Federica Bianco: How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems
Federica Bianco: Cómo usamos la astrofísica para estudiar problemas terrestres
TED Fellow Federica Bianco is a cross-disciplinary scientist who can't stay still. Full bio
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across the universe.
en todo el universo.
I have the incredible opportunity
tengo la increíble oportunidad
only that, always that,
keeping attention and getting bored
mantener la atención y de aburrirme
convertirlos en un activo?
touch or interact with
tocar o interactuar
una estrella en un laboratorio
to figure out why or how it blew up.
that originated space and time,
el espacio y el tiempo,
of stars and galaxies,
de estrellas y galaxias,
de nuestro propio sistema solar,
imágenes del cielo.
as complex as the entire universe,
tan complejo como todo el universo,
at extracting simple models and solutions
en extraer modelos y soluciones simples
hacer con esta experiencia?
around towards us?
la cámara hacia nosotros?
exactamente lo que hacemos.
that is exactly what we are doing.
in New York University in 2013,
en la Universidad de Nueva York en 2013,
que hacemos.
de la ciudad como si fueran estrellas.
la luz con el tiempo
of exploding stars.
de las estrellas en explosión.
de la ciudad de la misma manera,
the city needs and consumes
necesita y consume la ciudad
or growing urban environments.
el crecimiento de los entornos urbanos.
we capture plumes of pollution.
capturamos columnas de contaminación.
of greenhouse gases in New York City
invernadero en la ciudad de Nueva York
burning oil for heat.
de fuel para la calefacción.
con sensores de calidad del aire.
with air quality sensors.
on each New York City building,
cada edificio de la ciudad de Nueva York,
de un millón de monitores.
we built a mathematical model,
creamos un modelo matemático,
and track these plumes
y rastrear estos penachos
de la ciudad de Nueva York.
white and evanescent;
blancas y evanescentes;
dark and persistent --
oscuras y persistentes...
with a map of neighborhood pollution.
a los responsables políticos
la contaminación del vecindario.
created transformational solutions.
creó soluciones transformadoras.
de datos que utilizamos en astrofísica
we use in astrophysics
a un fiscal de distrito de California
a California district attorney
in their jurisdiction.
procesales en su jurisdicción.
o sentadas en la cárcel,
or sitting in jail,
what kind of cases dragged on,
qué tipo de casos se prolongaron,
to explore to understand it,
para explorar y entenderlo,
in their office to do so.
en su oficina para hacerlo.
public policy professor Angela Hawken,
de política pública Angela Hawken,
a visual dashboard
primero un tablero visual
the prosecution process.
mejor el proceso de enjuiciamiento.
analyzed their data,
analizamos sus datos,
of the process
si la duración del proceso
in their jurisdiction.
en su jurisdicción.
thousands of stellar explosions,
miles de explosiones estelares,
aplicarse a otras jurisdicciones
to other jurisdictions
a explorar sus prejuicios.
domain experts and astrophysicists
entre expertos y astrofísicos
la calidad de vida de las personas.
en astrofísica a la ciencia urbana,
to urban science,
back to astrophysics.
en ciencia urbana a la astrofísica.
onto interstellar dust.
sobre el polvo interestelar.
as white, evanescent, moving features,
evanescentes y móviles,
that detect plumes in city images
plumas en las imágenes de la ciudad.
in images of the sky.
en imágenes del cielo.
that interest and excite me,
me interesan y me entusiasman,
that can generate new insight
que puede generar una nueva visión.
inesperadas y transformadoras.
transformational solutions.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Federica Bianco - Cross-disciplinary scientistTED Fellow Federica Bianco is a cross-disciplinary scientist who can't stay still.
Why you should listen
Astrophysicist, professor, professional boxer and TED Fellow Federica Bianco studies stellar explosions, using the same methodologies to understand urban and social problems. She uses data-science to both study the universe and tackle problems on earth, like pollution in New York City, prosecutorial justice and how city lights can create resilient electric grids and.
Bianco splits her time as a professor at the University of Delaware in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics (where she runs a lab focusing on light curves), the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the Urban Observatory, where she uses her astrophysics skills to study urban problems. She is also the coordinator the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Science Collaboration, a network of more than 1,500 scientists. The LSST, under construction in Chile, will go online in 2023 to survey the night sky and image the southern hemisphere sky at unprecedented depth and resolution. The collaboration will study everything about it, from the thousands of changes it will discover in the sky every night to billions of stars and galaxies, many that have never been seen before.
Bianco has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, was a Smithsonian predoctoral and James Arthur postdoctoral fellow and was the recipient of a Department of Energy "Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science" grant. When she isn't doing science, you will find her in the boxing ring, where she has made a name for herself as "The MadScientist." She is known for fighting her heart out both in and out of the ring.
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