Packet 6: Bonus 9
Ness et al. used techniques from this subfield to create “The Cannon,” which efficiently derives stellar labels from spectra. For 10 points each:
[10e] The CAMELS project uses what subfield of computer science to compare N-body and hydrodynamic cosmological simulations? Gradient descent can be used for training in this subfield.
ANSWER: machine learning [or ML; accept deep learning or artificial intelligence or AI or neural network theory]
[10m] The Simons Foundation’s CHARM emulator uses multistage neural networks to identify these structures. These structures are formed by collapsing overdensities and might contain MACHOs.
ANSWER: galaxy halos [or dark matter halos; accept Massive Compact Halo Objects; prompt on galaxies]
[10h] D’Isanto and Polsterer used deep learning to develop an estimator of this quantity. This notoriously uncertain distance indicator is found by comparing the magnitude of a galaxy in two spectral bands.
ANSWER: photometric redshift [prompt on redshift]
<Editors, Other Science> | F. Prelims 6 - British Columbia + Texas + North Carolina
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 13.33 | 95% | 38% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruin | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago A | Swarthmore | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago B | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Waterloo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech B | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Cornell | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | UCLA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | MIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Cambridge | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | UCF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Georgetown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 13.33 | 95% | 38% | 0% |