RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 4

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This Research Scientist/Engineer 4 (E S UAW RSE) position will focus on research and development of novel algorithms and techniques in support of science from the next-generation survey astronomy telescopes and commissioning the Rubin Observatory.

Purpose of the research project(s) this position supports:
The position primarily supports LINCC Frameworks in developing algorithms for the analysis of data from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and commissioning work for the Rubin Observatory in preparation for the LSST. When it enters operations in 2023, LSST will conduct the widest, fastest and deepest survey of the southern sky carried out to date. It will identify tens of billions of stars, galaxies, and solar system objects. It will enable paradigm-changing research in the fields of weak lensing cosmology, galactic astronomy, transient and variable astronomical sources, and the contents of the solar system. The University of Washington is a major stakeholder in LSST; the Department of Astronomy hosts the Director (Prof. Željko Ivezic), groups working on the developing the LSST survey strategy and on commissioning the facility, and is responsible for the prompt processing system which will identify transient, variable and moving objects in the LSST image stream.

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