Astroinformatics for Students
Semester-and Bachelor Projects
BSc Computer Science | Data Science | ICT
Recent semester- and bachelor projects
2023
Klassifikation von Sonneneruptionen mittels
Machine Learning und e-Callisto Netzwerk
Gravitationslinsen in Quasaren finden mit An-
omaly Detection
Simulating the light from Big Bang for the Squa-
re Kilometer Array
2024
Planetary Excursions: Virtual reality exhibition for Schweizer Kindermuseum to explore the Solar System
Virtual Reality training to control the Mars Rover
FHNW Rover Drohnen-Navigation
FHNW Rover-Navigation
2025
360°-Darstellung der Sonnenaktivitäten
Using Machine Learning to Estimate the GOES
X-ray Flux of Backside Solar Flares Seen by STIX
Deep Learning for Recognizing Strong Lens Sy-
stems formed by Galaxies and Quasars
Real-Time Imaging of Solar X-ray Flares with
Machine Learning
Using Machine Learning to Predict full-
resolution STIX Data from Quick-look Profiles
Using Machine Learning to Estimate the GOES
X-ray Flux from STIX Quick-look Data
Using Machine Learning to Measure Temperatu-
res of Solar Eruptions
Master Projects
MSc Computer Science | Data Science | ICT
Opportunities for master students
Are you interested in working towards a Master’s Thesis in Computer Science, combining computer science and machine learning with applications in science and space?
2020-2023
Master students: Marius Giger, Anya Liebendörfer, Manuel Stutz (ab 2021)
Current PhD Positions
Yana Shtyk, PhD candidate
Research project: RODEM
Partner academic institution: University of Geneva
Tbd.
Andrea Battaglia, PhD candidate
Research project: STIX
Partner academic institution: ETH Zürich
A co-investigator in the STIX team, Andrea is responsible for the commissioning and operation of the STIX instrument onboard Solar Orbiter. Additionally, he analyzes STIX data with the goal of better understanding electron accelerations in solar flares.
Recent PhD Positions
Erica Lastufka, Doctoral degree 2020
Research project: MiSolFA
Partner academic institution: ETH Zürich
Erica worked on the gratings for the Imager on the Micro Solar Flare Apparatus, a micro-satellite designed to operate together with the X-ray telescope STIX to observe solar flares from a stereo perspective.
Matej Kuhar, Doctoral degree 2018
Research project: NuSTAR space telescope
Partner academic institution: ETH Zürich
Matej studied new observational techniques for solar flares, including micro flares, towards a better understanding of the coronal heating problem.
Brandon Panos, Doctoral degree 2021
Research project: IRIS Big Data
Partner academic institution: University of Geneva
Brandon used machine learning techniques such as t-SNE, GANs and LSTMs to perform large scale statistical studies on IRIS satellite data, to better understand the physics of solar flares.
Stefan Müller, Doctoral degree 2016
Research project: Dark Energy Survey
Partner academic institution: ETH Zürich
Stefan developed the semi-automatic parallelization software Pydron for astroinformatics including multi-core and the cloud.