Casey Law
Scientist at Caltech
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolCasey Law is a scientist and radio astronomer with 14 years of experience building data-intensive analysis systems and leading algorithm development for major radio interferometers. Based in Pasadena, he directs the Software and Algorithms Lab at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, managing software for OVRO-LWA and DSA while mentoring students from high school to undergrad. His career spans commissioning novel telescopes (LOFAR), transient detection research at UC Berkeley, and mission-support work for X-ray observatories, blending hands-on instrument commissioning with large-scale data engineering. Trained with a PhD in Astrophysics, he specializes in extracting transient and anomaly signals from high-throughput streams—a niche that combines astronomy, signal processing, and scalable software.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at University of Hawaii at ManoaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Arts (MA), Astronomy, Master of Arts (MA), Astronomy at Boston University
Dutch, French
Github Skills (164)
python10
astronomy10
transient10
distributed-computing10
pydata10
core-library10
orbital-mechanics10
astrology10
science10
jupyter10
astrophysics10
astropy10
dask10
distributed-lock10
astrodynamics10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
realfastvla/realfast
Mar 2015 - Jan 2023
Real-time interferometric data analysis for the VLA
Contributions:1 release, 1235 commits, 3 PRs in 7 years 11 months
data-analysisvlareal-time
realfastvla/vysmaw_apps
Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
clients for vysmaw at the VLA
Contributions:2 PRs, 91 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 5 months
clientsvla
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