About Shantanusinh Parmar

Shantanusinh Parmar is the creator of GWeasy, a passionate researcher and developer dedicated to advancing gravitational wave science. Inspired by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, Shantanu envisioned a tool to simplify the complexities of LIGO data analysis, making it accessible to researchers, students, and enthusiasts worldwide.

With a background in software development and a fascination with the cosmos, Shantanu crafted GWeasy to streamline LIGO data fetching, OMICRON pipeline execution, and visualization. As an advocate for open-source collaboration, he encourages contributions to enhance GWeasy’s impact in the scientific community.

Connect with Shantanu via email or explore their GitHub repository to join the journey of unveiling the universe’s secrets.

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Special Thanks

Without these folks, their mentoring and their unwavering support, this wouldn't have been possible.

Dr. Marco Cavaglia

For invaluable mentorship and guidance in gravitational wave research and feature identification

Dr. Kai Staats

For supporting the vision of accessible GW analysis tools and development analysis

Dr. Florent Robinet

For expertise in OMICRON pipeline integration.

Dr. Jonah Kanner

For help with LIGO data accessibility and queries.

Mr. Federico Romeo

For support in testing the software's features iteratively.

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

For pioneering gravitational wave detection and open data initiatives.

Citations and Acknowledgments

Data Usage and Citation

Data from this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

If your work uses LIGO resources suing this software, please cite one of the following references:

  • The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, "Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run", arXiv:2508.18079 -- INSPIRE
  • R. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration), "Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO", ApJS 267 29 (2023) -- INSPIRE
  • R. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration), "Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo", SoftwareX 13 (2021) 100658 -- INSPIRE

Acknowledgment

This research has made use of data or software obtained from the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center (gwosc.org), a service of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and KAGRA. This material is based upon work supported by NSF's LIGO Laboratory which is a major facility fully funded by the National Science Foundation, as well as the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction of Advanced LIGO and construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. Additional support for Advanced LIGO was provided by the Australian Research Council. Virgo is funded, through the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), by the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and the Dutch Nikhef, with contributions by institutions from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Spain. KAGRA is supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in Japan; National Research Foundation (NRF) and Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) in Korea; Academia Sinica (AS) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in Taiwan.

The LIGO Laboratory is supported by the National Science Foundation and operated jointly by Caltech and MIT. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.