In Februari 2012 I will start a new job. I will be working for the Anton Pannekoek institute, the astronomical group of the University of Amsterdam. More specifically i'll work on AARTFAAC.
The AARTFAAC (Amsterdam—ASTRON Radio Transients Facility and Analysis Centre) Project will take advantage of the advent of wide-field radio astronomy to detect extreme objects like black holes. We will use the LOFAR wide-field radio telescope to hunt for these extreme transients and systematically collect enough well-documented examples of the behaviour of each type of transient. Furthermore, we will expand LOFAR with a true 24/7 all-sky monitor to catch and study even the rarest of events.
I'll be working on pattern detection in the signals coming from the numerous radio antennas. Since this is data in extremely large quantities I can gain a lot of experience in the field of High Performance Computing and GPU computing. I can't wait to get started.