www.gravityspy.org
- Gravity Spy is an NSF-funded interdisciplinary project incorporating citizen science, machine learning, social science, and aLIGO detector characterization
- One major issue afflicting aLIGOs ability to detect gravitational waves is poorly-modeled noise known as glitches
- Gravity Spy will aid in the classification and characterization of glitches by combining human intuition and pattern recognition with the power of computers to process large amounts of data systematically
- Zooniverse Project volunteers will morphologically classify glitches from the LIGO data stream, which are used to train machine learning algorithms for further classification
- In addition to the characterization and elimination of problematic noise in the aLIGO data stream, Gravity Spy promotes gravitational wave science and involves the lay public in scientific progress
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PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University |
CO-INVESTIGATORS Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University Shane Larson, Northwestern University, Adler Planetarium Josh Smith, California State University - Fullerton Laura Trouille, Adler Planetarium, Zooniverse |
PROJECT MEMBERS Northwestern University Sara Bahaadini - Machine Learning Emre Besler- Machine Learning Scotty Coughlin - Astrophysics, Data Science Vicky Kalogera - Astrophysics Aggelos Katsaggelos - Machine Learning Shane Larson - Astrophysics Neda Rohani- Machine Learning Mike Zevin - Astrophysics, Data Science Adler Planetarium Laura Trouille - Citizen Science California Institute of Technology Jess McIver - Astrophysics, Detector Characterization California State University - Fullerton Josh Smith - Astrophysics, Detector Characterization |
Syracuse University Kevin Crowston - Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction Mabi Harandi - Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction Corey Jackson - Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction Carsten Osterlund - Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction University of Alabama at Huntsville Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research Tyson Littenberg - Astrophysics, Data Science University of Illinois at Chicago Vahid Noroozi - Machine Learning Zooniverse Sarah Allen - Citizen Science Laura Trouille - Citizen Science |
Media Round Up
- Read the CIERA Research Highlight.
- Read the Daily Zooniverse Announcement.
- Read Citizen Scientists Join Search for Gravitational Waves on Symmetry.
- Read Researchers Turn to Citizen Scientists for Help Identifying Gravitational Waves from the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
- Read about Gravity Spy in Syracuse University's The Daily Orange.
- Read Physics Student a 'Gravity Spy' from California State University, Fullerton.
- Read LIGO Magazine article Written by graduate student, Michael Zevin.
- Read Advancing the Search for Gravitational Waves with Next-Generation Citizen Science on CQG+.
- Read 'Gravity Spies' are Hunting for Gravitational Waves in Inverse Science.