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== Welcome! ==
 
== Welcome! ==
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[[File:poster2026_small.jpg|right|350px|poster2026]]
  
'''The 17th Gaia Science Alerts workshop and the ACME Time-Domain Workshop will take place in [[Workshop2027:logistics | in Frejus, France, and online 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2026]]'''
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'''The 17th Gaia Science Alerts workshop and the ACME Time-Domain Workshop will take place in [[Workshop2026:logistics | Frejus, France, and online 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2026]]'''
  
 
The main topics:
 
The main topics:
  
* Eleven Years of Gaia Science Alerts: overview of the Gaia Alerts system, statistics, major discoveries and scientific highlights.
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* Eleven Years of Gaia Science Alerts: overview, statistics and major discoveries.
  
* Lessons Learned from Alerts from Space: operational experience from Gaia, alert detection pipelines
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* Lessons Learned from Alerts from Space: operational experience and alert detection pipelines.
  
* Future Space Transient Missions: SVOM, UltraSAT, PhotSAT, Einstein Probe, Roman Space Telescope, PLATO, Ariel.
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* Future Space Transient Missions: SVOM, UltraSAT, PhotSAT, Einstein Probe, Roman, PLATO, Ariel.
  
* Preparing for the LSST Era: alert stream, broker systems, alert filtering and coordination of follow-up observations.
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* Preparing for the LSST Era: alert streams, brokers, filtering and follow-up coordination.
  
* Follow-up Infrastructure and Telescope Networks: robotic telescope networks, scheduling systems and coordinated follow-up of transient events across the globe.
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* Follow-up Infrastructure and Telescope Networks: robotic networks and global follow-up systems.
  
* BHTOM System: a platform for automated coordination of follow-up observations, data collection and management of time-domain observations
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* BHTOM System: platform for coordinated follow-up and time-domain data management.
  
* Citizen Science and Amateur Astronomy: contributions of amateur astronomers and small telescopes, observing campaigns through the EASST community.
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* Citizen Science and Amateur Astronomy: small telescope contributions and EASST observing campaigns.
  
* Alert Brokers and Machine Learning: real-time alert processing, classification and filtering using machine learning techniques and broker systems.
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* Alert Brokers and Machine Learning: real-time alert processing, classification and filtering.
  
* Multi-Messenger Astronomy: optical counterparts of gravitational wave events, neutrino alerts and gamma-ray bursts, and the role of Gaia alerts in identifying and monitoring these sources.
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* Multi-Messenger Astronomy: counterparts to gravitational waves, neutrinos and gamma-ray bursts.
  
* Solar System Alerts: detection and follow-up of asteroids, comets and other moving objects, and the role of time-domain surveys in planetary defense and solar system science.
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* Solar System Alerts: detection and follow-up of asteroids, comets and moving objects.
  
* Rare and Exotic Transients: unusual and poorly understood phenomena such as tidal disruption events, luminous red novae and other rare classes of transients.
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* Rare and Exotic Transients: tidal disruption events, luminous red novae and other unusual phenomena.
 
 
* Legacy and Archival Science: long-term value of the Gaia Alerts dataset for variability studies, precursor activity of transients and training datasets for machine learning.
 
  
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* Legacy and Archival Science: long-term value of the Gaia Alerts dataset for variability and ML training.
  
 
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* [[workshop2026:rationale|Rationale]]
 
 
 
* [[workshop2026:agenda|Agenda]]
 
* [[workshop2026:agenda|Agenda]]
  
* [[workshop2026:registration|Registration]] - opens soon
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* [[workshop2026:registration|Registration]] deadline is 7/7/2026
  
 
* [[workshop2026:logistics|Logistical information]]
 
* [[workshop2026:logistics|Logistical information]]
  
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* [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hbprsynhzdirkmlno5589/poster_gaia2026.pdf?rlkey=hihe0gucl41fhvdflcnvlxyfu&dl=0 Download poster in high resolution (38 MB)]
  
  
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Workshop Organising Committee:
 
Workshop Organising Committee:
  
* Lukasz Wyrzykowski (Warsaw)
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* Łukasz Wyrzykowski (OAUW, NCBJ, EASST, Warsaw)
* Simon Hodgkin (Cambridge)
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* Stephane Basa (LAM, Marseille)
* Stephane Basa (LAM)
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* Michel Dennefeld (IAP, Paris)
 
* Fraser Gillan (NCBJ, Warsaw)
 
* Fraser Gillan (NCBJ, Warsaw)
 
* Priscila Pessi (NCBJ, Warsaw)
 
* Priscila Pessi (NCBJ, Warsaw)
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* Simon Hodgkin (IoA, Cambridge)
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* Justyna Olszewska (UAM, Poznan)
  
 
The workshop is supported by the EC Horizon Europe ACME grant no 101131928.
 
The workshop is supported by the EC Horizon Europe ACME grant no 101131928.
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Send enquiries to gaia.alerts2026@gmail.com

Latest revision as of 21:42, 13 April 2026

Welcome!

poster2026

The 17th Gaia Science Alerts workshop and the ACME Time-Domain Workshop will take place in Frejus, France, and online 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2026

The main topics:

  • Eleven Years of Gaia Science Alerts: overview, statistics and major discoveries.
  • Lessons Learned from Alerts from Space: operational experience and alert detection pipelines.
  • Future Space Transient Missions: SVOM, UltraSAT, PhotSAT, Einstein Probe, Roman, PLATO, Ariel.
  • Preparing for the LSST Era: alert streams, brokers, filtering and follow-up coordination.
  • Follow-up Infrastructure and Telescope Networks: robotic networks and global follow-up systems.
  • BHTOM System: platform for coordinated follow-up and time-domain data management.
  • Citizen Science and Amateur Astronomy: small telescope contributions and EASST observing campaigns.
  • Alert Brokers and Machine Learning: real-time alert processing, classification and filtering.
  • Multi-Messenger Astronomy: counterparts to gravitational waves, neutrinos and gamma-ray bursts.
  • Solar System Alerts: detection and follow-up of asteroids, comets and moving objects.
  • Rare and Exotic Transients: tidal disruption events, luminous red novae and other unusual phenomena.
  • Legacy and Archival Science: long-term value of the Gaia Alerts dataset for variability and ML training.



Workshop Organising Committee

Workshop Organising Committee:

  • Łukasz Wyrzykowski (OAUW, NCBJ, EASST, Warsaw)
  • Stephane Basa (LAM, Marseille)
  • Michel Dennefeld (IAP, Paris)
  • Fraser Gillan (NCBJ, Warsaw)
  • Priscila Pessi (NCBJ, Warsaw)
  • Simon Hodgkin (IoA, Cambridge)
  • Justyna Olszewska (UAM, Poznan)

The workshop is supported by the EC Horizon Europe ACME grant no 101131928.


Send enquiries to gaia.alerts2026@gmail.com