
Asif Iqbal Ahangar
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Université de Lille
France

Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Université de Lille, France
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Previous Positions:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CEA, Saclay, France
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Raman Research Institute, India
Junior Research Fellow, University of Kashmir, India
Lecturer, Department of Education,Jammu and Kashmir, India
Research Interests:
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Early Universe: Physics of early universe and Inflation, Low CMB power anomaly and infrared cut-off in the primordial power spectrum, Cosmological parameter estimation using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm and CMB data.
Late Universe: X-ray studies of galaxy clusters, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in galaxy clusters, Non-gravitational feedback in intra-cluster medium (ICM), Dark matter profile, Strong gravitational lensing.
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Biometric Modeling: CGM, ECG, EEG, Type 1 Diabetes modeling
Data Science: Big data, Deep learning, Data Visualisation, Computing.
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Skills:
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Programming: C, C++, Fortran, Python, IDL, Matlab
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Specialty software: X-rays: HEASARC: XMM Newton, Chandra
CMB: COSMOMC, HEALPIX, CAMB, MCMC
Machine learning: Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning Semi-supervised Learning
Core Concepts: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Support Vector Machines, k-means clustering and Hierarchical Clustering, Principal Component Analysis, Bayesian Analysis and various neural network architectures, etc.
Neural Networks: Pytorch, JAX, TensorFlow
Core Concepts: FFN and CNN networks, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Generative Modeling, etc.
Parallel Programming: OpenMP (C), multiprocessing (Python)
Core Concepts: Concurrency vs. Parallelism, Parallel Programming Models, Synchronization Load Balancing, etc.
Cluster Computing: Slurm
Core Concepts: Job Scheduling and Submission, Monitoring and Reporting, Resource Manmanagement, etc.
Scripting: Bash and Tcsh
Database: SQL (MySQL), Power BI, GitHub, Latex
Cloud Computing: AWS, Docker
Core Concepts: Compute and storage services, Database Services, Monitoring and Management Tools, etc.
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Codes Developed:
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Galaxy clusters: Developed a numerical code for the Non-radiative model of galaxy clusters to study the degree and nature of non-gravitational feedback.
Developed parametric and non-parametric code for deconvolution of observed X-ray temperature profiles.
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Numerical code for calculating SZ power spectrum for given cosmology and cluster physics (to be integrated with CosmoMC
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Deep learning modeling (Graph convolution network) of galaxy clusters using hydrodynamical simulations to estimate accurately the mass of galaxy clusters
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Deep learning modeling of galaxy clusters using hydrodynamical simulations to learning the mapping between the intra-cluster medium and dark matter profiles
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CMB: Developed a numerical code to calculate the primordial power spectrum using
Adiabatic approximation (Bunch-Davis boundary condition) and integrated it with publically available software like COSMOMC.
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Type 1 Diabete Played a major role developing explainable model for glycaemic variations during and following physical activity sessions in children with type 1 Diabetes.
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Generic Numerical code for Bayesian parameter estimation using MCMC and MC simulations.
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