Peter Williams

I did my PhD in astrophysics at UCLA, studying supermassive black holes and cosmic evolution. These days I'm a data scientist in sports & entertainment who likes building things on the side. A summary of my research and a few of those projects are below.

Observatory at night
Research
Astrophysics Research

How I measure the mass of supermassive black holes billions of light years away using reverberation mapping.

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KAYA
Analytics
Climbing Data

Interactive analysis of climbing gym data — gym comparisons, grade distributions, and height/wingspan impact.

Built on data from kayaclimb.com. Not affiliated with or endorsed by KAYA.

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Dashboard
Garmin Metrics Dashboard

A more flexible view into my Garmin fitness data than the official app gives me.

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Tool
Campsite Finder

Set your camping trip criteria and get notified the moment a site opens up on Recreation.gov.

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