Benjamin Pope
Associate Professor Of Statistical Data Science
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolBenjamin Pope is an astrophysicist and statistical data scientist with 11 years of experience applying machine learning to detect exoplanets from NASA space telescope data. He is an Associate Professor of Statistical Data Science at Macquarie University, after research and teaching roles at the University of Queensland and a NASA Sagan Fellowship at NYU. His work combines cutting-edge signal-processing and probabilistic methods to extract tiny planetary signals from noisy data, and he contributed to the optical design of Australia's Toliman space telescope and the discovery of the unusual star system Apep. An award-winning communicator, he regularly translates complex science for the public through articles, radio, talks, telescope tours and even live comedy, with writing included in Best Australian Science Writing. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Oxford and a University Medal from the University of Sydney, blending top-tier academic training with hands-on instrument and data science experience.
11 years of coding experience
Study Abroad, Physics, Study Abroad, Physics at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics at University of OxfordThe University of Sydney
Github Skills (79)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benjaminpope/pysco
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 232 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
benjaminpope/smearcampaign
Jul 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:1 release, 330 commits, 272 pushes in 10 months
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