Publications
(In prep) A Search for Exoplanet Candidates in TESS Short Cadence Lightcurves with Bayesian Detection: Taaki, Kemball, Kamalabadi (2023).
Robust Detrending of Spatially Correlated Systematics in Kepler Light Curves Using Low-Rank Methods: Taaki, Kemball, Kamalabadi. The Astronomical Journal (2024).
Bayesian Methods for Joint Exoplanet Transit Detection and Systematic Noise Characterization: Taaki, Kamalabadi, Kemball. The Astronomical Journal (2020).
Projects/Software
PyStarshade : a Python library for optical simulation of direct exoplanet imaging with an occulter (starshade),
from star-planet source field to CCD. PyStarshade affords high-resolution simulation for arbitrary source fields based on efficient spectral sampling methods.
We were awarded a 250k Bluewaters allocation for it's final year of operations.
The allocation was used to perform a search for exoplanets in years 1-3 of TESS short cadence data.
This search has produced a number of exoplanet candidated listed on the EXOFOP database.
Enjoy an exoplanet a day: twitter bot in collab. with Evan Widloski.
Bayesian transit detection requires full-rank covariance models, see how to efficiently compute transit detection tests with CUDA demo here .
Past Research Work
Open University Mars Climate Lab, supervised by Professor Stephen Lewis. Internship and temporary researcher (2015):
I produced simulated entry landing and descent profiles of vehicles landing on the Mars surface under a variety of climate conditions. I also looked at seasonal ice-cap variation using Martian climate simulations.
Contact, Other
Email: xiaziyna@gmail.com, jtaaki2@illinois.edu
CV: PDF
