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- Name: Aarya Patil
- Email: [email protected]
- Time Zone: +0530 GMT
- IRC Handle: Haikyu
- Github ID: AustereCuriosity
- Instant Messaging: Google Hangout ([email protected])
- University: Pune Institute of Computer Technology
- Major: Computer Science & Engineering
- Current Year: Third
- Expected Graduation Date: June 2018
- Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (Honors)
astropy, numpy, yaml, scipy(maybe)
- I have not participated in GSoC before.
- I am not applying to any other organization.
I have been contributing to Astropy, specially to the astropy.io and astropy.table modules for a while now. I have spent significant time understanding the codebase, the io and table functionalities and the driver cause for use of mixin columns. The starting point for this project was to tackle the issue (), contributing to which made it easier for me to precisely sketch the problem skeleton.
The universe is expanding each day and so is our knowledge of its complexity. I do not understand it completely, but I would like to spend my life trying to know it a little better. This is me, quoting in my own words, a perception of myself that I believe in.
I was introduced to night sky observations at a very young age, thanks to my father's love for the stars, which I can now proudly say runs in our genes. In school, I developed an affinity towards physics, because it fed my curiosity of the clockwork of the universe and mathematics; the language of physics. I came across the field of computing rather late. When in junior college, one of my friends asked me to be his partner in a programming competition. I did not know how to code, but the problems were enticing and those three hours transformed my life. I was absolutely amazed at how a difficult problem could be solved by tackling one logical component at a time, at least if it is not an NP complete problem. And I knew just what I wanted to do.
Coming to my formal introduction, I am Aarya Patil, a third-year undergraduate student at Pune Institute of Computer Technology (India) majoring in computer engineering and I am immensely passionate about the world of computational astrophysics. This very reason has led me towards taking up independent research. Last summer, I worked under the supervision of a Data Scientist at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), on a research project titled ‘Estimating the Distance to Star Clusters ( open and globular ) using Automated Photometry and Unsupervised Learning’. I am currently working under a Post-Doctoral student at IUCAA to try and solve the problem of “Classification of Transient objects using Machine Learning techniques on Light Curve data”. Both projects being developed in Python, I am a fanatic of this language, of its ease, power and extensibility. I believe AstroPy could soon bring in all the strength IRAF has (and even more) and it would not be possible without this beautiful language. I have also been reading, writing and processing FITS files for over a year now. This project thus does not fail to excite me.
My introduction to the world of Open Source was rather recent. It has been a delight to converse with the Astropy developers, understand their ideologies and put across new ideas to this altogether collaborative environment. I would like to thank the developers, who help me learn new things everyday and will continue to do so.
It has been rather stereotypical to either be a hopeless romantic of the arts or to develop a scientific skepticism. But I have never been a stickler for stereotypes. I like to believe great science requires greater imagination. So when I am not engrossed in the above listed activities, you can find me contemplating about the world and its residents on my Art Blog.
Yes, I am eligible to receive payments from Google. In case you need any clarification or further explanation of any approach/feature, feel free to contact me at [email protected] and I would be happy to provide it to you.