SA scientist uses AI to capture rare astronomical objects

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South African scientist, Dr Michelle Lochner has joined other scientists from across the globe to develop fresh techniques to read astronomical data, one such being machine learning.

CAPE TOWN - A South African scientist is part of a group of international researchers who have roped in machine learning to capture an image of a rare astronomical object.

In order for them to analyse the data sets, the researchers are increasingly developing and finetuning automated techniques. “To discover rare and unusual objects in big data sets, so with this technique that I’ve developed with a colleague of mine, Bruce Bassett, I was able to discover this very strange-looking radio galaxy in a MeerKAT data set.”

 

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