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Dan Foreman-Mackey
January 12, 2023
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Open Software for Astrophysics, AAS241
Slides for my plenary talk at the 241st American Astronomical Society meeting.
Dan Foreman-Mackey
January 12, 2023
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OPEN SOFTWARE FOR ASTROPHYSICS Dan Foreman-Mackey
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case study: Gaussian Processes
AAS 225 / 2015 / Seattle AAS 231 / 2018
/ National Harbor
°0.6 °0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 raw [ppt] 0 5 10
15 20 25 time [days] °0.30 °0.15 0.00 de-trended [ppt] N = 1000 reference: DFM+ (2017)
°0.6 °0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 raw [ppt] 0 5 10
15 20 25 time [days] °0.30 °0.15 0.00 de-trended [ppt] N = 1000 reference: DFM+ (2017)
reference: Aigrain & DFM (2022)
reference: Aigrain & DFM (2022)
reference: Aigrain & DFM (2022) ignoring correlated noise accounting for
correlated noise
reference: Aigrain & DFM (2022)
a Gaussian Process is a drop - in replacement for
chi - squared
more details: Aigrain & Foreman-Mackey (2023) arXiv:2209.08940
7 [1] model building [2] computational cost
k(tn , tm ; θ) “kernel” or “covariance”
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import george import celerite import tinygp
my f i rst try: george 1
import numpy as np def log_likelihood(params, x, diag, r) :
K = build_kernel_matrix(params, x, diag) gof = r.T @ np.linalg.solve(K, r) norm = np.linalg.slogdet(K)[1] return -0.5 * (gof + norm)
import numpy as np def log_likelihood(params, x, diag, r) :
K = build_kernel_matrix(params, x, diag) gof = r.T @ np.linalg.solve(K, r) norm = np.linalg.slogdet(K)[1] return -0.5 * (gof + norm)
k(tn , tm ; θ) “kernel” or “covariance”
from george.kernels import * k1 = 1.5 * ExpSquaredKernel(2.3) k2
= 5.5 * Matern32Kernel(0.1) kernel = 0.5 * (k1 + k2)
from george import GP gp = GP(kernel) gp.compute(x, yerr) gp.log_likelihood(y)
from george import GP gp = GP(kernel) gp.compute(x, yerr) gp.log_likelihood(y)
gp.f i t(y) ???
the astronomical Python ecosystem + MANY MORE!
* API design (library vs scripts) * don’t reinvent the
wheel
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faster: celerite* 2 * yes, that truly is how you
pronounce it…
import numpy as np def log_likelihood(params, x, diag, r) :
K = build_kernel_matrix(params, x, diag) gof = r.T @ np.linalg.solve(K, r) norm = np.linalg.slogdet(K)[1] return -0.5 * (gof + norm)
import numpy as np def log_likelihood(params, x, diag, r) :
K = build_kernel_matrix(params, x, diag) gof = r.T @ np.linalg.solve(K, r) norm = np.linalg.slogdet(K)[1] return -0.5 * (gof + norm)
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“semi/quasi - separable” matrices
102 103 104 105 number of data points [N] 10
5 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 1 100 computational cost [seconds] 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 direct O(N) 100 101 number o reference: DFM, Agol, Ambikasaran, Angus (2017)
102 103 104 105 number of data points [N] 10
4 10 3 10 2 10 1 100 computational cost [seconds] 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 O(N) 100 101 number o reference: DFM, Agol, Ambikasaran, Angus (2017)
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+ + vs
* interdisciplinary collaboration * importance of implementation
7 [1] 1 (ish) dimensional input [2] specif i c
type of kernel restrictions:
modern infrastructure: tinygp 3
what’s missing from the astronomical Python ecosystem?
7 [1] differentiable programming [2] hardware acceleration
the broader numerical computing Python ecosystem + SO MANY MORE!
jax.readthedocs.io
import numpy as np def linear_least_squares(x, y) : A =
np.vander(x, 2) return np.linalg.lstsq(A, y)[0]
import jax.numpy as jnp def linear_least_squares(x, y) : A =
jnp.vander(x, 2) return jnp.linalg.lstsq(A, y)[0]
import jax.numpy as jnp @jax.jit def linear_least_squares(x, y) : A
= jnp.vander(x, 2) return jnp.linalg.lstsq(A, y)[0]
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tinygp.readthedocs.io
the broader numerical computing Python ecosystem + SO MANY MORE!
* I <3 JAX * don’t reinvent the wheel
the why & how of open software in astrophysics
credit: Adrian Price-Whelan / / data: SAO/NASA ADS
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takeaways
open software is foundational to astrophysics research let’s consider &
discuss interface design and user interaction leverage existing infrastructure & learn when to start fresh
get in touch! dfm.io github.com/dfm
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