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Rubin LSST metrics hackathon 2020

An event organized by the Rubin LSST Science Collaborations
August 6-7 2020

Scope and purpose of the meeting

The Rubin Science Collaborations are hosting a Rubin LSST metrics hackathon on August 6 and 7, ahead of the 2020 Rubin PCW. This meeting will include a “hack day” followed by a “documentation day” on the Thursday and Friday before the 2020 Project Community Workshop (PCW) with the specific goal of ramping up technical expertise required to make the most of one’s participation in the PCW. To enable decisions about the Legacy Survey of Space and Time observing strategy are being simulated and will be evaluated by the SCOC . The PCW program includes a session on the observing strategy, with a discussion of the existing MAFs (metrics to evaluate a strategy) and OpSims (strategy simulations). The sophistication and extent of the Rubin LSST Metric Analysis Framework (MAF), however, has presented a daunting learning curve for astronomers who wish to contribute to this process and, as a result, some important metrics are still missing, while others still require a domain-expert review. The pre-PCW hackathon-style workshop we propose will prepare participants offering an active learning experience to ensure the greatest return from the PCW and allowing the community and Rubin team to close the loop on observing strategy metrics.

Schedule and Breakout Sessions

Meeting Content

All slide decks etc being presented at the meeting are being accumulated in the event GitHub repo

Gordon Richard's LSST_OpSim repository link

SciServer instructions link

Federica Bianco's opening presentation link

Peter Yoachim's MAF quickstart repository link

Recordings of the meeting plenary sessions are in the process of being uploded to the Rubin LSST TVS Science Collaboration YouTube channel:

Aug 6, session 1

Aug 6, session 2

Aug 7, plenary session

Metric mentors

If you have MAF experience, we ask that you kindly help others during the hackathon. Please indicate your availability and contact details in this spreadsheet.

Code of Conduct

This event will comply with the Rubin LSST PCW Code of Conduct: please read the Code of Conduct carefully. In order to sign up you will be asked to answer a few questions about it

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More info

MAF analysis framework

  • Tutorials and existing MAFs

Sciserve platform

  • Find out how to get a sciserve account. once you have an account send us your username

  • Find your time zone
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