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WED@NICO SEMINAR: Ben Nelson, NU Data Science Scholar "Dynamical Complexities of Planetary Systems, Near and Far"
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level Chambers Hall
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Dynamical Complexities of Planetary Systems, Near and Far
Speaker:
Ben Nelson - Data Science Scholar, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems (NICO)
Talk Abstract:
For over 20 years, astronomers have been monitoring our local Milky Way with ground-based telescopes to look for planets orbiting other stars. Many of these exoplanets are unlike anything seen in our own Solar System. More recently, the Kepler Space Telescope provided high-precision observations of over 2300 exoplanets, allowing us to characterize planet populations. This large sample contributes important insights to the prevalence of different planet formation mechanisms and the uniqueness of our own Solar System.
I will present several data-driven studies of exoplanet systems. In the first half of my talk, I will show how one can use the observed orbital dynamics of well-studied planetary systems to probe their formation histories. The second half will focus on physical properties of exoplanet populations, including Super-Earths, Hot Jupiters, and closely-separated planet pairs. Throughout the talk, I will also highlight some open-source data analysis tools developed by the astronomy community and adopted from other disciplines.
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Time
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
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WED@NICO Seminar Series returns October 2024
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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The Wednesdays@NICO speaker series with return on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. Speakers will be announced in September.
We welcome speaker suggestions from the NICO community. Please use this form to nominate a speaker.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, data science and network science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)