CV
About me
| Name | Dily Duan Yi Ong |
| Label | PhD Student in Cosmology |
| dlo26@cam.ac.uk | |
| Department website | https://www.kicc.cam.ac.uk/staff/dily-duan-yi-ong |
| Personal website | https://dilyong.github.io/ |
| Summary | Final-year PhD student at the University of Cambridge specialising in machine-learning-enhanced Bayesian inference for cosmology |
Education
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London, UK
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Cambridge, UK
PhD in Physics
University of Cambridge
Physics (Cosmology)
- Machine-learning-enhanced Bayesian inference on cosmological projects
- Main author of unimpeded, an open-source Python package for parameter estimation, model comparison and tension quantification
- Contributing author of anesthetic, a Python package for processing nested sampling chains
- Developing machine-learning-accelerated nested sampling methods
- Studying star formation in galactic outflows via astronomical spectroscopy
Previous research projects
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Master's Project: Investigating Anomalies in the Cosmic Microwave Background Sky
Built Python algorithm to evaluate unusual features in the CMB using Bayesian statistics with 150,000 simulated universe temperature maps. Supervisor: Professor Alan Heavens
- Python
- Bayesian statistics
- Big data analysis
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Bachelor's Project: The Map of the Universe
Developed Python algorithm to calculate future trajectory of stars and planets in geocentric coordinate system. Supervisor: Professor Roberto Trotta
- Python
- Differential geometry
- Animation
Work
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Undergraduate Summer Research Intern
University of Cambridge
12-week research internship in the Cavendish Astrophysics Group
- Evaluated calibration strategy for radio antenna
Skills
| Programming | |
| Python (10+ years) | |
| Vim | |
| LaTeX | |
| Matlab | |
| Bash/Zsh | |
| Object-oriented programming |
| Machine Learning | |
| TensorFlow | |
| PyTorch | |
| Scikit-Learn | |
| Neural Networks | |
| Normalising Flows |
| Data Science | |
| Pandas | |
| NumPy | |
| SciPy | |
| Matplotlib | |
| Seaborn |
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Cantonese | |
| Native |
| Mandarin | |
| Fluent |
| French | |
| CEFR A1 |
| Japanese | |
| CEFR A1 |
Interests
| Research | |||||||
| Cosmology | |||||||
| Bayesian Statistics | |||||||
| Machine Learning | |||||||
| Nested Sampling | |||||||
| Model Comparison | |||||||
| Tension Quantification | |||||||