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		| Paper: | 
		Advanced Data Analysis for Observational Cosmology: Applications to the Study of the Intergalactic Medium | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		535, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXI | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		127 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Cupani, G.; Calderone, G.; Cristiani, S.; Guarneri, F. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The analysis of absorption features along the line of sight to distant sources is an invaluable tool for observational cosmology, giving a direct insight into the physical and chemical state of the inter-/circum-galactic medium. Such endeavor entails the accessibility of bright QSOs as background beacons, and the availability of software tools to extract the information in a reproducible way. In this article, we will present the latest results we obtained in both directions within the QUBRICS project: we will describe how machine learning techniques were applied to detect hundreds of previously unknown QSOs in the southern hemisphere, and how state-of-the art software like QSFit and Astrocook was integrated in the analysis of the targets, opening up new possibilities for the next era of observations. | 
	 
	
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