The Endless Wonder that is Stacking

The cosmic infrared background contains the Universe's integrated star ⁠formation history just waiting to be uncovered.  In this talk, I will outline how the limitations of confusion noise can be overcome by clever use of ancillary data and simple simultaneous stacking techniques. I will show novel ways to apply measured infrared luminosities to predict the CIB where only UV/optical/NIR data exist. Finally, I will show how these new measurements will be used in the next generation of models tied to star formation rates.