CNNs Help Top Universities Find 7 Rare Quasar Lenses in 810k Spectra
A multinational team of researchers from Stanford, Peking University, UCL and UC Berkeley built a data‑driven pipeline using convolutional neural networks to scan DESI DR1 spectra, expanding the known quasar‑lens sample from a handful to seven high‑quality candidates and demonstrating the power of AI for rare‑object astronomy.
