Here is a lecture I recently did on techniques for the detection of exoplanets: A related video illustrating some of the methods:
On Space Telescopes
I recently had the opportunity to do a guest lecture on astronomy space missions. See below for some fun facts about Hubble and other space telescopes.
Automating Away Life’s Annoyances
For my CV, I like to include a table of citation metrics from multiple sources (currently Google Scholar, ADS and Web of Science). Updating these manually, however, is torturous, and feels like something that should be trivially automatable. I recently
An Aural Experiment
Every year or so, I update my ‘history of exoplanet exploration’ animation, which shows the detections of exoplanets in (roughly) the order of their discovery by plotting the host star locations in sequence. This year, I decided that I wanted
Corey Yells About Computer Stuff
JATIS Paper Published
“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
On Proposals
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 Zvonimir Stojanovski on Passing his A Exam
Zvonimir Stojanovski successfully passed his A exam on 11/16/2020, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. The presentation can be viewed below, and the slides are available here.
Congratulations Dr. Shapiro!
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.
MAE Seminar
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.