing his B exam.  A copy of his talk, titled “Using Modern Mathematical and Computational Tools for Image Processing”, is available here, or watch his presentation below.

I had the privilege of giving the MAE department seminar on October 20th, titled “Engineering the Search for New Worlds.” A recording of the talk is available below, and the slides can be accessed here. 

I’ve been exploring use of some slightly more advanced git functionality to help with project organization, and have sketched out some notes for cool things you can do with git submodules, and my personal associated use cases:

We are very happy to announce that we have secured funding from the NSF and HSF for an upgrade of the Gemini Planet Imager.  Once commissioned at Gemini North in Hawaii in 2022, GPI 2.0 will be even more sensitive