Arya Farahi

Arya Farahi

PhD student at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan Data Science Team (MDST) Project Manager, Member of DES, DESI, LoCuSS, and XXL collaboration, Physicist and Astronomer, Passionate about data science

Astronomy & Physics

  • Astrophysics/cosmology Expert at Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics: Scientists Fair, 2014

Data Science & AI

  • Contributed to MyWater-Flint app. A goal is boosting transparency and trust for residents, many of whom have expressed anger and frustration since problems with their drinking water emerged, 2016

  • Holding weekly Machine Learning tutorial sessions for undergrad, grad students, and post-docs, University of Michigan, 2016-present

Mentorship

  • Xinyi Chen (Undergraduate), Galaxy Clusters Scaling Relation, University of Michigan, 2015-2017

  • Daniel Zhang (Undergraduate), The Flint Water Crisis: Analysis and Recommendations, University of Michigan, 2016-2017