IDEAS NRT Trainee Michael Zevin is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and studies how gravitational waves can help us learn about populations of compact objects. Gravitational waves observed by LIGO encode information about their massive-star progenitors, such as the environments they were born in, the intricacies of stellar evolution that persisted throughout their […]
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IDEAS Trainee Vivian Tang Applies ML Methods for EarthScope Discoveries
IDEAS NRT Fellow Vivian Tang systematically searched EarthScope data for seismic tremor and small earthquakes that occur within North America rather than on the North American plate boundary during transient stress fields. She specifically explored searched USArray seismogram data for tremor and earthquakes dynamically triggered by the 2012 Mw8.6 Sumatra earthquake. In addition, Tang newly […]
IDEAS Trainees Attend the Grace Hopper Celebration 2019
This past week the Grace Hopper Celebration 2019, the world’s largest gathering of women in technology, took place in Orlando. The Grace Hopper Celebration is annually organized by AnitaB.org in partnership with the Association for Computing Machinery. The objective is to “bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.” IDEAS […]
IDEAS Fellows Contribute to New Seismology Citizen Science Project
“Seismology has a Big Data problem. Northwestern University seismologists think everyday citizens are the solution. This winter, a Northwestern team of students and faculty launched “Earthquake Detective,” an interactive project that solicits help from volunteers to sort through swaths of data from the world’s tens of thousands of seismograms. By sorting and classifying earthquakes, tremors […]
IDEAS Trainee Boris Rösler’s Research Featured in NU-IT Newsletter
During the Summer of 2018, IDEAS Trainee Boris Rösler completed his internship requirement for the IDEAS program by working at Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). Rösler is pursuing a PhD student in Earth and Planetary Sciences, working with IDEAS co-I, Prof. Suzan van Der Lee, and his research involves source processes of earthquakes and the […]
Michelle Paulsen Represents IDEAS at 2018 SACNAS Conference
The 2018 SACNAS “National Diversity in STEM” Conference took place this year in San Antonio, Texas, October 11 – 13th. IDEAS was well represented at the conference by Program Director, Michelle Paulsen, who was invited to participate in the event as a speaker. Paulsen, and co-presenter Sara Mata (NRT Program Coordinator at the University of […]
IDEAS Trainees Awarded Prestigious Fellowships
In the 2017-2018 academic year, two IDEAS Trainees–Vicky Chuqiao Yang and Alex Gurvich–were awarded prestigious fellowship grants for their continuing research. Vicky, who is a graduate student in the department of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, was awarded the Sante Fe Institute Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship “sets the standard for multidisciplinary postdoctoral programs, encouraging […]
IDEAS Trainees Win 2018 Computational Research Day Visualization Competition
This week, winners were announced for Northwestern University’s 2018 Computational Research Day Visualization Competition. Two IDEAS Trainees were among the three entrants awarded. The title of “Best Animation” went to Alex Gurvich, for his Stellar Feedback vs. Galaxy Formation visualization. Alex’s project “presents a high resolution animation of a simulation of stellar feedback and resulting galaxy formation with three varied results side by side”. […]
Trainee Jimmy Kim is Invited Speaker at SIAM Event
On March 1st, IDEAS Trainee Jimmy Kim (Physics and Astronomy) was chosen to speak at the Winter quarter “Bridging the Gap” seminar, hosted by Northwestern’s Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The seminar’s focus was to highlight the broad applications of mathematics across diverse disciplines. Kim, and one other student, were selected from those that applied to […]
IDEAS Information Session for Potential 2018 Cohort Members to be Held 3/12/18
The IDEAS program will be hosting an Information Session for students interested in applying for positions amongst the 2018 Trainee cohort. Program director Michelle Paulsen will give a brief presentation going over the set up of the TGS Certificate and Traineeship, and then will answer any questions. Current Trainees will also be present to answer […]
