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S. George Djorgovski is a professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and the Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery. He earned his B.A. from the University of Belgrade in 1979, followed by an M.A. from the University of California in 1981 and a Ph.D. in 1985. Djorgovski started as an Assistant Professor at Caltech from 1987 to 1990, became an Associate Professor from 1990 to 1997, and has held the position of Professor since 1997. He served as the Executive Officer for Astronomy from 2016 to 2019. His research interests span a broad range of topics in astronomy and cosmology, including the structure and dynamics of globular clusters, properties of galaxy evolution, gamma-ray bursts, and the exploration of time domains in astrophysics. Djorgovski is particularly interested in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to systematically analyze large, complex data sets. He aims to develop tools for collaborative human-AI discovery and is involved in science education through Extended Reality technologies. His work also addresses the challenges posed by the exponential growth of data in science, focusing on the extraction of knowledge and understanding from complex datasets.
California Institute of Technology • Pasadena, CA
Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery.
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