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Data volumes and rates of research infrastructures will continue to increase in the upcoming years and impact how we interact with their final data products. Little of the processed data can be directly investigated and most of it will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Michael A. C. Johnson , Hans-Rainer Klöckner , Albina Muzafarova , Kristen Lackeos , David J. Champion , Marta Dembska , Sirko Schindler , Marcus Paradies

1. Natural sounds have been recorded for millions of hours over the previous decades using passive acoustic monitoring. Improvements in deep learning models have vastly accelerated the analysis of large portions of this data. While new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Vincent S. Kather , Sylvain Haupert , Burooj Ghani , Dan Stowell

The nature of scientific and technological data collection is evolving rapidly: data volumes and rates grow exponentially, with increasing complexity and information content, and there has been a transition from static data sets to data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-19 S. G. Djorgovski , M. J. Graham , C. Donalek , A. A. Mahabal , A. J. Drake , M. Turmon , T. Fuchs

We present Paicos, a new object-oriented Python package for analyzing simulations performed with Arepo. Paicos strives to reduce the learning curve for students and researchers getting started with Arepo simulations. As such, Paicos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-24 Thomas Berlok , Léna Jlassi , Ewald Puchwein , Troels Haugbølle

astroquery is a collection of tools for requesting data from databases hosted on remote servers with interfaces exposed on the internet, including those with web pages but without formal application program interfaces (APIs). These tools…

The next generation of telescopes such as the SKA and the Rubin Observatory will produce enormous data sets, requiring automated anomaly detection to enable scientific discovery. Here, we present an overview and friendly user guide to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-26 Michelle Lochner , Bruce A. Bassett

Chemical modeling and synthetic observations are powerful methods to interpret observations, both requiring a knowledge of the physical conditions. In this paper, we present the Analytical Protostellar Environment (APE) code, which aims at…

Forward-modeling observables from galaxy simulations enables direct comparisons between theory and observations. To generate synthetic spectral energy distributions (SEDs) that include dust absorption, re-emission, and scattering, Monte…

Modern wide-field surveys require robust spatial masks to excise bright-star halos, bleed trails, poor-quality regions, and user-defined geometry at scale. We present Skykatana, an open source pipeline that builds and combines boolean…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Claudio Lopez , Emilio Donoso , Mariano Javier de L. Dominguez Romero

The growing demand for diverse and high-quality facial datasets for training and testing biometric systems is challenged by privacy regulations, data scarcity, and ethical concerns. Synthetic facial images offer a potential solution, yet…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Ananya Kadali , Sunnie Jehan-Morrison , Orasiki Wellington , Barney Evans , Precious Durojaiye , Richard Guest

Astronomy is entering a new era as multiple, large area, digital sky surveys are in production. The resulting datasets are truly remarkable in their own right; however, a revolutionary step arises in the aggregation of complimentary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. J Brunner , T. Prince , J. Good , T. Handley , C. Lonsdale , S. G. Djorgovski

In a continued quest to monitor subsecond surface dynamics on the atomic scale and to improve imaging resolution, a FAST module to accelerate existing scanning probe microscopy setups was previously presented. Hereby, the speedup is enabled…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-30 K. Briegel , F. Riccius , J. Filser , A. Bourgund , R. Spitzenpfeil , M. Panighel , C. Dri , B. A. J. Lechner , F. Esch

We present a new approach (MADE) that generates mass, age, and distance estimates of red giant stars from a combination of astrometric, photometric, and spectroscopic data. The core of the approach is a Bayesian artificial neural network…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-29 Payel Das , Jason Sanders

Computer-assisted surgical (CAS) systems enhance surgical execution and outcomes by providing advanced support to surgeons. These systems often rely on deep learning models trained on complex, challenging-to-annotate data. While synthetic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Sabina Martyniak , Joanna Kaleta , Diego Dall'Alba , Michał Naskręt , Szymon Płotka , Przemysław Korzeniowski

Upcoming large astronomical surveys are expected to capture an unprecedented number of strong gravitational lensing systems. Deep learning is emerging as a promising practical tool for the detection and quantification of these galaxy-scale…

Analysis of emission lines in gaseous nebulae yields direct measures of physical conditions and chemical abundances and is the cornerstone of nebular astrophysics. Although the physical problem is conceptually simple, its practical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-17 Valentina Luridiana , Christophe Morisset , Richard A. Shaw

We live in an age where an enormous amount of astrometric, photometric, asteroseismic, and spectroscopic data of Milky Way stars are being acquired, many orders of magnitude larger than about a decade ago. Thanks to the Gaia astrometric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-13 Ivan Minchev

High-fidelity galaxy mocks are crucial for validating analysis pipelines and for cosmological inference. In this context, the Science Pipeline at PIC (SciPIC) is a pipeline specifically designed for the fast generation of synthetic galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-17 Euclid Collaboration , E. J. Gonzalez , J. Carretero , Z. Baghkhani , F. J. Castander , P. Fosalba , P. Tallada-Crespí , J. Stadel , D. Potter , I. Tutusaus , S. Ramakrishnan , M. L. van Heukelum , N. E. Chisari , F. Marulli , M. Bolzonella , L. Pozzetti , D. Navarro-Gironés , J. Chaves-Montero , G. Parimbelli , M. Manera , L. Blot , K. Hoffmann , M. Huertas-Company , P. Monaco , C. Scarlata , M. -A. Breton , S. -S. Li , R. Teyssier , M. Crocce , G. Congedo , A. Biviano , M. Hirschmann , A. Pezzotta , H. Hoekstra , W. J. Percival , P. A. Oesch , R. A. A. Bowler , V. Gonzalez-Perez , S. Avila , A. Kovács , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , H. Degaudenzi , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , S. Serrano , E. Sihvola , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , T. Castro , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , J. García-Bellido , J. Macias-Perez , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Montoro , A. A. Nucita , M. Pöntinen , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Tucci , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , G. Angora , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , L. Bazzanini , J. Bel , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , F. Beutler , A. Blanchard , M. Bonici , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , F. Cogato , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , T. de Boer , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , V. Duret , M. Y. Elkhashab , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. Finoguenov , A. Franco , K. Ganga , T. Gasparetto , R. Gavazzi , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gruppuso , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , K. Koyama , S. Kruk , M. C. Lam , M. Lattanzi , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , X. Lopez Lopez , M. Magliocchetti , A. Manjón-García , F. Mannucci , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Miluzio , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Pace , D. Paoletti , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , C. Pattison , R. Paviot , A. Pisani , G. W. Pratt , S. Quai , M. Radovich , K. Rojas , W. Roster , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , J. G. Sorce , I. Szapudi , K. Tanidis , F. Tarsitano , G. Testera , S. Tosi , A. Troja , C. Uhlemann , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , S. Vinciguerra , M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta , N. A. Walton , A. H. Wright , H. W. Yeung

We review some of the recent developments and challenges posed by the data analysis in modern digital sky surveys, which are representative of the information-rich astronomy in the context of Virtual Observatory. Illustrative examples…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 S. G. Djorgovski , C. Donalek , A. Mahabal , R. Williams , A. Drake , M. Graham , E. Glikman