Speaker
Prof.
Yin-Zhe Ma
(University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Description
Cosmology, the understanding of the evolution of entire Universe, has progressed very fast in the past several decades with the advances of modern telescopes. I will give a brief overview of the modern cosmology of the last century and highlight its phenomenal successes and distinctive challenges. I will then explain how and why the use of Machine Learning technique can help unravel these mysteries and exploit the uncharted territories of the early Universe. In particular, I will give several cases of using machine learning to constrain primordial non-Gaussian fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation, and studying the epoch of reionization.
Primary author
Prof.
Yin-Zhe Ma
(University of KwaZulu-Natal)
