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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/x9xm449es7qbbvzjgya1c/poster_gaia1.5_fixed.pdf?rlkey=1rbfjab2rxnkl4q95t675pa14&dl=0 Download poster in high resolution (200 MB)]
  
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=== Important dates ===
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Early bird deadline: June 13, 2026
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Registration deadline: July 7, 2026
  
 
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=== Workshop Organising Committee ===
 
=== Workshop Organising Committee ===
  
 
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)
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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The ACME project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101131928.
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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 19:28, 15 June 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.


Important dates

Early bird deadline: June 13, 2026

Registration deadline: July 7, 2026


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)


Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. The ACME project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101131928.


Send enquiries to gaia.alerts2026@gmail.com