About

My research interests in the past have focused on detecting and following-up unusual microlensing events in real-time (with MACHO, GMAN, and MPS). However, my pursuits have since broadened to the generalized problem of detecting and classifying astronomical variability regardless of type (with DLS, SDSS, and LSST). In particular, if one wants to recognize rare classes of transient events, the background of more prosaic astronomical variability must first be recognized and removed. Modern surveys that simultaneously survey faint, fast, and wide are now at a threshold where we expect these new sorts of discoveries. Accomplishing this will require advances in the integration of computing and information management necessary to extract and model astronomical variability information in real-time.

Recent Science Highlight : Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007

We've been getting lots of PR regarding our search for asteroids in the SDSS data. The best one is at MSNBC and the fanciest one is a video.

Other, not so recent news...

Thesis

My thesis work was on Exotic Gravitational Microlensing Effects as a Probe of Stellar and Galactic Structure.

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Contact

Andrew Becker (becker at astro dot washington dot edu)
Room : C327
Phone : 206 685 0542
FAX : 206 685 0403

Astronomy Dept.
University of Washington
Box 351580
3910 15th Ave NE (if you really need an address for shipping)
Seattle WA 98195-1580


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