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AU SETI Project - Statistical Results Update
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(Updated 1-11-01)
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AU SETI Project - Statistical Results Update
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(Updated 1-11-01)
Welcome to the Alternative Universe's SETI Project. As a team member, you have certain tasks and responsibilities, which are in effect as long as you are enrolled in AU Astronomy; or longer, if you want to continue your participation beyond the course. Your contribution to the actual multi-year SETI@home Project, headquartered at the University of California at Berkeley, is part of a coordinated signal-processing effort by 2,662,918 computer users.
Your role in this project involves tasks using skills and concepts of radio astronomy, data processing, and statistical mathematics. As a data processor, you will complete weekly updates and analysis of the signal processing of raw data received at the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico. As a mathematician, you will use Fast Fourier Transform Analysis and various statistical measurements to evaluate the data. As a radio astronomer, you will study various components of radio waves and wave propagation, and learn how to detect candidate signals among random background noise. Although the data transfers and processing use the internet, rather than direct observation, the various aspects of radio astronomy are similar to those used by onsite astronomers.
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