The twenty-sixth session of the LSST Discovery Alliance Data Science Fellowship Program focuses on scientific communication and data visualization. Session 26 will be held at UC San Diego.
Guest instructors for Session 26 are:
- Dr. Lucian Walkowicz, JustSpace Alliance
- Dr. Paul Rosen, University of Utah
- Dr. Aaron Geller, Northwestern
Lectures were also delivered by the DSFP leadership team:
- Dr. Adam Miller, Northwestern | CIERA
Monday, Aug 26, 2026
- 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM o Welcome to Session 26
- 09:30 AM – 10:15 AM o Lecture I: Can You Worry About the Data if You Don't Look At the Data?; A Miller
- 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM o BREAK
- 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM o Problem I: Is the "Default" Ever the Correct Choice? | Solutions; A Miller
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM o Lecture II: Visualization Considerations Specific To Astronomy; A Miller
- 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM o Problem II: Building Skymaps and False Color Images | Solutions; A Miller
- 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM o BREAK
- 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM o Lecture III: Interactive Plotting; A Miller
- 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM o Problem III: Introduction to Plotly; A Miller
- 06:30 PM - ???? o Group dinner (on the beach!)
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026
- 09:00 AM – 10:15 AM o Lecture IV: The Science of Science Communication; L Walkowicz
- 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM o BREAK
- 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM o Lecture IV: The Science of Science Communication; L Walkowicz
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 04:30 PM o Lecture V: Presenting Your Research Effectively; L Walkowicz
- 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM o BREAK
- 05:00 PM – 05:15 PM o Lecture VI: Building Better Slides via Principles of Design; A Miller
- 05:15 PM – 06:00 PM o Problem IV: Build Better Slides; A Miller
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
- 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM o Lecture VII: Building a Professional Network; L Walkowicz
- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM o BREAK
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM o Lecture VIII (part 1): Principles of Perception & Visualization – visual perception; P Rosen
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM o Lecture VIII (part 2): Principles of Perception & Visualization – building visualizations with color; P Rosen
- 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM o BREAK
- 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM o Lecture IX: Visual Exploration, Design, and (Accurate) Communication; P Rosen
- 04:30 PM – 06:00 PM o Problem V: The Headline Says It All; P Rosen
Thursday, Aug 27, 2026
- 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM o Lecture X: Firefly: an Interactive Browser-Based Vis Tool for Particle Data; A Geller
- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM o BREAK
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM o Problem VI: Firefly | Solutions; A Geller
- 12:00 PM – ??:?? PM o BREAK
Friday, Aug 28, 2026
- 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM o Hack Pitch
- 09:30 AM – 12:00 PM o Hack Session
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 04:30 PM o Hack Session
- 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM o Hack Sharebacks and Meeting Wrap Up