Speaker
Rodrigo Luger
Description
I will discuss the ongoing development of the open-source STARRY code for computation of fast light curves for stellar and exoplanet science. I will focus mainly on computational aspects, including (1) obtaining model derivatives via autodifferentiation for use in gradient-based inference schemes such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, (2) developing simultaneous C++, Julia, and Python interfaces to the code, and (3) fully integrating code development with paper writing using SymPy, IPython Notebooks, and Continuous Integration (CI) tools.
