Expertise
Galaxies; cosmology; quasars; data science; sky surveys, scientific applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence
Profile
Djorgovski has worked on a number of subjects in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, including properties, formation, and evolution of galaxies and quasars, gravitational lenses, dark energy, large digital sky surveys and big data astronomy, applications of machine learning and AI for scientific data analysis, data science and its methodology transfer between different disciplines, and others.
Languages Spoken
English;
Faculty Bio
B.A., University of Belgrade, 1979; M.A., University of California, 1981; Ph.D., 1985; Assistant Professor, Caltech 1987-90; Associate Professor, 1990-97; Professor, 1997-; Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery, 2014-19; Executive Officer for Astronomy, 2016-19.
Caltech Affiliations
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