Guizhou to integrate big data and astronomy

NAO and Guizhou University join hands to boost the integration of big data and astronomy. [Photo/ddcpc website]

The National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) and Guizhou University reached an agreement to cooperate on big data talent training and sci-tech innovation on Dec 20. The two sides have also agreed to establish an astronomy big data lab.

The agreement was signed at the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province.

Both sides aim to accelerate the development of astronomy big data, make full use of FAST's functions, and boost the development of Guizhou University's national public big data labs and related disciplines.

In the future, NAO and Guizhou University will establish a long-term and close partnership to research new data storage modes, the online processing of FAST's astronomy data, high-stable pulsar timing arrays, and the optimization of telescope control systems.

Song Baoan, president of Guizhou University, said that the university's national public big data lab will increase the investment and talent attraction for astronomy big data storage equipment and supercomputing centers, and contribute to the development of Guizhou's digital economy.

In recent years, Guizhou has become a national big data pilot area, hosted the China International Big Data Industry Expo, and ranked first nationally for economic growth.