Vanessa McBride - DH Colloquium
Channel: SADiLaR
Date: 2022-02-28

Topic: Big data, astronomy for development, and cross-disciplinary collaboration

Abstract: At the Office of Astronomy for Development we explore ways in which the tools, skills and methods used in astronomy may be applied in context of socio-economic development. With datasets from astronomy projects like the Square Kilometre Array imminent, and set to bring about a step change in the way we do science, there is an opportunity to translate many of the new techniques that astronomers may develop into different spheres of influence. Conversely, astronomers often adopt and utilise techniques developed to solve problems in other disciplines. I will give a broad overview of some of the aspects of data processing and analysis that are commonplace in astronomy, and look at how some of them have been (or could be) applied in other disciplines. The aim of this colloquium is to kindle cross disciplinary interactions that have the potential to open up new avenues of research.