Artash Nath
I am a RISE 100 Global Fellow, Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust. I work on artificial intelligence, space robotics, quantum computing, and big data. I like solving inter-generational challenges related to space, oceans, seismology, and pandemics. My recent projects include, (i) Using seismic data to measure the effectiveness of COVID-19 lockdowns in real-time, (ii) Developing machine learning algorithms to determine exoplanetary atmospheres using machine learning, and (iii) Modeling how Quadruple Pendulums are used by LIGO to aid the discovery of Gravitational Waves.
I use 'hackathons' as opportunities to learn new skills and get the experience of collaborating with motivated people around the world. I am also a maker. Having built 25+ robots, rockets, rovers, battle bots, and machine learning (ML) projects, my work has been displayed at the Ontario Science Center, the Toronto International Film Festival, MakerFests and have received citations from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency's ARIEL Space Mission, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Talks
The Silence of Global Oceans: Acoustic Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdowns
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 brought an unexpected "anthropause". Border closures, travel restrictions, and economic slowdown meant a hiatus in commercial shipping, offshore energy exploration, and ocean tourism. It provided a rare research opportunity to investigate the time-series relationship between anthropogenic activities and ambient noise levels in oceans using Python and open data.