Project Description Active asteroids are a diverse population driven by a variety of mechanisms, including volatile sublimation, direct impacts, rotation-driven mass shedding, and "exotic" dust…
Read moreProject Description During this project, we will develop a Target Observation Manager (TOM) to identify young type Ia supernovae in current and upcoming transient surveys. Our…
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The LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program (DSFP) is a supplement to graduate education in astronomy-related fields (e.g. astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, etc.), intended to…
Read moreProject Description A New Citizen Scientist, Astronomer, and Computer Scientist Project to Meet the Stellar Classification Challenge in the LSST Era Recent classification efforts have…
Read moreProgram Description Understanding and classifying photometric data into different subtypes of transients is one of the biggest challenges facing next-generation instruments like LSST. As a…
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The third session of the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program (DSFP), hosted jointly by NOAO and the University of Arizona, took place this week in Tucson.…
Read moreThe Data Science Fellowship Program (DSFP) seeks member institutions willing to serve as host venues. The program is a two-year training program for graduate students designed…
Read moreProgram Description As a recipient of an LSSTC grant in 2015, CIERA/Northwestern's LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program (DSFP) will enhance a traditional astrophysics curriculum--extending a…
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