Time Series Center   Harvard University

Publications

• De-Trending Time Series for Astronomical Variability Surveys (paper)

  Authors: Dae-Won Kim (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA; IIC and Yonsei Univ.), Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC), Charles Alcock (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Yong-Ik Byun (Yonsei Univ.), Federica Bianco (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: De-Trending Time Series for Astronomical Variability Surveys.
  accepted for publication in MNRAS
  

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• Fast identification of transits from light-curves (paper)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Raul Jimenez (UPenn), Charles Alcock (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Discovering Transiting Extra Solar Planets.
  Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 362 (2005) 460-468
  

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• Finding outlier light-curves in catalogs of periodic variable stars (paper)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), J. M. Giammarco (UPenn), L. Faccioli (UPenn), M. F. Struble (UPenn), Rahul Dave (UPenn), Charles Alcock (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Outlier Detection.
  Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 369 (2006) 677-696
  

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• Measuring Temporal Symmetry in Quasar Light Curves: Distinguishing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Quasar Variation (paper)

  Authors: Taryn Nihei (U. Penn), Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC), Charles Alcock (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Temporal Asymmetry in Quasar Light Curves.
  Submitted to AAJ
  

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• Search for Overlooked Microlensing Events in the Macho Data (paper)

  Authors: Iara Cury (Yale), Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC), Christopher Night (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Rosanne Di Stefano (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Statistically significant peak or drop variability estimation: Microlensing.
  Submitted to AAJ
  

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• Finding Anomalous Periodic Time Series: An Application to Catalogs of Periodic Variable Stars (paper)

  Authors: Umaa Rebbapragada (Tufts University), Carla Brodely (Tufts University), Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC), Charles Alcock (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Outlier Detection.
  Submitted to ML
  

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• Scaling Astronomy (talk)

  Authors: Rahul Dave (IIC).
  Projects: Databases and Searches.
  "Scaling Astronomy", Oreilly Ignite 4, Boston, MA, Sept 11th, 2008.
  

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• PDScan (software)

  Authors: Dan Preston (IIC).
  Projects: Event Discovery in Time Series Using Scan Statistics.
  Not Published
  

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• Event Discovery in Astronomical Time Series Using Scan Statistics (lecture)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC), Dan Preston (IIC).
  Projects: statsigmicrolens.
  Not Published
  

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• The IIC Time Series Center: How Astronomers, Computer Scientists and Statisticians are working together to tackle hard problems in astronomy (seminar)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA).
  Projects: Outlier Detection,Discovering Transiting Extra Solar Planets,Discovery of TNOs,Statistically significant peak or drop variability estimation: Microlensing.
  Joint Computer Science / Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Thursday, Feb. 7, Tufts University, Medford, MA
  

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• Filter Flow (poster)

  Authors: Evan Morikawa (Olin College and IIC), Rahul Dave (IIC), Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC).
  Projects: Light Curve Filters Workflow,Datbases and Searches.
  ADASS 2007 (London) Poster P3.1
  

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• Finding Anomalies in Periodic Time Series (poster)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC).
  Projects: Outlier Detection.
  ADASS 2006 (Tuscon) Poster
  

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• Pluto and Beyoooooond (talk)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC).
  Projects: Discovery of TNOs.
  IIC Brown Bag Talk
  

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• Introduction to Machine Learning Research on Time Series (lecture)

  Authors: Umaa Rebbapragada (Tufts University).
  Projects: Outlier Detection.
  IIC Brown Bag Talk
  

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• Classification in Time Series (talk)

  Authors: Gabriel Wachman (Tufts University).
  Projects: Automatic Classification.
  IIC Brown Bag Talk
  

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• FilterFlow: GUI and batch application for light curve transformations (software)

  Authors: Evan Morikawa (Olin College and IIC).
  Projects: Light Curve Filters Workflow.
  Prototype Software
  

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• The IIC Time Series Center: How Astronomers, Computer Scientists and Statisticians together are working to tackle hard problems in Astronomy (seminar)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC).
  Projects: Outlier Detection,Discovering Transiting Extra Solar Planets,Discovery of TNOs.
  IIC Seminar Series, April 11, 2007
  

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• Variable Stars (Who Cares?) (talk)

  Authors: Pavlos Protopapas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and IIC).
  Projects: Automatic Classification,Databases and Searches,Outlier Detection.
  IIC Brown Bag Talk
  

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• Signal Detection using Wavelet Decomposition (talk)

  Authors: Samuel Chen (IIC).
  Projects: Detecting true signals using wavelets.
  IIC Summer Intern Presentation
  

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