Bryson Stemock

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Education

  • M.S. Astronomy: New Mexico State University, 2023
  • B.S. Physics & Astronomy, Mathematics: Youngstown State University, 2019 

Research

Voigt profile (VP) fitting quasar absorption lines can be very time consuming due to the variety and complexity of individual systems. My work centers on the use of machine learning to replace this slow, human-intensive analysis process with state-of-the-art, accurate neural networks.

Publications

Deep Learning Voigt Profiles I. Single-Cloud Doublets
B. Stemock, C. W. Churchill, A. Lee, S. Hassan, C. Doughty, R. Ochoa, (2024) AJ

Evolution of C IV Absorbers. II. Where Does C IV Live?
F. Hasan, C. W. Churchill, B. Stemock, N. M. Nielsen, G. G. Kacprzak, M. Croom, M. T. Murphy, (2022) ApJ

Evolution of C IV Absorbers. I. The Cosmic Incidence
F. Hasan, C. W. Churchill, B. Stemock, N. L. Mathes, N. M. Nielsen, K. Finlator, C. Doughty, M. Croom, G. G. Kacprzak, M. T. Murphy, (2020) ApJ

Mg II Absorbers in High-resolution Quasar Spectra. I. Voigt Profile Models 
C. W. Churchill, J. L. Evans, B. Stemock, N. M. Nielsen, G. G. Kacprzak, M. T. Murphy (2020) ApJ

Newly discovered dwarf galaxies in the MATLAS low-density fields 
R. Habas, F. R. Marleau, P.-A. Duc, P. R. Durrell, S. Paudel, M. Poulain, R. Sánchez-Janssen, S. Sreejith, J. Ramasawmy, B. Stemock, C. Leach, J.-C. Cuillandre, S. Gwyn, A. Agnello, M. Bílek, J. Fensch, O. Müller, E. W. Peng, R. F. J. van der Burg (2020) MNRAS

Use of Commercial and Free Software for Teaching Statistics 
L. Kerns, B. Stemock (2020) SERJ

On the equitable total (k+1)-coloring of k-regular graphs 
B. Stemock (2020) Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

Meetings Attended and Presentations

  • 2023 IAP Colloquium: Debating the Potential of Machine Learning in Astronomical Surveys, Dec 2023
  • Oases in the Cosmic Desert, Feb 2023 (Talk, Poster)
  • Harvard University, May 2022 (Talk)
  • 2021 IAP Colloquium: Debating the Potential of Machine Learning in Astronomical Surveys, Oct 2021 (Talk, Poster)
  • APO Science Symposium, July 2021 (Poster)
  • 35th Annual New Mexico Symposium, February 2020 (Talk)

Awards

  • New Mexico Space Grant (2024)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2021 - 2024)
  • Barry Neil Rappaport Scholarship Award (2023)
  • Scott Murrell Endowed Memorial Scholarship Award (2021)
  • William Webber Voyager Graduate Fellowship (2019 - 2020)