bilby

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bilby is a general-purpose Bayesian inference package that is widely used in gravitational-wave data analysis. I am a lead developer for bilby and the related package, bilby_pipe.

Key Features

  • General-purpose Bayesian inference
  • Extensive sampler support
  • Gravitational-wave specific functionality
  • Likelihood and prior framework
  • Pipeline integration with bilby_pipe

My Contributions

As a lead developer, I have contributed to:

  • Core sampling algorithms
  • Interface design and architecture
  • Gravitational-wave specific features
  • Integration with external samplers
  • Documentation and testing