.Astronomy 11

Toronto, Canada

22–25 October 2019 Chestnut Residence and Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut St, Toronto

The first .Astronomy in Canada, hosted by the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. The conference acknowledged the traditional lands of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River.

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Organisers

Renée Hložek (Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto)
Bryan Gaensler (Dunlap Institute)
Katie Breivik
Kartheik Iyer
Siqi Liu
Meaghan MacSween
Tina Peters
Mubdi Rahman
Mike Reid
Ingrid Small
Nathaniel Starkman
Alice Chow
Joanna Baylon
Zoe Jaremus

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Talks

Full schedule (PDF)

Day 0 – Tuesday 22 October

Rob Simpson: How to get the most from .Astronomy
Suresh Sivanandam (invited): Data-Driven Approaches for Astronomical Adaptive Optics
Alyssa Goodman: Enhancing our appreciation for high-dimensional data
Nathaniel Starkman: Plot all the things
Mike Reid: Astronomy outreach at scale
David Neto: Astronomy tricks of a magician PDF
Tina Peters: Learn from machine learning: PLAsTiCC
Demitri Muna: Accessing Heterogeneous Data PDF
Kartheik Iyer: What can we learn from the SEDs of galaxies? PDF
Katharina Lutz: Write a paper in one Jupyter notebook PDF
Becky Smethurst: Engaging astronomers in the era of clickbait
Erik Tollerud: The Astropy community Files
Tina Peters: Learn from machine learning: PLAsTiCC PDF
Coleman Krawczyk: Zooniverse overview PDF
Coleman Krawczyk: Workshop: Building a Zooniverse Project PDF
Kelly Lepo: Editing Wikipedia PPTX
Mike Reid: Astronomy outreach at scale PDF

Day 1 – Wednesday 23 October

Brittany Kamai (invited): Designing the Future of Gravitational Wave Detectors
Nicole Cabrera Salazar (invited): The Incredible Wholeness of Being
Cassandra Mangroo (invited): BenchSci
Hilding Neilson: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Astronomy PDF
Mubdi Rahman: Gaussian Process Regression
Unconference sessions

Day 3 – Friday 25 October

Bridget Falck: A crash course in philosophy of science for astrophysicists PDF
Jessie Christiansen (invited): Inreach vs Outreach
Leah Fulmer: Networking in astronomy
Lauren Corlies: Outreach to Non-Astronomers PDF
Unconference sessions
Hack presentations

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Hacks

Ru-stronomy

Becky Smethurst

A Markov chain generator trained on drag queen names, astronomical acronyms, RuPaul lyrics, and clickbait science headlines. Generates new astronomical mission names that sound like drag queens -- and vice versa. Created as part of the "Engaging astronomers in the era of clickbait" talk.

generate.py makeclickbait.py Slides (PPTX) Source data

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Participants

Known attendees at .Astronomy 11, Toronto:

Renée Hložek
Bryan Gaensler
Katie Breivik
Kartheik Iyer
Siqi Liu
Meaghan MacSween
Tina Peters
Mubdi Rahman
Mike Reid
Ingrid Small
Nathaniel Starkman
Alice Chow
Joanna Baylon
Zoe Jaremus
Rob Simpson
Suresh Sivanandam
Alyssa Goodman
David Neto
Tina Peters
Demitri Muna
Katharina Lutz
Becky Smethurst
Erik Tollerud
Coleman Krawczyk
Kelly Lepo
Brittany Kamai
Nicole Cabrera Salazar
Cassandra Mangroo
Hilding Neilson
Jessie Christiansen
Leah Fulmer
Lauren Corlies
Bridget Falck

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