Question: how long have you been searching through data and how long on average does it take you to find what you need to find in the data

Jim Barrett answered on 8 Mar 2016:

I’m looking through lots of different data all of the time, but one specific piece I’ve been looking at for a long time is measurements of a star called Aldebaran (you can actually see it in the night sky, google it 🙂 )

I’ve been working on Aldebaran for about a year now, trying to find the best way to understand the data. When I actually do analysis, it takes 15 computers all running non stop for about 5 days to get an answer out!