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Do you see GNN's playing a meaningful role in astrophysics research? [D]

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A bit of background about myself: I have been accepted to RWTH Aachen's Computer Science program starting this fall, and one of the things that I am genuinly excited about is exploring the intersection of astrophysics and machine learning.

The tricky part is that RWTH's CS department doesn't have a research group focused directly on this intersection. The two closest things I have found are the Quantum Information Systems group (I plan to reach out to the them once I am on campus to understand a bit more about them) and the Learning on Graphs group which does foundational GNN research. The second one got me thinking: graph neural networks feel like they could be well-suited to astrophysicla data, things like galaxy formation, cosmic web structure or particle interaction data all seem graph-like (or am I being waaaay too optimistic here?)

So my questions for people who know this space better than I do:

  1. Are GNN's already being used in astrophysics research?
  2. What other ML subfields would you point someone toward if they are interested in this intersection?

I know I could have applied to a more well-suited university for my needs, but RWTH Aachen was my top choice because I am a math nerd and I really like their way of teaching. So do help a brother out. Thanks in advance!!!!

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