Cambridge University Press (CUP), Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, S285(7), p. 105-105, 2011
DOI: 10.1017/s1743921312000361
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SummaryVirtually all exoplanet detection and characterisation methods are based on time-domain data. This invited talk gave an overview of some recent results in the field, highlighting some of the time-series-specific challenges encountered along the way. In particular it focussed on planetary transits: how to detect shallow, rare transits in noisy data, and how to model them with extreme accuracy to extract information about the transiting planet's atmosphere. Space-based transit surveys also constitute an extraordinary goldmine of information on stellar variability, and the talk touched briefly upon some recent statistical work in that field.