# Revolutionizing Astronomy with Next Generation Big Data

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**Date:** March 15, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** JW Marriott / Salon D  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Tech & AI track  
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## Speakers

- **Stephanie Juneau** — Associate Astronomer
- **Stella Offner** — Professor of Astronomy, Director NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins
- **Paul Torrey** — Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- **Niall Gaffney** — Director of Data Intensive Computing

Massive datasets, like those in astronomy, are the lifeblood of AI innovation.  The panel, led by researchers from the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins, will discuss how AI is transforming astronomy to unlock new insights into the origins of our universe. They will present visualizations showing state-of-the-art astronomical datasets built on flagship observations and supercomputing simulations of the Universe. They will discuss how these data can be used to develop novel AI methods that accelerate discovery, expanding the frontiers of AI possibility inside and outside astronomy.

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