Astro seminar guest Gerry Williger – The GALEX Extragalactic Spectral Database
Gallalee Hall Room 200 514 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesGerry Williger from University of Louisville will give a talk on "The GALEX Extragalactic Spectral Database" Abstract: We present results from a project to categorize and collect complementary multiband data for approximately 11,000 extragalactic sources in 211 GALEX spectroscopic fields which overlap the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The project yields a useful searchable database
Colloquium – Elias Aydi – New insights into Novae
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Elias Aydi will speak on "New insights into Novae".
Colloquium – Kim Bott – Identifying sources of reflected light in unresolved exoplanet systems
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Kim Bott will speak on "Identifying sources of reflected light in unresolved exoplanet systems".
Colloquium – Samuel Grunblatt – Giants Transiting Giants
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Sam Grunblatt will speak on "Giants Transiting Giants: Revealing planet demographics of post-main sequence systems"
Colloquium – Zhoujian Zhang – Studying Exoplanet Origins in the Era of JWST, ELTs, and LSST
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Zhoujian Zhang will speak on "Studying Exoplanet Origins in the Era of JWST, ELTs, and LSST"
Colloquium – Dheeraj Pasham – Repeating Extragalactic Nuclear Transients as Extreme Mass Ratio Binaries
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Dheeraj Pasham will speak on "Repeating Extragalactic Nuclear Transients as Extreme Mass Ratio Binaries"
Colloquium – Konstantin Matchev – Interplay of Fundamental Physics and Machine Learning
Gallallee Hall Room 227 Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Konstantin Matchev (University of Florida) Title: Interplay of Fundamental Physics and Machine Learning Abstract: The recent boom in AI algorithms and their successful application to high-dimensional large datasets from all aspects of life motivates us to approach a number of problems in physics and astronomy as machine-learning tasks, with custom loss functions and specialized
Colloquium – Katia Matcheva – Exoplanets Exploration in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Gallallee Hall Room 227 Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Katia Matcheva (University of Florida) Title: Exoplanets Exploration in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Abstract: Transmission spectroscopy is a powerful tool to decode the chemical composition of the atmospheres of transiting extrasolar planets. Our ability to reliably and meaningfully extract information about their physical structure and chemical composition from the observed spectra
Colloquium – Mukremin Kilic – A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Mukremin Kilic will speak on "A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges"
Colloquium – Shaozhi Li – Phonon Controlled Quantum Phenomena in Correlated Materials
Gallallee Hall Room 227 Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Shaozhi Li (Clemson University) Title: Phonon Controlled Quantum Phenomena in Correlated Materials Abstract: In quantum materials, millions of electrons and ions interact with each other, generating diverse quantum phenomena. Today, it remains a significant challenge in simulating such complex microscopic interactions. In this talk, I will discuss the great potential of AI techniques in