Detecting planets with deep learning

Andrew Vanderburg of UT Austin and Christ Shallue of Google Brain join us to talk about their deep learning collaboration, which involved searching through a crazy amount of space imagery to find new planets.

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Featuring:

• Andrew Vanderburg – Website
• Chris Shallue – Website, GitHub
• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Google AI Blog: Open Sourcing the Hunt for Exoplanets
• Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Exoplanet | NASA

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