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SUMMARY:The Surprising Universe - Professor Chris Lintott\, University of 
 Oxford
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CONTACT:Xuchen Wang
DESCRIPTION:*Talk Abstract*\n\nDiscovery isn't always a case of shouting '
 Eureka!' - sometimes our path to understanding the cosmos starts with find
 ing the curious\, odd or unusual. In this talk\, Chris Lintott (BBC Sky at
  Night\, University of Oxford) will review some of the surprises of the pa
 st\, from pulsars to planets\, consider how we might be surprised by alien
 s\, and in a world where ever-larger surveys of the night sky are coming o
 n stream\, consider how to make sure the astronomers of the future continu
 e to be pleasantly surprised. \n\n---\n\n*Speaker Information*\n\nProfesso
 r Chris Lintott is an astronomer who specialises in galaxy formation\, mac
 hine learning including anomaly detection\, and occasional planet hunting.
  These projects usually make use of the Zooniverse citizen science platfor
 m\, working in collaboration with more than two million volunteers around 
 the world. He is a member of the collaboration building the Vera Rubin Obs
 ervatory\, which will power the next astronomical revolution. He is also a
 n author\, a broadcaster for the BBC's long-running Sky at Night program\,
  and involved in all sorts of public engagement and outreach projects. \n\
 nHis recent work attempts to understand the properties of interstellar obj
 ects passing through the Solar System\, using cosmological models of galac
 tic evolution and chemical models of planetesimal formation to understand 
 how the properties of objects like 'Oumuamua depend on their origins\, and
  what such objects can tell us about processes on many scales. \n\nHe is t
 he Lead Editor responsible for Laboratory Astrophysics\, Instrumentation\,
  Software and Data for the journals of the American Astronomical Society\,
  including the Astrophysical Journal and Astronomical Journal. He also run
  the Research Notes of the AAS\, which encourages short\, moderated report
 s of works in progress\, observational notes and - importantly - negative 
 results. \n\nHe is a Research fellow at New College\, University of Oxford
 \, where he help lead the Balzan Centre for Cosmological Studies. In the D
 epartment\, He chair the Access and Public Engagement Committee\, and is o
 ne of the team of Harassment Advisors. He is also an elected member of the
  Board of Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum. 
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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