Nick Valles Presents at LIGO Meeting

Nicholas Valles presented his work at the March 2008 meeting of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) in Pasadena, California. His talk was titled "Web Interface for Human-Generated Data Quality Flags" and included a demonstration of the website he developed which will be used to collect and organize information on events that could compromise the quality of the data produced by the LIGO detectors. LIGO stands for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory and consists of three detectors designed to measure gravitational waves, the faint ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by astronomical events such as black hole collisions and supernova explosions.  The LSC members present expressed gratitude for Nick's work on this valuable tool that will aid in ensuring data quality.


Nick Valles on a tour of the 400 meter interferometer at Caltech. The 400m is used to develop the laser and optics systems for LIGO.