astronomy

Award-winning algorithm aids observation

1 min read · Mon, Aug 27 2018

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Researchers at the Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) at KAUST have developed a new algorithm that uses supervised machine learning to control a small high-speed deformable mirror inside the exoplanet imaging camera to compensate for atmospheric turbulence in the Subaru Telescope, which has an 8.2 meter diameter.

Award-winning algorithm takes search for habitable planets to the next level

1 min read · Tue, Oct 16 2018

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An international team of scientists, including KAUST high performance computing experts and astronomers from the Paris Observatory and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), in collaboration with NVIDIA, is taking the search for habitable planets and observation of first epoch galaxies to the next level.

Nicolas Doucet

Ph.D., Computer Science

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Nicolas Doucet is a PhD student in Computer Science, working under the supervision of Professor David Keyes.