CIERA Connections: Eve Chase on careers in the public sector
On April 15, 40 in-person and 13 remote attendees gathered to hear from Dr. Eve Chase, Northwestern alum and current data scientist. Dr. Chase’s journey...
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Presenting talks and visualizations at the 2024 CoDEx Symposium
On April 2, 2024, Northwestern Information Technology (NUIT) held their annual CoDEx symposium, an all-day campus-wide showcase of computational and data-enabled research at Northwestern....
Northwestern launches data science/AI initiative
Steering Committee begins work to lead a University-wide effort to integrate and elevate Northwestern’s DS/AI strength From the social sciences to the STEM fields, disciplines...
Prof Mohseni named to National Academy of Inventors
On December 12, 2023, the National Academy of Inventors announced its 2023 Class of Fellows, comprised of 162 academic inventors. Three of these new...
Graduate student Lindsey Byrne featured in 2023 DOE CSGF magazine
Lindsey Byrne, a Northwestern graduate student studying galaxy formation and evolution, has been featured in and on the front cover of DEIXIS, the annually...
First supernova detected, confirmed, classified and shared by AI
New artificial intelligence tool removes humans from entire search, discovery process A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has...
CIERA hosts Chicago chapter of NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023
Article by Marisa Guerra Echeverria for the Daily Northwestern Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted the Chicago chapter of the NASA...
2023 Zooniverse Team Meeting held at CIERA
During the week of August 14, 2023 the Zooniverse team held their annual meeting at CIERA. Zooniverse is the world’s largest platform for online...
CIERA hosts inaugural Astro Imaging Workshop
On Monday, July 31, approximately 30 experts in image processing and astronomy gathered at Northwestern for the inaugural Astro Imaging Workshop. Hosted by CIERA...
Code/Astro workshop brings together programmers from around the world
From July 10 to July 14, 2023 49 in-person and 38 remote participants from around the world attended the 4th annual Code/Astro workshop, a...
Gravity Spy research paper wins prestigious Spanish data science award
Our interdisciplinary Citizen Science work is making international waves. On July 3, 2023, the BBVA Foundation’s Statistics and Operations Research Society awarded Northwestern researchers...
Aaron Geller and Alex Gurvich showcase Firefly on AAS Journal Author Series
On May 27, 2023, CIERA Research Assistant Professor Aaron Geller and former NSF Graduate Fellow Alex Gurvich were featured on the American Astronomical Society...