Fast Radio Burst Pulse Detection with Gerry Zhang - TWIML Talk #278

Published: June 27, 2019, 6:18 p.m.

Today we\u2019re joined by Yunfan Gerry Zhang, a PhD student at UC Berkely, and an affiliate of Berkeley\u2019s SETI research center.\xa0In our conversation, we discuss:\xa0\n\n\u2022 Gerry's research on applying machine learning techniques to astrophysics and astronomy.\n\n\u2022 His paper \u201cFast Radio Burst 121102 Pulse Detection and Periodicity: A Machine Learning Approach\u201d.\n\n\u2022 We explore the types of data sources used for this project, challenges Gerry encountered along the way, the role of GANs and much more.