Residence United Kingdom Role Professor | Name Ofer Lahav | |
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Fields Observational CosmologyDark EnergyCosmological probes of Dark Matter and Dark EnergyLarge spectroscopic and photometric redshift surveysNeutrino CosmologyFormation and evolution of galaxiesStatistical methods Institutions University College LondonUniversity of CambridgeBen-Gurion UniversityTel Aviv University Thesis Anisotropies in the Local Universe (1988) Similar People George Efstathiou, Donald Lynden‑Bell, Jacob Bekenstein, Chris Lintott, Simon White | ||
Other academic advisors Jacob Bekenstein | ||
Prof. Ofer Lahav: From Deep Learning to the Dark Universe
Ofer Lahav is Perren Chair of Astronomy at University College London (UCL). His research area is observational Cosmology. He served as the Head of Astrophysics (UCL) 2004-2011, as Vice-Dean (Research) of UCL's Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2011-2015, and as Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society 2010-2012. Lahav co-chairs the Science Committee of the international Dark Energy Survey, and he holds a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant on "Testing the Dark Energy Paradigm" (TESTDE programme).
Contents
- Prof Ofer Lahav From Deep Learning to the Dark Universe
- Professor Ofer Lahav Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Astronomy
- Education
- Research
- Awards and honours
- References
Professor Ofer Lahav - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Astronomy
Education
Lahav studied Physics at Tel-Aviv University (BSc, 1980), Physics at Ben-Gurion University (MSc, 1985) and earned his Ph.D. (1988) in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge, where he was later a Member of Staff at the Institute of Astronomy (1990-2003) and a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Research
Lahav's research is focused on cosmological probes of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, in particular large galaxy surveys. To date (2016) Lahav has co-authored over 200 research articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and he is a Thomson ISI highly cited author.
Awards and honours
Lahav is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), and a Member of the International Astronomical Union. Other awards include: