The People behind the Challenge

We thank the ECML-PKDD 2023 organising team for their support. On this page, you can access information about our sponsors, partnering organisations, and the members of the organising team.

Sponsors

Partnering Organisations

The Team

Dr. Kai Hou Yip

UCL
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ariel Data Challenge PI

Dr. Ingo Waldmann

UCL
Associate Professor
Ariel Data Challenge PI

Dr. Mario Morvan

UCL
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Ahmed Al-Refaie

UCL CSED
Head of Numerical Methods

Dr. Quentin Changeat

STScI, ESA Office
ESA Fellow

Rebecca(Bex) Leigh Coates

UCL CSED
Comms Media Officer

Jack Davey

UCL
Ph.D. Student

Emma Dunford

UCL CSED
Centre Manager

Sushuang Ma

UCL
Ph.D. Student

Dr. Lorenzo Mugnai

Cardiff University
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Alex Thompson

UCL
Ph.D. Student

Prof. Giovanna Tinetti

UCL
PI of Ariel Space Mission

Special Thanks

The success of the event is attributed to the valuable assistance, advice, and guidance provided by these individuals, for whom we extend our heartfelt gratitude.

Prof. James Cho
Brandeis University

Pascale Danto
CNES

Dr. Billy Edwards
SRON

Dr. Joanna Fabbri
UCL

Orphée Faucoz
CNES

Anita Heward
Europlanet Society

Prof. Masahiro Ikoma
NAOJ

Dr. Yuichi Ito
NAOJ

Dr. Clare Jenner
STFC DiRAC

Dr. Chris Johnson
EPCC, The University of Edinburgh

Prof. Pierre-Olivier Lagage
CEA

Prof. Ofer Lahav
UCL

Dr. Theresa Lueftinger
ESA

Dr. Lorenzo Mugnai
Cardiff University

Dr. Nikolaos Nikolaou
UCL

Dr. Catarina Alves de Oliveira
ESA

Prof. Enzo Pascale
Sapienza Università di Roma

Dr. Sudeshna Boro Saikia
Universität Wien

Luís Simões
ML Analytics

Dr. Jeyan Thiyagalingam
STFC Scientific Computing

Dr. Angelos Tsiaras
INAF

Prof. Mark Wilkinson
STFC DiRAC

Dr. Tiziano Zingales
University of Padua