Peter Ma

ML @BerkeleySETI Math/Phy @UofT 24' | prev @CERN @CaltechLIGO

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

Super excited to FINALLY publish my first authored paper on the search for advanced extraterrestrial life using deep learning! Check out our Nature Astronomy paper here!
https://t.co/3FobupnF0L

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

I wanna take a bite out of this aerogel

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

Then we proceeded to write jankiest neural net in pure C (it literally seg faults if someone sneezed) so that it can run on LIGO’s realtime system it was so cursed lmao

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

Excited to publish our paper from my 2022 summer project on developing Deep Learning models to control nanometer precision optical instruments at @LIGO for detecting gravitational waves!

(📷 Caltech LIGO)
https://t.co/swaIe2YgtX

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

We basically used a probabilistic GRU and a Kalman filter to reconstruct the dynamics of our mirrors, allowing us to use linear controls to solve the problem in simulation.

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@yasmeenbrain lmao they're behind me couldnt u see?

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

post covid, post breakup, post grad apps doodling hits different

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

For the behind the scenes, checkout our Nature behind the paper post https://t.co/XvrbhmQFwr

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

Super excited to FINALLY publish my first authored paper on the search for advanced extraterrestrial life using deep learning! Check out our Nature Astronomy paper here!
https://t.co/3FobupnF0L

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

Special shoutout to my supervisors @CherryNg18 and @drcroft for their incredible mentorship. Thanks to @brkthroughprize @LaidlawFoundatn for funding this project! And thanks to @BerkeleySETI for taking me on back when this was just a high school project :)

[Nature Astronomy @NatureAstronomy]

Machine learning helps the Breakthrough Listen SETI project: it reduced the number of candidates identified in a 480-hour-long dataset by a factor of 100. From this, 8 signals worthy of further analysis have been found. Ma et al.: https://t.co/CSSS2JNmsu

[Dunlap Institute @DunlapInstitute]

Are we alone in the universe?

A team led by researchers at @UofT has figured out a new AI technique that could accelerate the search for extraterrestrial life - bringing us closer to answering this question! Published today in @NatureAstronomy.

More: https://t.co/aagzLRVJWD

[Breakthrough @brkthroughprize]

Artificial intelligence seeks extraterrestrial intelligence. Breakthrough Listen develops a new machine learning system to search for potential signals from other civilizations.
https://t.co/gVKgTar6cX

[UC Berkeley SETI @BerkeleySETI]

Development of our new machine learning algorithm was led by @UofT undergraduate @peterma02 who started working with Berkeley SETI when he was in high school! https://t.co/Jn5oLVOQpx

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@SeyoneC @workshopmlsb @MetaAI @UWproteindesign ayyee sickk dude!! who needs 8 ipads taped to their poster when u got dat cute smile of urs 😉

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@AinsleyPoles 😃 I'm 😃 still 😃 typing 😃

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@Keayene I still refuse to believe Doug Ford follows u unironically

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@aadilpickle can i come just for ur chocolate protein shakes?

[Peter Ma @peterma02]

@SeyoneC @Dyno_Tx @workshopmlsb @NeurIPSConf @samsinai Congrats! Looking forward to seeing it!!