About
BRICS project “Search and Follow-up Studies of Time-domain Astronomical Sources using Sky
Surveys, BRICS Telescopes, and Artificial Intelligence” funded by BRICS consortium (DST
Govt. of India, MSHE, Govt of Russia and NSFC, Govt of China
(DST/ICD/BRICS/Call-5/SAPTARISI/2023(G)) (Amount: Rs. 42,89,660/-)
Objectives
To create novel machine learning and artificial intelligence based methodologies for
automated searching, identification, and classification of galactic and extragalactic
transients from ongoing and near-term large-scale sky surveys,
To produce an exhaustive catalogue for indexing and fast retrieval of transients and
make it available in public domain via dedicated channels for the astronomical
community,
Follow-up research on a subset of objects using the BRICS collaborators’ observing
facilities for the high-precision photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy for the
determination of basic astrophysical parameters and improve our understanding on
stellar structure and evolution, stellar activities, galactic and extragalactic
archaeology,
Modelling the selected sources to comprehend the observed light variations and gain
insight into the involved physical processes, and
Pushing the boundaries of knowledge among collaborating institutions and personnel
in the BRICS countries and applying the developed techniques to other scientific
disciplines and outreach activities.
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Santosh Joshi from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), India.
Oleg Malkov from Institute of
Astronomy,
Russian
Academy of
Sciences, Russia.
Kefeng Tan from National
Astronomical
Observatories,
Chinese
Academy of
Sciences, China.
Anupam
Bhardwaj from INAF-
Osservatorio
Astronomico di
Capodimonte, Italy.
Otto Trust from Mbarara
University of
Science and
Technology, Uganda.
