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University of Delaware

Department of Physics and Astronomy

 

federica bianco

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Data  Science Institute

Biden School of Public Policy and Administration

NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress

I am an

astrophysicst

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I am an

astrophysicst

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I am an

astrophysicst

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I am an

astrophysicst

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maps: Randal Olson

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From Flammarion's Astronomie Populaire (1880): in Scania, Denmark, Tycho Brahe first observed a "new star" on November 11, 1572.

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White Tanks Regional Park, Phoenix, AZ

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Tycho SN

Kepler SN

Cas A

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SNLS/SDSS

Rubin LSST

starting in

2024

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Legacy Survey of Space and Time

what's in a name?

The first ground-based national US observatory named after a woman, Dr. Vera C. Rubin

Reason to study Supernovae

SN are natural extreme physics laboratories

 

 

SN trace the evolution of the Universe

 

 

SN enable life in the Universe

 

we are made of stars

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.

We are made of starstuff.”

Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Elements up to iron are forged in star cores.

Heavier elements, particularly Nickel and Cobalt, are forged in the explosion.

More powerful explosions generate yet heavier elements.

All are released into outer space in stellar explosions and eruptions 

we are made of stars

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who does not enjoy a good explosion!

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it can be lonely sometimes!

skills I learned as an astrophysicist

  • Problem solving & abstract thinking
  • Dealing with the data you have (while dreaming of better data)
  • Coding
  • Talking about complex concepts to scientists
  • Working in large collaborations

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skills I learned as an astrophysicist

  • Problem solving & abstract thinking
  • Dealing with the data you have (while dreaming of better data)
  • Coding
  • Talking about complex concepts to scientists
  • Working in large collaborations

skills I DIDn't learn as an astrophysicist

People are more complex than stars!

Urban Science

Cities are networks! And they obey scaling laws of networks!

 

Bettencourt, L. M. A., Lobo, J., Helbing, D., Kühnert, C. & West, G. B. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 7301–7306 (2007)

G. West

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Director of the Multi-city

Urban Observatory NetworkD

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Study energy to predict energy needs and ensure electrical grid resiliance

Urban Observatory -

Urban Plumes

Urban Observatory -

Urban Plumes

Is there a need?

dont overestimate the resources that are available

"Christiana care is seeking someone with Python expertise..."

surge plans rely on mutual aid between States

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Is there a need?

  • Delaware is a small state (unlike Washington State, CA, NY)
  • 5 hospitals only one has an epidemiological team... of 1
  • There are limited computational resources in people and in hardware

 

"Christiana care is seeking someone with Python expertise..."

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Can I fulfill that need?

  • Is there a team of domain experts you can work with?

 

"Christiana care is seeking someone with Python expertise..."

"ChristianaCare is seeking someone with Python expertise..."

to work with the CC Value institute epidemiologist and software engineer

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Is there a need?

  • Delaware is a small state (unlike Washington State, CA, NY)
  • 5 hospitals only one has an epidemiological team... of 1
  • There are limited computational resources in people and in hardware

 

People like particles (or stars)

long legacy of MC simulations for billions of particles in high dimensional probability spaces

long legacy of MC simulations for billions of particles in high dimensional probability spaces

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DE COORDINATION

EPIDEMIOLOGY

INTEGRATION W CC NEEDS AND RESOURCES

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DATA

MODEL IMPLEMENTATION

MODEL IMPLEMENTATION

Farid Qmar

Manjula Ibrahim

Jonathan Clifford

 

Data Science (IMHO): 

domain

experts

technical

experts

new insight from interdisciplinary teams

You do you

thank you!

 

University of Delaware

Department of Physics and Astronomy

 

Biden School of Public Policy and Administration

Data  Science Institute

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federica bianco

fbianco@udel.edu

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