This year, I’ve decided to take on the challenge of wrangling with Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument data again. This time, instead of the Early Data Release, which contains pruned and polished data, I’m using the full Data Release 1 which was released in April of 2025, just a month before I presented my EDR results at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
The main difference between the EDR and DR1 is the amount of data available, where I now have nearly 10 times as much data to work with.
I decided to continue researching baryon acoustic oscillations as I felt that there was a lot of knowledge to be gained, even though I spent a full year researching the topic last year. While my project did end up taking me to both NJSHS and VJAS, I know there’s still a lot of room for improvement, such as using less approximations with my mock datasets as well as implementing new methodologies to increase overall accuracy. I’ll try my best to keep updating my progress as I continue my work this year.
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