This is the story of the student who became a planet hunter. When Anne Dattilo attended a guest lecture at the University of Texas she had no idea it would be the start of a journey involving complex algorithms, a space telescope breaking down in orbit, a trip to an observatory in the Chihuahuan desert and, finally, the discovery of two new planets.
To read Anne’s tutorial on how to become a planet hunter go to:
https://blog.tensorflow.org/2019/11/identifying-exoplanets-with-neural.html
To download Chris’ AstroNet code for yourself go to: https://github.com/google-research/exoplanet-ml
Special thanks to:
McDonald Observatory
The University of Texas at Austin
Andrew Vanderburg
Chris Shallue
Anne Dattilo