she/her not on here much anymore… username is astronemma on the other apps
Manchester, England
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Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
Hunting supermassive black holes in your native language? Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU now has its Greek/Chinese/Urdu version available!! Check out our project page to start your hunting! @EleniVardoulaki @Micah_mb010 @Emma_Alexander @owning_ivy @tvern23 @emu_galaxyzoo @SKAO @Astro4Dev
ALT https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hongming-tang/radio-galaxy-zoo-emu?language=zh-cn
ALT https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hongming-tang/radio-galaxy-zoo-emu?language=ur
ALT https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hongming-tang/radio-galaxy-zoo-emu?language=el
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
Put on your radio glasses! The Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU is going live! Help us link radio sources to their parent galaxies and classify them with simple descriptive tags. Get involved and give the project a try — visit: zooniverse.org/projects/hong…
Loved working on this and so happy it’s finally out there! 😊
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
We've been a little quiet lately because of the UK elections, but have no fear - we're back, and we're ready to chat science!
Here are some cool science updates from June you might have missed 👇
I could say a lot about how moving from academia into the civil service has improved my mental health… the main one relevant today is that I can’t get into public arguments about anything political. 😅 But do make sure that you go and vote today!
Hi @BeeNetwork I think one of your 192s has got a bit lost x
ALT Screenshot of the Bee Network app showing a 192 bus located off the coast of Mexico
ALT Zoom in of previous image
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
Excited to share our new paper on benchmarking Bayesian deep learning for radio galaxy classification! I’ll be at #UAI2024 and the #AABI2024 Workshop colocated with @icmlconf in July to present this work
Our #UAI2024 paper, led by @DevinaMohan_ , is on arXiv!
How different Bayesian approximations in deep-learning perform for galaxy classification cf. an HMC baseline.
[model performance, uncertainty calibration, dataset shift detection]
arxiv.org/abs/2405.18351
@UncertaintyInAI
New Crescent Moon sighted from Manchester, UK. Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating! @NewCrescentSoc
ALT Photo of a thin crescent moon
ALT Binoculars on a tripod
ALT View of the moon through binoculars
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
“These are the heroes of WCK. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories.” - Erin Gore, CEO. Read more: wck.org/news/honoring-gaza-t…
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. Read our full statement on the loss of our team members here: wck.org/news/gaza-team-updat…
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
Absolutely loved putting together this little sequence last year for #BBCNews1 w/ @BenBrownBBC . Thank you @NewCrescentSoc for sending through these images of local sightings taking place here in the UK with families gathering to look for the #Ramadan moon.
#Ramadan2024 #RamadanKareem
#BBCNewsOne w/ @BenBrownBBC
Families and community groups ventured out last night to find the new #Ramadan moon in an initiative organised by @NewCrescentSoc
#RamadanMoon #bbcnews
Me, before starting my new non-astro job, thinking I'll still be able to keep on top of astronomy research: 💪🤩🔭✨
Actually me, every evening after being in the office: 😴😮💨🥹
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
In the midst of a very competitive application season for PhD places, some advice for future applicants:
You don’t need to have written a paper, but research experience is vital
When writing about your research, tell us why you did what you did, not just what (1/n)
Dr Emma Alexander retweeted
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
ALT The moon with a rocket landed in its eye. The most iconic shot of 1902 sci-fi film Le Voyage Dans La Lune.