DELFT IN BRIEF

摘要

Radio astronomers dream of sending nano satellites into space to look for radio waves produced shortly after the Big Bang. The idea is that swarms of such satellites could together form a radio telescope. But each satellite will need to know the exact position of all the other satellites, which requires communication algorithms. Dr Raj Thilak Rajan (EEMCS) has made a breakthrough that brings the dream of radio astronomers a step closer. He recently graduated with a thesis entitled "Relative Space-Time Kinematics of an Anchorless Network'.