Dear all,
I hope you will join us for the July LINCC Tech Talk session that will take place on Thursday, July 10, at 10h PT = 13h ET = 13h CLT = 19h CET on Zoom (https://ls.st/lincc-talks ). We will hear about Rubin Citizen Science from Clare Higgs, Eric Rosas and Colin Chandler.
Abstract: Co-hosts Colin Orion Chandler and Mi Dai (LINCC Frameworks Project Scientists) will host guest Clare Higgs and Eric Rosas (NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory EPO) for a Tech Talk on Thursday at 10 AM Pacific. Colin Orion Chandler will present a technical deep dive into Rubin Comet Catchers, while Clare Higgs will share insights from Rubin’s Education & Public Outreach and volunteer classification platform.
Clare Higgs and Eric Rosas will present an overview of Rubin’s Education & Public Outreach efforts and the volunteer classification platform that drives large-scale engagement. They’ll cover the data pipeline and data storage infrastructure, task-distribution mechanisms, and real-time feedback loops. Additionally, they’ll outline the project support available, including resources from Zooniverse and the Rubin CitSci team.
Colin Orion Chandler will then delve into Rubin Comet Catchers, the first Rubin citizen-science project. He’ll outline the end-to-end pipeline—from transient alert ingestion through AI-assisted vetting to volunteer classification—and discuss how it was architected to process the Rubin Data Preview 1 release on launch day. Topics include high-performance data caching, subject-generation workflows, backend optimizations, and strategies for integrating automated processing with human-in-the-loop validation.
Together, the co-hosts and guest will dissect how these complementary architectures convert raw Rubin data into scientific discoveries, presenting key design decisions, performance metrics, and lessons learned.
LINCC Tech Talks are held on the second Thursday of every month. Events are also advertised at our web page and also provided in calendar form ; and the #lincc-tech-talks LSSTC Slack channel is always available for discussions before, during, and after the talks.