Astroinformatics (IAU S325)

IAU S325 explores the way that astronomy is changing, or has changed, to become an ever more data-driven, computational science.

Massimo Brescia (Edited by), S. G. Djorgovski (Edited by), Eric D. Feigelson (Edited by), Giuseppe Longo (Edited by), Stefano Cavuoti (Edited by)

9781107169951, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 June 2017

420 pages, 100 b/w illus.
25.5 x 18 x 2 cm, 0.82 kg

Astronomy has become data-driven in ways that are both quantitatively and qualitatively different from the past: data structures are not simple; procedures to gain astrophysical insights are not obvious; and the informational content of the data sets is so high that archival research and data mining are not merely convenient, but obligatory, as researchers who obtain the data can only extract a small fraction of the science enabled by it. IAU Symposium 325 took place at a crucial stage in the development of the field, when many efforts have carried significant achievements, but the widespread groups have just begun to effectively communicate across specialties, to gather and assimilate their achievements, and to consult cross-disciplinary experts. Bringing together astronomers involved in surveys and large simulation projects, computer scientists, data scientists, and companies, this volume showcases their fruitful exchange of ideas, methods, software, and technical capabilities.

1. Astroinformatics projects
2. Current and future surveys
3. Data mining and machine learning
4. Time domain and cosmology
5. Data visualization
6. Astroinformatics tools
7. Archives in astronomy.

Subject Areas: Data mining [UNF], Databases [UN], Astrophysics [PHVB], Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods [PGG], Astronomy, space & time [PG]