Do Kester
Retired at SRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands
Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDo Kester is a retired software engineer and data analyst with decades of experience developing data processing and imaging software for astronomical satellites, including ANS, IRAS, ISO, Akari and Herschel. Based at SRON in Groningen since 1983, he led the Science and Operation section while continuing hands-on work—contributions that live on in archives such as the IRAS catalog and the ISO/Vilspa holdings. He built tools like the HIRAS high-resolution imager and an IRAS data server, and even post-retirement has supported final HIFI work and occasional JWST projects. Beyond space missions, he applied his programming skills to practical problems like school timetabling and playful experiments in automated prediction, reflecting a pragmatic and curious approach to software.
8 years of coding experience
Doctorandus, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctorandus, Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Amsterdam
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Github Skills (13)
astronomy9
cosmology9
infrared9
orbital-mechanics9
bayesian9
astrology8
core-library8
astrodynamics8
bayesian-inference8
astrophysics8
python8
science8
astropy6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dokester/BayesicFitting
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Bayesian fitting package
Contributions:23 releases, 52 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 11 months
bayesian-inferencefittingcosmologyastronomypymc3
dokester/astropy.github.com
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
The Astropy web pages
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
jupyter-bookastropypython
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