ESCAPE ESAP and Citizen Science | Supporting Science Analysis and Enhancing Scientific Research

Who should attend?

• Data managers that want to connect data archives with computing services, to make easier for end-users to process and analyse the data they have discovered;
• Scientists and researchers who need uniform access to data archives and make it easier to discover and access the data relevant to their scientific needs;
• All those curious about data mining and machine learning training being applied in citizen science, and those interested in providing/updating data classifications;
• Users of ESCAPE DIOS and ESCAPE OSSR that want to make it easier for users to work with massive datasets and find the software that addresses their science goals.

• ESCAPE ESAP Overview - John Swinbank (Science Data Centre Programme Manager at ASTRON) - Download the slides
• ESAP within CTAO and its data challenges - Gareth Hughes (Science Analysis Platform Developer at CTAO) - Download the slides
• ESAP within the SKA Regional Centre development effort - James Collinson (Scientific Programmer SKAO) - Download the slides
• Conclusions and future plans - John Swinbank (Science Data Centre Programme Manager at ASTRON)

Part 2 (25min)

• ESCAPE Citizen Science Overview - Stephen Serjeant (Professor of Astronomy at Open University) - Download the slides
• LSST/Vera Rubin precursor CS projects:
  • Subaru HSC: Galaxy Zoo Cosmic Dawn - James Pearson (Postdoctoral research associate at Open University) - Download the slides
  • SuperWASP: SuperWASP Black Hole Hunters - Hugh Dickinson (Astrophysics Researcher at Open University)
  • SDSS: Galaxy Zoo Clump Scout - Hugh Dickinson (Astrophysics Researcher at Open University)
• Managing citizen science from ESAP - Hugh Dickinson (Astrophysics Researcher at Open University) and James Pearson (Postdoctoral research associate at Open University) - Download the slides
• Conclusions and future plans - Stephen Serjeant (Professor of Astronomy at Open University)

Conclusion (10min)

• Q&A, Discussion

Speakers

John Swinbank - Science Data Centre Programme Manager at ASTRON

John Swinbank is the Science Data Centre Programme Manager at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, where he is developing techniques and services to make data from cutting-edge radio telescopes — LOFAR, Westerbork/Apertif, and ultimately the Square Kilometre Array — available to the widest possible community in the most scientifically productive way possible. Before joining ASTRON in 2020, he was the Deputy Project Manager for Data Management at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (formerly LSST), with a particular interest in the software pipelines used to generate both annual data releases and rapid transient alerts, and was also a Research Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked on the development of astronomical transient alert systems within the context of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance, and contributed to a wide range of open-source astronomical software, including participating in the governance of the Astropy Project. 

Gareth Hughes - Science Analysis Platform Developer at CTAO

Gareth Hughes is a member of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). He works in the computing department with a primary focus on ESCAPE topics. CTAO has been active in several work packages (including DIOS, ESAP, OSSR & CEVO)  and has also helped coordinate CTAO contributions to the ESCAPE project.

James Collinson - Scientific Programmer SKAO

James Collinson is an Operations Data Scientist at SKAO, and is part of the team developing the software for the distributed network of SKA Regional Centres

Stephen Serjeant - Professor of Astronomy at Open University

Stephen Serjeant is an Open University's Professor of Astronomy,  specializing in extragalactic surveys of star-forming galaxies, strong  gravitational lensing, infrared astronomy, crowdsourced data mining and  machine learning. He leads the Engagement and Communication  work package of the H2020 ESCAPE project, building citizen science into  the European Open Science Cloud, having led the equivalent work package  in the ASTERICS multi-messenger astronomy H2020 project. He has  consulted on many BBC television series, including  Stargazing Live, Bang Goes The Theory, and the 2021 BBC series on  astronomy, Universe. Previously he was Head of Astronomy Discipline at  the Open University (2010-2016) and he has worked at the University of  Kent and Imperial College, following his doctorate  at New College Oxford and first class honours degree from Bristol University.

James Pearson - Postdoctoral research associate at Open University

James Pearson is a postdoctoral research associate at the Open University in the UK. His previous work utilised Bayesian deep learning models to quickly and accurately determine the physical parameters of strong gravitational lensing systems in astronomy. Supported by ESCAPE, James now leads the work on a new citizen science project, Galaxy Zoo: Cosmic Dawn, which is creating crowdsourced classifications of galaxies in images from the 8.2-metre Subaru telescope in Hawaii, in preparation for the premier deep field observations with the forthcoming Euclid space telescope. He is also creating material to help researchers manage their citizen science projects through ESCAPE's ESFRI Science Analysis Platform (ESAP).

Hugh Dickinson - Astrophysics Researcher at Open University

Hugh Dickinson is a lecturer in astronomy at the Open University in the  UK. After an early career as a VHE gamma ray astronomer, Hugh now  studies the formation and evolution of distant galaxies using optical  and near-infrared  telescope data. To enable this research, Hugh has helped to develop and  manage several successful citizen science projects including Muon  Hunter, Galaxy Nurseries, Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout, SuperWASP: Black hole  hunters.

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