Colloquium on Jul. 17, 2025

Adventure between the known and the unknown in Time-domain Radio Astronomy

Speaker: Rui Luo (Guangzhou University)

Venue: SWIFAR Building 2111

Time: 16:00 PM, Thursday, Jul. 17, 2025

Abstract:

Historically, most of spectacular astronomical discoveries were serendipities, including the discoveries of pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs). Different from the past, emerging mega-science facilities challenge us on how to find the unknown unknowns when we are searching for the known unknowns in high-time resolution radio data. In this talk, I will basically present the works I have been conducting on FRBs, pulsars and finding the unknown. The first half is focused on the known, including some theoretical and observational studies on FRBs and pulsars. In the late half, I will be talking about the finding the unknown project. A software package for simulating all kinds of radio signals will be presented, and some Machine Learning uses based on this is in progresses. In the end, I will share my outlook on the future of time-domain radio astronomy.