Lee Spitler

New Huntsman telescope @AstroHuntsman to search for galaxies secrets abc.net.au/radio/programs…

Fighting bushfires is intensely challenging at all levels. We work with emergency management personnel to understand how technology could meet their needs into the future - read the report here buff.ly/3dYLBAH #australia #bushfires #research #ai #science #MachineLearning

interesting fact for all dual-australian american citizens. I’ve just learned my unrealized gains in my superannuation are fully US taxable! help @A_Sinodinos we need a new tax treaty! this literally would bankrupt many people.

Read about how astrophysics, AI and drones can be used to identify shark species in real-time and aid in ocean conservation efforts, from our own honorary lecturer Dr Cormac Purcell @SciCormac.

@genomematt @arc_gov_au @ARC_Tracker Note @ARC_Tracker has more information about the main assumption used to make this @arc_gov_au plot. twitter.com/ARC_Tracker/st…

@genomematt @arc_gov_au @ARC_Tracker @genomematt here you go. Assumes eligibility is only done post ranking for all years.

Got curious about historical trends related to @arc_gov_au ineligibility so made some plots @ARC_Tracker .

@arc_gov_au @ARC_Tracker jupyter notebook available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1gIM2bx…

@arc_gov_au @ARC_Tracker Data from @arc_gov_au arc.gov.au/grants/grant-o…

From the budget papers- commonwealth funding for University places is decreasing in nominal terms (worse in real!) Just in case there was any doubt

Read all about it! A recent paper lead by PhD candidate Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes discusses the implications of the dissipation of energy inside stars and planets and how this may affect the final fate of Jupiter-like planets. You can find the article here: arxiv.org/abs/2104.05967

Episode 4 of Stardust MQ is now live, featuring @LeeRSpitler who chats with our host @Cam_Furl about the projects he is working on, including our beloved @AstroHuntsman! Check it out at stardustmq.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Happy Halloween!

Last time my spiderlings were working on me they forgot the set screws that hold my eyes in place and had to improvise. Their solution… Frankenbolts! Halloween costume sorted. #AAOMacquarie #MQSciEng

My Huntsman mascot makes a pretty good Halloween costume don’t you think? #AAOMacquarie #MQSciEng

My fellow arachnids have been “helping” with the halloween decorations. Sadly, specks of dust or strands of cobweb are perfect for scattering light. Not ideal if you are searching for the faintest objects in the Universe! #AAOMacquarie #MQSciEng

Having so many eyes can often make it difficult to focus them all on one target! A bit of a nightmare for the spiderlings who are trying to take colour images of some of the jewels of the southern sky, like the Ptomley cluster. #AAOMacquarie #MQSciEng

Hey Huntsman crew - you guessed it… science is finally happening!

DQ First Results. And join us in the Showcase at dataquest.live 16 Sept 14:30 AEST fdlausnz.org/data-quest-blo… @minderoo @anuinspace @FireballIntern1 @Team_DUG @AusSpaceAgency @NSWCSE @NSWsensing @UNSW @Macquarie_Uni @CSIRO @GeoscienceAus @BOM_au @planetlabs @nwnazarene

Research results from the Data Quest teams continued - Fire Fuel Load Prediction fdlausnz.org/data-quest-blo… @minderoo @anuinspace @FireballIntern1 @NSWCSE @AusSpaceAgency @CSIRO @UNSW @NSWsensing @Macquarie_Uni @GeoscienceAus @BOM_au @planetlabs