Modern understanding of the origin, content and evolution of the Universe is progressing at a seemingly exponential pace, fuelled by advances in technology and space-based observatories. A major revelation is that the Universe is a very dynamic place, punctuated everywhere by high-energy emissions, collisions, mergers and explosions -- far from the classical serene "clockwork" Universe.
I will survey some key examples of such dynamic events, emphasizing advances in information technology in general, and time series analysis in particular, that have been crucial to their understanding.
Jeffrey Scargle, (Astrobiology and Space Science Division NASA Ames Research Center (Retired))
Jeffrey Scargle (BA Pomona College, Summa Cum Laude, Ph. D., Caltech), after positions at the University of California (Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Lick Observatory) was a research astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center until retiring early this year. He has a special interest in high-energy astrophysics, emphasizing the development of data analysis methods to elucidate the "Dynamic Universe" using time series analysis and other statistical methods.