Moriarty, Christopher
Senior Software Engineer
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Moriarty, Christopher
Senior Software Engineer
Chris is a professional software engineer, a rare specimen in the astronomy research community. His undergraduate degree is in computer engineering and his graduate studies were in artificial intelligence. His career has taken him through large scale full cycle web development to artificial intelligence research and finally into operations and research applications for astronomy. Prior to joining the Submillimeter Array as a Senior Software Engineer, Chris worked at STScI as a Senior Systems Software Engineer on the Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT), and later as the software engineering lead for the Makidon Optics Lab.
Positions
- Computer Engineer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2018 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- M.S. in Intelligent Systems, University of Central Florida , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2005 - 2007
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Thesis title: Learning from Observation for Gaming Applications 2000 - 2005
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Leboulleux, Lucie, Sauvage, Jean-François, Soummer, Rémi, Fusco, Thierry, Pueyo, Laurent, Mugnier, Laurent M., Moriarty, Christopher, Petrone, Peter, and Brooks, Keira. 2020. "Experimental validation of coronagraphic focal-plane wavefront sensing for future segmented space telescopes." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 639 A70. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202037658. 2020
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
