Eric S. Gentry

Eric S. Gentry

Applied Scientist
BS: MIT '14
PhD: UCSC '19

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Start at Microsoft Full Time

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Just had my first day at Microsoft in Sunnyvale as a fulltime data + machine learning scientist. Looking forward to this new phase of my career!

PhD Thesis Defended

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Successfully defended my thesis today! Still have some revisions to factor in, and I want to get another paper submitted before graduation, but it’s nice to have the title of Doctor.

Data Science Internship at LendUp

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For summer 2017 I’ll be working at LendUp, a FinTech startup in San Francisco. I’ll be doing very little astronomy June-Sept 2017, but I’ll get back into during fall 2017.

Machine Learning with Alexie Leauthaud

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Starting this spring I’ll be working Prof Alexie Leauthaud to use deep learning tools to better identify dwarf galaxies in the Hyper Suprime Cam (HSC) survey. When that survey’s completed, it’s expected to have >500 TB of imaging data, so our project is going to have to be pretty smart and efficient about how to get the best results in a reasonable amount of time. Right now the plan is to start with some “simpler” machine learning algorithms (like Random Forests) to filter out the objects that clearly aren’t the right type of galaxies, and then use multi-layered convolutional neural nets for our final classification.

Starting with Piero Madau

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In January 2016 I started working with Professor Piero Madau. To begin, I’ll be continuing the worked I started with Mark Krumholz, creating better models of SNe feedback.

Pictor A Work Published

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Recently my paper on the emission mechanisms within Pictor A’s jet was accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal, and subsequently hit the arXiv. In short, we used the Hubble Space Telescope to collect data which showed that the observed X-ray emission couldn’t be produced through relativistically boosted inverse Compton scattering of the Cosmic Microwave Background (boosted IC-CMB).

Computational Fluids Project

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The first quarter is over, my time as a Teaching Assistant has come to a close, so now it’s time to focus more on my research. With that has come a change in projects.

Entering Graduate School

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In October, I’ll be entering the University of California at Santa Cruz, to start a PhD program in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

MIT Graduation

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Graduated from MIT with a BS in Physics!

portfolio

Dark Matter Detection

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Building a 3D CAD model of an existing dark matter detection chamber

X-ray Source Calibration

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Calibrating the power and spectrum of an X-ray source used for nuclear fusion experiments

Galaxy cGAN

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Creating artificial galaxy images using conditional Generative Adversarial Networks

publications

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teaching

Introduction to Cosmology

High School Enrichment Program, MIT Educational Studies Program, 2012

This class was co-taught — I only have notes from my half of the class (1 of the 2 hours each week), and I am missing classes 1 and 3. 🙁

Illuminating Dark Matter

High School Enrichment Program, MIT Educational Studies Program, 2013

Taught multiple times, focusing on different topics each year. Most complete lecture notes are posted as an overview.