Artificial Intelligence Finds Messy Galaxies

Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

An astrophysics student at The Australian National University (ANU) has turned to artificial intelligence to help her to see into the hearts of galaxies. PhD student Elise Hampton was inspired by neural networks to create a program to single out from thousands of galaxies the subjects of her study - the most turbulent and messy galaxies. "I love artificial intelligence. It was actually a very simple program to write, once I learnt how," said Ms Hampton, who is studying at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. An active galaxy. Credit: ESA_NASA_AVO_Paolo Padovani read more

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