Time-Domain Needles in Rubin's Haystacks

Harvard Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA | April 17-19, 2024

Confirmed Invited Speakers

  • Federica Bianco

    Federica Bianco

    University of Delaware | The Rubin Observatory

  • Meg Schwamb

    Meg Schwamb

    Queen's University Belfast

  • Konstantin Malanchev

    Konstantin Malanchev

    Carnegie Mellon | LINCC Frameworks

  • Gautham Narayan

    Gautham Narayan

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | NCSA

  • Nina Hernitschek

    Nina Hernitschek (remote)

    Universidad de Antofagasta

Preliminary Schedule

Subject to change! All times are in EST.

Day 1: Wednesday, April 17th

Local Time Description
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch (provided at CfA)
1:00pm - 1:15pm Walk from CfA to Sheraton Commander
1:15pm - 1:30pm Opening Remarks
1:30pm - 2:15pm Federica Bianco
Ushering a New Era of TDA
2:15pm - 2:45pm Project Pitches
2:45pm - 3:15pm Coffee Break
3:15pm - 5:00pm Open Hack Time and Breakout: Image-Based Anomaly Detection

Day 2: Thursday, April 18th

Local Time Description
8:00am - 8:45am Breakfast in the Harvard CfA Lobby (60 Garden Street)
9:00am - 9:45am Konstantin Malanchev
LINCC Frameworks software for large-catalog time-domain analysis
9:45am - 10:15am Coffee Break
10:00am - 10:30am Hack Summaries
10:30am - 12:00pm Open Hack Time & Optional Breakouts: Supernova Precursors and Defining Anomaly Detection
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch (provided)
1:00pm - 1:45pm Meg Schwamb
The Changing Solar System
1:45pm - 2:15pm Coffee Break
2:00pm - 4:30pm Open Hack Time & Optional Breakout: Defining the Right Anomaly Detection Metric
4:30pm - 5:00pm End of Day Wrap-Up

Day 3: Friday, April 19th

Local Time Description
8:00am - 8:45am Breakfast in the Harvard CfA Lobby (60 Garden Street)
9:00am - 9:45am Nina Hernitschek
Variable Star Science with Rubin: Machine learning, brokers and anomalies
9:45am - 10:15am Coffee Break
10:00am - 10:30pm Hack Summaries
10:30am - 12:00pm Open Hack Time & Optional Breakout: Clever Instrumentation Tricks
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch (provided)
1:00pm - 1:45pm Gautham Narayan
Plugging the Gaps: Using Active Learning to Prioritize the Follow-up of Unusual Transients
1:45pm - 2:15pm Coffee Break
2:00pm - 4:30pm Open Hack Time & Optional Breakouts: Time-Series Analysis Strategies
4:30pm - 5:00pm Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks