Wednesday 20th November 2024 How can A.I. help us find exploding stars and hungry black holes?

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The Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture 2024

7.00 pm Wednesday 20th November 2024 at the 10E 0.17 Lecture Theatre, University of Bath and online via Teams

Dr Heloise Stevance
University of Oxford


Dr Stevance is in her second postdoc at the University of Oxford after
several years at the University of Auckland. Her range of astrophysics
expertise is impressive. She initially began working in observational
astronomy with spectropolarimetry in her PhD, then became an
expert in theoretical population synthesis in Auckland, and is now an
independent fellow, applying machine learning techniques to time
domain astronomy as a Schmidt AI in Science Fellow at Oxford.
The science topic is fascinating, timely (given that the Vera Rubin
Observatory starts operations next year) and demonstrates the
application of AI to astrophysics, which is likely to be of interest to a
wide audience. Dr Stevance has an impressive track record of first-
author publications and invited talks (including in AI, even though
this is a relatively new departure for her). She has already had
extensive experience of science communication.

A link to a video recording of the lecture will be made available here.