Dr Gareth Cabourn Davies
Summary
I am a Research Software Engineer in the Instutute of Cosmology and Gravitation, and have been at the 黑料正能量 since 2020. My expertise is in data science, workflow management and big data.
Biography
I gained my MPhys first class from Lancaster University from 2007-2011. After this, I undertook a PhD in continuous gravitational waves at the University of Glasgow with Graham Woan until 2015, handing in my thesis less than a month before the first detection of gravitational waves in September 2015.
Postdocs followed on from this, in data analysis for X-ray crystallography at Cranfield University (2016-2017), and searches for compact binary coalescences in gravitational wave data at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2018-2020) with a teaching position in digital forensics at Cranfield University in between.
I have been at the 黑料正能量's Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation since September 2020, first as a research fellow in the gravitational waves group (2020-2023), and in my current role as a Research Software Engineer from 2023 to present.
Research interests
For many years I have worked in gravitational-wave astrophysics, and my research interests largely stem from there
- Extracting weak signals from noisy datasets
- Handling big data
- Design and implementation of data analysis workflows
Teaching responsibilities
Currently, I teach on the second year "Computational Physics" course. In this course we introduce students to the vital programming skills they need for careers in data science and analytics.
Research outputs
2026
Abac, A. G., Abouelfettouh, I., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adamcewicz, C., Adhicary, S., Adhikari, D., Adhikari, N., Adhikari, R. X., Adkins, V. K., Afroz, S., Agapito, A., Agarwal, D., Agathos, M., Aggarwal, N.,
30 Jan 2026, In: Physical Review Letters. 136, 4, 26p., 041403
Research output: Article
2025
Essick, R., Coughlin, M. W., Zevin, M., Chatterjee, D., Clarke, T. A., Colloms, S., Mali, U., Miller, S., Steinle, N., Baral, P., Baylor, A. C., Davies, G. C., Dent, T., Joshi, P., Kumar, P., Messick, C.,
4 Nov 2025, In: Physical Review D. 112, 10, 26p., 102001
Research output: Article
Cabourn Davies, G. S., Harry, I., Hoy, C. G., Leyde, K. H. M., Lundgren, A., Nuttall, L., Williams, M. J.
1 Nov 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993, 1, 37p., L25
Research output: Article
Abac, A. G., Cabourn Davies, G. S., Colangeli, E., Dhurkunde, R., Green, S. M., Harry, I., Hoy, C. G., Leyde, K. H. M., Macas, R., Nuttall, L., Wickens, E. G.
28 Oct 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993, 1, p. 1-45, 45p., L21
Research output: Article
Abac, A. G., Abbott, R., Abouelfettouh, I., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adhicary, S., Adhikari, N., Adhikari, R. X., Adkins, V. K., Agarwal, D., Agathos, M., Abchouyeh, M. A., Aguiar, O. D., Aguilar, I.,
22 May 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 985, 2, 23p., 183
Research output: Article
Abac, A. G., Abbott, R., Abouelfettouh, I., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adhicary, S., Adhikari, N., Adhikari, R. X., Adkins, V. K., Agarwal, D., Agathos, M., Aghaei Abchouyeh, M., Aguiar, O. D., Aguilar, I.,
20 Apr 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 983, 2, 34p., 99
Research output: Article
Cabourn Davies, G., Harry, I., Williams, M. J., Bandopadhyay, D., Barack, L., Bayle, J. B., Hoy, C., Klein, A., Middleton, H., Moore, C. J., Nuttall, L., Pratten, G., Vecchio, A., Woan, G.
21 Feb 2025, In: Physical Review D. 111, 4, 16p., 043045
Research output: Article
Raman, G., Ronchini, S., Delaunay, J., Tohuvavohu, A., Kennea, J. A., Parsotan, T., Ambrosi, E., Bernardini, M. G., Campana, S., Cusumano, G., D'A矛, A., D'Avanzo, P., D'Elia, V., De Pasquale, M., Dichiara, S.,
20 Feb 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 980, 2, 47p., 207
Research output: Article
2024
Cabourn Davies, G. S., Edy, O. P., Harry, I. W., Hoy, C. G., Lundgren, A., Macas, R., Nuttall, L., Tolley, A. E., Weaving, C. R., Williams, M. J.
18 Dec 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 977, 2, 27p., 255
Research output: Article
Abac, A. G., Abbott, R., Abe, H., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adamcewicz, C., Adhicary, S., Adhikari, N., Adhikari, R. X., Adkins, V. K., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agarwal, D., Agathos, M., Aguiar, O. D.,
1 Oct 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal. 973, 2, 27p., ad65ce
Research output: Article