Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto
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Refreshments served at 3:00 in the 3rd floor atrium
TAP Computation & Data Initiative Lecture
Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto
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Bio: Joshua Speagle is an Assistant Professor of Astrostatistics jointly appointed between the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto. He is also an Associate Member of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics as well as a Member of the Data Sciences Institute.
He develops statistical & machine-learning methods and applies them to the largest astronomical surveys — from billions of stars and galaxies down to individual objects. This work often involves working with massive datasets from wide-field imaging and spectroscopic surveys containing observations ranging from billions of stars and galaxies to interstellar gas and dust, but can also include smaller datasets from targeted observations of individual objects along with everything in between.